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Annals of the Smithsonian Institution 2000 



Smithsonian Magazine 



Jennifer Curry 



BA Candidare 



Working ar rhe Smithsonian magazine. 



University of Kansas 



6/5/00 to 8/4/00 



Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution 



Tehudi Nafisa Arriatti 



Jose Atencia Avila 

 Eduardo Ayarza 

 Julynda Bohlman 

 Diana Carajal 

 Elroy Charles 

 Lilia Cherigo 

 Krista Cramer 



Kanchon Kumar 

 Dasmanapatra 



Nicole Davros 



Maria del Carmen Ruiz 



5/15/00 to 8/15/00 

 Silicate: nitrate ratios and their implication for the tropical coastal food web: What can we learn 

 from the data collected by the Marine Environmental Science Program at STRI? 



BS Universidad de Panama 4/2/99 to 4/2/00 



Comparative study of the invertebrate macro fauna Thelassia testudinum. 



BS 



Working on tropical research. 



Universidad de Panama 



1/15/00 to 12/31/00 



BS Iowa State University 5/28/00 to 7/25/00 



Serve as an intern at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on the Cerro Juan Diaz project. 



BA Universidad Nacional 6/1/00 to 9/30/00 



Placing de Dead: Investigation of unusual mortuary features at Cerro Juan Diaz. 



BA University of Guyana 2/15/99 to 1/15/00 



Comparison of leaf-beetles of the canopy and understory in dry and wet forests. 



BS Universidad de Panama 



To evaluate the biological activity of various prepared extracts. 



BS 



1/15/00 to 9/30/00 

 5/15/00 to 8/31/00 



California Polytechnic 

 State University 

 The regeneration of a palm tree along a gradient of partially defaunated mammal communities 



BS University College London 



Mitochondrial DNA across the Antarctic hybrid zone. 



BS Candidate 



Monitoring avian populations. 



4/7/00 to 6/30/00 

 University of Illinois— Campaign 3/1/00 to 8/31/00 



Rachel Goeriz 



Jonathan Gonzalez 



Cornelly Williams Jones 



Jennifer Kane 



BS Universidad de Panama 1/ 10/00 to 7/15/01 



The project aims to quantitatively analyze the ability of tree and shrub species to tolerate water 

 stress and low light. The resulrs will be linked ro mechanisms underlying tolerance to drought and 

 shade, and to consequences of global climate change. 



BS University of Utah 1/ 15/00 to 3/30/00 



To compile a comprehensive database of the Lepidoptera of BCI, including photographs, host- 

 plants, seasonality, and rates and identities of parasioids. 



BS University of Panama 1/1/00 to 6/30/00 



Monitoring of herbivores and pathogen damage. Damage to young leaves of legumes will be 

 recorded and chemistry of the same species will be studied. 



MA 



Working on tropical research. 



Universidad Santa Maria 

 la Antigua 



1/1/00 to 9/30/00 



BA Brown Universiry 9/15/99 to 12/15/99 



Molecular phylogeny of sea urchins: I will sequence the cytochrome oxidose I regions of the 

 mitochondrial DNA genome of sea urchins collected throughout the Indo-West Pacific, Central 



