| All students who participate in this course are required to conduct a research project of their own design. Here is a summary of student projects from past years. | |
| Christy Tarleton (1998) | Invertebrate species and family richness compared to coral patch size and degree of isolation |
| Camille Alexander (1998) | Interspecific interactions among the wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, and coral reef fishes. |
| Kate Smith (1999) | |
| Aubrie Ater (2001) | Behavioral regulation of body temperature in Litoria caerula |
| Claire Craig (2001) | The similarity of ant communities along a transect on Lizard Island |
| Paul Gomez (2001) | Effects of depth and size of Porites species on abundance of Tridacna crocea |
| Andrea Harbison (2001) | Preferred eating habitat for Scarus rivulatus (pdf) |
| Christopher Heaphy (2001) | Distribution of two species of holothurians, Holothuria atra and Stichopus chloronotus, based on distance from shore at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia |
| Margaret Stevenson (2001) | Arachnid diversity along a transect of Lizard Island |