Wambold has always shared her cheerful attitude and great suggestions for my thesis with me. Dr. Tevald shared several important suggestions with me about how to better my protocol and make my thesis more controlled and credible to the scientific community. One of my biggest supporters for this thesis was Erin Garmyn. We shared an office i.e. (BMI underwater weighing room) a lot of laughs, early mornings and late nights data collecting and a bit of frustration. She helped to keep my sanity in times of data analysis. She has a terrific amount of potential to becoming an amazing researcher and professor. Researchers Trent Cayot, Nick Kruse, Chris Silette, and Shinichiro Sugiura were a great help with data collection. viii
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