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Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Soil Quality in Rhode Island Pastures Grazed by Different Types of Livestock, Alissa H. Becker

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The Distribution and Ontogeny of Neuromast Receptor Organs and a Comparison of Methods for Chemical Albation of the Lateral Line System in Two Cichlid Fishes, Emily Anne Becker

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Effects of Ciona Intestinalis Distal-Less-B Nonexpression and Overexpression on Phenotype and Downstream Targets, Matthew David Blanchette

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Beauveria bassiana and Elisa Determination of Neonicotinoids to Improve Management of Listronotus maculicollis, Christopher D. Clavet

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METABOLISM, HYPOXIA TOLERANCE AND HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE OF AMPHIPODS, EMPHASIZING THE HYPERIID AMPHIPOD PHRONIMA SEDENTARIA, Leanne Elizabeth Elder

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False Ring Formation in Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) After Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) and Elongate Hemlock Scale (Fiorinia externa) Feeding, Liahna Gonda-King

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A COMPARISON OF CARBONIC ANHYDRASE AMONG INVERTEBRATES, WITH A FOCUS ON CEPHALOPODS, Albert C. Nyack

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THE ROLE OF FLOW SENSING BY THE LATERAL LINE SYSTEM IN PREY DETECTION IN TWO AFRICAN CICHLID FISHES, Margot Anita Bergstrom Schwalbe

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Feeding Ecology of Skates and Rays in Delaware and Narragansett Bays, John Andrew Szczepanski Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Impacts of Marine Invasive Species on Subtidal and Intertidal Food Web Dynamics, Nicole Rohr

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HORMONAL AND PHEROMONAL EFFECTS OF 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE IN THE AMERICAN LOBSTER, HOMARUS AMERICANUS, Michael W. Sipala

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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VARIABILITY IN BIOMASS DECAY RATES AND NUTRIENT LOSS IN BLOOM-FORMING MACROALGAL SPECIES, Jessica Elizabeth Conover

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IMPACTS OF ASIATIC SAND SEDGE ON NATIVE PLANTS AND ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN A BARRIER DUNE, William Johnson

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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The Effects of Fire and Shrub Cutting on Rare and Endangered Plants in the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, Amanda Clifton

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Micropropagation of Carnivorous Plants, Kenneth Stephen Uhnak

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Morphological Variation of Champia Parvula (C. Agardh) Harvey in Syntheic Medium with Special Attention to the Influence of Bromide, Mary Beth Abel

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Isolation of the Virulence Gene(s) in the New, Live, Oral Vaccine Candidate Salmonella typhimurium SR-11 Fad, James H. Allen

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Investigations into the Causes of Early Larval Mortality in Cultured Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus L.), David Alves

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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Molecular Genetic Analysis of Senescence and the Reversal of Senescence in Soybean Cotyledons [Glycine max (L.) Bass], Normand Edouard Allaire

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Individual Group Flight of European Starlings and Budgerigars in a Wind Tunnel Without a Horizon Reference, Robert G. Moyle

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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The Effects of Ethanol and Fatty Acids on Intrasynptosomal Calcium Concentration, Megumi Adachi

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Histochemistry of Spore Mucilage and Inhibition of Spore Adhesion in Champia parvula, A Marine Alga, Martha E. Apple

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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Accumulation, Persistence, and Elimination of Microbial Indicators by Molluscan Shellfish, William Burkhardt III

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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Seasonal Activity of Ixodes dammini in Relation to Lyme Disease-Infected White-Footed Mice, Peromyscus leucopus, Zuhair S. Amr

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

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Foraging Behavior of American White Pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhyncos, John Guy Thomas Anderson

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The Breeding Ecology and Behavior of Northern Harriers in Coos County, New Hampshire, Patricia Serrentino

Theses/Dissertations from 1985

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Factors Influencing Food Habits in Antigua, W.I., Jill E. Armstrong

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Size, Development of Pigment, Upstream Migration, and Relative Abundance of Young American Eels, Anguilla rostrata in a Coastal Rhode Island Stream, Alexander J. Haro

Theses/Dissertations from 1983

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Three-Dimensional Analysis of Turning Within Airborne Bird Flocks, Harold Pomeroy

Theses/Dissertations from 1977

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A Flapping Wing Model for Avian Formation Flight, John D. Haffner

Theses/Dissertations from 1976

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Competition and Resource Partitioning in Two Species of Cancer (Crustacea, Brachyura), Michael J. Fogarty

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Systematics, Vertical Distribution, and Life History of Anguilliform Leptocephali in the Bermuda Ocean Acre, Aimee A. Keller

Theses/Dissertations from 1974

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Biological Inactivation of Proteins by the Maillard Reaction, Jaime Amaya-Farfan

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Description and Probable Behavioral Significance of Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) Vocalizations, Jack Schneider

Theses/Dissertations from 1973

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Startle Reaction Times in the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Harold Frederick Pomeroy

Theses/Dissertations from 1972

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Formation Flight in the Canada Goose (Branta. C. canadensis), Lisa Lofland Gould

Theses/Dissertations from 1971

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The Biosynthesis of Carotenoids in the Tomato Fruit, Leoncio Condez Raymundo

Theses/Dissertations from 1970

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Enzymatic Hydrolosis of 16s Ribosomal RNA and 30s Ribosomal Subunits, Jaime Amaya-Farfan

Theses/Dissertations from 1968

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A Study on the Action of the Hypothalmic Feeding Centers During Insulin Stress, Paul Edward Araujo

Theses/Dissertations from 1963

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Studies on Growth and Development of Teleost Eggs with Special Reference to Deuterium Enriched Environments, Pyari Mohan Misra

Theses/Dissertations from 1959

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Administration and Transovarial Passage of Radioactive Glycine in the Genus Dermacentor (Acarina: Ixodidae), Joanne L. Hammar

Theses/Dissertations from 1956

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Possible Limiting Factors of the Ringneck Pheasant Population in Southern Rhode Island, Joan B. Anderson

Theses/Dissertations from 1941

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Validity of Scale Analysis as a Means of Age Determination of the Winter Flounder, Edgar L. Arnold Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 1933

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Some Effects of Pressure Upon the Embryological Development of The Domestic Fowl (Gallus Domesticus), Harry Fisher Amadon