Theses/Dissertations from 2023
ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE AND COMMUNITY SIZE COMPOSITION ACROSS THERMAL REGIMES IN THE U.S. NORTHEAST CONTINENTAL SHELF ECOSYSTEM, Rowan Murphy Cirivello
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF PRECIPITATION AND AIR-SEA GAS EXCHANGE OF CIRCUMPOLAR WATERS IN THE EASTERN AMUNDSEN SEA, ANTARCTICA, Virginia Cousens
THE RESPONSE OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY TO CHANGING NITROGEN INPUT AND TEMPERATURE, Shaina Harkins
EXPLORATORY ANALYSES OF AMERICAN LOBSTER HABITAT PREFERENCES AND CATCHABILITY IN VENTLESS TRAP SURVEYS, Annabelle Leahy
PELAGIC-BENTHIC COUPLING IN THE GULF OF MAINE: MULTIDECADAL MOLECULAR ISOTOPE RECORDS OF ZOOPLANKTON AND DEEP SEA CORALS BIOARCHIVES, Catherine Nowakowski
Seismological Investigation of the Hawaiian Volcanoes Following the 2018 Kilauea Eruption, Xiaozhuo Wei
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
ACOUSTIC AND OPTICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERIZING ANIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE PELAGIC OCEAN, Benjamin Grassian
DETECTING SLOW SLIP EVENTS FROM SEAFLOOR PRESSURE DATA USING MACHINE LEARNING, Bing He
Bioconcentration of PFAS from AFFF Environmental Exposure: Evidence of Precursor Bioaccumulation in Fathead Minnows, Nicholas Hill
THE AMERICAN LOBSTER (HOMARUS AMERICANUS) IN NARRAGANSETT BAY DURING A TIME OF ECOSYSTEM FLUX: TEMPERATURE, PREDATION, AND LARVAL DYNAMICS, Kristin Huizenga
RECONSTRUCTING NUTRIENT CONSUMPTION IN THE EXPANDED SOUTHERN OCEAN OF PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL PERIODS, Basia A. Marcks
SEISMIC BEHAVIOR ON OCEANIC TRANSFORM FAULTS REVEALED BY NUMERICAL MODELING AND SEISMIC OBSERVATION, Pengcheng Shi
SATELLITE INVESTIGATION OF DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON COMPOSITION IN A CONTINENTAL SHELF ECOSYSTEM, Somang Song
SPATIOTEMPORAL AND THERMAL VARIABILITY IN UPPER MANTLE FLOW AS A RESULT OF MID-OCEAN RIDGE MIGRATION, Loes van Dam
SEDIMENTARY ACCUMULATION OF BLACK CARBON ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, Ita Wulandari
EFFECTS OF SURFACE WAVES ON WIND STRESS AND UPPER OCEAN RESPONSE UNDER TROPICAL CYCLONES, Xiaohui Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
MARINE MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS: DIVERSITY AND FUNCTION OF THE THALASSIOSIRA ROTULA PHYCOSPHERE COMMUNITY, Olivia Marjorie Ahern
PHYTOPLANKTON THERMAL RESPONSES AS DRIVERS OF COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, Stephanie I. Anderson
ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH AND GRAZING MORTALITY, Mikayla Cote
NORTH ATLANTIC ON THE EDGE: OCEAN CIRCULATION THROUGH GATEWAYS AT THE SUBPOLAR-SUBTROPICAL BOUNDARY, Afonso Gonçalves Neto
INCORPORATING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FISH BIOENERGETICS INTO A NARRAGANSETT BAY FOOD WEB MODEL, Margaret A. Heinichen
INCORPORATING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FISH BIOENERGETICS INTO A NARRAGANSETT BAY FOOD WEB MODEL, Margaret A. Heinichen
SEISMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU AND SURROUNDING PACIFIC UPPER MANTLE, Aaron C. Hirsch
CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW SEDIMENT POREWATER PASSIVE SAMPLER FOR HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS, Samuel D. Katz
MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN THE OPEN OCEAN AND MARINE SEDIMENT, Zak Kerrigan
MASSIVELY PARALLEL STOCHASTIC TERRAIN MODELS IN UNDERSEA MAPPING AND NAVIGATION, Kristopher Krasnosky
THE ROLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE DECLINE OF NARRAGANSETT BAY WINTER FLOUNDER, Joseph A. Langan
THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE: NEUTRAL PFAS IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR, Maya Erin Morales-McDevitt
IDENTIFYING NOVEL ISOTOPIC TRACERS OF MARINE PRIMARY PRODUCERS TO STUDY FOOD WEB CARBON CYCLES, Angela Stahl
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPTICAL SIGNATURES OF COCHLODINIUM POLYKRIKOIDES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND, Jessica Carney
IMPACTS OF SHOALING OCEAN SURFACE WAVES ON WIND STRESS AND STORM SURGE, Xuanyu Chen
CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE CORRECTIONS FROM A RAPID-PROFILING, AUTONOMOUS WIREWALKER, Melanie Feen
SUBSEAFLOOR POREWATER PALEOSALINITY AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES, Kira Louise Homola
LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF TURBULENT AIRFLOW OVER SURFACE WAVES AND AIR-SEA FLUXES, Nyla Tauqir Husain
EVOLUTION OF A SUBDUCTED CARBON-RICH FILAMENT ON THE EDGE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE, Alexis Johnson
RAISE YOUR GLASS: A CULTURE EVALUATION OF DIATOMS AS ARCHIVES OF PAST NUTRIENT CONSUMPTION, Colin Anthony Jones
DISTRIBUTION OF NOVEL AND LEGACY ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN SEABIRDS FROM CONTRASTING MARINE ENVIRONMENTS, Anna Ruth Robuck
COASTAL OCEAN MODELING ACROSS LENGTH SCALES: FROM ESTUARINE CIRCULATION TO BOUNDARY CURRENTS, Kevin K. Rosa
TROPHIC NICHE OVERLAP OF ATLANTIC COD AND BLACK SEA BASS IN RELATION TO WARMING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WATERS, Nina Santos
REMOTE SENSING OF PHYTOPLANKTON SIZE CLASSES ON THE NORTHEAST U.S. CONTINENTAL SHELF, Kyle J. Turner
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Frazil ice growth and ice production during katabatic wind events in Ross Sea polynyas, Antarctica, Lisa Marie De Pace
POLYETHYLENE PASSIVE SAMPLER METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS AND OTHER NEUTRAL PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES, Erik R. Dixon-Anderson
GLOBAL PATTERNS OF NET RESPIRATION IN SUBSEAFLOOR SEDIMENT, Victoria Madison Fulfer
EVALUATION OF A NOVEL PASSIVE SAMPLER FOR POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS, Christine Gardiner
Krill Motion in the Southern Ocean: Quantifying in Situ Krill Movement Behaviors and Energetics, Mary Kathryn Kane
INVESTIGATING LAVA BALLOON FORMATION: NEW EXPLORATION OF THE 1993 SUBMARINE VENT SITE AT SOCORRO ISLAND, MEXICO, Megan Lubetkin
DREDGING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT: MODELS OF CIRCULATION AND FLUSHING DYNAMICS IN THE PROVIDENCE RIVER ESTUARY, Grace Elizabeth Medley
RELATING MARINE MAMMAL DISTRIBUTION TO PREY ABUNDANCE, Christopher D. Orphanides
OYSTER-ASSOCIATED MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, Rebecca Jean Stevick
ALONG-STREAM AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN THE WEST GREENLAND CURRENT SYSTEM, Emma Jane Thomas
Behavior and Transport of Organic Acids in the Troposphere using Observational Data and Models, Victoria Ann Treadaway
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
In-Situ Calibration of Underwater Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometer for Simple Dissolved Gases, Samuel Gartzman
BENTHIC HABITAT MAPPING AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, Monique LaFrance Bartley
Environmental Factors Affecting Methane Cycling in Narragansett Bay, Christopher James McAleer
A MULTISPECIES STATISTICAL CATCH-AT-AGE (MSSCAA) MODEL FOR A MID-ATLANTIC SPECIES COMPLEX, Jason Earl McNamee
Isopycnal mixing in the North Atlantic oxygen minimum zone revealed by RAFOS floats, Donald William Rudnickas Jr.
Sedimentary Catalysis of Radiolytic Hydrogen Production, Justine Flore Sauvage
Fishery and Biological Characteristics of Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis) in Rhode Island Sound, Corinne L. Truesdale
An Assessment of Holographic Microscopy for Quantifying Marine Particle Size and Concentration, Noah L. Walcutt
Circulation & Exchange Within Shelf & Estuarine Waters Driven by the Atmosphere, Tides and Buoyancy, Christina Anne Wertman
QUANTIFYING FISHERIES BALANCE WITH A NOVEL PRODUCTION ESTIMATION METHOD, Joseph Zottoli
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Modeling Gas Budgets in Marginal Sea Ice Zones, Arash Bigdeli
Utilizing Empirical Eigenfunctions and Neural Network to Describe and Model RI Coastal Morphology, Sierra Madeline Davis
Southern Ocean Eddy Heat Flux and Eddy-Mean Flow Interactions in Drake Passage, Annie Foppert
Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Co-Occurring Phytoplankton Species in the Ross Sea Polynya, Sylvia Minjee Kim
Dynamical Typology of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Fronts Based on Satellite Observations, Yackar L. Mauzole
Spatial Distribution, Air-Water Exchange, and Toxicity of Organic Pollutants Using Passive Samplers, Carrie A. McDonough
Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) Population and Habitat Trends in the Northwest Atlantic, Michael Conor McManus
Assessment of Fluid Imaging for Determination of Diatom Assemblage Composition and Biometrics of Southern Ocean Sediment, Neil Redmond
Interactions of Buoyant Upwellings with Subduction Induced Mantle Wedge Flow, Richard Tucker Sylvia
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Growth, Grazing and Starvation Survival in Three Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Species, Sean Anderson
Determining Gas Contents of Magmas That Produce Submarine Basaltic Balloons Eruptions: Foerstner 1891 and Socorro 1993, Jacob Balcanoff
Evaluation of Updated MPIPOM-TC Ocean Model Initializing and Sea-State Dependent Mixing Scheme, Austen Blair
A Multi-Component Evaporation Model to Determine the Onset of Crude Oil Emulsification in Seawater, Jennifer Anne Cragan
Water Radiolysis and Chemical Production Rates Near Solid-Water Boundaries, Mary Elizabeth Dzaugis
Thalassiosira Community Composition and Diversity in Narragansett Bay, Sarah Flickinger
A Multidisciplinary Study on the Crustal Nature of Volcanic Conduits and Magma Reservoirs, Ashton F. Flinders
Ecological Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on a Coastal Fringe Mangrove Forest, Brita Juliet Jessen
Linking Protistan Herbivory to Environmental and Biotic Controls, Françoise Morison
The Influence of Hydrothermal Plumes on Midwater Ecology, and a New Method to Assess Pelagic Biomass, Brennan Theodore Phillips
Understanding Tide Gauge Mean Sea Level Changes on the East Coast of North America, Christopher Gilbert Piecuch
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Initial Validation of Surface Ocean Properties in MITgcm Arctic Regional Model, Arash Bigdeli
Reconstructing Submerged Paleoenvironments: Mud Hole, RI Sound and Greenwich Bay, RI, Brian J. Caccioppoli
COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF THE MORPHOLOGICALLY CRYPTIC DIATOM GENUS SKELETONEMA IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, Kelly Canesi
Distributions and Interactions in Three Groups of Polar Marine Plankton, Alison Clare Cleary
Estimating daily primary production and nighttime respiration in estuaries by an in situ carbon method, Catherine M. Coupland
INVESTIGATING THE INTRASPECIFIC EFFECT OF CELL CONCENTRATION IN MEDIATING OXYRRHIS MARINA SWIMMING BEHAVIORS, Michael Warren Fong
DISTRIBUTION OF TEPHRA FROM THE 1650 AD SUBMARINE ERUPTION OF KOLUMBO VOLCANO, GREECE, Sarah A. Fuller
Dynamics and Impacts of Roll Vortices in the Hurricane Boundary Layer, Kun Gao
Near-Primary Mantle Melts and Their Implications for the Mechanism of Island Arc Basalt Oxidation, Zoe Gentes
LINKAGES BETWEEN NEW ENGLAND DOLPHIN STRANDING FREQUENCY AND NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION VARIABILITY, Charles Thomas Harry II
Winter Vertical Distributions of Antarctic Krill as Seen Through a New Stereo Camera System, Mary Kane
Dynamics of Rhode Island Coastal Waters, Qianqian Liu
An Investigation of the Fisheries Ecosystem Dynamics in Rhode Island's Nearshore Waters, Anna Malek
EMERGING PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS) IN THE WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC AND ANTARCTIC BIOTA, Erin Markham
Surface Wave Impacts on Air-Sea Momentum Flux and Upper Ocean Turbulence Under Tropical Cyclones, Brandon G. Reichl
Three-Dimensional Model-Observation Intercomparison in the Loop Current Region, Kellen C. Rosburg