Theses/Dissertations from 2024
AN EXPLORATION OF THE QUANTITATIVE METHODS USED IN THE STUDY OF PHYTOPLANKTON POPULATION DYNAMICS, Vitul Agarwal
TESTING THE ONTOGENETIC MIGRATION HYPOTHESIS IN THE EMERGING RHODE ISLAND JONAH CRAB (CANCER BOREALIS) FISHERY USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS, Lindsay Agvent
EDDY HEAT FLUX IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE, Sawyer V.S. Brand
A SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IN THE PACIFIC-ARCTIC REGION, Thomas V. Caero
EDDY-TOPOGRAPHIC INTERACTIONS, Alexis Johnson Exley
DRIVERS OF PHYTOPLANKTON DIVERSITY AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION ACROSS TIME AND SPACE: INSIGHTS FROM THE NORTHEAST U.S. SHELF, Diana N. Fontaine
ASSESSING PLASTIC POLLUTION ON SHORELINES AND IN COASTAL SEDIMENTS, Victoria Madison Fulfer
PROBING THE ANOXIC WORLD OF COASTAL MARINE SEDIMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND: UNDERSTANDING THE NOVEL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PROTISTS AND THEIR BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS, Raúl A. Gutiérrez
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A HURRICANE BOUNDARY LAYER WIND MODEL FOR LANDFALLING HURRICANES, Mansur Ali Jisan
CHASING SOOT ACROSS THE SEA: THE FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PARTICULATE BLACK CARBON IN THE EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC, Samuel D. Katz
BENTHIC LANDERS IN OCEANOGRAPHY – THE DESIGN AND JUSTIFICATION OF A MULTI-USE NOVEL BENTHIC LANDER SYSTEM, David M. Nadeau
ADVANCED DEFORMATION MODELING CONSTRAINED BY GEODESY: APPLICATIONS TO UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING AND SUBMARINE VOLCANOES, Sandra Slead
USING INSAR TECHNOLOGY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF COASTAL SUBSIDENCE IN MAJOR CITIES GLOBALLY, Pei-Chin Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
WATER AND OXYGEN FUGACITY IN SUBDUCTION ZONE MAGMATISM, Janine Louise Andrys
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ADAPTIVE POTENTIAL OF SOUTHERN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON, Ian W. Bishop
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
BLUE CARBON AND MICROPLASTIC SEQUESTRATION IN COASTAL HABITATS OF THE PHILIPPINES, Emily Hall
LINKING TEMPERATURE OF THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC AND ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (AMOC), Farrah Hanifah
THE RESPONSE OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY TO CHANGING NITROGEN INPUT AND TEMPERATURE, Shaina Harkins
EVALUATING THE OCEAN STATE OCEAN MODEL FOR STUDYING COASTAL DYNAMICS OF RHODE ISLAND SOUND, Thomas Lawrence
EXPLORATORY ANALYSES OF AMERICAN LOBSTER HABITAT PREFERENCES AND CATCHABILITY IN VENTLESS TRAP SURVEYS, Annabelle Leahy
EFFECT OF WIND-WAVE MISALIGNMENT ON DRAG COEFFICIENT, Emma Manzella
EARLY LIFE HISTORY OF AMERICAN LOBSTERS (HOMARUS AMERICANUS) IN COASTAL SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WATERS, Declan James McCormick
ON THE UTILITY OF MULTI-SPECIES FORAMINIFERA-BOUND δ15N RECORDS FOR SUBTROPICAL FRONT MIGRATION ANALYSIS, Shalan McDonagh
IMPACTS OF SEASONAL VARIATIONS ON PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH AND GRAZING IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, Andria M. Miller
Benthic nutrient fluxes response to seasonal hypoxia in coastal zones, Nicole Mucci
Observations at the air-sea interface: quantifying carbon and heat exchange in the Gulf Stream region using uncrewed surface vehicles, Sarah Nickford
PELAGIC-BENTHIC COUPLING IN THE GULF OF MAINE: MULTIDECADAL MOLECULAR ISOTOPE RECORDS OF ZOOPLANKTON AND DEEP SEA CORALS BIOARCHIVES, Catherine Nowakowski
HARD CLAM (Mercenaria mercenaria L.) RESPONSE TO A WARMING ENVIRONMENT: A MESOCOSM EXPERIMENT, Michael Shawn Potter II
THE INFLUENCE OF NUTRIENT REGIME ON DIATOM DIVERSITY AND DIATOM DIAZOTROPH ASSOCIATIONS, Samantha Patricia Setta
Detection of coastal phytoplankton taxonomy, morphology and optical signals with machine learning and time series analysis, Virginie Sonnet
Seismological Investigation of the Hawaiian Volcanoes Following the 2018 Kilauea Eruption, Xiaozhuo Wei
EVOLUTION OF COASTAL BARRIER SYSTEMS IN SOUTHWESTERN RHODE ISLAND IN RESPONSE TO STORMS AND ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING, Isabel C. Whaling
CARBON FILTER EFFICIENCY IN REMOVING PFAS FROM DRINKING WATER IN BARNSTABLE, MA, Tatyana Yanishevsky
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