Theses/Dissertations from 2011
INTEGRATION OF BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC DATA TO MAP BENTHIC HABITATS WITHIN BLOCK ISLAND AND RHODE ISLAND SOUNDS, Monique LaFrance
SEASONAL PROTISTAN GRAZING IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, Caitlyn Lawrence
LONG-TERM MONITORING OF THE NW ATLANTIC THROUGH ALTIMETRY AND AN ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER, Jessica Shaughnessy Worst
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
In-Situ Feeding in the Northern Krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica: A DNA Analysis of Gut Contents, Alison Cleary
CONSTITUENTS OF SEA SURFACE HEIGHT VARIABILITY IN DRAKE PASSAGE, Amy Lynn Cutting
Using passive samplers to measure the bioavailability and transport of sedimentary organic contaminants, Carey L. Friedman
Physical and chemical interactions between marine phytoplankton and particle-colonizing bacteria, Jason Robert Graff
DEEP VARIABILITY IN THE KUROSHIO EXTENSION, Andrew Dale Greene
Nonlinear internal waves in the South China Sea, Qiang Li
Benthic habitat mapping and assessment using organism-sediment relationships, Emily J. Shumchenia
A SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF INTENSE STORMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FROM A COASTAL FRESHWATER LAKE IN REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE, Stephen G. Smith
Roll vortices and their impact on the mean flow in the atmospheric boundary layer, Zhitao Yu
Full-wave tomography: Method and application to the south-east Tibetan plateau, Zhigang Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Overwintering ecology of young-of-the-year winter flounder in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Richard James Bell
Benthic macrofauna in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: An examination of factors causing variability in community structure, Christopher John Calabretta
MEAN THERMOHALINE AND VELOCITY STRUCTURE OF THE MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT MID-SHELF FRONT, Lauren Brooke Decker
Simulating widespread tephra dispersal from explosive volcanic eruptions, Julie Ann Fero
Habitats in a Rhode Island Coastal Lagoon Experiencing Episodic Hypoxia, Marisa L. Guarinello
MAPPING THE SUBMERGED LANDSCAPE OF NORFOLK CANYON , VA USING ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES AND THE SEARCH FOR SUBMERGED PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, Christopher Scott Jazwa
Petrogenesis and eruption dynamics at Hudson Volcano, southern Chile, David Jon Kratzmann
On the dynamics of oceanic gap-traversing boundary currents, Joseph J. Kuehl
Biomass spectra in Narragansett Bay from phytoplankton to fish, Brooke A. Longval
Bio-optical and remote sensing investigation of phytoplankton community size structure, Colleen Beckmann Mouw
Fertilizing the land, lagoons, and sea: A first look at human impacts on the Nile Delta fishery, Egypt, Autumn Jean Oczkowski
Subseafloor sulfate reduction: Investigation of an unrecognized pathway and quantification of low rates, Heather Nicole Schrum
Assimilating mesoscale oceanic features and understanding their impact on hurricanes, Richard Michael Yablonsky
Mesoscale variability and Lagrangian statistics in the tropical North Atlantic, Long Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Cross-Frontal Velocity and Temperature Structure of the New Jersey Midshelf Frontal Zone, Michelle Louise Aleszczyk
An Observational Study of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea: Local, Regional and Basin-Wide Perspectives on a Western Boundary Current, Magdalena Andres
SEA SURFACE HEIGHT VARIABILITY AND THE STRUCTURE OF EDDIES IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC CAPE BASIN, Sheekela Baker-Yeboah
Numerical and theoretical investigations of North Pacific subtropical mode water with implications to Pacific climate variability, Xujing Jia Davis
Paleo-and environmental magnetic studies of Late Cenozoic estuarine, lacustrine, and terrestrial sediments, Clifford William Heil Jr.
STREAM-COORDINATE STRUCTURE AND VARIABILITY OF THE KUROSHIO EXTENSION, Penelope Jane Howe
Evaluation of a novel autonomous detector for microbial water quality monitoring, Heather L. Saffert
A study of formaldehyde sources in air, Haiwei Shen
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
NORTHERN ADRIATIC CIRCULATION AND TIDES, Jeffrey W. Book
Composition and depositional processes of Cretaceous-Tertiary impact deposits in Belize and southeastern Mexico, Emily Burns
EFFECTS OF SURFACE WAVES ON AIR-SEA MOMENTUM AND ENERGY FLUXES AND OCEAN RESPONSE TO HURRICANES, Yalin Fan
The impact of climate change on benthic-pelagic coupling and the biogeochemical cycling of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Robinson Walter Fulweiler
A Cenozoic history of the central Arctic Ocean, Matthew Aaron O'Regan
Feeding ecology of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz (Ctenophora, Lobata), Lindsay J. Sullivan
AIR-SEA SCALAR FLUX DUE TO WIND-GENERATED NEAR-SURFACE TURBULENT EDDIES: THE EDDY RENEWAL MODEL, Eric G. Van Inwegen
Population dynamics of the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the northwest Atlantic: An examination of food habits, movement and habitat, survival, and population size, Anthony Darrell Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
A regional comparison between the seasonal cycles of the Western Irish Shelf and the Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine ecosystems: The impact of physical variability, Bronwyn Elizabeth Cahill
MOBILITY AND FATE OF CONTAMINANTS IN ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS, Mark G. Cantwell
Particle dynamics and shelf-basin interactions in the western Arctic Ocean investigated using radiochemical tracers, Kate Hagstrom
The virtual eelgrass meadow: A simulation of Zostera marina L. linking physiology to population level processes, Lora Anna Harris
Radium Isotopes as Tracers of Water Mass Age and Groundwater Flux to Shallow Coastal Salt Ponds, Andrea L. Hougham
Late Holocene climate variability as preserved in high-resolution estuarine and lacustrine sediment archives, Jeremiah Bradford Hubeny
Interannual and seasonal phytoplankton variability in Massachusetts Bay from remote and in situ measurements, Kimberly Joy Whitman Hyde
The effect of breaking waves on a coupled model of wind and ocean surface waves, Tobias Kukulka
Manatee response to environmental noise, Jennifer L. Miksis-Olds
Analysis of the Gulf Stream path and Rossby waves in the North Atlantic based on satellite data, Vladimir Osychny
Surface wind response to oceanic fronts, Qingtao Song
Metabolic activities in deep subseafloor sediments, Guizhi Wang
ANALYSES OF SEA SURFACE HEIGHT, BOTTOM PRESSURE AND ACOUSTIC TRAVEL TIME IN THE JAPAN/EAST SEA, Yongsheng Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
An assessment of the habitat quality and nutritional intake of North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay, Amy Susanna Delorenzo
Recombinant antimicrobials for feed based delivery in aquaculture, Tarquin Dorrington
Underway profiling of photosynthesis and dissolved oxygen in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Donald Christopher Melrose
Nanoplankton biodiversity in the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary, Rhode Island, Unites States, Sunshine Menezes
Energetic constraints on diapause in Calanus finmarchicus: Implications for population dynamics in the Gulf of Maine, Whitley Joseph Saumweber
Mid-Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the Pacific-Phoenix-Farallon triple junction, Richard Viso
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
An Assessment of Predation by the Lobate Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (Agassiz, 1865) on Ichthyoplankton in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Angela R. Allen
Examining the processes controlling water column variability in Narragansett Bay: Time series data and numerical modeling, Deanna L. Bergondo
Potential use of nitrogen-15 to assess nitrogen sources and fate in Narragansett Bay, Joaquin E. Chaves
Determining Components of Fluorophoric DOM in Narragansett Bay Using Fluorescence EEMs and PARAFAC, Jessica Dombroski
Geochemical correlation, variation, and petrogenesis, of ignimbrites in Central America and associated Caribbean Sea tephra layers, Benjamin R. Jordan
Macrozooplankton and micronekton in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone, Mary Rapien
An observational and numerical study of the South Atlantic circulation, Regina Rodrigues Rodrigues
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
ARCHAEOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF INUNDATED COASTAL PREHISTORIC SITES, Dwight F. Coleman
Assessment of the Rhode Island Coastal Lagoon Ecosystem, Kathryn Hale Ford
Free and forced convection in Earth's upper mantle, Paul S. Hall
Upper Current Structure and Variability in the Southwestern Japan/East Sea, Douglas A. Mitchell
Observations of the wind-wave spectrum and steep wave statistics in open ocean waters, Nicholas Vicente Scott
Thyroidal regulation of stomach development and toxicity of PCB 126 in metamorphosing summer flounder, Bruno Soffientino
Bacterioplankton seasonal dynamics in Narragansett Bay, Andrew M. Staroscik
Predation on the early life history stages of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) by the sand shrimp (Crangon septemspinosa), David Lenox Taylor
Sources, transport, and fates of particulate trace metals in the Gulf of Maine-Scotian Shelf and Labrador Sea, Sarah Elizabeth Weinstein
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
New England Salt Marsh Pools: Analysis of Geomorphic and Geographic Parameters, Macrophyte Distribution and Nekton Use, Susan C. Adamowicz
The ecology and morphology of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) and its associated macrophyte community in relation to environmental variables, Joanne C. Bintz
Analysis and simulation of Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve annual abundance patterns in lower Narragansett Bay 1959 to 1996, David Gerald Borkman
Development of a numerical model for shallow marine ecosystems with application to Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island, Mark James Brush
A numerical study of Gulf Stream meandering and associated physical processes, Sergey Alexander Frolov
Effects of mobile fishing gear on the benthic megafauna and production of Georges Bank, Jerome Michael Hermsen Jr.
The geochemistry of basalts from the Easter microplate boundaries and the western Easter-Salas y Gomez seamount chain: A comprehensive study of mantle plume-spreading center interaction, Richard Hale Kingsley
The ocean response to atmospheric intraseasonal variability in the tropical Pacific Ocean, Alexander Gennadievich Kochurov
Lagrangian studies of oxygen variability in the North Atlantic Ocean, Peter Lazarevich
The North Atlantic current-subpolar front system: A study combining float data and historical hydrography, Paula Perez Brunius
Convective transport of hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl precursors to the upper troposphere, Julie Amy Snow
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Hafnium Isotope Ratio in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts: a Global Survey and a Focus on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (40°S - 55°S), Magdalena Andres
Explosive rhyodacitic volcanism: The evolution and frequency of pre-1883 eruptions at Krakatau volcano, Indonesia, Jennifer Livesley Beauregard
Remote sensing of bio-optical water types, phytoplankton seasonality, and algal pigments in ocean margin waters, Paula Susan Bontempi
Investigation of the Physical Mechanisms Controlling Exchange Between Mount Hope Bay and the Sakonnet River, William Deleo
Contaminants in Narragansett Bay sediments, Paul Christian Hartmann