Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Induction of embryonic diapause in the calanoid copepod Acartia hudsonica, David Edward Avery
A STUDY OF TOPOGRAPHIC ROSSBY WAVES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT AND THEIR POSSIBLE COUPLING TO GULF STREAM MEANDERS, Oleg G. Logoutov
Nekton utilization of tidally restricted, restoring, and reference New England salt marshes, Kenneth Bryan Raposa
Population Status and Distribution of the Harbor Seal in Rhode Island Waters, Cheryl L. Schroeder
The effects of small-scale turbulence on the physiology of marine dinoflagellates, James Michael Sullivan
Multispecies modeling of the Georges Bank fish community, Tien-Shui Tsou
Nucleic acids as indicators of growth rates and nutritional condition of Calanus finmarchicus (Copepoda: Calanoida), Melissa M. Wagner
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
The relationship between lipid class composition and the bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls in marine mussels, Barbara Jane Bergen
Spatial Patterns in Ocean Color and Temperature Maps: Fronts, Fractals, and Ecological Considerations, Christine Chan
Feeding, growth and bioenergetics of the chain dogfish, Scyliorhinus retifer, Kathleen Ann Duffy
Constraining the alkenone unsaturation index, Bonnie Loren Epstein
Age, growth, and factors controlling post-settlement habitat use of juvenile French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) near Tobacco Caye, Belize, Central America, Richard Gust Hein
Trace elements over the North Atlantic Ocean: Sources and transport pathways, Suilou Huang
Assessing the ecological risk of toxic chemicals on coastal and estuarine ecosystems, Robert Kenneth Johnston
Effects of nitrate fertilization and shading on physiological and biomechanical properties of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.), Blaine S. Kopp
THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF THE GOOSEFISH, LOPHIUS AMERICANUS, Catalina M. Martinez
The effect of solar ultraviolet radiation on marine planktonic ciliate survival and the penetration of ultraviolet irradiance on Georges Bank, Elena Berneita Martin-Webb
Solar ultraviolet radiation in the sea and photoinhibitory effects on natural phytoplankton populations, Jennifer Eileen Prentice
Meander-induced exchange across the Gulf Stream, Jayendran Rajamony
Milankovitch and sub-Milankovitch periodicity in deep sea sediments during the Plio-Pleistocene, Scott David Rutherford
Mechanisms, ecology, and toxicology of zooplankton feeding processes in the presence of harmful algae (Alexandrium spp.), Gregory Joseph Teegarden
Gravity-capillary waves and their influence on air-sea interaction under non-stationary conditions, Baris Mete Uz
GRAVITY-CAPILLARY WAVES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON AIR-SEA INTERACTION UNDER NON-STATIONARY CONDITIONS, B. Mete Uz
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Characterizing Enso with Nonlinear Dynamics, Corrie Modell Aljain
Thorium-234 as a tracer of the oceanic export of particulate organic carbon, Matthew Adam Charette
The effect of nitrogen source on photoinhibition in marine phytoplankton, Karen E. Culver-Rymsza
OBSERVATIONS OF NONLINEAR WAVE SPECTRA IN OPEN OCEAN AND SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS, Andrey V. Karachintsev
TRANSPORT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT, Christopher Stuart Meinen
Enhanced chlorophyll along the continental shelfbreak and shelf-slope front of the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Georges Bank during the spring transition, John Phillip Ryan
RADIUM-226 AS A TRACKER OF GROUND WATER INPUT TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND, Margaret K. Scott
Factors affecting the vulnerability of Acartia spp. copepods to predation by scyphomedusae, Cynthia Lee Suchman
THE FINESCALE DISTRIBUTION, ORIGIN, AND PHOTOBLEACHING OF THE SPECTRAL ABSORPTION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN COASTAL WATERS, Michael Stewart Twardowski
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Statistical Characterizations of North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water, Michael Aaron Alfultis
Water Column Stratification and Mixing Events in Narragansett Bay During Winter and Spring, James Emery Andrews
Sea surface temperature trends from satellite and in situ data, Kenneth Scott Casey
Evaluating photographic capture-recapture estimates of abundance of North Atlantic humpback whales, Nancy Ann Friday
The geochemical evolution of Tambora volcano, Indonesia, Helene Marie Grall-Johnson
Volcaniclastic sedimentation from the Iceland hotspot, Christian Michel Lacasse
HIGH-FREQUENCY INTERNAL WAVES IN THE UPPER EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC, Andrew P. Mack
Chemical variability in coastal and mixed layer waters, Andrea Magnuson
Observation of long first-mode baroclinic Rossby waves in the North Atlantic and their connection with wind forcing, Paulo Simionatto Polito
Studies on the fates of organic contaminants in aquatic environments, Christopher Michael Reddy
A modeling study of the North Atlantic Current, Clark David Rowley
SEASONAL AND LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY IN THE MERIDIONAL HEAT FLUX AT 36°N IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, Olga T. Sato
Seasonal and low-frequency variability in the meridional heat flux at 36 degrees N in the North Atlantic, Olga Tiemi Sato
The dynamics and optimal harvesting of multispecies fisheries in fluctuating environments, Paul David Spencer
The morphological characteristics and geological implications of prime segments and axial volcanoes along the East Pacific Rise, Stacey Ann Tighe
Study of dinoflagellate life cycle and its role in population dynamics, Jiaping Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
The Rock Magnetic Properties, Grain Size and Mineral Composition of Winborne Dust and Sediment in the North Pacific Ocean, Eve Maureen Arnold
The rock-magnetic properties, grain size and mineral composition of windborne dust and sediment in the North Pacific Ocean, Eve Maureen Arnold
Aspects of colloid and pollutant geochemistry in marine sediments, Robert M. Burgess
Oxygen exchange and nutrient transformation rates under fluctuating salinity treatments in two subtidal marsh habitats, Charles Norman Farris
Water Circulation Patterns Detected in AVHRR-SST Imagery in Relation to Larval Menhaden Abundances in the South Atlantic Bight, Heidi M. Franklin
Community ecology of cetacean habitat, Robert Bruce Griffin
OPEN-OCEAN OBSER VATIONS OF THE MODULATION OF GRAVITY-CAPILLARY WAVES BY LONG GRAVITY WAVES, Kurt A. Hanson
The influence of dissolved humic material (humic, fulvic and hydrophilic acids) on marine phytoplankton, Cynthia Ann Heil
Processes associated with steep meander development in the Gulf Stream near 68 degrees West, Stephan Dixon Howden
Determination of marine aerosol composition, mass distribution, and optical properties, Steven G. Howell
KUROSHIO INSTABILITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA - OBSERVATIONS, MODELING, AND COMPARISON WITH THE GULF STREAM, Charles James
Growth, grazing and bioluminescence of marine heterotrophic dinoflagellates, Yaqin Li
Morphology and infraciliature of selected species of Tintinnina with a phylogenetic analysis of the Tintinnina based on infraciliature, Richard William Pierce
Nonlinearly forced equatorial deep jets, George Dail Rowe
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Phytoplankton Primary Production and Fish Community Structure in New Bedford Harbor: A Comparison Study to Evaluate Human Impacts, Erica Louise Absher-Mitchell
Wave propagation in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean, Kathleen Ann Donohue
An Investigation of Cadmium, Copper and Nickel in the Colloidal Size Range in Seawater, Jennifer M. Greenamoyer
A Gulf Stream-warm core ring interaction case study using statistical optimal interpolation, Julia Margaret Hummon
Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on marine zooplankton communities in a shallow estuarine system, Heeseon Jeon
Hydrogen peroxide, methyl hydroperoxide, and formaldehyde in air impacted by biomass burning, Meehye Lee
Responses of epiphytes on eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) to nutrient enrichment, Hsing-Juh Lin
Submarine pyroclastic deposits: Implications for pyroclastic flow/seawater interactions and volatile discharge during explosive volcanic eruptions, Charles William Mandeville
An environmental magnetic study of the sediments of Lake Baikal, Russia, John A. Peck
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS) IN BULL CREEK, SOUTH CAROLINA, Richard Oliver Petricig
Studies on food-limited growth in juvenile shellfish using novel aquaculture approaches, Robert B. Rheault Jr.
Zooplankton ecology in relation to a prominent oxygen minimum zone and a seamount in the eastern tropical Pacific, Jennifer Saltzman
Photosynthesis and light absorption in the large marine dinoflagellate, Pyrocystis noctiluca Murray ex Haeckel (1890) grown in laboratory culture, Robert David Vaillancourt
The oceanic response to atmospheric forcing in the western equatorial Pacific, Qian Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Studies of the origin and tectonic development of the Easter and Juan Fernandez microplates, and seafloor and oceanic basement roughness, Robert Thomas Bird
Ecology of juvenile tautog (Tautoga onitis) in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, Barbara Ann Dorf
Marine cladocerans in Narragansett Bay, Paul Wynn Fofonoff
Characterization of atmospheric aerosols over East Asia and the western North Pacific, Yuan Gao
An equivalent-barotropic data-assimilating model of Gulf Stream meanders, Hyun-Sook Kim
Variability of the Gulf Stream path observed from satellite infrared images, Tong Lee
Systematics of selected species of the marine diatom genus Chaetoceros Ehrenberg 1844, Jan Elizabeth B. Rines
Float observations and numerical simulations of particle motion in Gulf Stream meanders, Tao Song
A study of the bioluminescence of larger zooplankton and the effects of low-level light changes on their behavior, Jeffrey Robert Van Keuren
STEAMWISE VORTICES IN THE OCEANIC BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER, Bruce Eric Viekman
Streamwise vortices in the oceanic bottom boundary layer, Bruce Eric Viekman
The abundance and distribution of Crangon septemspinosa in Narragansett Bay and the importance of C. septemspinosa as a predator of benthic macrofauna and newly metamorphosed Pleuronectes americanus, Sandra Thornton Whitehouse
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Early feeding in larval summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus: Gut development and starvation effects, Gustavo Adrian Bisbal
Distribution patterns of coccolithophorid blooms and their biogeochemical significance, Christopher Wendell Brown
Studies of feeding behavior, development, and food limitation in first feeding nauplii of the copepod Acartia tonsa (Copepoda: Calanoida), Robert George Campbell
Eddy-mean flow interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68 degrees W, Meghan Cronin
The structural character of oceanic transforms: Implications for tectonic processes, David Gerald Gallo
Compositional diversity in volcanic deposits: Implications for processes operating within magma chambers and the withdrawal of magma during explosive plinian eruptions, James Edward Gardner
Causes and consequences of small-scale spatial pattern in the capitellid polychaete, Mediomastus ambiseta, Jeffrey Ellis Hughes
Zooplankton distributions in the Great South Channel and the genetic population structure of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of Maine, Lisa Marie Kann
Molecular oxygen and oxygen-18: Co-tracers of oceanic productivity, John Afton Kiddon