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Theses/Dissertations from 1986

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A Three Dimensional Numerical Model System of Coastal Circulation and Water Quality, J. Craig Swanson

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CHANGES IN THE EPIBENTHIC MACRO-INVERTEBRATE AND DEMERSAL FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN NARRAGANSETT BAY AND RHODE ISLAND SOUND (ASTERIAS, CANCER, PSEUDOPLEURONECTES, REPLACEMENT, DOMINANCE), MARK TERCEIRO

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A DESCRIPTION OF THE STRUCTURE OF A TROPICAL INTERTIDAL MUD FLAT COMMUNITY (COSTA RICA), JOSE A. VARGAS ZAMORA

Theses/Dissertations from 1985

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TIME-SERIES MODELING: APPLICATIONS TO LONG-TERM FINFISH MONITORING DATA (HARMONIC, IMPACT, REGRESSION, ASSESSMENT, POWER-PLANT), LINDA EBERHARDT BIRELEY

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Population Characteristics and Sulfide Oxidizing Metabolism of the Bivalve Solemya velum, Chong Chen

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DISCRIMINATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STRIPED BASS STOCKS (MIXED, ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING, LINEAR FUNCTIONS, MORPHOMETRICS, STOCK COMPOSITION, CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND), MARY C. FABRIZIO

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FACTORS DETERMINING ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE OCEAN SUBSURFACE LAYER AFFECTED BY WIND WAVE ACTIVITY (BUBBLES, STATISTICAL GEOMETRY, BREAKING, RANDOM FIELDS), ROMAN EVSEY GLAZMAN

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THE IMPACT OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS ON TRACE METAL CHEMISTRY IN OPEN OCEAN SURFACE SEAWATER, HAL BARTON MARING

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DESCRIPTIVE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS: BACKGROUND AND AN APPLICATION TO TROPICAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (PHILIPPINES), JOHN WILLIAM MCMANUS

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EFFECTS OF BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ALGAL DIETS ON GROWTH AND METABOLISM OF JUVENILE BAY SCALLOPS ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS (LAMARCK) (BIVALVIA, PECTINIDAE), HENRY MARTINDALE RINES

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RATE AND STOICHIOMETRY OF NUTRIENT REMINERALIZATION IN AN ANOXIC ESTUARY, THE PETTAQUAMSCUTT RIVER (RHODE ISLAND, U.S.A.) (SULFATE REDUCTION, REGENERATION, UNITED STATES), PATRICK FERNAND ROQUES

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FACTORS CONTROLLING SHORT TERM VARIATIONS IN MARINE BACTERIAL POPULATIONS, MICHAEL EDWARD SIERACKI

Theses/Dissertations from 1984

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Measurement of Oceanic Wind Speed Using Acoustic Ambient Sea Noise, Susan L. Bourassa

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ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF COLD CORE GULF STREAM RINGS AND THEIR COMPONENT WATERS, JANE ANN ELROD

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NUTRIENT AND TEMPERATURE-LIMITED CONTINUOUS CULTURE OF THE PHYTOPLANKTON SPECIES SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (GREVILLE) CLEVE, ASTERIONELLA GLACIALIS CASTRACANE AND OLISTHODISCUS LUTEUS CARTER, AND MODELING OF THEIR SEASONAL SUCCESSION IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, R.I. (NITROGEN, CHEMOSTAT, AMMONIA UPTAKE; RHODE ISLAND), DEBORAH PERRYMAN FRENCH

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ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF BENTHIC MEIOFAUNA IN MESOCOSMS, JEFFREY BRIAN FRITHSEN

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The Fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Enclosed Marine Ecosystems, Kenneth R. Hinga

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CHEMISTRY OF IRON IN DIFFERENT MARINE ENVIRONMENTS AND THE BINDING OF IRON, COPPER, MANGANESE AND ALUMINUM WITH PARTICLES IN A MICROCOSM SYSTEM (REDOX, DISTRIBUTION, SPECIATION), HUASHENG HONG

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STRUCTURE AND TECTONICS OF THE LONG ISLAND PLATFORM (CRUSTAL STRUCTURE, EAST COAST, UNITED STATES, SEISMIC-REFLECTION), DEBORAH RUTH HUTCHINSON

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GEOSTROPHY AND POTENTIAL VORTICITY IN THE GULF STREAM NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA, ELIZABETH JOHNS

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DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE OF GULF STREAM MEANDERS NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (NORTH CAROLINA), WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNS

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THE OTOLITH INCREMENT AGEING TECHNIQUE: APPLICATION IN LARVAL FISH, CYNTHIA MARGURITE JONES

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DISTRIBUTIONAL BIOLOGY OF THE CETACEAN FAUNA OF THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL SHELF (MEGAPTERA, ECOLOGY, HUMPBACK), ROBERT DENNIS KENNEY

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OCEANIC HETEROTROPHIC DINOFLAGELLATES: DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND ROLE AS MICROZOOPLANKTON (SARGASSO SEA), EVELYN J. LESSARD

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STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE DISTRIBUTIONS OF THERMOCATALYTICALLY GENERATED LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HYDROCARBON GASES, HARRY BRINTON MCCARTY JR.

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PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF ICELAND BASALTS: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS, PETER SHEAFE MEYER

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Observations of Equatorially Trapped Waves in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from Inverted Echo Sounders, Laurence L. Miller

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OBSERVATIONS OF EQUATORIALLY TRAPPED WAVES IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM INVERTED ECHO SOUNDERS (INERTIA-GRAVITY, KELVIN), LAURENCE L. MILLER

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SHELF CIRCULATION STUDIES ON THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL SHELF, MARLENE ANN NOBLE

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CARBON FLOW IN A COASTAL MARINE BOTTOM COMMUNITY (REMINERALIZATION, MASS TRANSFER RATES, DETRITUS), JAMES EDWARD O'REILLY

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A SURVEY OF THE NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL HISTOLOGY OF SCLERACTINIAN CORALS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE EFFECTS OF SEDIMENTATION STRESS (ASTRANGIA DANAE, CARIBBEAN, HISTOPATHOLOGY), ESTHER CAROLINE PETERS

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THE GROUP METHOD OF DATA HANDLING: APPLICATIONS IN OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERY SCIENCE (GMDH, IVAKHNENKO, MODELING), MICHAEL HASKELL PRAGER

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THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY SEDIMENTS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE COMPOUNDS TO THE BLUE MUSSEL, MYTILUS EDULIS (PCB, PAH, CLAMS), RICHARD JOSEPH PRUELL

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EFFECTS OF ARTEMIA DIETS CONTAINING FOUR CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS ON STRIPED BASS (MORONE SAXATILIS) LARVAL SURVIVAL GROWTH, AND BODY BURDEN CHANGES, DEBORAH WESTIN ROGERS

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SEASONALITY OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND CARBON FLOW IN NARRAGANSETT BAY SEDIMENTS (BENTHOS, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, DETRITUS), DAVID THORNTON RUDNICK

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COPPER AND GONYAULAX TAMARENSIS: PHYSIOLOGY, TOXICITY AND REQUIREMENT (LOCALIZATION, FRACTIONATION, FLAGELLA), RITA CLARE SCHENCK

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THE USE OF OLFACTION BY MIGRATING ELVERS OF THE AMERICAN EEL, ANGUILLA ROSTRATA (LESUEUR) (FRESHWATER, ATTRACTANT, CHARACTERIZATION), PETER WILLIAM SORENSEN

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THE CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE ON TRACE METAL CHEMISTRY IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT, Wilaiwan Thumtrakul

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THE CARBON DIOXIDE SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE ON TRACE METAL CHEMISTRY IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT (MANGANESE, SPECIATION, ALKALINITY, PERU), WILAIWAN THUMTRAKUL

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THE PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF TINTINNIDS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND, PETER GORDON VERITY

Theses/Dissertations from 1983

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THE EFFECTS OF SMALL SCALE PATCHINESS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ON COPEPOD SWIMMING BEHAVIOR (PSEUDOCALANUS MINUTUS, ACARTIA HUDSONICA), EDWARD JOSEPH BUSKEY

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LABORATORY STUDIES OF THE POPULATION DYNAMICS, SECONDARY PRODUCTION AND ENERGETICS OF THE OPPORTUNISTIC POLYCHAETE, CAPITELLA CAPITATA (TYPE I) (OSCILLATIONS), EDWARD JOSEPH CHESNEY JR.

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THE BIOLOGY OF ASTRANGIA DANAE (MILNE EDWARDS AND HAIME 1849): STUDIES OF BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS AFFECTING PHYSIOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN STAR CORAL, CAROL ELIZABETH CUMMINGS

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EOLIAN QUARTZ GRANULOMETRY AS A PALEOWIND INDICATOR IN THE NORTHEAST EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC, NORTH PACIFIC AND SOUTHEAST EQUATORIAL PACIFIC, JOSEPH PAUL DAUPHIN

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Boron in the Marine Atmosphere, Thomas R. Fogg

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BORON IN THE MARINE ATMOSPHERE (RHODE ISLAND), THOMAS R. FOGG

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ESTIMATING TOTAL MORTALITY RATE FROM LONGEVITY DATA (FISH, MOLLUSKS, CETACEANS), JOHN MAURICE HOENIG

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Mean and Time-Dependent Motions in the Blake Escarpment Region, David Y. Lai

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THE STOCHASTIC MODELING OF THE DYNAMICS OF FISH POPULATIONS USING NONLINEAR LESLIE MATRICES: METHODOLOGY, PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS, AND APPLICATION TO THE GEORGES BANK COD FISHERY, ERNESTO LORDA

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CHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR ADVECTION OF HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS IN RIDGE FLANK SEDIMENTS, CYNTHIA ROBIN PARMELEE MARIS

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GEOCHEMISTRY OF BIOGENIC ALKENES IN ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS (NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND), ADOLFO GUSTAVO REQUEJO

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NEOGENE PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE EQUATORIAL AND NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, KAREN KAY ROMINE

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Geochemical Behavior and Distribution of Copper and Iron in Marine Waters, James Leo Symes III

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GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR AND DISTRIBUTION OF COPPER AND IRON IN MARINE WATERS (NORTHWEST/ATLANTIC OCEAN), JAMES LEO SYMES III

Theses/Dissertations from 1982

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STUDIES ON THE GENERATION, DISPERSAL AND DEPOSITION OF TEPHRA IN THE MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT, STEVEN NORMAN CAREY

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FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF RED HAKE AND TAUTOG, AND RESPONSES TO OIL-TAINTED FOOD, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS DEACUTIS

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MIOCENE SEDIMENTS OF THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN: CARBONATE STRATIGRAPHY AND DISSOLUTION HISTORY, DEAN ALAN DUNN

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INVESTIGATIONS ON MARINE DIATOM RESTING SPORES, FRED WELLINGTON FRENCH III

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NITROGEN-15-TRACER AND OTHER LABORATORY STUDIES OF NITROGEN REMINERALIZATION IN SEDIMENTS AND WATERS FROM NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND, JONATHAN HUNT GARBER

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An Examination of Copper Speciation in Seawater, Douglas Lee Huizenga

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BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, JOHN RUSSELL KELLY

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TEMPORAL PATTERNS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSES IN THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITY OF THE ATLANTIC SILVERSIDE, MENIDIA MENIDIA (L.), KAREN HARE KOLTES

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Kinetics of Ferrous Iron Oxygenation and Redox Chemistry of Iron in Natural Waters, Yu-Jean Liang

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ANALYSES OF NORTH ATLANTIC INTERMEDIATE WATERS UPON ISOPYCNAL SURFACES AND WITHIN MESOSCALE EDDIES, SCOTT EDWARD MCDOWELL

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ACUTE TOXICITY, HISTOPATHOLOGY, AND BIOCONCENTRATION-RETENTION STUDIES WITH NO. 2 FUEL OIL AND THE BLUE CRAB, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS RATHBUN, BRIAN DOUGLAS MELZIAN

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THE CHEMICAL NATURE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF DISSOLVED COPPER-ORGANIC COMPLEXES IN THE NARRAGANSETT BAY ESTUARY (IRON, RHODE ISLAND), GARY LAWRENCE MILLS

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LATE QUATERNARY BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE STRAIT OF SICILY AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA, DAVID ROBERT MUERDTER

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STABLE AND UNSTABLE MODES OF SURFACE FRONTS, NATHAN PALDOR

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THE IMPORTANCE OF DENITRIFICATION AND NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION IN THE NITROGEN DYNAMICS AND ECOLOGY OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND, SYBIL PUTNAM SEITZINGER

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LATE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTARY FACIES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF AND UPPER SLOPE, NORTHWEST AFRICA, JAMES WILLIAM VOGEL

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FIELD ANALYSIS OF WINTER FLOUNDER PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS IN A COASTAL SALT POND: ABUNDANCE, DAILY RATION, AND ANNUAL CONSUMPTION (RHODE ISLAND), MARY NICHOLE WOROBEC

Theses/Dissertations from 1981

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FREQUENCY DOMAIN STUDIES OF THE DYNAMICS OF AN ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM, ROBERT LEO DWYER

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The Distribution and Biogeochemistry of Transition Metal - Organic Complexes in Marine Waters, Alfred Kenneth Hanson Jr.

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THE DISTRIBUTION AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF TRANSITION METAL-ORGANIC COMPLEXES IN MARINE WATERS (CONNECTICUT, COPPER, IRON), ALFRED KENNETH HANSON JR.

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COMPARATIVE STRUCTURE AND RESPONSE TO (PETROLEUM) DISTURBANCE IN TWO NEARSHORE INFAUNAL COMMUNITIES (RHODE ISLAND), JEFFREY LYNN HYLAND

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MIOCENE STABLE ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY (NEW ZEALAND, SPAIN, PACIFIC OCEAN), TOM STUART LOUTIT

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BIOLOGICAL VERSUS ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN ESTUARINE POPULATIONS OF LITTORINA LITTOREA (LINNE, 1758) IN NEW ENGLAND, TALBOT EUGENE MURRAY

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QUASI-LAGRANGIAN SIGNATURES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC CIRCULATION, Stephen C. Riser

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THE ATMOSPHERIC FLUX OF ELEMENTS FROM THE OCEAN (ATLANTIC), CLIFFORD PAUL WEISEL

Theses/Dissertations from 1980

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The Growth and Life-History Strategy of the Soft-Shell Clam, Mya arenaria L., Richard S. Appeldoorn

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THE FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF THE CALANOID COPEPODS OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND, MARK STEVEN BERMAN

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Dissolved Carbohydrate Dynamics in the Sea, Curtis Michael Burney

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DEFENSES OF THE HARD CLAM MERCENARIA MERCENARIA AGAINST PREDATION BY THE SEA STAR ASTERIAS FORBESI, PETER HAINES DOERING

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STUDIES OF THE REPRODUCTION, NUTRITION AND SYMBIOSIS WITH ZOOXANTHELLAE OF THE TEMPERATE SCLERACTINIAN CORAL ASTRANGIA DANAE, ALINA SZMANT FROELICH

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Stronium and Sodium in Fossil Biogenic Calcium Carbonates, David Graham

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THE RESPONSE OF SELECTED MARINE SPECIES TO SUBTLE LONG-TERM CLIMATIC VARIATIONS, WILLIAM CARTER JOHNSON II

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THE ECOLOGY OF THE COMMON SQUID LOLIGO PEALEI LESUEUR, 1821 IN RHODE ISLAND WATERS, WILLIAM KINGSLAND MACY III

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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF AERIAL AND SHIPBOARD SAMPLING TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING THE ABUNDANCE OF HUMPBACK WHALES (MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE), GERALD PRESTON SCOTT JR.

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A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, FINITE-ELEMENT NUMERICAL MODEL OF CIRCULATION AND DIFFUSION-ADVECTION PROCESSES FOR ESTUARINE AND COASTAL APPLICATION (WITH APPLICATION TO BAY OF ILHA GRANDE, BRAZIL), SERGIO ROMANO SIGNORINI

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PURE TONAL WHISTLE VOCALIZATIONS FROM FIVE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC DOLPHIN SPECIES, WILLIAM WAYNE STEINER II

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ACOUSTIC SCATTERING FROM SALT FINGERS PRODUCED BY THE TWO-SOLUTE METHOD, PAUL REID TEMPLE

Theses/Dissertations from 1979

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Determination of the Stability Constants of Ferric Borate at the Ionic Strength of Seawater, Jane A. Elrod

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MARINE PHOSPHORUS GEOCHEMISTRY, PHILIP NISSEN FROELICH JR.

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THE POPULATION GENETICS OF SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (GREV.) CLEVE IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, JANE CHISPA GALLAGHER

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A SIMULATION MODEL OF A SALMONID REARING FACILITY, JAMES JOSEPH GRIFFIN

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CENOZOIC STABLE ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES, LLOYD D. KEIGWIN JR.

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THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF MANGANESE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND SOME TRACE METALS IN PELAGIC PORE WATERS, GARY PATRICK KLINKHAMMER

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PALEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES IN CENOZOIC PACIFIC SEDIMENTS, MARGARET SANDRA LEINEN

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THE INFLUENCE OF RELATIVE WATER MOTION ON THE GROWTH, AMMONIA UPTAKE AND CARBON AND NITROGEN COMPOSITION OF ULVA LACTUCA (CHLOROPHYTA) AND GRACILARIA TIKVAHIAE (RHODOPHYTA), HENRY SEABURY PARKER III

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ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: THEIR TRANSPORT AND FATE, MICHAEL JAMES WADE