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Theses/Dissertations from 1979

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MODELING THE EFFECT OF LIGHT INTENSITY AND TEMPERATURE ON THE GROWTH RATE AND BIOMASS OF SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) AND OTHER DIATOMS, JAMES AMOS YODER

Theses/Dissertations from 1978

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Flux and Processes of Deposition of Atmospheric Sea Salt to the Earth Surface, Azhari F. M. Ahmed

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LATE NEOGENE AND QUATERNARY PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE GULF OF MEXICO, CHARLOTTE A. BRUNNER

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GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CARBONIFEROUS NARRAGANSETT BASIN, RHODE ISLAND, BARCLAY POWERS COLLINS

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STUDIES OF CENOZOIC DEEP-SEA BENTHONIC FORAMINIFERA IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, BRUCE HAYWARD CORLISS

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MELTING RELATIONS AND MINERAL CHEMISTRY OF ICELAND AND REYKJANES RIDGE BASALTS, MARTIN ROBERT FISK

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ON THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF TURBIDITY AT A LOCATION OFF RHODE ISLAND, RICHARD MICHAEL HEAVERS

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The Distribution of Hydrocarbons in Narragansett Bay Sediment Cores, Andrea Chapin Hurtt

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METABOLISM AND CALCIFICATION OF THE TEMPERATE SCLERACTINIAN CORAL ASTRANGIA DANAE, THIERRY GEORGES JACQUES

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A STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS ON THE TRACE METAL CONTENT OF CALCITE AND ARAGONITE, ROBERT BRUCE LORENS

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MANAGEMENT MODELING OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL LOBSTER FISHERIES, GUY DONALD MARCHESSEAULT

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THECAL MORPHOLOGY, GROWTH RATE AND CELL SIZE RELATIONSHIPS, AND LUMINESCENCE IN THE MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE SPECIES, PYROCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS WYVILLE THOMSON EX BLACKMANN, VALERIE ANNE MEUNIER

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A BAROTROPIC STEADY-STATE NUMERICAL MODEL OF THE CIRCULATION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, KENNETH ARTHUR MOONEY

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POLYNOMIAL DISTRIBUTED LAG FORMULATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE OF MAINE LOBSTER YIELD ON SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF BIOECONOMIC VARIABLES, FAUSTINO LATARU ORACH-MEZA

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GROWTH AND ENERGY BALANCE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELAY OF METAMORPHOSIS OF LARVAL GASTROPODS, JAN A. PECHENIK

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PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE SANTA BARBARA BASIN AND THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT DURING THE LAST 8000 YEARS, NICKLAS GEORGE PISIAS

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TEMPERATURE AND THE RATE OF EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF STRIPED BASS, MORONE SAXATILIS (WALBAUM), BRUCE ALDEN ROGERS

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Time Dependent and Rotational Effects in Salt Finger Convection, Raymond W. Schmitt Jr.

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THE ROTATING HYDRAULICS OF STEADY FLOW IN OPEN CHANNELS, COLIN YUNKANG SHEN

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LATE CENOZOIC BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ROBERT CARL THUNELL

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The Origin and Maintenance of Sand Waves Near the Head of Wilmington Canyon, Middle Atlantic Shelf, United States, David Cushman Twichell Jr.

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DIAGENESIS OF HYDROCARBONS, FATTY ACIDS, AND ISOPRENOID ALCOHOLS IN MARINE SEDIMENTS, EDWARD SUTTON VAN VLEET

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Sedimentary Geochemistry of Hydrocarbons from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Incorporation, Distribution and Fate, Terry Lee Wade

Theses/Dissertations from 1977

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FACTORS CONTROLLING THE ACQUISITION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MAGNETIZATIONS IN SEDIMENTS, CRAIG ARMEN AMERIGIAN

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The Transport and Fate of Hydrocarbons in Benthic Environments, Paul David Boehm

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Wave Energy and Beach Response for Three Southern Rhode Island Beaches, Nancy Susan Donovan

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Atmospheric Pathways of the Phosphorus Cycle, William F. Graham

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THE TIME COURSE OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ADAPTATION, THE GROWTH RATE RESPONSE, AND VARIATIONS IN THE PIGMENT, CARBOHYDRATE AND PROTEIN CONTENT OF SKELETONEMA COSTATUM AND DETONULA CONFERVACEA TO CHANGES IN LIGHT INTENSITY, GARY LEWIS HITCHCOCK

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Protonation Characteristics of the Dissolved Organic Matter in Seawater, Douglas Lee Huizenga

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FLOTATION MECHANISMS AND IONIC RELATIONS OF THE NON-MOTILE MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE PYROCYSTIS NOCTILUCA MURRAY (1885), NORMAN MAURICE KAHN

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LATE CENOZOIC ANTARCTIC RADIOLARIAN DISTRIBUTIONS: THEIR PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS, JOHN KEANY

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The Isolation and Partial Characterization of the Dissolved Organic Matter in Seawater, Richard Alan Kerr

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ABYSSAL PALEOCIRCULATION IN THE VEMA CHANNEL (SW ATLANTIC), MICHAEL THOMAS LEDBETTER

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STUDIES OF THE SEA TO AIR TRANSPORT OF TRACE METALS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, STEPHEN ROMUALD PIOTROWICZ

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A STUDY OF ARTIFICIAL REEFS CONSTRUCTED FROM UNIT SHELTERS DESIGNED FOR THE AMERICAN LOBSTER (HOMARUS AMERICANUS), DANIEL JAMES SHEEHY

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THE EFFECTS OF AMMONIA, PH AND SALINITY ON THE WHITE PERCH, MORONE AMERICANA, THOMAS JOHN STEVENSON

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A STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS OF THE STABILITY OF THE ATLANTIC MENHADEN FISHERY, DOUGLAS STANWOOD VAUGHAN

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GEOCHEMISTRY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS FROM THE CENTRAL NORTH ATLANTIC: THE AZORES AND THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE, WILLIAM MICHAEL WHITE

Theses/Dissertations from 1976

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THE ROLE OF FISH MIGRATION IN TWO COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS: I. THE ATLANTIC MENHADEN, BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS, IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, R.I. 2. THE ANADROMOUS ALEWIFE, ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS, IN RHODE ISLAND PONDS, ANN GALL DURBIN

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STUDIES ON THE AUTECOLOGY OF THE MARINE DIATOM THALASSIOSIRA NORDENSKIOELDII CLEVE, EDWARD GEORGE DURBIN

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DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THE STANDARDIZED ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PARAMETER F(X), BROOKS BERESFORD ELLWOOD

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VARIATION OF NATURAL AND BRAIN-STIMULATED SOUNDS OF THE OYSTER TOADFISH OPSANUS TAU L, MICHAEL LAWRENCE FINE

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ECOLOGY OF LAGOON ZOOPLANKTON AT ENEWETAK ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS, RAY PHILIP GERBER

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THE ECOLOGY OF THE CTENOPHORE MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, PATRICIA MCCARTHY KREMER

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THE GENERATION OF OCEANIC INTERNAL WAVES BY ADVECTING AIR PRESSURE FIELDS, EDWARD RICHARD LEVINE

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The Determination of the Apparent Dissociation Constants for Arsenic Acid in Seawater, Douglas H. Lowenthal

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MECHANISMS OF SEDIMENTATION ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF OF LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE, DAVID WAYNE MCGRAIL

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DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM YIELD CONDITIONS FROM LENGTH FREQUENCY DATA FOR A TROPICAL FISH POT FISHERY, DAVID KARL STEVENSON

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WHISTLES OF THE PILOT WHALE (GLOBICEPHALA SPP.): VARIATIONS IN WHISTLING RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL/ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT, BROADCAST OF UNDERWATER SOUND, AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, ALGIS GEORGE TARUSKI

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CHLORINE AND BROMINE DEGASSING DURING SUBMARINE AND SUBAERIAL VOLCANISM, CHATHUARVEEDU KANNAN UNNI

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THE INFLUENCE OF GRAZING AND NUTRIENT EXCRETION BY ZOOPLANKTON ON THE GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF THE MARINE DIATOM, SKELETONEMA COSTATUM (GREVILLE) CLEVE, IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, GABRIEL ANDREW VARGO

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Particulate Matter in Surface Seawater: Sources, Chemical Composition, and Affinity for the Sea-Air Interface, Gordon T. Wallace Jr.

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ECOLOGY OF BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE GONYAULAX TAMARENSIS LEBOUR, HARRIS HERMAN WHITE

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PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL PALEOECOLOGY IN DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN, DOUGLAS FRANCIS WILLIAMS

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ECOLOGY OF PARATHEMISTO LIBELLULA AND P. PACIFICA (AMPHIPODA: HYPERIIDEA) IN ALASKAN COASTAL WATERS, Bruce L. Wing

Theses/Dissertations from 1975

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NITRATE AND AMMONIA UPTAKE OF LARGE OCEANIC DINOFLAGELLATES: PYROCYSTIS NOCTILUCA, PYROCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS, AND DISSODINIUM LUNULA, MAHN BHOVICHITRA

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PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM AND ITS REGULATION IN THE SEA URCHIN (ARBACIA PUNCTULATA), DAVID EUGENE CRANDALL

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LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY OF ADULT-SIZED AMERICAN EELS (ANGUILLA ROSTRATA LESUEUR): EFFECTS OF SHELTER AVAILABILITY, INDUCED MATURATION AND SENSORY IMPAIRMENT, RICHARD KENNETH EDEL

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Large and Small Scale Temperature-Salinity Correlations in the Ocean, David L. Evans

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PAPERS ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY, HYDROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PETTAQUAMSCUTT RIVER ESTUARY, ARTHUR GEORGE GAINES JR.

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MIGRATORY ORIENTATION IN THE AMERICAN EEL, ANGUILLA ROSTRATA, JAMES HENDRIK WENTINK HAIN

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CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION AT THE AIR SEA INTERFACE: ALKALI AND ALKALINE EARTH METALS AND TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON, EVA JERNIGAN HOFFMAN

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ANALYSIS OF A PLANKTON-BASED TEMPERATE ECOSYSTEM: AN ECOLOGICAL SIMULATION MODEL OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, JAMES N. KREMER

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TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION IN PROTEIN AND RNA SYNTHESIS DURING THE INTERMOLT CYCLE OF THE AMERICAN LOBSTER, HOMARUS AMERICANUS, JOHN F. MC CARTHY

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RESPONSES OF SELECTED BIVALVE MOLLUSCS TO TEMPERATURE AND DISSOLVED OXYGEN, NEIL BLANDFORD SAVAGE

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SOME ASPECTS OF THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER (LIMANDA FERRUGINEA) FISHERY, MICHAEL P. SISSENWINE

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THE NON TIDAL FLOW IN THE PROVIDENCE RIVER OF NARRAGANSETT BAY: A STOCHASTIC APPROACH TO ESTUARINE CIRCULATION, ROBERT H. WEISBERG

Theses/Dissertations from 1974

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DENITRIFICATION IN CLOSED-SYSTEM AQUACULTURE, W. LLOYD BALDERSTON

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THE NATURE OF TRIASSIC CONTINENTAL RIFT STRUCTURES IN THE GULF OF MAINE, ROBERT D. BALLARD

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Iron Speciation and Solubility in Sea Water, Robert Howard Byrne Jr.

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THE ECOLOGY OF THE GENUS SERGESTES (DECAPODA, NATANTIA) IN AN AREA NEAR BERMUDA, HENRY ADAM DONALDSON

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Fluoride in Sea Water: Distribution in the North Atlantic Ocean and Formation of Ion Pairs with Sodium, Gerard Roland Miller Jr.

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THE ADSORPTION OF COPPER AND COBALT FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION ONTO ILLITE ANDOTHER SUBSTRATES, THOMAS PATRICK O'CONNOR

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THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON THE MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR OF ADULT AND JUVENILE ALEWIVES, ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS (WILSON), WILLIAM ALBERT RICHKUS

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SOURCE, FORMATION, AND COMPOSITION OF SUSPENDED LIPOIDAL MATERIAL IN NARRAGANSETT BAY, RHODE ISLAND, DAVID MICHAEL SCHULTZ

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SEASONAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ZOOPLANKTON IN AN ESTUARINE ANOXIC BASIN AND THEIR TOLERANCES TO HYDROGEN-SULFIDE AND DISSOLVED OXYGEN, SANDRA L. VARGO

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Measurements of Hydrocarbon, Phthalic Acid, and Phthalic Acid Ester Concentrations in Environmental Samples, Terry L. Wade

Theses/Dissertations from 1973

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Solubilization of Hydrocarbons by Dissolved Organic Matter in Sea Water, Paul David Boehm

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LINEAR MAGNETIC ANOMALIES IN THE COLOMBIA BASIN CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA, ERIC CHRISTOFFERSON

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A Study of the Two Layer Salt Finger System, James W. Demenkow

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STUDIES ON DISSOLVED SILICA AT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE OCEAN SYSTEM, KENT ABRAM FANNING

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LATE-CENOZOIC GEOLOGY, PALEO-OCEANOGRAPHY AND PALEO-CLIMATOLOGY OF THE ROSS SEA, ANTARCTICA, RICHARD HENRY FILLON

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THE LAWS OF GROWTH: A TREATISE ON A SPECIAL CLASS OF FUNCTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS TO CERTAIN CLASSICAL PROBLEMS, RICHARD IAN FLETCHER

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SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE RESPONSES OF ESTUARINE POPULATIONS TO HEATED WATER IN THE VICINITY OF A STEAM-GENERATING PLANT, JUAN GERARDO GONZALEZ

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TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF THE ENDOLITHIC MICROFLORA OF REEF CORALS WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON ENDOLITHIC MICROPHYTES, KAREN J. LUKAS

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NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE NEW JERSEY CONTINENTAL SHELF TOPOGRAPHIC RIDGES AND DEPRESSIONS, CHARLES ELIOT MCCLENNEN

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ECOLOGY OF THE PHYTOPLANKTON OF NARRAGANSETT BAY AND THE UPTAKE OF SILICABY NATURAL POPULATIONS AND THE DIATOMS SKELETONEMA COSTATUM AND DETONULA CONFERVACEA, BETTY A. MITCHELL-INNES

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THE VOCAL AND BEHAVIORAL REACTIONS OF THE WHITE WHALE, OR BELUGA, (DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS) TO UNDERWATER PLAYBACK OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC BELUGA SOUNDS, David W. Morgan

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SEDIMENT REWORKING, TUBE BUILDING, AND BURROWING IN A SHALLOW SUBTIDAL MARINE BOTTOM COMMUNITY: RATES AND EFFECTS, ALLEN COWLES MYERS

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A STUDY OF THE MECHANISM OF THE ADSORPTION OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS IN MARINE SEDIMENTS, RICHARD H. PIERCE JR.

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FUNDAMENTALS OF A BEHAVIORALLY MOTIVATED MODEL OF POPULATION MIGRATIONS, TIBOR THOMAS POLGAR

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CURRENT MEASUREMENTS UNDER THE GULF STREAM NEAR CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA, PHILIP L. RICHARDSON

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THE GRASS SHRIMP, PALAEMONETES PUGIO, AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF A SALT MARSH ECOSYSTEM, BARBARA LATHROP WELSH

Theses/Dissertations from 1972

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COPPER METABOLISM, COPPER TOXICITY, AND A REVIEW OF THE FUNCTION OF HEMOCYANIN IN BUSYCON CANALICULATUM (L.), SUSAN BEERS BETZER

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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF NEUROSECRETION AND REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY IN THE BAY SCALLOP, AEQUIPECTEN IRRADIANS (LAMARCK), NORMAN J. BLAKE

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ARSENATE AND ARSENITE IN SEA WATER, DAVID LESLIE JOHNSON

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ASSOCIATION OF FATTY-ACIDS AND HYDROCARBONS WITH MINERAL PARTICLES IN SEA WATER, PHILIP ALAN MEYERS

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A STUDY OF TROPHIC INTERACTIONS AMONG SPECIES BY DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF FISH POPULATIONS, JAMES D. PARRISH

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ALBEDO OF THE SEA SURFACE, RICHARD EARL PAYNE

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PROTEIN POLYMORPHISMS AND POPULATION GENETICS OF THE HARD CLAM, MERCENARIA MERCENARIA (L.), GERALD GEORGE PESCH