2019 Senior Research Abstracts

• A spatial investigation of sedimentary micro plastic in the Bagaduce River and its relationship with the Castine wastewater treatment facility (PDF)
• Analysis of the tensile strength of handmade paper from Ascophyllum nodosum and Saccharina latissima (PDF)
• Assessing the spatial distribution of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons around Bangor, Maine using polyethylene passive sampling (PDF)
• Deep-sea octopuses (Muusoctopus leioderma) consume local in fauna in shallow waters of Burrows Bay, WA, USA (PDF)
• Impacts of human visitation during the summer season on the intertidal communities in Castine, Maine (PDF)
• Modeling the effects of temperature and food availability on the growth of individual Aurelia aurita medusa in the Inland Sea of Japan (PDF)
• Sediment oxygen demand in the Penobscot and Bagaduce estuaries (PDF)
• Shell preference of Pagurus longicarpus (Long-clawed hermit crabs) when faced with 3-dimensionally printed shells of differing colors (PDF)
• Testing the efficiency of the oily water separator in removing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from bilge water on the Training Ship State of Maine (PDF)
• The effects of ocean acidification on the feeding physiology of Atlantic surfclams (PDF)
• The toxicity of bilge water on two species of native marine polychaete, bloodworms (Glycera dibranchiate) and sandworms (Nereis virens) (PDF)