Maine Maritime Academy > Corning School of Ocean Studies > Senior Research Projects > Senior Research Paper Abstract Archive > 2014 Senior Research Abstracts
  • Biofilm respiration rates: A mechanism for mid-ocean hypoxic conditions? (PDF)
  • The effect of light intensity on carbonic anhydrase concentrations within Anthopleura elegantissima (PDF)
  • Behavioral responses to chemical cues produced by conspecifics and predators in the brittle star Ophiopholus aculaeta (PDF)
  • Intra-seasonal variation of cross-shore and longshore water flow of the Labrador Current using mooring data (PDF)
  • Filtration rate of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, during exposure to plankton and fucoid zygote diet treatments (PDF)
  • Influence of shell weight on shell selection preference in long clawed hermit crabs, Pagurus longicarpus (PDF)
  • Bivalve handling mechanisms of the red octopus (Octopus rubescens): Thin shelled bivalve (Nuttalia obscurata) compare to a thick shelled bivalve (Venerupis philippinarum) (PDF)
  • The abundance of microplastics in surface waters from Nova Scotia, Canada, to New York, United States (PDF)
  • Blade tissue strength of the sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima, as a factor of hydrodynamic flow (PDF)
  • Estimating the population abundance of green crabs, Carcinus maenas, in Hatch Cove, Castine, Maine (PDF)
  • Chronic and acute effects of reduced salinity on the respiration rate of the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus (PDF)
  • Seal stranding pattern analyses for resident and migratory seal species along the coast of Maine, 2000-2013 (PDF)