Maine Maritime Academy > Corning School of Ocean Studies > Senior Research Projects > Senior Research Paper Abstract Archive > 2012 Senior Research Abstracts
  • Explaining river plume salinity differences in the Passagassawakeag river plume in Belfast, Maine using salinity anomalies, tidal events, discharge data, and wind data (PDF)
  • The effect of the dispersant Corexit 9527 on blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) (PDF)
  • The effect of temperature on the death rate of the blood star, Henricia sanguinolenta, when exposed to the bacterial infection Vibrio; An analysis of the population of Henricia sanguinolenta (healthy versus infected) in Castine Harbor, Maine (PDF)
  • Examining the optimal foraging techniques of green crabs, Carcinus maenas (L.) feeding on blue mussels Mytilus edulis (PDF)
  • Differences in heavy metal concentrations in green crabs, Carcinus maenus, between two locations in Maine (PDF)
  • Suspended sediment concentrations at pockmarks in Belfast Bay, Maine: evidence for causes of shape retention of inactive pockmarks (PDF)
  • Influence of photoperiods on male and female Fundulus heteroclitus’  metabolic rate and gonad development (PDF)
  • A study of alkalinity and salinity in the Pockmark Field in Belfast Bay, Maine (PDF)
  • Do variabile quantitative food resources affect appendage regeneration of the brittle star Ophiopholus aculeata? (PDF)
  • TDP (Total Dissolved Phosphorus) concentrations of freshwater interstitial porewaters as a function of depth, in Toddy Pond, Maine (PDF)
  • The impact of ocean acidification on the shell breaking strength of the common periwinkle, Littorina littorea (PDF)
  • The use of green crabs (Carcinus maenus), hermit crabs (Pagarus longicarpus), and periwinkles (Littorina littorea) to control fouling communities in suspended oyster aquaculture (PDF)