Maine Maritime Academy > Corning School of Ocean Studies > Senior Research Projects > Senior Research Paper Abstract Archive > 2011 Senior Research Abstracts
  • The effects of acidification and warming on the shell strength of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis (PDF)
  • Weight gain and shell thickness of juvenile American lobsters (Homarus americanus) fed a cod liver oil enriched brine shrimp (Artemia sp.) diet (PDF)
  • Comparison of biofouling and sediment accumulation in open-flow and recirculating aquaria (PDF)
  • Evaluation of bleaching in the coralline alga, Corallina officinalis, under increased temperatures (PDF)
  • Comparison of traditional copper based and “eco-friendly” antifouling paints in preventing biofouling (PDF)
  • The effect of synthetic estrogen, 17α-ethinylestradiol, on the gonadosomatic index of male and female mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) (PDF)
  • Heart rate responses of the European green crab, Carcinus maenas exposed to ultra low sulfur diesel (PDF)
  • Characterizing the genetic structure of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, population in the Bagaduce River, Maine using three DNA microsatellite markers (PDF)
  • Population density, den choice and prey preference made by red octopus, Octopus rubescens, collected from Admiralty Bay, Washington, in July 2011 (PDF)
  • The impact of road salt (NaCl) on soil salinity of Hatch Cove Preserve in Castine, ME (PDF)
  • Food quality preference of Atlantic rock crab (Cancer irroratus) to fresh, frozen, and dried food (PDF)
  • Aspects of optimal foraging based on prey-size preference in Asterias rubens—Mytilus edulis predator-prey interaction (PDF)
  • The effects of ultraviolet radiation on the fertilization of the fucoid brown alga Fucus vesiculosus (PDF)