Maine Maritime Academy > Corning School of Ocean Studies > Senior Research Projects > Senior Research Paper Abstract Archive > 2009 Senior Research Abstracts
  • Abundances and morphometric measurements of Ruppia maritima to determine the effectiveness of using seagrass as a biological indicator of water quality in estuarine systems in Acadia National Park (PDF)
  • The effect of school sizes on the growth rates of the naturally solitary summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) and the naturally schooling summichug (Fundulus heteroclitus) (PDF)
  • Effects of integrated multi-tropic aquaculture on growth rates in sugar kelp, Laminaria saccharina (PDF)
  • The effect of salinity on heat shock protein 70 levels in the European green crab, Carcinus maenes (PDF)
  • Evaluating feeding preferences of Elysia chlorotica: Is Vaucheria litorea the preferred alga? (PDF)
  • Growth rates of knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum, under different salinities in Penobscot Bay, Maine in 2004 and 2005 (PDF)
  • Microtopographical selection of the common periwinkle Littorina littorea (PDF)
  • Mortality rates of the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis under varying levels of dissolved oxygen (PDF)
  • Optimal foraging behaviors of the gastropod Littorina littorea in Castine, Maine (PDF)
  • Optimal foraging effect on prey-size preference in the sea star (Asterias vulgaris) —  blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) predator-prey relationship (PDF)
  • Use of kelp (Laminaria sp.) to reduce nitrogen concentration in green sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) culture (PDF)