Maine Maritime Academy > Corning School of Ocean Studies > Senior Research Projects > Senior Research Paper Abstract Archive > 2010 Senior Research Abstracts
  • A comparison of particulate organic carbon (POC) from in situ and satellite ocean color data off the coast of Antarctica (PDF)
  • Attachment strength of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) when exposed to conspecific mortality and green crab (Carcinus maenas) chemical cues (PDF)
  • Behavioral responses of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) to broadcasted Barred owl (Strix varia) (PDF)
  • Characterization and potential causative factors of spatial and temporal patterns of harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) strandings and pup abandonment along the eastern coast of Maine during 2001-2009 (PDF)
  • Comparison of anemonefishes Amphiprion clarkii and Amphiprion perideraion behavior may change their inhabitance distribution (PDF)
  • Does human presence affect the amount of time it takes for Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) to undergo the nesting process? (PDF)
  • Does the bushy-backed sea slug (Dendronotus frondosus) contain chemical defenses against predation by the crab Carcinus maenas? (PDF)
  • Effects of predator presence and predator diet on chemical cue response of the marine snail, Littorina littorea (PDF)
  • Using midwater netting to verify acoustic targets for hydroacoustic assessment of tidal power development (PDF)
  • Investigation into the efficiency of ultrasound ballast water purification (PDF)
  • Retention of phosphorus in high and low salt marsh sediments (PDF)
  • Screening for antimicrobial activity among local organisms in the Gulf of Maine (PDF)
  • Shell preference in the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus in relation to epibiota covering of the shell (PDF)
  • Substrate preference of Cyclopterus lumpus (lumpfish) between natural and artificial substrates (PDF)
  • Survivorship, weight gain, and molting rate, of stage IV Homarus americanus fed different Artemia diets (PDF)
  • The effect of copper (Cu2+) on the level of the heat stress protein HSP 70, in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and its potential as a biomarker (PDF)