Marine Biology Dissertations
2009
- Christopher T. Frenz
Voltage-gated sodium channel isoform expression in the mouse main olfactory epithelium: A neuronal role for the cardiac isoform, Nav1.5.
Advisor: Dionne
2008
- Eric D. Crandall
Isolation and gene flow in Indo-Pacific species with pelagic larvae.
Advisor: Barber - Jennifer B. Culbertson
Long-term ecological impacts of the Wild Harbor oil spill on salt marsh fiddler crabs, Uca pugnax, salt marsh grasses, Spartina alterniflora, and ribbed mussels, Geukensia demissa.
Advisor: Valiela - Sophia Erith Fox
Ecological effects of nitrogen loading to temperate estuaries: Macrophyte and consumer community structure and food web relationships.
Advisor: Valiela - Gabrielle Tomasky Holmes
Nutrient supply, water residence time, temperature, and grazing as controls of size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass in shallow temperate estuarine ecosystems.
Advisor: Valiela - Mindy Lou Richlen
The ecology and phylogeography of ciguatera on coral reefs.
Advisor: Lobel
2007
- Vanessa C. Miller-Sims
Olfactory homing and dispersal of coral reef fishes in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Advisor: Atema - Mirta C. Teichberg
Macroalgal growth: Local and global comparisons of nutrient limitation and assimilation.
Advisor: Valiela
2006
- Carolyn Miller Angell
Body fat condition of free-ranging right whales, Eubalaena glacialis and Eubalaena australis.
Advisor: Dionne - Sara Powers Grady
Population dynamics of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, on Cape Cod: Field data and model simulations of the effects of harvest.
Advisor: Valiela - Gregory B. Skomal
The physiological effects of capture stress on post-release survivorship of sharks, tunas, and marlin.
Advisor: Lobel - Joanna K. York
A stable isotopic assessment of sources and assimilation of nitrogen by estuarine phytoplankton.
Advisor: Valiela
News & Events
- Nov 05, 2009

The research of Dr. Peter Buston and his collaborators was featured on the
cover of this month's journal of Molecular Ecology.
Read more. - Oct 28, 2009

Drs. Finnerty and Gilmore's research was recently highlighted in the online Public Library of Science journal, PLoS ONE.
Read more. - View our News & Events page.