Theses Mentored
1994-2006
- (*= Environmental Studies Student, += Biology/Geology Interdisciplinary)
1994-1995
- Adler, David. 1995. The effects of natural rock types on the settlement of Fucus spiralis : a problem of scale. (biology-Geology interdisciplinary, Highest Honors)
- Brogan, Gilbert. 1995. Seasonal changes in mesograzer population dynamics with respect to algal hosts and faunal mobility.
- Guay, David A. 1995. A study of long term changes in the structure of an intertidal mudflat community in Wiscasset, Maine, USA.
- Balachuta, Christine. 1995. Long-term changes in the abundance of Glycera dibranchiata on an intertidal mudflat in Maine
1995-1996
- Friedlaender, Ari, S. 1996. Age determination, growth, and population structure of stranded harbor seals, Phoca vitulina concolor, from Long Island Sound. (High Honors)
- Hayes, Loren, D. 1996. Pulse train characteristics of the electric organ discharge (EOD) during the communication behavior of two skate species (Raja ocellata and Rerinacea) (Honors)
- Matlen, Colleen. 1996. The effects of increased carbon on sedimentary protein concentrations of the Charleston Bump, South Carolina, U.S.A.
- Page, Teri. 1996. Macrofaunal distribution and abundance in salt marsh pannes: The effects of physical characteristics and predator abundance.
1996-1997
- Buckstaff, Kara C. 1997. Effects of nutrient additions on growth and community compositions of phytoplankton in Lake Winebago, WI. (Honors)
- Chichester, Heather. 1997. Habitat usage and feeding behavior of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Sarasota Bay, Florida. (Honors)
- Garnett, W. 1997. Iron dependency of Glycera dibranchiata.
- Brines, E. 1998. The radioactive contamination of the Kara Sea: An investigation of the sources, mechanisms of transport, and environmental policies. (Russian Department)
- +Reiner, J. 1998. Dynamics of sediment-starved hard bottoms: The roles of endolithic bivalves and epibenthic macroalgae in sediment production.
1998-1999
- Grable, M. 1999. Distribution and abundance of infauna on the Chukchi Shelf: influences of water column processes.
- McAuliffe, S. 1999. Effects of bait-worm digging on infaunal communities in the St. George River, Maine
- O’Leary, S. 1999. Effects of bait-worm digging on the soft-shelled clam Mya arenaria: Predation on exposed individuals.
- + Tilney, P. 1999. Distribution and abundance of epibenthic organisms on the Chukchi Shelf based on ROV images. (Biology-Geology interdisciplinary)
1999-2000
- *Canfield, Susannah, 2000. Chemical analysis of anthropogenic heavy-metal contamination and its relation to land use in the Webhannet River marsh, Wells, Maine (Honours).
- Kasper, Jacob. Phenotypic and genotypic variations of Nucella lapilus across a gradient of wave exposure in Maine, USA.
2000-2001- Sabbatical Year
2001-2002
- Businksi, Tara 2002. Effects of bait-worm digging on intertidal benthic carbon remineralization, (Honours)
- Meltzer, Kate 2002. Interannual growth rate variation in the soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria, and its relationship to interannual temperature differences and habitat at Maquoit Bay, Maine (Honours).
- *Stefany, Elizabeth 2002. Comparison of macrobenthic structure inside and outside a Zostera marina bed in Maquoit Bay, Maine.
2002-2003
- *Jones, Tim 2003. A 25 year retrospective study on the growth rate of the soft-shelled clams, Mya arenaria, in relation to changing environmental conditions throughout New England.
- Lewis, Janice 2003. The growth of Serripes groenlandicus, Mya arenaria, and Clinocardiium nuttalli, in relation to environmental conditions at Kotzebue Sound, Alaska.
- *Nordstrom, Leana. Annual growth in Macoma balthica in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, as an indication of changing environmental parameters.
2003-2004
- Southgate, Andy 2004. Effect of seagrass, Zostera marina, on the growth rate of the hard clam,Mercenaria mercenaria.
2004-2005
- Bowie, Jackie 2005. Distribution, abundance and respiration of epibenthos in the Beaufort Sea.
- McMahon, K.W. 2005. Impacts of changing food supply on Arctic benthos: Digestibility of ice algae and phytoplankton. Thesis, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine 66 pp.
- Stinson, L.T. 2005. Growth of the Arctic bivalve, Serripes groenlandicus, from Norway, Alaska, and Greenland: Large scale climate patterns and local conditions. Thesis, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine 73 pp.
- *Sypitkowksi, Eben 2005. Bait worm (Glycera dibranchiata) digging in Maine: effort and sediment disturbance (Honours)
2005-2006
- Dupee, Brian 2006.The effect of bait-worm digging and epibenthic predation on the growth and survivorship of the soft-shelled clam (Mya arenaria) and on the abundance and diversity of soft-sediment infauna.
- Edgerly, Jessica 2006. Trophic role of the invasive crab Carcinus maenas in a southern Maine marsh described by stable isotopes and gut contents.
- Millstein, Erika S. 2006. Effects of commercial bait-worm digging for Glycera dibranchiata on intertidal soft-sediment communities in Maine.
- Nolan, Katharine 2006. Evidence for Arctic climate change based on the growth rates of modern and fossilized Hiatella arctica and Mya truncate from Svalbard.
2006-2007
- Doleac, Jessa 2007. Long-term changes on an protected mudflat in mid-coast Maine.
- Feinberg, Luke 2007. Effect of bait-worm digging on the growth and survivorship of juvenile, pre-commercial and commercial sized soft-shelled clams (Mya arenaria).
- Flecher, Christine 2007. Development of a Marine Sciences Curriculum for High School.
- Speers, Ann 2007. Short- and long-term effects of bait-worm (Glycera dibranchiata) digging on nutrient cycling in Maine benthic tidal flat communities.
- Warren, Joe 2007. The bloodworm fishery in mid-coast Maine.
- Woll, Christine 2007. The effects of bait-worm (Glycera dibranchiata) harvesting on infaunal density, composition, and diversity on intertidal mudflats in Mid-Coast Maine
2007-2008
- Henkes, Gregory 2008. Mineral and isotopic geochemical evidence for environmental change in the shells of the smooth Greenland cockle, Serripes groenlandicus, from the Barents Sea.
- Hardy, Jeanette 2008. Implications of climate change in the arctic based on the growth of Hiatella arctica from the Western Barents Sea.
- *Jones, Melissa M. 2008. The short term effects of bait-worm (Glycera dibranchiata) digging on sediment oxygen demand and nitrogen cycling on two intertidal flats in Maine.
- Locke, William L. V. 2007. Effects of bloodworm (Glycera dibranchiata) digging and epibenthic predation on growth and survival of pre-commercial softshelled clams (Mya arenaria).
2008-2009
- Levin, Benjamin S. 2008. Geographic variation in growth of the Greenland smooth cockle (Serripes groenlandicus) around Svalbard: Influence of water column properties and regional climate indices.
- Ryan, Stuart 2009. Growth rate of the hairy cockle (Clinocardium ciliatum) across the polar front in the Barents Sea.
- McMahon, Caitlin 2009. Long and short-term effects of baitworm digging on the feeding behavior of ring-billed gulls on mudflats in Maine.
2009-2010 Sabbatical Year
2010-2011
- *Antell, Edmund 2011. Growth rates and Diet of the commercially important baitworm Glycera dibranchiata (bloodworm) in Maine
- Bernard, Andrew 2011. Interannual growth rate variation in the soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria, and its relationship to environmental conditions at Maquoit Bay, Maine.
- Harris, Carrie M. 2011. Stable isotopic shifts in late Holocene fish bones from multiple archaeological coastal middens in Penobscot Bay Maine
- Maliwanag, Marissa D. 2011. Annual growth rates and stable carbon isotope analysis of the soft-shelled clam (Mya arenaria) as potential proxies for environmental change in the Gulf of Maine over the past 4400 years.
- *Silverson, Nicholas J. 2011. Interannual variation in the growth patterns of the circumpolar green sea urchin (Stronglycentrotus droebachiensis) in a high arctic fjord on Svalbard as a proxy for climatic variability.