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 hardbottoms: 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.

2001- Sabbatical Year

2001-2002
Businksi, Tara 2002. Effects of baitworm 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 (tentative title)
Brian Dupee 2006. The effect of baitworm digging and epibenthihc predation on the growth and survivorship of the soft-shelled clam (Mya arenaria) and on the abundance and diversity of soft-sediment infauna.
Jessica Edgerly 2006.  Trophic role of the invasive crab Carcinus maenas in a southern Maine marsh described by stable isotopes and gut contents.
Erika S. Millstein 2006. Effects of commercial baitworm digging for Glyera dibranchiata on intertidal soft-sediment communities in Maine.
Katharine Nolan 2006. Evidence for Arctic climate change based on the growth rates of modern and fossilized Hiatella arctica and Mya truncate from Svalbard