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Theses from 2024
Gray Seal (Halichoerus Grypus) Diet and Microplastic Ingestion on Great Point, Nantucket, Shannon R. Brown
Theses from 2023
Design of a Low-Cost Sensor to Ensure Integrity of Seaweed Aquaculture Operations, Eli Kurtz
Theses from 2022
Shallow Water Object Detection, Characterization, and Localization Through Reflectivity Backscatter from Phase-Measuring Sidescan Sonar, Bryan P. McCormack
Theses from 2021
Characterizing the Relationship Between Species Richness and the Seasonal Phenomenon of Tropical Fish Dispersal in New England Waters, Michael E. O'Neill
Augmenting Benthic Habitat Mapping with Low-Cost Imagery: An Application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), Sean V. Terrill
Theses from 2020
Toxicokinetics of Cyanide and its Metabolites, and Related Gene Expression in Marine Fish: Implications Towards Combating Cyanide Fishing Through Detection, John Alexander Bonanno
Otolith Age Validation and Microchemical Investigation of the Northern Stock f Atlantic Black Sea Bass (Centropristis Striata), Elise R. Koob
Theses from 2019
UAS-Based Quantification of Post-Storm Geomorphic Change to a Natural Beach-Dune System, Samantha J. McFarland
Theses from 2014
Microbial Interactions With Cnidarians In Massachusetts Coastal Waters, Meaghan C. Daley
Modeling Bacterial Water Quality with Networked Real-Time Sensors, Benjamen R. Wetherill