Past SURFO Participants SUMMER 2006 School Project Title Advisor(s) Katie J. Clegg University of Maine, ME Coastal deglacial diatom-bound ɬ15N record from Palmer Deep, Antarctica Rebecca S. Robinson Alicia Colabella Hamilton College, NY Effects of slab composition and mantle processes in magma Katie Kelley Robert Dubuc III University of Oregon, OR Coupling of tsunami and seismic energy Yang Shen Xue Fan McGill University, QU Effect of density stratification and a cape in a baroclinic western boundary current separation experiment Peter Cornillon Vitalii Sheremet Amy L. Fearing Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY Sea surface height variability in the Kuroshio Extension Kathy Donohue D. Randolph Watts Graham E. Lau York College of Pennsylvania, PA PCR optimization and comparative sequence analysis of metabolic genes between isolates of the diatom Ditylum brightwellii Tatiana A. Rynearson Stephanie Luberda Minnesota State University, MN Behavior of ice formaldehyde mixtures under simulated polar conditions Brian Heikes Elizabeth Petrik Amherst College, MA Characterizing flow processes in Narragansett Bay using reciprocal transmission sonar David S. Ullman Dana M. Reznik Ohio Wesleyan University, OH Search for hydrogenase activity in Psychromonas kaikoae, a piezophilic, facultative anaerobic, marine bacterium David C. Smith Corin M. Schowalter Louisiana State University, LA Analysis of the historical nutrient input to Greenwich Bay, RI: geochemical evidence for trends in eutrophication from sediment cores John King Joseph W. Swearman Penn. State University, PA Variability in coastal groundwater radium activity: implications for radium-derived residence time and groundwater lux S. Bradley Moran Roger P. Kelly   SUMMER 2005 School Project Title Advisor(s) Rika Anderson Carleton College, MN A test for phylotype bias in a cell separation protocol using 16S rRNA-based techniques David Smith Ilana Cohen Brandeis College, MA The origin and distribution of organic pollutants in the surface water of Narragansett Bay Rainer Lohmann Ben Diehl Carleton College, MN The effect of a cape on separation of a western boundary current Vitalii Sheremet Nicole Lasota Rutgers University, NJ Building a coupled biological-physical model of Narragansett Bay Chris Kincaid David Lishego Penn State University, PA Deep eddy currents and pressure fields in the Kuroshio Extension Kathy Donohue Kevin Miklasz U. Chicago, IL Pings and pongs: basics and applications of the BEAMER acoustic sensor system Tetsu Hara Melinda Montano Eckerd College, FL Measuring enzymatic rates in subseafloor sediments Steve DÅfHondt Argenta Price Yale University, CT 18S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome oxidase gene sequences of Didemnum sp., an invasive colonial tunicate Jeremy Collie Amanda Shields Winona St. University, MN Dipping magnetic reversal boundary on south wall of Endeavor Deep: Implications for ocean crust formation Rob Pockalny Betsy Zunk Muskingum College, OH Grain size analysis of ACEX cores Kate Moran   SUMMER 2004 School Project Title Advisor(s) Katie Banahan Fairfield University, CT Resource partitioning between four species of flounder in Narragansett Bay Jeremy Collie Danny Dean Gonzaga University, WA The first steps to acoustically tracking fish and floats in shallow water Tom Rossby Kelly Hanks U. Rhode Island, RI Assessing the abundance of a potential energy source (Radiolytic H2) for subsurface life Art Spivack Kristofer Karlson Worcester Poly, MA A new method for the extraction of microbes from sediments David Smith Sam Kelly Carleton College, MN Effect of air-sea surface fluxes in the GFDL hurricane prediction system Isaac Ginis John Mischler Augustana College, IL Earthquake location with combined P-wave and T-wave methods Yang Shen Sean Poche Environmental variables and ADCP backscatter intensity U. New Orleans, LA Rob Pockalny Rachelle Richmond U. C. Davis, CA Determining the distribution of magnetization within the cceanic crust at Endeavor Deep Rob Pockalny Lori Schultz Austin Peay, TN Inside a submersible chemical analyzer: pressure vs. flow and signal spreading characteristics of the individual components Alfred Hanson Maya Stevens U. C. San Luis Obispo, CA A survey of ozone and balloon trajectories over Narragansett, RI John Merrill Xaymara Serrano U. Puerto Rico, PR Cortisol regulation in larval summer flounder, (Paralichthys dentatus) Jennifer Specker   SUMMER 2003 School Project Title Advisor(s) Melissa Barman U. Wisconsin, LaCrosse, WI The Effect of Saxitoxin Ingestion on the Reproductive Health of Calanus finmarchicus After Exposure to Alexandrium spp. Bob Campbell Beverly Chen Washington U., MO Estimation of biomass in deeply buried sediments using adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) assay David Smith Stephanie Covert Penn St. - Behrend, PA The Effects of Topography on the North Atlantic Current Tom Rossby, Scott Rutherford Trefor Evans Bard College, NY Measurements of Vertical Mixing in Narragansett Bay From a Towed Instrument Dave Ullman Misty Garcia Carleton College, MN The Effect of Exogenous Cortisol and RU 486 on Cortisol Concentrations and the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus Jennifer Specker Claire Henderson Mt. Holyoke, MA 226Ra distributions in the Chukchi-Beaufort Sea Brad Moran Lara Hinkle Siena College, NY Cortisol Levels and Glucocorticoid Receptor Expression in Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) Subjected to an Osmotic Stress Jennifer Specker Nobu Koch Pomona College, CA Mapping of the Crater of the Submarine Arc Volcano, Kick 'em Jenny, in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc Steve Carey Joseph Kuehl Michigan Tech. University, MI Evolution of Laboratory Generated, Velocity-Shear Fronts Peter Cornillon Uri Manor St. Louis University, MO An Improved Numerical Model For Determining Chemical Reaction Rates Scott Rutherford Justin Minder Vassar College, NY The dispersion of a mantle plume beneath a mid-ocean ridge-transform corner Chris Kincaid Julie Shapiro Williams College, MA Sedimentary Evidence of Environmental Change in Somes Sound,Mount Desert Island, Maine John King Danielle Stroup Florida State University, FL Analyzing Tsunamigenesis Using Relationships between Seismic Moment and Spectral Strength Yang Shen   SUMMER 2002 School Project Title Advisor(s) Mark Barthelemy U. New Orleans, LA A Regional Analysis of Multibeam Backscatter Data from the Southwest Pacific Rob Pockalny John Blum U. Michigan, MI Mantle Seismic Structure Beneath Southern Africa Yang Shen Jason Breves Roger Williams U., RI Acute Cortisol Stress Response of Juvenile Winter Flounder to Invertebrate and Summer Flounder Predation Jennifer Specker Jennifer Dionne Washington U., MO Analysis and Simulation of Frontal Dynamics as Examined in the Rotating Table of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Peter Cornillon Jeff Gall Cornell U., NY Effects of Moisture on Numerical Simulations of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Vortices in Hurricane Conditions Isaac Ginis Emily Grason Bowdoin College, ME An exploration of mixotrophy in Dinophysis acuminata Lucie Maranda, Jan Rines Joe Malkovich Gustavus Adolphus, MN Using Magnetic Measurements to Develop an Age Model for a Lake Tanganyika Sediment Core John King Bethany Marsh Colorado College, CO Determining Vertical Mixing from Microscale Temperature Fluctuations in Narragansett Bay Mary-Lynn Dickson, Dave Ullman Johanna Mathieu MIT, MA A Chemical Sensor to Aid in the Search for Underwater Archaeological Sites Al Hanson Andrea Mullen U. Akron, OH Using Magnetic Grain Size to Locate Magnetotactic Bacteria in Sediment Cores Katherine Ford Brian Sullivan Westminster College, PA Investigating Turbulence with DopBeam Tetsu Hara   SUMMER 2001 School Project Title Advisor(s) Angela Adams U. Western Kentucky, KY Evidence of Diurnal Fish Migration in the Japan/East Sea Randy Watts, Mark Wimbush Brent Buffington U. Montana, MT Frontal Dynamics and Development Characteristics in Near-Shore Seas Peter Cornillon Brenda Dolan Colorado State, CO Development and Testing of New Dissolved Gas Sensor Technologies for Monitoring Air-Sea Gas Exchange Craig McNeil Robin Glas U. Maine-Orono, ME Teleseismic Analysis of Negative Velocity Gradient in the Upper Mantle Transition Zone Yang Shen Erin Hodel U. Missouri, MO Tidal Effects on Phytoplankton in the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary Sunshine Menezes, Paul Hargraves Dave Katz SUNY Env. Sci. Forest, NY Adaption of a Reduced Gas Analyzer for Detection of Molecular Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide in Seawater Brian Heikes Marcie Kerneklian SUNY Binghamton, NY Laboratory Modeling of Mantle Plume Dispersion at a Segmented Ridge Roger Larson Nicky Persky Oberlin College, OH Analysis of Curve-Fitting Techniques for Methanotrophic Rate Calculations in Ocean Sediments Art Spivack Dan Shaevitz Columbia University, NY Horrible, Horrible Things: Numerical Modeling of Oil Spills in Narragansett Bay Chris Kincaid Rebecca Walker Hamilton College, NY High-Resolution Paleomagnetic Analysis of a Sediment Core from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana John King   SUMMER 2000 School Project Title Advisor(s) Scott Armstrong Texas A. & M., TX Surface Currents Over the Southern New England Shelf East of Long Island Sound Revealed by HF Radar Dave Ullman Amanda Baldauf University of Rochester, NY In Search of the Source of Longshore Flow in Rhode Island Sound Robert Pockalny Leah Bandstra Beloit College, WI Determination of Henry's Law Constants for Hydrogen Peroxide in Synthetic Seawater and Sodium Chloride Solutions of Varying Activities Brian Heikes Teresa Dennison Maine Maritime Academy, ME Distribution of Anthropogenic Contaminants in Sediments and Suspended Particles in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Elizabeth Lacey-Laliberte, John King Jason Jarrell Marshall University, WV Current Switching Within a Rotating Framework: A Gulf Stream Simulation Thomas Rossby, Peter Cornillon Jennifer Szlosek MIT, MA 234Th-Derived Particle Organic Carbon Flux in the Labrador Sea: Significance of Carbon-Thorium Relationship with Size Brad Moran Casey Twanow Illinois Wesleyan University, IL A Seasonal Invasion: Changing Population Dynamics of the Ctenophore Barbara Sullivan-Watts Hillary Welch University of Rhode Island, RI The Effect of Barium Sulfate, Iron Oxide and Lead on Acoustic Reflectivity Jim Miller Lauren Wilkinson Brown University, RI Temporal Occurrence of Thin Phytoplankton Layers in 143 Relation to Physical Processes Margaret Dekshenieks, Percy Donaghay, James Sullivan   SUMMER 1999 School Project Title Advisor(s) Colleen Beckman Western Michigan Univ., MI Measured and Predicted Bio-Optical Properties as Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Reflectance in Narragansett Bay, RI Jim Yoder Michael Cardiff Oberlin College, OH Tomographic Mapping of the 220-km Seismic Discontinuity Yang Shen Becky L. Eggiman Wheaton College, IL High Resolution Time Series Measurements of Temperature, Salinity, Oxygen Saturation, pH and Pressure in Narragansett Bay Dana Kester Alicia Franke Mount Holyoke College, MA Courtship? Aggression? or Stress?: A Study of the Behavioral Endocrinology of the Black-Chinned Tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron) Jennifer Specker Ryan Hickox Yale University, CT Climatology and Seasonal Variability of Ocean Fronts in the East China, Yellow and Bohai Seas from Satellite SST Data Peter Cornillon LaQuieta Huey Grambling State University, LA Measurement of Heat Budget on Georges Bank Dave Hebert, Dave Ullman Jeremy Krezan Univ. of New Mexico, NM Motionally Induced Voltages in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay Tom Rossby Theodore Martin SUNY Geneseo, NY Temporal variation of Meandering Intensity in the Gulf Stream - Verification Peter Cornillon Sarah McDonald Univ. of Waikato, NZ A new method for measuring the onset of T-phase waveforms Yang Shen Laura Rear Richard Stockton State Univ., NJ Laboratory study on the dispersal of on-axis mantle plumes at transform faults Chris Kincaid   SUMMER 1998 School Project Title Advisor(s) Patricia Alexander Eckerd College, FL Application of the GEM Technique to Interpret Acoustic Travel Time Data off the Western Coast of Brazil Randy Watts Allyson Carroll Duke University, NC Analysis of bacterial Carbon Partitioning and the Implications of the Oceanic Carbon Cycle David Smith James Felix Bethany College, WV Target Strength Calculation of Humpback Whales at Stellwagon Bank Jim Miller Lauren Fry Gustavus Adolphus College, MN Mantle Discontinuity Structure Beneath the Azores Islands Yang Shen Clifford Heil Maine Maritime Academy, ME A Chemical and Physical Description of a Chesapeake Bay Core John King Caroline Jenkins Univ. Missouri-Kansas City, MO Eulerian and Lagrangian Analyses of Vertical Winds John Merrill Kanani K. M. Lee Univ. of San Francisco A Comparison of Circulation Patterns at the Mouth and head of Narragansett Bay Robert Pockalny Andrea Rocha Texas A & M Univ. - Corpus Christi, TX Abundance and Distribution of Ichthyoplankton at the Entrance of Narragansett Bay Jeremy Collie Bridget Sullivan Drew University, NJ The Effect of Subsurface Ocean Stratification on Hurricaine Intenstity Isaac Ginis   SUMMER 1997 School Project Title Advisor(s) Allison Beauregard Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME The Effects of Nitrogen and Chlorophyll a Content on Coastal Herbivory Scott Nixon Amy Benoit Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME Paleomagnetic and Paleoclimatic Studies of Sediment Cores from the Bermuda Rise and Lake Tulane: Preliminary Report John King, John Peck Jamie Brown Hobart and William Smith Colleges, NY SST Fronts in the Great Lakes Peter Cornillon, David Ullman Kathleen Carrigan Northwestern Univ. IL Changes in Spreading Direction along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge ~0.4 Ma: Implications for Plate Boundary Reorganization Robert Pockalny Emily Chen MIT, MA Relatinship Between Soot Carbon and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Narragansett Bay Sediments James Quinn Stacy Kish Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA Mineralogical Analysis of Late Pleistocene Sediments along the California Margin: A Record from ODP Leg 167 Site 1020 Eve Arnold Douglas Mitchell Boise State University, ID On Tidal Dynamics near the Northern Point of Conanicut Island: Narragansett Bay Chris Kincaid Kate Visser Boston University, MA Jokulhlaup Dispersal and Deposition off the Southeast Coast of Iceland Steve Carey, Haraldur Sigurdsson   SUMMER 1996 School Project Title Advisor(s) Rebeccah Anderson Univ. of Wisconsin, WI The Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide System of the Upper Pond of Pettaquamscutt Estuary Dana Kester Danial Dau Vassar College, NY Sediment Surface Roughness Variation on Fine Temporal Scales Donald Webb Damian Herrick Hobart & William Smith Colleges, NY Small-Scale Convection in the Upper Mantle: The Effects of a Temperature-Dependent Viscosity Chris Kincaid Sante Jonker Peterson Reed College, OR Vanes on an Isopycnal Float David Hebert Jenna Minicucci Wesleyan University, CT Climate and Thermohaline Circulation in the North Atlantic During the Pleistocene: A Record from the ODP Leg 162 Bjorn Drift Site Eve Arnold Chris Knowlton Qamar Schuyler St. Mary's College of Maryland, MD Light Response of Chrysaora quinquecirrha in the MERL mesocosms Barbara Sullivan Nicholas Scott New York Institute of Technology, NY Current Measurements in the Narragansett Bay and MERL Tanks Tetsu Hara Carrie Wicklund Harvey Mudd College, CA Are POCC Concentrations Reliably Determined in Seawater Bradley Moran Sarah Wilkison Univ. of Rochester, NY Spreading Direction Change along Transform Plate Boundaries: Implications for Oceanic Transverse Ridge Formation Robert Pockalny   SUMMER 1995 School Project Title Advisor(s) Kendra Arbesman Tulsa Univ., OK The Use of Fractal Analysis on Volcaniclastic Particles: Developments and Application Steven Carey Jennifer DeAscentis Smith College, MA Solvent Efficiency, Time, and Temperature Properties of a New Method for Extracting Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons James Quinn Jefferson Hill Northeastern State Univ., OK Isopycnal Layer Thickness and Vorticity Considerations Thomas Rossby Jennifer Houghton College of Wooster, OH Eolian Sedimentation in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific: Magnetic Susceptibility as a Proxy Terri King Linda Hunke Carleton College, MN The Effect of Dredging and Trawling on the Benthic Fauna and Sediment of Georges Bank Jeremy Collie Kenneth Kaufmann, II Greenville College, IL Velocity Measurements in a Thin Oscillating Layer of Soft Mud Tetsu Hara Kara Nakata Univ. of Washington, WA Production of Formaldehyde, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Some Organic Peroxides from Biomass Burning Brian Heikes Bojana Popic' SW Oklahoma State Univ., OK Trace Metal Accumulation of the Sediments in Allen Harbor, RI John King, John Peck Michael Whitney Yale Univ., CT Volume Balances in the Slope Water Peter Cornillon Benjamin Wild Univ. of New Hampshire, NH Designing a User Friendly Wave Tank Laboratory Facility for Creating and Collecting Wave Profile Data Stephan Grilli   SUMMER 1994 School Project Title Advisor(s) Shannon Donovan Univ. of Rhode Island, RI Investigations of Biochemical Mechanisms Leading to Photoinhibition of Marine Dinoflagellate Biolumninescence Elijah Swift Paul Hall The College of Wooster, OH An Experimental Investigation of the Importance of Active Flow vs. Passive Upwelling at Mid-Ocean Ridges Christopher Kincaid Kurt Maekawa Univ. of Washington, WA The Effect of Dredging on Megafauna on the Northern Edge of Georges Bank Jeremy Collie Corrie Modell Univ. of Puget Sound, WA Studying the North Atlantic Current Using RAFOS Float and TOPEX Poseidon Data Lewis Rothstein Daniel Reilly Wilkes Univ., PA An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and Grass Robert Tyce Darren Wah Univ. of Rhode Island, RI Improvement of Numerical Calculations of Ocean Surface Roughness Tetsu Hara Michael Whitney Yale Univ., CT A Study of the Short-term Variability of the Slope Water Currents Using the ADCP and Satellite Images Peter Cornillon Karen Worminghaus DePauw Univ., IN Changes in Carbonate Flux Along the Ceara Rise During the Last Miocene and Pliocene: Implications for Deepwater Chemistry Terri Hagelberg   SUMMER 1993 School Project Title Advisor(s) Jackson Chong Yale Univ., CT unknown title Lewis Rothstein, Mark Prater Carolyn Kincaid Skidmore College, NY The Trouble with Smectite: A Grain Analysis of the K T Boundary at Beloc, Haiti Steve Carey, Haraldur Sigurdsson, Steven D'Hondt Ed Langendorfer Western Kentucky Univ, KY Internal Waves: Analyzing Methods of Obtaining Accurate Models David Hebert Todd Pellman   The Effect of Typhoons Observed in Sea Surface Altimetry Data Mark Wimbush, Isaac Ginis Anna Smith Univ. West Virginia, WV Getting More from Magnetics Robert Pockalny Frank Sprtel Lawrence Univ., WI Sediment Distribution and Crustal Magnetization Roger Larson   SUMMER 1992 School Project Title Advisor(s) Stephen Dzurenko, Jr. Virginia Tech, VA Post-processing Geometric Rectification of Side Scan Sonar Images Using Gridded Bathymetry Robert Tyce Jason Goray U. Wisconsin, River-Falls, WI Computer Modeling and the Equatorial Pacific Ocean Lew Rothstein Erika Lawson Columbia University, NY Numerical Model of the Housatonic River Estuary Chris Kincaid Jason X. Prochaska Princeton University, NJ Image Processing and Double Vortices: A Report on URI's Image Processing Systems in Analyzing Double Vortices George Milkowski Arthur E. Reyes II U. C. Santa Cruz, CA Using RNA Concentration in Scales from Scup (Stenotomus chrysops), as an Indicator of Treatment Effects Ted Durbin Gretchen A. Schulz William Smith College, NY Examination of Photosymbiotic Activity of Cretaceous and Paleocene Foraminifera Steve D'Hondt Todd Swift Univ. of Northern Iowa, IA The Predictability and Chaotic Behavior of El Nino Mark Wimbush Julie L. Weber U. of Washington, WA Atmospheric Inputs of Organic Chemicals to the Coastal Marine Environment of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Jim Quinn Cherie M. Wieber St. Olaf College, MN Dynamic Meteorology and Forecast Modeling John Merrill   SUMMER 1991 School Project Title Advisor(s) Keith Cherkauer Augustana College, IL High Resolution Side Scan Data Processing Robert Tyce Stephen Cormier University Colorado, CO Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Four Rivers Discharging into Narragansett Bay Jim Quinn Gregory Fall U. Wisconsin, River-Falls, WI Determination of the Probability of Warm Core Ring Formation from Meander Crests in the Gulf Stream System Peter Cornillon Patrick Forster Univ. Oregon, OR Diel Periodicity in the Bioluminescence of the Marine Dinoflagellate, Ceratium fusus Elijah Swift Varavut Limpasuvan Occidental College, CA Changes in APE during a Warm Surge Event in the Gulf Stream Lew Rothstein Christopher Meinen Luther College, IA Looking at the Effects of Curvature on the Gulf Stream Thermocline Slope Randolph Watts Amy Schubert Denison Univ., OH A Comparison of the Location of the Gulf Stream's North Wall as seen by RAFOS Floats and Satellite Imagery Thomas Rossby John Weber Long Island University, NY An Attempt toReconstruct the Paleoclimatic History of Lake LaYeguada, Panama, Using Magnetic Measurements John King   SUMMER 1990 School Project Title Advisor(s) Lori Adams Carleton Coll., MN A Study of the Isopycnal RAFOS Float: Does it Behave as we Assume it Does? Craig Agnor Denison Univ., OH Acoustic Attenuation and Impedance as Marine Sediment Identifiers Lester LeBlanc Roseann Crawford Villanova Univ., PA Estimating Curvature in the Gulf Stream Mark Dinsmore Montana State Univ., MT The Development and Implementation of a Screen Print Utility Program Michael Goodwill Mesa State Coll., CO Satellite Observations of Gulf Stream Cold Core Rings Lisa Licata Trinity Coll., DC Experimental Determination of the Influence of Phytoplankton Growth Rate on the Relationship between pCO2 and Carbon Isotopic Fractionation Roberto Mansfield Rutgers Univ., NJ Errors Due to Finite Differencing on the Equatorial Equations of Motion John Prineas Carleton Coll., MN The Relationship of Acoustic Travel Time to Geopotential in the East China Sea   SUMMER 1989 School Project Title Deirdre Byrne Yale Univ., CT Causes of Large-Scale SST Anomalies in the North Atlantic Subtropical Convergence Zone Dorien Doedyns Cameron Univ., OK Dynamic Height and Transport Variations in the Gulf Stream Andrea Du Vall Univ. of Wisconsin, WI The Accumulation of Biogenic Silica in Narragansett Bay Sediments Rick Mahon E. Oregon State Coll., OR Making a Computer Animated Movie of Deep Ocean Bathymetry Mary Anne McLeod Carleton Coll., MN Tidal Mixing Fronts off the Harbor of Refuge, RI Ellen Mecray Colgate Univ., NY The Pettaquamscutt River: A Heavy Metal Pollution History Hannah Webber Mt Holyoke Coll., MA The Relative Roles of Benthic and Pelagic Biochemical Processes in the Cycling of Oxygen and Carbon in an Experimental Estuarine System Dania Whitaker Univ. of Rhode Island, RI Growth of Skeletonema costatum under Conditions of Elevated Total Carbon Dioxide and Partial Pressure Carbon Dioxide: Preliminary Experiments   SUMMER 1988 School Project Title Cari Carothers North Carolina State Univ., NC Applications of Satellite Altimetry Data to the Tides in the Gulf of Maine Todd Hurt Duke Univ., NC A GEOSAT Analysis of the Kuroshio Christopher Keeley Bowdoin Coll., ME Computer Animated Bathymetric Movies Robert Prescott Renssellaer Poly. Inst., NY An Analysis of the Position of the Gulf Stream's Edge Caroline Reilly Chestnut Hill Coll., PA Geochemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Narragansett Bay Sediment Coves Katrina Simpson Univ. of South Florida, FL Analysis of the Thermal Structure in the Western North Atlantic Subtropical Convergence Zone, 1984-86   SUMMER 1987 School Project Title Lynne Canne Fredonia State Univ., NY Geochemical Distribution of Organic Contaminants in the Providence River Karen Cianciulli MIT, MA Mapping Discontinuities of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the South Atlantic Michelle Garwood Univ. of Nebraska, NB Modelling: How to See the Gulf Stream in Nebraska Elizabeth Ko Brown Univ. RI The Fractal Dimension in Satellite Images Donna Luketic Univ. of Rhode Island Preliminary Study of the Taunton River Michael Magargee West Chester Univ., PA Calculating the Advective Velocity of Surface Currents in the Sargasso Sea Elena Martin Amherst Coll., MA What Whales Eat & Where They Eat It. Pollution in the Upper Narrow River Shaibal Mitra Cornell Univ., NY Ceriantheopia americanus: A Potential Predator of Larval Fish Daniel O'Sullivan Millersville Univ., PA Distribution of Trace Metals in Surface Sediments of the Pettaquamscutt Estuary Robert Petrocelli Univ. of Rhode Island, RI Geostrophy with Curvature in the Gulf Stream Michael Robotham Northwestern Univ. IL Mariana Mounds Hydrothermal Areas, Initial Survey Report Elizabeth Wood Stanford Univ., CA Nutrient Dynamics in Coastal Lagoon Ecosystems   SUMMER 1986 School Project Title Todd Ballantyne Juniata Coll., PA The Contouring of Oceanographic data & User's Guide for the Contouring Package Annette Bowman Gustavus Adolphus Coll., MN A Summer Study of the Gulf Stream: Relationships & Characteristics of Meanders Lucy Fitzgerald Loyola Univ., LA The Function of the Inverted Echo Sounder in Oceanographic Research Dushan Monchilovich Gustavus Adolphus Coll., MN Looking back on Going Forth: Developing FORTH on the 6805 Microprocessor William Nelson Univ. of Rhode Island, RI The Sedimentary Structure in Narragansett Bay Elizabeth Olsen Bowdoin Coll., ME Using Mesocosms to Test Toxicity of Complex Waste Mixture Alan Spies Rhodes Coll., TN Magnetic Studies of Marine Sediment Core 7P John Wallinga Augsburg Coll., MN Comparing Gulf Stream Positions Determined by Satellite Imagery and an Inverted Echo Sounder
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