Research Projects 2009

STUDENT		PROJECT TITLE
	Joe Adelson	Exploring the Realm of Salps: A Study of Changes in Salp Populations Across the Equatorial Pacific
	Natalie Arnoldi	Foraging Ecology of Pelagic Scombrids and Mahi Mahi of the Equatorial Pacific
	Jared Brewer and Joseph Burg	The Ecology, Morphology, and Comparative Biomechanics of Gymnosarda unicolor: a most contradictory fish
	Alex Coville and Nicholas Wenner	Changes in Physical Characteristics of the Deep Scattering Layer in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean
	Ethan Estess and Eugene Lee	Marquesas Islands Mass Effect Study (MIMES): Correlating Satellite and In Situ Oceanographic Measurements with Biological Observations
	Christina Kratschmer	How and Why to Bend a Fish: The Design and Implementation of Mechanical Tests Aboard the SSV Robert C. Seamans and an Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of Thunniform and Carangiform Backbones
	Kate Lowry	An In Situ Validation of Chlorophyll Satellite Imagery
	Christine O’Neil	PHISIO (Pteropod Habitat Identification and Species Index Oscillation)
	Toni Sohns and Kate Hyder	Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Contribution to Productivity Across the Equatorial Pacific