Research Projects 2019

STUDENT		PROJECT TITLE
	Zack Boyd, Julien Ueda, and Jules Wyman	Documenting the Status, Distribution, and Ecological Impacts of Birds in the South Pacific Gyre
	Alex Brainerd, Chloe Peterson-Nafziger and Audrey Bennett	Photophore and Chromatophore Distribution and Density: Understanding Communication Behavior in the Deep Sea Squid Species Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis
	Mica Chapuis and Alema Fitisemanu	Transects of Reef-fish Along Shallow Habitats (T.R.A.S.H.): A Survey of Reef Fish in the South Pacific Gyre
	Alejandro Dobles	Using thermal sensors on drones to explore local thermodynamic phenomena in coral reefs
	Daniel Jacobson	Benthic Abundance of Reef Builders: Assessing Reef Adaptability (BARBARA) Between Inhabited and Uninhabited Islands in the Subtropical Southern Pacific Ocean
	Casey Mullins, Laura Spielman, and Thomas Henri	Determining Ecological and Environmental drivers of Zooplankton Numbers Under The Sea
	JP Spaventa	Using Commercial Drones to Model Spur and Groove Features on Remote Pacific Atolls
	Katie Wolfteich and Kiara Bacasen	Detecting Activity and Monitoring with Satellites: Honing their Effectivity in Tracking Hidden Incidences of Commercial Catches