STUDENT PROJECTS

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STUDENT PRESENTATIONS/PAPERS FROM FALL 2005 - GLG 394/598 & BIO 394

Oct 26

Philip Tarrant

Into the Deep – Submersibles in Ocean Science!

Nov 2

Melanie Bush

Shoreline Erosion and Management: The Outer Banks of North Carolina

Nov 9

Jessica Mohler

Molecular Methods in Phytoplankton Studies

Nov 16

Josh Coyan

Snowball Earth

Paper

Megan Brown

Hurricanes: Are we in for trouble?

Paper

Shelli Dubbs

The effects of nutrient enrichment on algae growth in the Great Barrier Reef

Paper

Daniel Ickes

Study of Some Human Impacts on Wild Dolphins

Paper

RheaAnne Malgrem

Two Concerns Caused by Melting Ice Shelves: Sea Level Rise and Marine Habitats

Paper

Linda Passey

Kelp Forests In Southern California

Paper

Casey Haynes

The Endangered Manatee

Paper

Adam Pah

Effectiveness of Current Fishery Prediction Methods in Light of Non-Deterministic Alternatives

Paper

Paige Riedel

A Hotspot in Hawaii

Paper

Eric Zeller

International Maritime Pollution Regulations

Paper

Trinity Hawkins

The Ultimate Invertebrate

Paper

Rhonda Chapman

Wave Power vs. Tidal Power: Their Advantages and Disadvantages

Paper

Jennifer Wenzel

Bioluminescence of Marine Organisms

Paper

Houston Anderson

Hydrothermal Vent Communities

Paper

Abdulkareem Hraish

Is Global Warming Making Hurricanes Worse?

Paper

Jason Bergeron

The Kelp Forests of Monterey Bay, California: A Vital Ecological Domain

Paper

Justin Epperson

Portuguese Man-of-War

Paper

Amanda Turner

Killer Plankton: Biological Effects of the Portuguese Man-of-War

Paper

Peter Lynch

Global Warming and the Changing Ocean: Is there a Connection?

Paper

Meredith Wasson

Effects of Human Induced Marine Pollution and Management Strategies to Reduce the Pollution

Paper

Jennifer Walker

The Possibility of Reduction of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide the Ocean

Paper

Brittney Chelak

Global Warming of the Ocean

Paper

Abeer Hamdan

Methane Hydrates

Paper

Sai Okomoto

Coral Reefs and Surrounding Environmental Effects

Paper

Jeff Lockridge

Paleomagnetism: Magnetic Striping and Apparent Polar Wandering in Seafloor Rocks

Paper

Vicki Mills

Subduction Zones

Paper

Jill Szuszkiewicz

Riding the Waves: What Waves are Best for Surfers and Why?

 

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS FROM FALL 2004 - GLG 394/598 & BIO 394

Sep 22 

Mary Lulling

Effects of Sea-level Rise on Coastal Communities --please refer to your handout!

Sep 22

Alexis Pasulka

Endangered Coral Reefs

Sep 27

Hannah Hicks

The Great Flood

Sep 29

Ken Jones

Tectonics and Ocean currents

Sep 29

Jenora D'Acosta

Salinity changes in the Ocean

Sep 29

Myra Mitchell 

Ocean-atmospheric coupling and the changing CO2 levels of the atmosphere

Oct 6

Jennifer Johnson

Changing Carbonate Chemistry of the Ocean

Oct 6

Eva Roath

The Industrial Revolution and Impact on Atmospheric CO2 levels

Oct 6

Sarah Hitchcock

The Kyoto protocol

Oct 11

Kylan Loney 

The politics of climate change

Oct 20

Brandon Budlong

Oil Pollution of the Ocean

Oct 20

Michaela Gorder

Effects and Recovery of major oil pollution events

Oct 25

Jerrod Sands

Economic Exploitation of the Ocean

Oct 27

Jessica Rafferty

Coastal Eutrophication and Dead Zones

Oct 27

Lindsey Vansambeek

Overfishing and loss of diversity

Oct 27

Steven Gillies

Overfishing of southern Bluefin Tuna

Nov 3

Adam Kalkstein

Ocean-Atmosphere Oscillations in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

Nov 3

Nisha Moore

El Nino and its teleconnections

Nov 10

Ali Dashti

Effect of Global Warming on Ocean Biology

Nov 10

Dana Richerson

Can the Oceanic Sink for CObe enhanced?

Nov 17

Elizabeth Henion

Changes of Polar Ice Sheets

Nov 17

Chad Bechtel

Effects of Earth’s Orbital and Solar Variability on Climate

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS FROM FALL 2003 - GLG 394

Sep 17 

Kathryn Richards

Formation and History of the Grand Canyon

Sep 17

Kathleen McFadden

Stratigraphic, paleontologic, and geochemical techniques for identifying coastal province in ancient ocean sediments

Sep 24

Dawn Ashbridge

Seafloor Hydrothermal Vent Chimneys

Oct 8

Megan Rudebeck

Hurricanes: The Storm and it's Aftermath

Oct 22

Christine Harbster

Invasion of Caulerpa taxifolia

Nov 5

Giovanni Cusimano 

North Sea Tide Control and it's affect on the region

Nov 10

Sara Bailey

Whaling: History and Effects

Nov 17

Pamela Campbell

Dolphins in Captivity: Are we doing more harm than good?

Nov 19

Tim Bourdage

Bycatch: A Global problem

Nov 24

Maxwell Hoffman

Accumulation of toxins in marine food webs

Nov 26

Jeanette VanderJagt

The Threatened Reef

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS FROM SPRING 2003 - GLG 394

 

February 6

Melissa Escudero

Earthquakes at Subduction Zones

February 11

Linda Roehrborn

Europa's Ocean

February 20

Sari Neumeyer

Disappearance of Rose Garden

 

Renee Fourie

Hydrothermal Vents

February 24

Joshua Kessler

Early Ocean Travel in the Pacific

February 27

Maria Symington

Sea level rise affecting Italy

March 6

Kristin Heinssen

Oiltanker Spills

 

Kyle Zegarski

Oil spills and their Effect on Marine Life

March 25

Mark Howe

Tsunamis in the Mediterranean

 

Nathan Williams

Tsunamis in the Atlantic

March 27

April Bojoquez

Surfers and Waves

 

Teresa Copeland

Law of the Sea

April 3

Amanda Arnold

Evolution of Scuba Gear

 

Maria Seiferle-Valencia

Photography of Marine Animals

April 8

Jill Thudium

Artificial Reef Development

April 17

Kathryn Fenton

Dolphin Communication

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS FROM FALL 2002 - GLG 194

 

September 12

Aimee Teaby

Hydrothermal Vent Illumination

September 17

Kevin Carl Blackstone

Lake Vostok

September 19

Veronica Ann Zabala

Earthquakes at Depth

 

Cathie Gifford

Hotspots and Submarine Volcanoes

 

Candace Gifford

Seamounts and Tablemounts

 

Allison Goode

Development of Coral Reefs

Septmber 26

Mike Weaver

Caspian Sea Recession

October 3

Andy White

Coastal Cities are Sinking!

 

Jon Krajack

El Nino

 

John Long

The Lasting Influences of Hurricanes

October 17

Ken Carter

Cone Shells

 

Lindsay O'Hare

Dolphin Therapy

 

Carolyn Mihaljevich

Beluga Whale

 

Carrie Hunt

Sonar and its Effects on Marine Life

October 22

Justin Taylor

1964 Alaskan earthquake & tidal wave

October 24

Theresa Ruiz

Lofoten Maelstrom

 

Alexis McCloud

Coastal Population Growth

November 5

Brett Wilkes

Shark Attacks

November 7

Brian Eddie

Dead Zone of the Mississippi River

 

Kevin Butler

Zebra Mussels (illegal migration into Great Lakes)

November 12

Jaime Janman

Sea Cave Exploration

November 14

Ryan Haza

Coral Bleaching I

 

Marilyn Surakus

Coral Bleaching II

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS FOR SPRING 2002- GLG 394

 

February 1

Elaina Abbassian

Methane Hydrates

 

Aubrey Watson

Methane Hydrates

February 8

Rebecca Price

Illegal Immigration

 

Matthew Peterson

Illegal Immigration

February 15

Charles Budinoff-Miles

Human Impact on Estuaries

 

Melanie White

Human Impact on Estuaries

February 22

Krista Bryant

The Lasting Effects of Hurricanes

 

Janie Wagner

Tropical Cyclones and Hurricanes

March 1

Laura Green

Coastal Populations

 

Chris Gamache

Coastal Erosion

March 22

Kathleen Iovino

Killer Algae

 

David Aniuk

Red Tide

March 29

Jeff Davis

The Effects of Global Warming

 

Michael McNulty

Global Warming

April 5

William Lechter

Sharks

 

Matt Shaw

Shark Attacks

April 12

Pam Heer

SONAR and Whales

 

Mia Nadell

Dolphins

April 19

Thomas Brown

How to Grow a Whale

 

Connor Banks

Whale Protection

April 26

Chris Lopez

Over Fishing and the Global Impact

 

Heather Peterson

Coral Rocks!

 

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