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Graduate School of Oceanography, URI.



James Yoder, Professor of Oceanography

Maureen Kennelly, Marine Research Specialist

Colleen Mouw, Ph.D. Student

 

Recent Members:

B. Mete Uz, Post-Doc

Stephanie Schollaert, Marine Research Specialist

 

Graduates:

Colleen Mouw, M.S., 2003, Thesis title: Primary production calculations in the mid-Atlantic Bight, including effects of phytoplankton community size structure.
Darryl Keith, Ph.D., 2004, Thesis title: Determination of chlorophyll a concentrations and phytoplankton primary production in New England estuarine waters using ocean color remote sensing from low-flying aircraft., EPA
Scott Freeman, M.S., 2002, Thesis title: Spectral Vertical Attenuation Coefficients (Kd(l)) In Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island., GSO
Malcolm McFarland, M.S., 2002, Thesis title: Inherent optical properties of phytoplankton, colored dissolved organic matter and non-algal particles in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, GSO
Paula Bontempi , Ph.D., 2001, Thesis title: Remote sensing of bio-optical water types, phytoplankton seasonality, and algal pigments in ocean margin waters., NASA Headquarters
Jessica Ward , M.S., 2000, Thesis title: Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) distribution and habitat characterization in the South Atlantic Bight., NUWC Newport
Christine Chan, Ph.D., 1999, Thesis title: Spatial patterns in ocean color and temperature maps: fronts, fractals and ecological considerations.
John Ryan, Ph.D., 1998, Thesis title: Enhanced chlorophyll along the continental shelfbreak and shelf-slope front of the Mid-Atlantic Bight and Georges Bank during the spring transition., MBARI
                     M.S., 1994, Thesis title: Physical-biological process coupling along the South Atlantic Bight outer margin under unstratified shelf water conditions.
Heidi Franklin, M.S., 1996, Thesis title: Water circulation patterns detected in AVHRR-SST imagery in relation to larval menhaden abundances in the South Atlantic Bight., Bigelow Laboratory
Kathy Howard, M.S., 1996, Thesis title: Estimating global ocean primay production using satellite data.
Tim Moore, M.S., 1996, Thesis title: Along-shelf carbon transport of middle Atlantic Bight intrusions south of Cape Hatteras as estimated from satellite imagery., UNH
Chris Brown, Ph.D., 1993, Thesis title: Distribution patterns of coccolithophorid blooms and their biogeochemical significance., UMD



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