Project Summaries

Project Summaries
Fall 2002

Each student in Ecology of Atlantic Shores completed an individual research project, which included literature research, data collection and analyses, and a presentation as part of this web site. Project titles and links are provided below.

Rocky Intertidal of New England:

Variation in Nucella lapillus Shell Morphology Along a Vertical Gradient (J. Atwi and H. Arthur)
Getting to Know Food Webs (J. Bird)
Distribution of Carcinus maenus in the Rocky Intertidal (L. Kaplan)
Herbivores and Algae (J. Lagliva)
Littorina obtusata: Color and Morphology (E. Machala)

Intertidal and Subtidal Studies in Bermuda:

Bermuda's Manga Communities (E. Beuchler)
Run Nerita Run! (M. Chmielewski)
Monitoring the Health and Disease of Diploria strigosa in Bermuda (M. Hewitt)
Fish Coloration (C. Santos)

Studies that span the entire Atlantic coast:

Intertidal Invertebrate Migration: Finding the Motivation to move in the Rocky Intertidal (L. Brentner)
Water Quality in Bermuda and Massachusetts Harbor (A. Dallaportas)
Marine Gastropods: Up Close and Personal (J. Dubois)
Let's Do the Locomotion !! (E. Tzarougian)