Diatoms and Copepods

In Dabob Bay, WA

Paradigms and paradoxes in marine food chains

Undergraduate Student Projects

A number of oceanography undergraduate thesis projects have been done in conjunction with the research in Dabob Bay.  The names, years, disciplines, and titles of those projects are shown below. 

NameYearOptionTitle
Wagar, Paul2002BiologicalEffects of an aldehyde on egg hatching success of the copepod Calanus pacificus
Cary, Scott2003BiologicalDo Calanus pacificus collocate with their food source during spring phytoplankton blooms in Dabob Bay?
Graff, Jason2003BiologicalAssessing the temporal and spatial response of microzooplankton to a spring bloom in Dabob Bay
Vaughan, Meredith2003BiologicalPhotorespiration in phytoplankton communities in Dabob Bay, Puget Sound
Bui, Tan2003ChemicalExamination of the main food source for the amphipod Cyhphocaris challengeri in Puget Sound, Washington, using stable isotopes
Bever, Aaron2003GeologicalConcentration of heavy metals in sediments beneath tidal eddies: A case study from Hood Canal, Puget Sound, Washington
Kang, Jeong-In2003PhysicalWater circulation in Dabob Bay: Focus on the exchange of flows during the diurnal tide transitions 
Durkin, Colleen2004BiologicalPredator avoidance as a possible driver of heterotrophic dinoflagellate diel vertical migration
Evans, Colleen2004BiologicalA kinetic and phylogenetic analysis of carbon limitation of heterotrophic bacteria in Dabob Bay, WA
Jorgenson, Ann2004BiologicalVertical migration and the ecological role of the hydromedusa Aglantha digitale in the plankton community of Dabob Bay, Puget Sound, Washington
McKay, Melissa2004BiologicalA comparison of egg production and hatching success for Metridia pacifica during bloom and post-bloom conditions in Dabob Bay, Puget Sound, Washington
Williams, Cheryl2004BiologicalDiversity of picophytoplankton and nanophytoplankton in Dabob Bay, Washington
Kassakian, Steven2004ChemicalNitrogen isotopic variations in nitrate in the Hood Canal, Puget Sound, Washington
Jenks, Kathryn2004PhysicalExchange across the sill in Dabob Bay, Puget Sound, Washington

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