The School of Oceanography, University Of Washington
Senior Research Projects for 1995
Welcome to the Home Page for the Senior Research Projects in the School of
Oceanography for 1995.
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Introduction
Each year the seniors in the School of Oceanography undertake senior
research projects as part of the degree requirements for the Bachelor of
Science degree. They plan their research during winter quarter. The cruises take place during the beginning of spring
quarter, April 3 to April 7 this year. By the end of spring quarter, they
must have completed the projects. The pace is demanding.
Although each student undertakes his or her own project, which includes
field work, laboratory analysis or numerical modeling, and written and
oral presentation of results, the students work together. Marine
geologists may take samples for chemical oceanographers; biological
oceanographers may work with physical oceanographers; chemical
oceanographers may use physical oceanographers' data. Such cooperation is
not unusual for these students, since in their undergraduate
program they are all required to take courses in basic biology,
chemistry, geology, physics, and mathematics, as well as courses in
biological, chemical, geological, and physical oceanography. Five faculty
members and two graduate teaching assistants provide advice and guidance
on the projects. The students use current research techniques in
attempting to solve their scientific problems. They were introduced to
research methods in their sophomore-level field research course (Ocean 201).
This year the research is located in the estuary of the Snohomish River,
at Everett, Washington, and in the offshore waters of Port Gardner in
Puget Sound. Readers not familiar with Puget Sound may use the index maps of Puget Sound , Port Gardner, or the
Snohomish estuary.
Although every attempt is made to ensure that the quality of the research
is high, these projects are primarily a learning exercise. Students are
practicing the skill of scientific research. As a result, although most
data and results are acceptable for a learning exercise, some are not
acceptable for general distribution in the scientific literature. With
this limitation in mind, we invite you to read about these projects. We
also invite you to use the e-mail address to ask questions of any student
about his or her research. The information will be updated periodically
between now and the conclusion of the projects in June.
- People taking part in
the studies include the students, who are listed with links to the proposal abstracts of the individual
projects, and the faculty advisors.
- Projects
are grouped by type of oceanographic study, as biological, chemical,
geological, or physical, with links to proposals abstracts of the projects.
- Locations of the projects are given as Snohomish River, Steamboat Slough, delta
front and prodelta, or landslide area.
- Proposal abstracts are listed
alphabetically by author.
- Progress notices will update the status
of each project periodically.
- A symposium on research results will take
place at the end of the study. Written reports may be available as a
School of Oceanography Technical Report.
- Abstracts of the final reports will be
published on this page.
- A photo gallery presents snapshots of the
students at work on their projects. The photographs are changed periodically.
(The e-mail addresses were deleted 14 June 1995.)
- Scott Anderson
- e-mail address
-
Ammonia Contribution of
Phytoplankton due to Salt Stress in the Snohomish Estuary
- Kerrie Brockett
- e-mail address
- Biological Oxygen Demand in the
Water Column and Sediment in Steamboat Slough, Everett, Washington
- Mark Cook
- e-mail address
- Interaction of Fresh
and Salt Water of the Salt Wedge in the Snohomish River
- Tina O'Day-Dusek
- e-mail address
- Sources of Organic Carbon for
Bivalves in the Snohomish Estuary, Puget Sound, Washington
- Margaret Edie
- e-mail address
- Observations of the
Circulation of Snohomish River Discharge
- Michelle Greene
- e-mail address
- One-Hundred Years of
Deposition and Erosion off the Snohomish River Delta, Puget Sound,
Washington
- Elizabeth Housel
- e-mail address
- Carbon and Oxygen Cycles in
Steamboat Slough: A Stable Carbon Isotope Approach
- Adrienne Huston
- e-mail address
- Bacteriological
Survey of the Snohomish River and Adjoining Steamboat Slough
- Kurt Maekawa
- e-mail address
- Extracellular Enzyme
Activity in the Salt Wedge Environment of the Snohomish River, WA
- Andrew Martin
- e-mail address
- Submarine and Subaerial Landslides
as a Mechanism of Large-Scale Sediment Transport Into a Deep-Water
Estuary, Puget Sound, Washington
- Lorien Menna
- e-mail address
- Phytoplankton Lysis as a
Source of Ammonium in the Salt Wedge of the Snohomish River Estuary
- Lara Miller
- e-mail address
- Modern Sedimentation Rates
on the Snohomish River Delta Front: Implications for the Fate of Polluted
Sediments in Port Gardner, Washington
- Ross Murray
- e-mail address
- Tidal Wave Propagation in the
Snohomish River
- Mark Ortmeyer
- e-mail address
- Intertidal Water Flow
Within the Snohomish River Estuary: An Overview of Steamboat Slough
- Tae Sung Park
- e-mail address
- Effect of Sediment Capping
on the Biodegradation of Benzo(a)pyrene in Port Gardner
- Tammara Pierce
- e-mail address
- Natural and Anthropogenic
Inputs of Ammonium to the Snohomish River Estuary
- Mela Swapp
- e-mail address
- Residence Time of Water in
Steamboat Slough
- Faculty Advisors
- Bruce Frost -- Coordinator, Biological Oceanography
- frost@ocean.washington.edu
- Eric D'Asaro -- Physical Oceanography
- dasaro@apl.washington.edu
- Mark Holmes -- Marine Geology and Geophysics
- mholmes@ocean.washington.edu
- Paul Quay -- Chemical Oceanography
- pdquay@u.washington.edu
- Dean McManus -- Writing
- mcmanus@u.washington.edu
- Teaching Assistants
- Emmanuel Boss
- Physical Oceanography
- Melanie Summit
- Biological Oceanography
[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
Projects may be listed under more than one heading.
- Biological Oceanographic Projects
- Chemical Oceanographic Projects
- Marine Geological and Geophysical Projects
- Physical Oceanographic Projects
[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
(Photograph shows sediment on delta platform near low tide. The delta
front extends from the outer edge of the delta platform into the deep
water of the prodelta region.)
[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
Symposium
A symposium of the research results of the
projects is scheduled
for 1:30 to 4:00 on Thursday, 25 May, and Tuesday, 30 May, in Room 14
Oceanography Teaching Building, University of Washington Campus. Abstracts of the final reports
will be published here after 9 June..
Photograph of Steamboat Slough (©) 1995 Mela Swapp. Photograph of
Landslide Area (©) 1995 Lara Miller. Other photographs on this page
(©) 1995 Dean A. McManus.
Last updated by Dean A. McManus (mcmanus@u.washington.edu) on
14 June 1995.
Snohomish River
Steamboat Slough
Delta Front and Prodelta
Landslide Area