Senior Thesis Symposium 2016

June 8th and 9th, OSB room 425 from 1pm to 5pm

Wednesday June 8th, OSB room 425

Carissa Gordon In Situ Assessment of Initial Seafloor Massive Sulfide Mining Operation in Papua New Guinea Using a Cabled Autonomous Underwater Vehicle System: A Proposition
Katrina Radach Behavior Analysis of Oithona in Hypoxic/Anoxic Conditions
Lisa Hansen Macro and micro plastics in an urbanized and non-urbanized fjord estuary in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
Shon Purdy Sources and transport of surface sediment and metals in B.C. fjord, Tahsis and Zeballos Inlets
Erica Sampaga Linking surficial geomorphology with vertical structure in high and low energy marine environment
Jordan Omoto Alexandrium Cyst Abundance in Nootka Sound Aquaculture and Towns
Jesse Turner Variations of fin whale vocalizations in the northeast Pacific and the effects of environmental parameters on acoustic sensitivity
Daniel Keating Fetch-limited Wave Growth in Nootka Sound
Michael Bamonte Subsurface Oxygen Maximum Anomaly Found at Depth in Muchalat Inlet
Katharine Bigham Interpretation of the relationship between benthic fauna, geologic distributions, and methane seeps at Southern Hydrate Ridge, Oregon continental margin
Ian Schlegel A comparison of Bacterial Community Diversity between Tahsis Inlet and the Open Ocean
Jessica Zannakis Variations in Seafloor Depth Estimates Under Different Swath-width Characteristics of Submarine Structures in the California Borderlands
Terryll Daguison Observed oxygen concentrations and a possible implication behind the Muchalat inlet subsurface oxygen maximum

Thursday June 9th OSB room 425

Zoe Martin A Comparison of Seabird Abundance in Three Inlets in Nootka Sound, British Columbia: Muchalat, Zeballos, & Tahsis
Eryn Strong Simulation and public communication of ocean response to changing sea ice concentration
Hannah Delapp Exploring the Spatial Variation of Tides for Seafloor Mapping Data Corrections
Genevieve Hinde Do upwelled waters from the California Undercurrent contribute to high pCO2 within the fjord system of Nootka Sound, BC?
Cory Baranski Zooplankton retention in a fjord basin, Nootka Sound, BC
Miya Pavlock McAuliffe The Ambient Soundscape of Inland Waters in Seattle, Washington: Bridge Traffic as a Source of Urban Underwater Noise Pollution?
Rachel Axtman A comparative study of three river systems leading into Nootka Sound, British Columbia: implications for winter salmon populations
Andrew McWhirter Environmental controls on zooplankton composition and distribution in Muchalat Inlet, Nootka Sound, B.C., Canada
Trevor Uptain Near-shore wave power characterized with a remotely controlled surface vehicle in Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, WA
Lauren Kowalski Chronic shallow seawater circulation driven by subsurface gas dynamics, at the Southern Hydrate Ridge seep system, Cascadia
Daryn White Establishing fluxes of carbon dioxide and a transect of pCO2 during the late fall of a precipitation driven Northern fjord
Gabriel Reichenberger Mapping Whidbey Island andPossession Sound Landslide Susceptibility Using an Additive Linear Model
Christopher Archer Performance characterization and relative dispersion of drogued drifters deployed in the fjords of Nootka Sound
Kalloway Page Hydroaccoustic pinging as a diver tool for underwater navigation in surveying Puget Sound Eelgrass (Zostera marina) densities.