Senior Thesis Symposium 2015
We want to congratulate all our successful presenters.
Session 1
| Claire Knox | Are fjords sources or sinks of CO2? A study of air-sea CO2 fluxes in Nootka Sound, B.C. |
| Colton Skavicus | Environmental Impact Assessment: Looking at Sediments in Nootka Sound for Traces of Pulp Mill Effluent |
| Garrett Pickard | Growing Biofuel Outdoors in Seattle: Effects of Natural Light Level and Temperature on Marine Microalgal Culture Density and Lipid Content in Contained Natural Exposure Systems |
| Rebecca Ybarra | Accuracy assessment of depth estimates from variation in pre- and post-processing of multi-beam SONAR surveys in fjord environments |
| Julia Marks | Recent changes to the biogeochemistry of Muchalat Inlet, B.C., and the implications for HABs |
| Una Miller | Winter surface alkalinity distributions and controls in Nootka Sound, British Columbia |
| Rebekka Gould | pH Limitations in Environmental Geochemical Monitoring |
| Catherine Young | The generation and propagation of internal waves in Nootka Sound |
| Jemima Rama | Tidal flow over a sill in Muchalat Inlet, Nootka Sound, and the resultant mixing processes |
Session 2
| Sean Digre | Zooplankton community structure in response to turbulent flow over a sill in Nootka Sound |
| Matthew Morris | The Influence of Salinity and Sea Star Wasting Syndrome on Sea Star Species Composition and Distribution in Nootka Sound, British Columbia |
| Brendan Pratt | Using autocorrelation of acoustic backscatter to determine relative strength of river and tidal flows at the Gold River, Nootka Sound BC |
| Dylan Jessum | The Influence of Water Column Variability and Seafloor Topography on Multibeam Bathymetric Mapping |
| John Deeter | Interpreting Submarine Structures for Glacial Retreat Periodicity within Muchalat Inlet in Nootka Sound |
| Bryan Swaffield | Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in a transit from Puget Sound to outside Nootka Sound, Canada |
Session 3
| Danielle Dhanens | Phytoplankton communities in the Tahsis River and Zeballos River plumes |
| Caroline Belleman | Sources and transport of surface sediment and metals in B.C. fjord, Tahsis Inlet |
| Ben Pelle | Analysis of zooplankton species composition and depth-based habitat preference in Nootka Sound, B.C., Canada |
| Campbell Glass | An investigation into the effects of sea level rise on the kinetic energy regime of fjords |
| Talia Neiman | Beryllium-7 sorption to inorganic particles in Tahsis Inlet, Nootka Sound, B.C. |
| Landung Setiawan | The determination of spatial scale variance in a nearshore environment for the siting of wave energy converters |
| Alexandra Russell | Site Level Cost Benefit Analysis of Renewable Energy in the Near-shore Environment |
| Julie Ann Koehlinger | A Description of Water Masses in Nootka Sound and Estimation of Diffusivity and Upward Velocity in Muchalat Inlet Using Temperature, Salinity, and Dissolved Oxygen |
| Robert Daniels | Effect of cross channel salinity imbalance due to fresh water umbalance in a fjord estuary |
Session 4
| Mengfeng Li | Oxygen and Hydrogen sulfide concentration of Nootka Sound bottom water |
| Jonathan Morgan | Analyzing Drifter Designs and Data Gathering Methods in Complex Estuarine Environments |
| Ian McQuillen | The effects of sill-circulation on zooplankton patchiness |
| Charles Garcia | Automatic recognition of seafloor features in sub-bottom profiles using eigenimages |
| Trevor Harrison | Deposition characteristics of sediments in fjord-type estuaries, Nootka Sound, B.C. |
