Mentor: Anne Reid (Salve Regina University) Project Location Salve Regina University Project Description Climate change is poised to significantly alter ocean conditions, impacting species at every trophic level. Rising temperatures and increased atmospheric CO2 levels lead to ocean warming and acidification, which have been shown to impact the composition of marine microbial communities. The aim […]
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CB-14: Temporal changes in the community composition and biodiversity of juvenile fishes from the Narragansett Bay. Is there evidence of climate-mediated changes in fish assemblages?
Mentor: David Taylor (Roger Williams University) Project Location Roger Williams University Project Description The diverse marine and estuarine habitats of Narragansett Bay (NB) are vital to the ecological and economic health of Rhode Island. Inshore, shallow-water habitats of NB, in particular, provide critical ecosystem services as nurseries for many fish species. The functional value of […]
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Mentor: Coleen Suckling (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Kingston Project Description Our oceans contain plastic pollution and marine organisms have been shown to ingest these anthropogenic particles. Despite some species being able to egest small sized plastics (microplastics), they may cause physical damage along the digestive tract. Persistent organic […]
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Mentor: Coleen Suckling (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Kingston Project Description Warming temperatures strongly influence global marine communities by creating winners and losers, and this can compromise the way in which we produce seafood in the near future. This fellowship will work towards understanding how commercially and ecologically important […]
Continue reading "CB-12: Sustainable seafood production in the future"CB-11: Microbial Ecology of the Temperate Coral Astrangia poculata
Mentor: Koty Sharp (Roger Williams University) Project Location Roger Williams University Project Description The local temperate coral Astrangia poculata is an emerging model organism used to understand the microbiology of coral bleaching, a phenomenon that is directly caused by warming sea surface temperatures. Recent analyses of A. poculata in our lab suggest that its microbiome […]
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Mentor: Christopher Reid (Bryant University) Project Location Bryant University Project Description The microzooplankton, Oxyrrhis marina, will serve as a model for the development of an in situ living biosensor for Narragansett Bay. As a tightly integrated and naturally occurring component of the Narragansett Bay ecosystem and given the extent of scientific literature on the ecology […]
Continue reading "CB-10: Detection of glycans from marine microbes"CB-9: Harmful algal blooms in Narragansett Bay: Genetic analysis of phytoplankton species under varying environmental conditions.
Mentor: Bryan Plankenhorn (University of Rhode Island) Co-Mentor(s): Bethany Jenkins (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Kingston Project Description Harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by the single-celled algae (phytoplankton) Pseudo-nitzschia have recently begun to occur in Narragansett Bay. This phytoplankton genus produces a potent neurotoxin called domoic acid which can […]
Continue reading "CB-9: Harmful algal blooms in Narragansett Bay: Genetic analysis of phytoplankton species under varying environmental conditions."CB-8: Studying toxin production and microbiomes in the Harmful Algal Bloom genus Pseudo-nitzschia through culture experiments and genetic analysis.
Mentor: Julie Maurer (University of Rhode Island) Co-Mentor(s): Bethany Jenkins (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Kingston Project Description Harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by the single-celled algae (phytoplankton) Pseudo-nitzschia have recently begun to occur in Narragansett Bay. This phytoplankton genus produces a potent neurotoxin called domoic acid which can […]
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Mentor: Roxanne Beinart (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Bay Campus Project Description Awning clams (Solemya velum) are abundant infaunal clams found in Rhode Island intertidal habitats including Narragansett Bay and our coastal ponds, that host symbiotic chemosynthetic bacteria in their gills. The symbionts of awning clams remove hydrogen sulfide […]
Continue reading "CB-7: Describing the habitat characteristics of the chemosymbiotic awning clam Solemya velum"CB-6: Ecological monitoring of benthic foraminifera in Narragansett Bay salt marshes
Mentor: Christopher Powers (University of Rhode Island) Co-Mentor(s): Ying Zhang (University of Rhode Island) Project Location University of Rhode Island – Kingston Project Description Benthic foraminifera are single celled microbial eukaryotes that play important roles in biogeochemical cycling. In the Narragansett Bay (NBay), foraminifera have been identified in salt marshes with hypothesized roles in denitrification, […]
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