Understanding our Changing Bay

Discover the inner-workings of Narragansett Bay through micro and macro biology research

Pictured: 2019 SURF Gabbi Pantoni organizes seaweed samples as part of research under Salve Regina University’s Dr. Lindsay Green-Gavrielidis.

Projects

CB-1: Impact of microplastics on aquatic vertebrate development

Steven Weicksel, Bryant University
SURF Flex offered

CB-2: Processing of microplastic data from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago sea ice

Alessandra D'Angelo, University of Rhode Island
SURF Flex offered

CB-3: The microbial ecology of benthic habitats in Rhode Island

Roxanne Beinart, University of Rhode Island
SURF Flex offered

CB-4: Interaction of Microplastics with Marine Cyanobacteria

Arijit Bose, University of Rhode Island
SURF Flex offered

CB-5: Anthropogenic impacts on the metabolism and growth rate of scup and Atlantic silverside

Anabela Maia, Rhode Island College
SURF Flex offered

CB-6: Ecological monitoring of benthic foraminifera in Narragansett Bay salt marshes

Christopher Powers, University of Rhode Island
SURF Flex offered

CB-7: Describing the habitat characteristics of the chemosymbiotic awning clam Solemya velum

Roxanne Beinart, University of Rhode Island

CB-8: Studying toxin production and microbiomes in the Harmful Algal Bloom genus Pseudo-nitzschia through culture experiments and genetic analysis.

Julie Maurer, University of Rhode Island
SURF Flex offered

CB-9: Harmful algal blooms in Narragansett Bay: Genetic analysis of phytoplankton species under varying environmental conditions.

Bryan Plankenhorn, University of Rhode Island
SURF Flex offered

CB-10: Detection of glycans from marine microbes

Christopher Reid, Bryant University
SURF Flex offered

CB-11: Microbial Ecology of the Temperate Coral Astrangia poculata

Koty Sharp, Roger Williams University

CB-12: Sustainable seafood production in the future

Coleen Suckling, University of Rhode Island
SURF Flex offered

CB-13: Plastic pollution: Sampling, presence & impacts

Coleen Suckling, University of Rhode Island
SURF Flex offered

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?

David Taylor, Roger Williams University

CB-15: Selective recovery and characterization of acid-tolerant prokaryotes: towards a better understanding of the impact of ocean acidification on the Narragansett Bay ecosystem.

Anne Reid, Salve Regina University
SURF Flex offered

CB-16: Molecular investigations into disease agents and antigen detection method development for disease detection in cultured bivalves and fish.

Roxanna Smolowitz, Roger Williams University

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