Browsing Doctoral Theses by Subject "Temperature"
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Alexandrium catenella cyst dynamics in a coastal embayment : temperature dependence of dormancy, germination, and bloom initiation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)Blooms of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella cause paralytic shellfish poisoning syndrome and present an expanding public health threat. They are inoculated through the germination of benthic cysts, a process regulated ... -
Geophysical and petrological constraints on ocean plate dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)This thesis investigates the formation and subsequent motion of oceanic lithospheric plates through geophysical and petrological methods. Ocean crust and lithosphere forms at mid-ocean ridges as the underlying asthenosphere ...