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Comparative analyses of aryl hydrocarbon receptor structure, function, and evolution in marine mammals
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Marine mammals possess high body burdens of persistent organic pollutants, including PCBs and dioxin-like compounds (DLC). Chronic environmental or dietary exposure to these chemicals can disrupt the function of reproductive ...
Adult demography and larval processes in coastal benthic populations : intertidal barnacles in Southern California and Baja California
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The geographic distribution and dynamics of coastal benthic populations are shaped by physical - biological interactions affecting larval dispersal and the demography of juvenile and adult individuals. This thesis focused ...
Structure, function and context : the impact of morphometry and ecology on olfactory sensitivity
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In this thesis, the relationships of olfactory sensitivity to three biological variables were tested. The sensitivity of a marine mammal, the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) was measured in order to determine whether a marine ...
Diversity of the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium : characterization of the Woods Hole culture collection and quantification of field populations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Trichodesmium is a colonial, N2-fixing cyanobacterium found in tropical oceans. Species of Trichodesmium are genetically similar but several species exist together in the same waters. In order to coexist, Trichodesmium ...
Behavioral ecology of coral reef fishes at spawning aggregation sites
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Functional characterization and expression of molluscan detoxification enzymes and transporters involved in dietary allelochemical resistance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Understanding how organisms deal with potentially toxic or fitness-reducing allelochemicals is important for understanding patterns of predation and herbivory in the marine environment. The ability of marine consumers to ...
Iron and Prochlorococcus/
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Iron availability and primary productivity in the oceans are intricately linked through photosynthesis. At the global scale we understand how iron addition induces phytoplankton blooms through meso-scale iron-addition ...
Species-specific patterns in bivalve larval supply to a coastal embayment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Larval supply is an important process linking reproductive output to recruitment of benthic marine invertebrates. Few species-specific studies of bivalve larvae have been performed due to the lack of suitable methods for ...
Microbial production and consumption of marine dissolved organic matter
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Marine phytoplankton are the principal producers of oceanic dissolved organic matter (DOM), the organic substrate responsible for secondary production by heterotrophic microbes in the sea. Despite the importance of DOM in ...
Prochlorococcus genetic transformation and genomics of nitrogen metabolism
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Prochlorococcus, a unicellular cyanobacterium, is the most abundant phytoplankton in the oligotrophic, oceanic gyres where major plant nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are at nanomolar concentrations. ...