Student Research

As part of their MIMSUP experience, all participants engage in independent research under the mentorship of a marine researcher at the Shannon Point Marine Center. The process includes all aspects of research from developing a question to presenting results to an audience of other scientists.

Research activities of the 2008 MIMSUP participants

Amy Burgess. Nutritional value of starved brine shrimp nauplii as prey for larval crabs

Carol Boyd. Report card for the water quality for the San Juan Archipelago

Tanya Estacio. Growth and mortality of ciliate grazer Strombidinopsis acuminatum when exposed to varying cell densities of the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum and the flagellate Isochrysis galbana

Whitney Gray. The effect of zooxanthellae on pedal laceration of the sea tropical anemone Aiptasia pallida

Isaiah Iaea. Toxicity of a dinoflagellate toxin to Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi, larvae and sea urchin, Stronglylocentrotus droebachiensis, embryos

Sonia Ibarra. Comparing prey availability at two sites and its effect on the reproductive effort of the sea star Leptasterias hexactis

Dennis Stickler. Effects of arm loss on the feeding behavior of the six-rayed sea star (Leptasterias hexactis): foraging and prey composition

Robert Williams. Investigation of trait-mediated interactions in a trophic cascade involving native and invasive drills