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December Defenses – Congrats to our graduates
MSC graduates presented their research to faculty, mentors, and peers this December.
January 17, 2019
Congratulations to MSC PhD Graduates!
The Marine Science Center is proud to announce the successful PhD dissertation defense of seven graduate students in the past year: Althea Moore, Nicholas Colvard, Jennifer Elliot, Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn, Lara Lewis-McGrath, Christine Ramsay-Newton, and Lin Zhu. Upon successful defense of their dissertations, these students earned doctorate degrees as successful graduates of Northeastern’s Ecology, Evolution, and […]
June 25, 2016
In the face of sea level rise, how will oysters fare?
Research by a team of scientists including MSC Associate Professor Jonathan Grabowski investigates the fate of oysters as their habitat changes due to predicted sea level rise.
April 12, 2016
Effects of predation risk passed down from parent to offspring
A new study published by MSC researchers provides evidence indicating that parents exposed to predation risk may give birth to emboldened offspring.
August 04, 2015
Coupled physical-biological influences on oyster populations
A team of researchers, including three MSC faculty, have quantified the relationship between physical and biological factors influencing oyster distribution and abundance in the South Atlantic Bight.
May 08, 2015
A framework to predict the organism-level consequences of climate change
MSC researchers have developed a bioenergetics framework to understand how marine organisms will deal with the stressors associated with climate change.
April 07, 2015
Thermal versus predator stress: snails can tell the difference
Researchers are measuring genetic response to stress in an intertidal snail, and results shed light on the complexity of response to abiotic vs. biotic stressors.
December 10, 2014
Geographic variation in the rocky intertidal communities across the Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine's rocky intertidal zone has many region-wide defining characteristics, as well as some notable subregional differences.
April 14, 2014
Snails Don’t Only Eat Seaweed, They Help It Grow, Too!
Research suggests that snails can do both harm AND good to marine algae on the rocky shore.
April 11, 2014