Research Projects
The following table provides some examples of past and current research in the IMCS flumes.
Title |
Investigators |
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| Assessing the transport characteristics of flocculent organic sediment in the Florida Everglades. | Laurel G. Larsen, J.W. Harvey, J.P. Crimaldi, G. Noe, D. Nowacki. Abstract (University of Colorado, Boulder and U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA) | ||||||||||
| Active post-settlement habitat selection for fine organic flocs, by a deposit-feeding polychaete, Polygordius jouinae, in a laboratory flume under still water and flow conditions. | Patricia Ramey (IMCS, Rutgers) Abstract Link to Web Page |
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| Transport of mammal and bird bones by fluvial flows. | Michael Pante, Kari Prassack & Robert Blumenschine (Anthropology Dept., Rutgers) | ||||||||||
| Evaluating essential shellfish habitat of hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, during larval settlement and early recruitment. | Di Li & Judith P. Grassle (IMCS, Rutgers) Abstract |
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| Flow mediated predator-prey interactions between green crabs and hard clams. | Pedro Quijon (IMCS, Rutgers, currently at University of Prince Edward Island, Canada) | ||||||||||
| Effects of distance between individual spawning oysters on fertilization success. | David Bushek & John Quinlan, (IMCS, Rutgers). Abstract | ||||||||||
| Effects of turbulence on algal cell aggregation. | Alex Kahl (IMCS, Rutgers). Abstract | ||||||||||
| Effects of shell hash and flow speed on predation of the Arlantic surf clam by the long-clawed hermit crab. | Shannon Newby & Judith P. Grassle (IMCS, Rutgers) | ||||||||||
| Effect of predator activity on the rate of postlarval transport of clams. | Heather Hunt (IMCS, Rutgers, currently University of New Brunswick, St John, Canada | ||||||||||
| Processes controlling the deposition of fine particles at the sediment water interface. | J. Stephen Fries IMCS, Rutgers, currently Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC, Moorehead City, NC) Abstract | ||||||||||
| Sediment transport processes associated with biogenic structures. | J. Stephen Fries (IMCS, Rutgers,
currently Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC, Moorehead City, NC)
Abstract
| Chemical and biological implications
of water flow through permeable sediments. |
Gary Taghon & Charlotte Fuller
(IMCS, Rutgers), Clare Reimers (Oregon State University) |
Ontogenetic changes in feeding
modes in Spionid polychaetes. |
Brian Hentschel (San Diego State
University), Gary Taghon (IMCS, Rutgers), Jeff Shimeta (Franklin & Marshall
College) |
Post-settlement movement in polychaetes: Comparisons
between species and effects of environmental conditions. |
Karen Stocks (IMCS, Rutgers, currently
San Diego Supercomputer Center & SCRIPPS Institute of Oceanography)
& J. Frederick Grassle (IMCS, Rutgers) |
Effect of benthic diatoms,
bacteria and bioturbation by Capitella sp. I on sediment stability. |
Koji Omori (Ehime University, Japan) |
Feeding behavior in the edible
mussel, Mytilus edulis, as a function of flow speed. |
Ann Hartmann (IMCS, Rutgers Undergraduate
Summer Intern, Taylor University), Gary Taghon & Charlotte Fuller (IMCS,
Rutgers) |
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