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Cytochrome P4501A Induction and Porphyrin Accumulation in PLHC-1 Fish Cells Exposed to Sediment and Oil Shale Extracts
Cytochrome P4501A Induction and Porphyrin Accumulation in PLHC-1 Fish Cells Exposed to Sediment and Oil Shale Extracts Huuskonen, S.E., A. Tuvikene, M. Trapido, K. Fent, and M.E. Hahn Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., Vol. 138, pp. 59-69, 2000 WHOI-R-00-003
Read MoreDGGE-based Detection Method for Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX)
DGGE-based Detection Method for Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX) Gast, R.J., E. Cushman, D.M. Moran, K.R. Uhlinger, D. Leavitt, and R. Smolowitz Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, Vol. 70, pp. 115-122, 2006 WHOI-R-06-003
Read MoreSome Initial Effects of Hurricane Hugo on Endangered and Endemic Species of West Indian Birds
Some Initial Effects of Hurricane Hugo on Endangered and Endemic Species of West Indian Birds Haney, J.C., J.M. Wunderle, and W.J. Arendt American Birds, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 234-236, 1991 WHOI-R-91-004 Hurricane Hugo, a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140-150 miles per hour and gusts over 180 miles per hour, was perhaps…
Read MoreTeacher Workshop November 2001
Teacher Workshop November 2001 “Engineering for an Extreme Environment: Open-Ocean Moorings” Mr. Rick Trask, WHOI, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department In this talk Mr. Trask, a Sr. Research Engineer, posed the problem of establishing deep moorings for instrumentation in the open ocean, and led the participants through various solutions. With demonstrations and props he…
Read MoreCoastal Resilience Week Stories
Our Stories of Resilience Stories are fundamental to the way humans make sense of the world. Telling stories about the changes we see in the environment around us increases draws us together through shared experience toward a common purpose. As part of Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week 2024, WHOI Sea Grant produced a pre-concert program…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Rewilding of Cape Cod
Cape Cod’s white shark and gray seal populations have been growing, and with them, so has the desire to understand these changes and impacts on both the ecosystem and our coastline useage. With research funding from WHOI Sea Grant, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has developed a middle school level curriculum focused on exploring the…
Read More2004-2006 Projects
Oil Undercover: Ecological Effects of a 30-year-old Oil Spill Since 1969, when the barge Florida, headed for the Cape Cod Canal, ran aground and spilled over 650,000 liters of No. 2 fuel oil on a pristine section of Cape Cod coastline, Woods Hole scientists have studied the salt marsh sediments for ecological effects and recovery.…
Read MoreHigh School Student Helps Develop TideRider “Virtual Buoy”
Over the past four years, Mike Jakuba, a senior engineer at WHOI, has worked with Brookline High School student Patrick McGuire to build the next generation coastal profiling platform, an inexpensive “virtual buoy” and a platform for other sensors. The project was funded through Woods Hole Sea Grant’s Program Development Fund and has since received…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Waquoit Bay Ecosystem
A Q&A with Sarah Foster Sarah Foster is a Boston University graduate student doing her dissertation research in Waquoit Bay (Cape Cod, Massachusetts). A biogeochemist, Sarah investigates the impact hypoxia, or low oxygen, in the water has on crucial functions within Waquoit Bay’s ecosystem. She recently published research she and her co-author, Wally Fulweiler conducted in…
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