Research Projects

The following table provides some examples of past and current research in the flumes.

Description
Investigators
 

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) 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 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 and 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 Atlantic surfclam 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

Steve Fries (IMCS, Rutgers, currently Inst. Marine Sciences, UNC, Morehead City, NC) Abstract

Sediment transport processes associated with biogenic structures Steve Fries (IMCS, Rutgers, currently Inst. Marine Sciences, UNC, Morehead City, NC)Abstract Chemical and biological implications of water flow through permeable sediments Charlotte Fuller & Gary Taghon (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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