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Since 1970, The Marine Option Program has seen many fine students come thru the program Some students involved in MOP found the program a life changing experience. Hilo Alumni include students students from all majors.

Captain Steve Barnes, sea surface temperature anomalies affecting the thermocline and oxygen minimum layer, 2003

Bjorn Bouwmeetster, A Study of Accretion at Five Pocket Beaches on the Island of Hawaii, 1997

Mark Carmichael, The Effects of Anchor Damage On Invertebrate Assemblages at Puako, Hawai'i, 1995

Steve Cotton, A comparative study on the black-lip Pearl Oyster at Hilo bay and Kawaihae harbor, 1995

Captain Michael Childers, 1992 Summer Survey Species Diversity and the Occurrence of Bleaching in Scleractinian Corals "Coral Gardens" Kapoho, Hawaii & Succession and the Maintenance of Deversity in Corals along the Puna Coast 1994

Chuck Durbin, Ecological Baseline Study of the Intertidal Zone, 1974

John Holland, Coral Cover, Diversity, and Zonation Patterns on the Submerged 1955 Lava Flow at Kahena, 1997

Dennis Jones, Legislation and Underwater Archeology : Problems And Proposals in Hawaii, 1993

Kimberly Krussel, The Effects of Lunar Phenomena & the Population Composition of the Manta Ray, Manta Birostris at Keauhau Bay, HI & Behavior of One Green Turtle Equipped with a Timed Depth Recorder (TDR) in Punuluu Bay Hawaii 1997

Joylynn Oliviera, The Relationship and History of Humpback Whales in Hawaii& The Cultural and Historical Importance of Whales in HI & The Hawaiian Names of Fish Commonly Seen in Hawaii and the Significant Uses of Fish to the Hawaiian Culture, 1997

Kim Page, Distribution and Abundance of the Epiphytic Dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum on the Big Island of Hawaii

Dave A. Phillips, A Modern Approach to Precise Bathymetric Survrying in shallow Coastal Waters, 1995

Anthony Pico & Michelle Pico (Calhoun), The Kauai, a Financial Loss an Ecological Gain, 1996

Noelani Puniwai, Decline of Acacia Koa on Windward O'ahu, 1997

Eric Smith, Hawaiian Population Study of the Serpent's Head Cowry Cypraea Caputserpentis, 1992

Joseph R. Sosky, The Marine Habitats of Hawaii: A Resource ansd Activity Book for Teachers, 1997

Yuko Stender (Okano), The Effect of Turtle Grazing on Pterocladio Biomass in Punaluu Bay, HI, 1993

Jill Sommer, Investigation into the nursing and Growth Patterns of a Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus, 1996

Jeffrey Taylor, The Effects of Volcanic Fog on SeaWifs Satellite Imagery in the Lee of Hawaii

Joe Tegeder, Dolphin QUEST internship & Life on Board a Research Ship, 1997

Jain Vaughn, A Photograph Herbarium of Indiginous Seaweeds of the Big Island of Hawaii 1996

And many many other projects...

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