{"id":66803,"date":"2008-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-student-spends-summer-studying-oxygen-levels-in-greenwich-bay\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T00:00:00","slug":"uri-student-spends-summer-studying-oxygen-levels-in-greenwich-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/08\/uri-student-spends-summer-studying-oxygen-levels-in-greenwich-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 student spends summer studying oxygen levels in Greenwich Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tSnug Harbor resident investigating bay\u2019s water quality<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 August 20, 2008 — 溏心vlog免费B站 senior Nick Larghi is spending his summer on the water. But as a Coastal Fellow at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography, he is more interested in what\u2019s below the surface.<\/p>\n


\nIn collaboration with graduate student Emily Shumchenia, Larghi is collecting data on the oxygen levels in Greenwich Bay and comparing them with images of the sediments in the area.<\/p>\n


\nBays that have low levels of oxygen — less than 2-3 milligrams per liter of seawater — are considered hypoxic. While it is sometimes a natural occurrence, hypoxia is often caused by human factors like roadway run-off, sewage overflows, and other nutrient pollution. These hypoxic events can have adverse effects on the marine environment, like occurred when thousands of fish and shellfish died in Greenwich Bay in 2003.<\/p>\n


\n\tLarghi and his fellow researchers are using a sediment profiling imager to evaluate the habitat below the surface.

\nThe enormous structure that houses the camera requires a forklift to move it, but Larghi explained that once the imager is set in place and sinks into the sediment, it \u201cpretty much works just like a regular camera.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nFor his research, Larghi is comparing the sediment images with the water quality data for specific habitats, and assessing the correlations.<\/p>\n


\nHis hypothesis is that the images will accurately reflect the water quality status in Greenwich Bay, but with the understanding that \u201cnobody really knows how long it takes for a marine community to react to hypoxia.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nLarghi\u2019s research was undertaken as a part of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Fellows program, a unique initiative designed to involve undergraduate students in addressing current environmental problems. Now in its 14th year, the program based in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of the Environment and Life Sciences team students with faculty, research staff and graduate students to help them gain skills that will ensure their future success.<\/p>\n


\nThe marine biology major chose to do his fellowship for the hands-on experience it provided. \u201cThere is a lot of opportunity to learn new things,\u201d said the Snug Harbor resident. \u201cLearning how to use the camera, a computer mapping program, sidescan sonar, as well as studying a new field, geology.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Graduate School of Oceanography was also flexible in allowing Larghi to start his research after he returned from Costa Rica in late June. He was one of a team of students and faculty that spent several weeks studying small mammals on a coffee farm to determine whether shade-grown coffee is as environmentally friendly as some have claimed it to be. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cAt 溏心vlog免费B站, I\u2019ve had a lot of opportunities to do research. It\u2019s all about putting yourself out there,\u201d Larghi said.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to his research projects this summer, the 溏心vlog免费B站 student worked as a lab assistant last spring and at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management two years ago. <\/p>\n


\nLarghi said he likes the variety of research he has undertaken at 溏心vlog免费B站. \u201cThe different experiences show you what you do and do not enjoy.\u201d

\nUnsure of his future plans, Larghi has often thought about becoming a professor so he can continue his passion for research.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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