Research Theses and Dissertations
Works by California Sea Grant-funded trainees, a requirement of the program's traineeship agreement.
There are 323 publications in this collection, published between 1974 and 2018. Showing 1 - 50.
Bird, Amanda C: DETERMINING POPULATION STRUCTURE, REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL, AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF PINTO ABALONE (HALIOTIS KAMTSCHATKANA) IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 2018
Chiu, Jennifer A: Diets and Stable Isotope Signatures of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) in Central California, 2018
Smith, Wyatt G: EVALUATING SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS FOR A RESILIENT SHELLFISH MARICULTURE INDUSTRY IN HUMBOLDT BAY: ASSESSING THE STRENGTHS, VULNERABILITIES, AND POTENTIAL OF HUMBOLDT’S EXPANDING INDUSTRY, 2018
Whipple, Alison A: Managing Flow Regimes and Landscapes Together: Hydrospatial Analysis for Evaluating Spatiotemporal Floodplain Inundation Patterns with Restoration and Climate Change Implications, 2018
Osborn, Katherine: Seasonal fish and invertebrate communities in three northern California estuaries, 2017
Shrader, Jeffrey: Expectations and adaptation to environmental risks, 2017
Takada, Miji T: Economic effects of Pacific halibut closures on businesses on the North Coast and the age, growth, and reproductive status of Pacific halibut in Northern California and Central Oregon, 2017
Anderson, Eric: The response of a predatory fish, Opiodon elongatus, to a marine protected area: variation in diet, catch rates, and size composition, 2016
Gorman, Molly: Juvenile survival and adult return as a function of freshwater rearing life history for Coho Salmon in the Klamath River Basin, 2016
Hart, Courtney E: The Effects of 4-nonylphenol on the Immune Response of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, Following Bacterial Infection (Vibrio campbellii), 2016
Asch, Rebecca: Interannual-to-Decadal Changes in Phytoplankton Phenology, Fish Spawning Habitat,and Larval Fish Phenology, 2014
Clemento, Anthony: CREATION AND UTILIZATION OF NOVEL GENETIC METHODS FOR STUDYING AND IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF CHINOOK SALMON POPULATIONS, 2014
Keating, Kelene: Seasonal variation of diatoms and dinoflagellates in Monterey Bay, CA determined by Chemtax alanysis of HPLC pigment data, 2013
Matella, Mary: Floodplain restoration planning for a changing climate: Coupling flow dynamics with ecosystem benefits , 2013
Hogan, Jennifer Nicole: Epidemiology of Fecal Protozoa at the Human, Animal, and Environmental Interface, 2012
Johnstone, Elizabeth Anne Carruthers: Geophysical Constraints on Sediment Dispersal Systems, 2012
Lagarde, Luc A.: Invasive Spartina densiflora Brongn. Reduces Primary Productivity in a Northern California Salt Marsh, 2012
Nickols, Kerry Jean: The Coastal Boundary Layer: Pattern, Mechanism, and Ecological Effects of Decreased Alongshore Transport, 2012
Penn, Kevin Matthew: The Comparative Genomics of Salinispora and the Distribution and Abundance of Secondary Metabolite Genes in Marine Plankton, 2012
Rippy, Megan Anjuli: Physical and Biological Dynamics of Surfzone Bacterial Pollution: Sources, Transports, and Removal Mechanisms, 2012
Russo, Tess A.: Hydrologic System Response to Environmental Change: Three Case Studies in California, 2012
Sankaran, Sonya Meenakshi: Effects of Tissue Nitrogen and Media Nitrate on Trace Metal Uptake and Trophic Transfer by Ulva spp., 2012
Schreier, Andrea Marie: Use of Polysomic Genetic Markers to Address Critical Uncertainties in White Sturgeon Biology and Management, 2012
Brander, Susanne Marie: From ‘Omics to Otoliths: Establishing Menidia Species as Bioindicators of Estrogenic and Androgenic Endocrine Disruption., 2011
Carland, Tristan M.: On the Evolution of the sghC1q Gene Family, with Bioinformatic and Transcriptional Case Studies in Zebrafish, 2011
Chen, Eric: Biological Engineering Small Scale Technology: Airway Mucus Rheological Properties and Pulmonary Health, 2011
Cook, Geoffrey S.: Rocky Reef Fish Connectivity: Patterns, Processes and Population Dynamics, 2011
de Sieyes, Nicholas R.: Coastal Septic Systems and Submarine Groundwater Discharge: A Case Study, 2011
Deck, Anna K.: Effects of interspecific competition and coastal oceanography on population dynamics of the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida, along estuarine gradients, 2011
Dorman, Jeffrey G.: The Influence of Seasonal and Decadal Trends in Coastal Ocean Processes on the Population Biology of the Krill Species Euphausia pacifica: Results of a Coupled Ecosystem and Individual Based Modeling Study, 2011
Engene, Niclas: Novel Biodiversity of Natural Products-Producing Tropical Marine Cyanobacteria, 2011
Hanson, Katherine Mary W.: Planktivorous Fish Link Coral Reef and Oceanic Food Webs: Causes and Consequences of Landscape-Scale Patterns in Fish Behavior, Diet and Growth, 2011
Hunter-Thomson, Kristin I.: Nearshore Fish Assemblage Patterns with Respect to Landscape-Scale Habitats in Central California, 2011
James, Kelsey: Life History Characteristics of the Starry Skate, Raja stellulata, from California Waters, 2011
Jones, Adam C.: Regulatory, genetic, and genomic investigations of natural products biosynthesis in marine cyanobacteria, 2011
Kay, Matthew Curry: Community Based Fisheries Research on California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) at the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, 2011
King, Ian W.: Nematode Ecological Study of a Wetland Restoration‐In‐Progress at Bolsa Chica, California: Implications for Biomonitoring, 2011
Loke, Kerri: Reproductive Potential of the Protogynous Teleost, California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) at Nine Populations across Southern California, 2011
Loury, Erin K.: Diet of the Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) Inside and Outside of Marine Protected Areas in Central California, 2011
Maurer, Benjamin D.: Gravity-Driven Intrusions in Stratified Fluids, 2011
Mazzillo, Fernanda da Frota Mattos: Novel Insights on the Dynamics and Consequence of Harmful Algal Blooms in the California Current System: From Parasites as Bloom Control Agents to Human Toxin Exposure, 2011
Miller, Seth Haylen: Larval Behavior and Natural Trace Element Signatures as Indicators of Crustacean Population Connectivity, 2011
Omand, Melissa M.: Physical Controls on Episodic Nearshore Phytoplankton Blooms in Southern California, 2011
Quay, Jenny Elisabeth: New Tools and Insight for Recognition of Pseudo-Nitzschia Bloom and Toxic Incidence, 2011
Roland, Leslie: Assessing Trophic Ecology and Nutritional Status of Marine Mammals with Bulk and Compound-Specific Amino Acid Isotope Analysis, 2011
Tompkins, Paul Anthony: Distribution, Growth, and Disturbance of Catalina Island Rhodoliths, 2011
Ulrich, Patrick D.: Methylmercury Production in Tidal Salt Marsh Sediments and Potential Control Using Iron Amendments, 2011
Vardi, Tali: The Threatened Atlantic Elkhorn Coral, Acropora palmata: Population Dynamics and Their Policy Implications., 2011
Wang, Verena H.: Investigating Recent Invasions of a Colonial Tunicate Using a Polymorphic Fusion Locus, 2011
Zhang, Yue: Husbandry and Dietary Effects on Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Farmed for Caviar, 2011