This digital archive of Capstone projects and Master's theses gathers the culminating experiences of both undergraduate and graduate students at CSUMB.

To view capstones and theses separately, please see the links below:

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Capstones/Theses from 2001

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Capstone Project: An evaluation of steelhead habitat and population in the Gabilan Creek Watershed, Julie Hager

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Capstone Project: A valuation of the Pleasure Point Surf-Zone in Santa Cruz, CA using travel cost modeling, Charles Francis, Tilley

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Capstone Project: Construction, application, and discussion of a homemade bridge-based stream sediment and discharge sampling system, Wright Cole

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Capstone Project: Diversity and abundance of plankton in an artificial wetland, Tottino Ponds, Samuel M. Hulme

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Capstone Project: Drama as a strategy for the social development of special needs students, Mack Smith

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Capstone Project: Effects of waterfowl on a city pond's water quality : case study of Locke-Paddon Park Pond in Marina, California, Kendia Herrington

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Capstone Project: Evaluation of an automated method to measure water potential in California oaks (Quercus Spp.), Dana Kristen Riggs

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Capstone Project: Evaluation of solar cells as a potential power source for shallow subtidal instrumentation, Nathaniel Atherstone

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Capstone Project: Examination of the invasive green crab, Carcinus maenas, population in the Elkhorn Slough, Karen Flores and Susan Miller

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Capstone Project: Examining the natural history and biogeography of an endemic timberline pine (Pinus balfouriana), Michael Bogan

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Capstone Project: GIS a display tool for fishery management : an analysis on the sablefish fishery for California central coast, Gina D. Wade

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Capstone Project: How anchoring locations can be changed to minimize damage to sensitive habitats near Monterey Harbor, Holly Linda Lopez

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Capstone Project: How does land use effect sediment loads in Gabilan Creek?, Joel Casagrande

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Capstone Project: How land-use affects sediment yields and surface runoff in a small semi-arid watersheds [sic] : a case study of the El Toro Watershed, Bronwyn Feikert

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Capstone Project: Integration of depth data onto a video camera backpack for use with California sea lions, Sarah Ann Radloff

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Capstone Project: INTERIM, incorporated supported employment and education program : a structured peer support group, Kristina Baker

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Capstone Project: Is the Science Academic Center a sustainable building?, Meryka Blumer

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Capstone Project: Jazz and hip-hop : finding the similarities and differences between two styles of music in order to create mutual understanding and appreciation, Paul Magpusao

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Capstone Project: Least wanted! : Elkhorn Slough Invasive Species Prevention Project, Danielle Renoud

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Capstone Project: Mapping microhabitats defined by water flow velocity in the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Mary A. Wackerman

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Capstone Project: Monterey-Seaside quadrangles : earthquake fault zones and the local building policy, Chris Pilson

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Capstone Project: Perceptions of long term care, Miryam N. Mejia

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Capstone Project: Protected species of amphibians and reptiles : does human visitation to parks have an impact?, Jackie Shick

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Capstone Project: Rates of erosion and habitat loss in the Elkhorn Slough, Jeremiah Edward Brantner

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Capstone Project: Respiratory rates of captive California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), Jennifer Ellsworth

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Capstone Project: Return of the natives : cycle of restoration curriculum, Jon Detka

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Capstone Project: Saving the sharks : using education to promote awareness of Triaskis [i.e. Triakis] semifasciata (leopard shark) in Elkhorn Slough, Chanté Davis

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Capstone Project: Sedimentology, resource conservation methods and environmental policy of irrigated row crop agriculture in the Salinas Valley, Don Kozlowski

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Capstone Project: Skills Center senior program, Ronald Lee

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Capstone Project: Spatial and temporal trends in nitrate contamination of groundwater in the Salinas Valley, Angela Dickeson

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Capstone Project: Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) habitat assessment along the Arroyo Seco River, Brian Londquist

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Capstone Project: Stream depletion by a shallow well, Charles Pugh

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Capstone Project: Survey for carnivore species detection on Fort Ord public lands, Jodiah J. Nelson

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Capstone Project: Sustainability and photovoltaic technology in Nicaragua, Benjjamin Rudd

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Capstone Project: The design of specialized hardware to anchor sampling instruments on rocky subtidal substrates, Paulo Serpa

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Capstone Project: The use of geographic information systems in understanding invasive species in the Big Sur Weed Management Area, Marc Mungaray

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Capstone Project: Water's world : a study of Wisconsin's water legislation and possible impacts on the future of water rights, Anna Cox

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Master's Thesis: A field study of a dual diagnosis program for adults with psychological disabilities and chemical dependencies : facilitating positive identity formation for the transitional age client in residential treatment, Luis Felipe Restrepo

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Master's Thesis: Bilingual education after Proposition 227, Jennifer Lyn Zanzot

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Master's Thesis: Chem-Is-Try : designing interactive tutorials and exercises for chemistry class on the Web, Eirini Leivadarou

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Master's Thesis: Civil rights in a queerly political era : revisiting the viability of the ethnic identity model to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights, Angelic Cricchio

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Master's Thesis: Constructing a model for an interactive web-based English and Greek language program, Maria Papageorgiou

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Master's Thesis: Family involvement : building a partnership between schools and families through the joy of reading, Zandra Jo Galvan

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Master's Thesis: Is Sargassum muticum a benign invader of tidepools on the Pacific coast of North America?, C. Melissa Wilson

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Master's Thesis: K-12 electronic portfolios : different ways of learning and knowing, Virginia E. Roach

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Master's Thesis: Multicultural perspectives in the art classroom, Liz Nelson

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Master's Thesis: Physical education in the curriculum : students' attitudes and perceptions of physical education, Marlene Theresa Chávez Villegas

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Master's Thesis: Sight translation in its own right, Changmin Kim

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Master's Thesis: Teacher buy-in : one school's experience to improve student achievement, Susana Bugarin

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Master's Thesis: The missing link : our Mexican California past, 1821-1848, Max G. Macias

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Master's Thesis: What social or cultural factors assist or hinder Japanese learners in acquiring communication skills in English?, Miyuki Murase

Capstones/Theses from 2000

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Capstone Project: An analysis of the growth of Penaeus vannamei shrimp at the Aquafuture Corporation, Heather Stahr

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Capstone Project: An interpretation of the columnar structures found in the basal of the Aromas sandstone on Fort Ord, California, and its implication in interpreting paleoenvironmental conditions during the Quaternary, Adrian Rocha

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Capstone Project: Assessing economic impacts of marine protected areas through GIS, Paul G. Garcia

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Capstone Project: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in action : the use of science and policy to assess environmental impacts, Kathy Nitayangkul

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Capstone Project: California sea lion and harbor seal marks on salmonids : can they be used to estimate relative predation?, Melissa Allen

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Capstone Project: Coral reef conservation science, Rachel Oshry

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Capstone Project: Correlating taxa diversity with pool area at the vernal pools of Fort Ord near Monterey, California, Sandy Ayala

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Capstone Project: Crustacean diversity in the vernal pools and permanent ponds of Fort Ord, Erin Mitchell

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Capstone Project: Depth and substrate preferences of preadult cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) in Point Lobos Marine Reserve, Michael Ross Castleton

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Capstone Project: Educating the public on dangers posed by northern elephant seals via an interactive map, Kristi West

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Capstone Project: Emerita analoga (Stimpson) as an indicator species for paralytic shellfish poisoning toxicity along the California coast, Talitha J. Manouki

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Capstone Project: Emerita analoga (Stimpson) -- possible new indicator species for the phycotoxin domoic acid in California coastal waters, Maria E. Ferdin

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Capstone Project: Exploring the unincorporated status of Pajaro, CA, Ernesto Sánchez

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Capstone Project: Intrinsic motivation as a core to educational achievement, Amy E. Carman

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Capstone Project: Lead exposure analysis of the Fort Ord Deconstruction Project, David Johnston

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Capstone Project: Monitoring Eriogonum populations on the coastal dunes of the former Fort Ord for the reestablishment of Euphilotes enoptes var. smithi, Carol A. Bowman

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Capstone Project: Monitoring urban sprawl in Salinas city (1985 to 1999) : using remote sensing techniques, Bryant Bertrand

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Capstone Project: Organic farming, agriculture and our food system : science, words and art, Zachary Knapp

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Capstone Project: Processes linking wave exposure to periphyton load on Zostera marina leaves in the Chincoteague and Chesapeake Bays, Randy Lee

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Capstone Project: The demographics of childhood lead poisoning in Monterey County, Darcie Loth

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Capstone Project: The effects of human activity on the foraging behavior of sanderlings (Calidris alba), Kate Thomas

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Capstone Project: The importance of meeting the needs of captive dolphins and the benefits of establishing a successful training program, Jennifer DePaolo

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Capstone Project: The sea around us : improving ocean awareness for students through education that links classrooms and the community, Tyana Denali Thayer

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Capstone Project: The use of GIS to analyze and visualize the source and extent of mercury contamination in the sediments of the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento Delta watershed system, David C. Rosenow

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Capstone Project: University life : living and flourishing in accordance with Jewish law, Jason Yehuda Leib Weiner

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Capstone Project: What's a man? : gender discourse and Fort Ord newspapers during the Viet Nam war, John Klein

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Master's Thesis: Emergent literacy and second language development : a case study of six English language learners in a Structured English Immersion kindergarten, Katherine Dixson-Clark

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Master's Thesis: Family literacy project : achievement, motivation and connection, Kerry Conner

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Master's Thesis: Fiji East Indian educational implications in Monterey County, Vinay Singh

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Master's Thesis: Making comprehension comprehensible : using explicit instruction in comprehension skills and effective groupwork strategies to increase secondary student reading achievement, Kelly Kathryne Smith

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Master's Thesis: Participatory community literacy in Peace Corps training, Natalie Ulrica Gray

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Master's Thesis: Struggling in U.S. society : three ethnic group's [sic] perspective of U.S. society, Xiu Zhang

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Master's Thesis: The emancipating power of education : reshaping the intellectual paradigm of California's Mexican-American community, Adrian Andrade

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Master's Thesis: The invasive Asian clam Potamocorbula amurensis : potential effects on geochemical flux in South San Francisco Bay, California, K. Brynie Kaplan

Capstones/Theses from 1999

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Capstone Project: 1999 amphibian survey of the former Fort Ord, Kim Stevens

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Capstone Project: A characterization of the urban runoff that flows into Monterey Bay from the cities of Monterey, Seaside, Sand City and Del Rey Oaks, California, Bridget Hoover

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Capstone Project: A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing the waste disposal options of landfilling and composting at the California State University, Monterey Bay, Paul Gamble

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Capstone Project: Analysis of runoff in the Elkhorn Slough Watershed as a result of land-use change using the BGC model, runoff rational method and GIS, Brandon Oberbauer

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Capstone Project: Application of GIS and GPS to landform analysis in the Chualar Creek Watershed, Carolina Morgan

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Capstone Project: A review of the feeding, migratory, and breeding ecology of the eastern Pacific gray whale and related anthropogenic environmental impacts, Rebecca Hager

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Capstone Project: Community food security in Salinas : an evaluation of the Salinas Community Food Security Collaborative leadership strategies, Darcie Warden

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Capstone Project: Costs to China of implementing the Kyoto Protocol, Charlotte Hadley

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Capstone Project: Development, economics, and policies surrounding the use of DNA probes for harmful algal bloom monitoring programs, Saundra Butcher

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Capstone Project: Ecological assessment applied to stream restoration and revegetation : El Toro Creek, Monterey County, California, Mya Martin

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Capstone Project: Environmental education for historically under-educated and low-income homeowners, Ylena Shayne

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Capstone Project: Impacts of elevated COâ‚‚ and climate change on watershed ecological processes, Bryan Murphy

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Capstone Project: Interannual variability of poleward flow and mixed layer characteristics off Monterey Bay during ENSO 1997-98 relative to prior ENSO and non-ENSO years, Carolina Fayos

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Capstone Project: Long Marine Lab : further development of education programs through teacher surveys, Laura Kovalek

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Capstone Project: Modeling the Gabilan Creek Watershed with KINEROS, Mitchell Brian Fadem