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Capstones/Theses from 2024

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Multi-tissue Analysis of Combined Fluctuating Environmental Stressors in Juvenile Copper Rockfish, Sebastes Caurinus, Arie Dash

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Spatial and Temporal Variability in Nutritional Physiology of Pyropia perforata, Matthew S. Elliott

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Drivers Of Intertidal Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) Reproductive Capacity Along The Central Coast Of California and Implications For Kelp Forest Recovery, Isaak Haberman

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Examining Internesting Habitat Use of Northwest Atlantic Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), Christina I. Mauney

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Effectiveness of Aerial Monitoring of Spatial and Temporal Changes of Santa Catalina Island Rhodolith Beds, Charnelle Wickliff

Capstones/Theses from 2023

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The Solitary Sinking Phytoplankton Cell and the Biological Carbon Pump, Annie Bodel

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Composition and Distribution of Fish Assemblages in Cap de Creus Natural Park in Relation to Marine Protection Levels, Depth, and Habitat, Kathleen Cieri

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Influence of Intrinsic Factors on At-Sea Behavior of Late Chick-Rearing Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes Forsteri) at Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Antarctica, Parker D. Forman

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Assessing Monkeyface Prickleback Cebidichthys Violaceus as an Emerging Aquaculture Species in California, Matthew Hoehn

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The Feeding Habits and Selectivity of Siphonophores in Monterey Bay, Alexandra Lapides

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Improving Species Distribution Models of Continental Shelf Fishes off California, Kinsey Matthews

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Assessing the Effects of Upwelling-Driven pH and Dissolved Oxygen Variability on Juvenile Rockfishes, Melissa Palmisciano

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White Abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) Restoration Aquaculture: An Assessment of Formulated Diets and Probiotics, Katherine Roy

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Habitat-Mediated Efficacy of 360 Degree Diver-Operated Video For Quantitative Surveys of California Reef Fishes, Kameron Strickland

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Effects of Habitat and Temperature on Reproductive Success of Fucus distichus in Central California, Acy E. Wood

Capstones/Theses from 2022

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Redescription of Southwestern Indian Ocean Guitarfishes Rhinobatos (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae), Rachel Aitchison

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Effects of Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia on Stress and Growth Hormone Responses in Juvenile Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus), Hannah L. Bruzzio

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Physiological Responses to Hypoxia in Juvenile Flatfishes, Juliana Cornett

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The Distribution of Microplastics in Marshlands Surrounded by Agriculture Fields- Elkhorn Slough, CA, Victoria Dickey

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Factors Affecting Seasonal Variation of Surf Zone Assemblages in Central California, Gammon Koval

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Measuring the Impact of Thermal Stress on Coral Resilience in Hawai'i Using Large-Area Imagery, Caroline Rodriguez

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The Impacts of Climate Change on Blackeye Goby, Rhinogobiops nicholsii, Stress Responses, Reproduction, and Offspring Fitness, Alora Yarbrough

Capstones/Theses from 2021

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Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals Differences in Domoic Acid Accumulation and Feeding Strategies of Key Vector Species in Central California, Sophie Brynn Bernstein

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Effects of Temperature on Competition Between Macrocystis pyrifera and Sargassum horneri, Ann M. Bishop

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Clay Mineral Records Show Pleistocene Evolution of Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River Basin, Gregory Bongey

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Geographic Variability in the Life History and Demography of Canary Rockfish, Sebastes pinniger, Along the U.S. West Coast, Rachel O. Brooks

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Satellite Remote Sensing & Model Reanalysis Estimates of Upper- Ocean Heat Content in the Canada Basin, Amanda Camarato

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Characterizing Shallow Groundwater Nutrient Contribution to California Central Coast Agricultural Sites and Estuaries, Jacqueline M. Chisholm

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Species-Specific Transcriptomic Responses of Juvenile Rockfish (Sebastes) to Simulated Future Upwelling Conditions, Holly Doerr

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Multiscale Habitat Use and Effects of Resource Availability on California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) Population, Taylor Eddy

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Evaluating the Trophic Habits and Dietary Overlap of Two Deep-Sea Catsharks (Apristurus brunneus and Parmaturus xaniurus) in Central California, USA, Matthew Jew

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Effects of Land-based Sources of Pollution on Coral Thermotolerance, Melissa Naugle

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Effects of Climate Change Induced Ocean Acidification and Low Oxygen on Larval Rockfish, Kristin Saksa

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Etmopterus Benchleyi n. sp., a New Lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Central Eastern Pacific Ocean, Victoria Elena Vásquez

Capstones/Theses from 2020

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Gene Expression Responses of Larval Gopher (Sebastes carnatus) and Blue (S. mystinus) Rockfish to Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia, Jacoby Baker

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Effects of Biomass Loss on the Seasonal Variability in Storage Compounds of Pterygophora Californica, Lindsay M. Cooper

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Effects of Phytoplankton Composition and Biominerals on the Episodic Pulses of Particulate Organic Carbon to Abyssal Depths, Cynthia Michaud

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Drivers of Sub-Seasonal to Interannual Shoreline Change at Sunset State Beach in Monterey Bay, CA, Miya Pavlock

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Quantifying the Emanation and Decay of Environmental DNA from Three Marine Molluscs, Emily Rose Pierce

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Habitat Associations of Catshark Egg Cases (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from the U.S. Pacific Coast, Amber N. Reichert

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Fish-Derived Nutrients in California Kelp Forest Ecosystems, June Shrestha

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Hydrothermal Vent Periphery Invertebrate Community Habitat Preferences of the Lau Basin, Kenji Jordi Soto

Capstones/Theses from 2019

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Assessing High-Frequency Variability of a Beach Adjacent to a Submarine Canyon (Moss Landing Beach, Monterey Bay, CA), Tyler Barnes

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Contributions of Wind- and Wave-Induced Transport to Nearshore Phytoplankton Variability in Northern California, Patrick C. Daniel

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DNA Metabarcoding of Meiofaunal Communities Along the California Coast and Potential Abiotic Drivers of Distribution, Amanda Elizabeth Heidt

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Chlorophyllide a: Fact or Artifact - Resolution of the Chlorophyllide a Problem in the Routine Measurement of Planktonic Chlorophyll a, Sierra Claire Helmann

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Reproductive Strategies of the Big Skate (Beringraja Binoculata) with Evidence of Multiple Paternity, Jessica Ja-Jei Jang

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The Biogeochemical Behavior and Speciation of Mercury in the Sea Surface Microlayer: Implications for Transport to Watersheds via Fog, Alexander J. Olson

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The Effect of Operational Sex Ratio on the Reproductive Biology of Two Sex-Changing Fish (Rhinogobiops Nicholsii and Lythrypnus Dalli), Stephen Pang

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Morphological Variability Within Dictyoneurum californicum and Dictyoneurum reticulatum Along a Wave Exposure Gradient on the Monterey Peninsula, Elizabeth G. Ramsay

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Geographic and Habitat-Based Variation in Lingcod (Ophiodon Elongatus) Demography and Life-History Along the U.S. West Coast, Laurel Szeche Lam

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ATP as a Quantitative Proxy for Living Microbial Biomass: Cellular ATP Content Under Stress, Natalia Yingling

Capstones/Theses from 2018

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Phenology and the Response to Disturbance of the Fucoid, Stephanocystis osmundacea, Cody Dawson

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Effects of Hypoxia on the Behavior and Physiology of Juvenile Stage Temperate Reef Fishes (Genus: Sebastes), Evan Gilman Mattiasen

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Shifting Species Boundaries: Mytilus Spp. on the Pacific Coast, Melinda Kathleen Wheelock

Capstones/Theses from 2017

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Physiological Effects of Nitrate, Light, and Intertidal Position on the Red Seaweeds Mazzaella Flaccida and Mazzaella Splendens, Stephan A. Bitterwolf

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Metabarcoding Analyses of Gut Microbiome Compositions in Red Abalone (Haliotis Rufescens, Swainson, 1822) Fed Different Macroalgal Diets, Jinchen Guo

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Physical Factors Influencing Phytoplankton Abundance in Southern Monterey Bay, C. Ryan Manzer

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Effects of Oceanographic Variability on the Trophic Ecology of Eight Species of Coral Reef Fishes From the Remote Central Pacific, Scott Donald Miller

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Gametophyte Fitness and Costs of Self-Fertilization in the Giant Kelp Macrocystis Pyrifera, Robert A. San Miguel

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Nutrient Dynamics in Tidally Restricted Regions of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maureen M. Wise

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Factors Driving Demography and Temporal Variability in PH of the Acid Weed, Desmarestia Herbacea, Angela T. Zepp

Capstones/Theses from 2016

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Defining the Doratopsis: Investigating the Endpoint of the Paralarval Stage in Chiroteuthis Calyx, Alicia Bitondo

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Decorating Behavior and Decoration Preference in the Masking Crab, Loxorhynchus Crispatus, Catherine Anne Drake

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Spatial and Temporal Variation in Rosy Rockfish (Sebastes Rosaceus) Life History Traits, Ryan T. Fields

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Ecological and Reproductive Consequences of Morphological Variation in Egregia Menziesii (Turner) Areshoug, Heather K. Fulton-Bennett

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Tracking Icebergs and Sea Ice in the Mid-Pleistocene Bering Sea Suggests Sea Ice Affects Ice Sheet Growth, Vera Jesser Lawson

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Effects of Non-Native Species on Two Life Stages of the Olympia Oyster, Ostrea Lurida, in the Elkhorn Slough Estuary, Pamela Ann Neeb Wade

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Microbiome Sharing Between Reef-Building Corals and Associated Epibiotic Gastropods in French Polynesia, Emily R. Schmeltzer

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Domoic Acid Production in Pseudo-Nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) as a General Response to Unbalanced Growth: The Role of Photo-Oxidative Stress, April Woods

Capstones/Theses from 2015

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Impact of Individual and Population-Scale Dynamics on Growth and Reproduction of Two Morphologies of Macrocystis in Central California, Sarah Jeffries

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Deposition, Persistence, and Utilization of Kelp Wrack Along the Central California Coast, Jarred Klosinski

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Motile Cryptofaunal Invertebrate Assemblages in Catalina Island's Rhodolith Beds in Relation to Physical Structure and Live Rhodoliths, Kristin Meagher Robinson

Capstones/Theses from 2013

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Optimization and characterization of the bulk FDA viability assay to quantify living planktonic biomass, Brian N. Maurer

Capstones/Theses from 2012

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Spatial and Oceanographic Factors Affecting Black-Legged Kittiwake and Thick-Billed Murre Distributions in the Southeastern Bering Sea, Brian Hoover

Capstones/Theses from 2011

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Hypoxic and low pH water in the nearshore marine environments of Monterey Bay, California : characterizing a decade of oxygen and pH, and drivers of variability, J. Ashley Tomer Booth

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Curious food procurement in the eastern North Pacific Kyphosidae, Clinton J. Moran

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Nitrate transport to coastal Monterey Bay : investigating source inputs from Elkhorn Slough, Tanya Novak

Capstones/Theses from 2010

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Trophic interactions of Bathyraja trachura and sympatric fishes, Mariah Dawson Boyle

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A study of storm-induced variations in the littoral sediment transport patterns of central Monterey Bay, Jeremiah J. Brower

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Historic genetic diversity of the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni), Heather L. Hawk

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The effects of environmental enrichment and problem-solving on the brain and behavior of Octopus rubescens, Erin Kristine Jensen

Capstones/Theses from 2009

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Age, growth and reproduction of the Bering skate, Bathyraja interrupta (Gill & Townsend, 1897), from the eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Mexico, Shaara Michiko Ainsley

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Carmel Bay : oceanographic dynamics and nutrient transport in a small embayment of the central California coast, Dustin Carroll

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Life history of two Bering Sea slope skates : Bathyraja lindbergi and B. maculata, Jasmine Rae Fry Maurer

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Storage and abiotic regulation of investment in vegetative vs. sexual reproduction in the clonal kelp, Laminaria sinclairii, Kyle William Glenn

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Changes in cover and use of Zostera marina habitat in Elkhorn Slough, California, Nora Elaine Grant

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Trends in abundance surveys of nearshore rocky reef fishes in central California 1959-2007, Thomas Wadsworth

Capstones/Theses from 2008

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Life history, abundance, and distribution of the spotted ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei, Lewis Abraham Kamuela Barnett

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Radiometric age validation and spatial distribution of the Antarctic Toothfish, (Dissostichus mawsoni) : implications for a deep-sea Antarctic fishery, Cassandra M. Brooks

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Age, growth, and reproduction of the Aleutian skate, Bathyraja aleutica, from Alaskan waters, Diane Lee Haas

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Characterizing dispersal patterns of marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) with genetic population assignments, Laurie Anne Hall

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COâ‚‚ effects on marine phytoplankton : inhibition of photosynthetic processes, Matthew Peter Huber

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Biogeochemical characteristics of internal wave driven sediment and nutrient resuspension in Monterey Bay : implications for global new production, Lauren Murray Sassoubre

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Movement, dive behavior, and survival of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) post-treatment for domoic acid toxicosis, Kate Thomas

Capstones/Theses from 2007

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Molecular, histological, and behavioral differences in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and topsmelt (Atherinops affinis) exposed to methylmercury, Daphne Gehringer

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Characterizing sedimentary bedforms as habitat for fishes and invertebrates in the San Juan Archipelago, Washington, USA, and the Georgia Basin, British Columbia, Holly Linda Lopez

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The biogeography and distribution of megafauna at three California seamounts, Lonny J. Lundsten

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Diet and ecomorphology of the sandpiper skate, Bathyraja kincaidii (Garman, 1908) from the eastern North Pacific, Christopher Scott Rinewalt

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A 300-year geochronological assessment of atmospheric mercury depostition in California, Rhea D. Sanders