Capstones/Theses from 2023
The Solitary Sinking Phytoplankton Cell and the Biological Carbon Pump, Annie Bodel
Composition and Distribution of Fish Assemblages in Cap de Creus Natural Park in Relation to Marine Protection Levels, Depth, and Habitat, Kathleen Cieri
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
Assessing Monkeyface Prickleback Cebidichthys Violaceus as an Emerging Aquaculture Species in California, Matthew Hoehn
The Feeding Habits and Selectivity of Siphonophores in Monterey Bay, Alexandra Lapides
Improving Species Distribution Models of Continental Shelf Fishes off California, Kinsey Matthews
Assessing the Effects of Upwelling-Driven pH and Dissolved Oxygen Variability on Juvenile Rockfishes, Melissa Palmisciano
White Abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) Restoration Aquaculture: An Assessment of Formulated Diets and Probiotics, Katherine Roy
Habitat-Mediated Efficacy of 360 Degree Diver-Operated Video For Quantitative Surveys of California Reef Fishes, Kameron Strickland
Effects of Habitat and Temperature on Reproductive Success of Fucus distichus in Central California, Acy E. Wood
Capstones/Theses from 2022
Redescription of Southwestern Indian Ocean Guitarfishes Rhinobatos (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae), Rachel Aitchison
Effects of Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia on Stress and Growth Hormone Responses in Juvenile Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus), Hannah L. Bruzzio
Physiological Responses to Hypoxia in Juvenile Flatfishes, Juliana Cornett
The Distribution of Microplastics in Marshlands Surrounded by Agriculture Fields- Elkhorn Slough, CA, Victoria Dickey
Factors Affecting Seasonal Variation of Surf Zone Assemblages in Central California, Gammon Koval
Measuring the Impact of Thermal Stress on Coral Resilience in Hawai'i Using Large-Area Imagery, Caroline Rodriguez
The Impacts of Climate Change on Blackeye Goby, Rhinogobiops nicholsii, Stress Responses, Reproduction, and Offspring Fitness, Alora Yarbrough
Capstones/Theses from 2021
Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals Differences in Domoic Acid Accumulation and Feeding Strategies of Key Vector Species in Central California, Sophie Brynn Bernstein
Effects of Temperature on Competition Between Macrocystis pyrifera and Sargassum horneri, Ann M. Bishop
Clay Mineral Records Show Pleistocene Evolution of Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River Basin, Gregory Bongey
Geographic Variability in the Life History and Demography of Canary Rockfish, Sebastes pinniger, Along the U.S. West Coast, Rachel O. Brooks
Satellite Remote Sensing & Model Reanalysis Estimates of Upper- Ocean Heat Content in the Canada Basin, Amanda Camarato
Characterizing Shallow Groundwater Nutrient Contribution to California Central Coast Agricultural Sites and Estuaries, Jacqueline M. Chisholm
Species-Specific Transcriptomic Responses of Juvenile Rockfish (Sebastes) to Simulated Future Upwelling Conditions, Holly Doerr
Effects of Land-based Sources of Pollution on Coral Thermotolerance, Melissa Naugle
Effects of Climate Change Induced Ocean Acidification and Low Oxygen on Larval Rockfish, Kristin Saksa
Etmopterus Benchleyi n. sp., a New Lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Central Eastern Pacific Ocean, Victoria Elena Vásquez
Capstones/Theses from 2020
Effects of Biomass Loss on the Seasonal Variability in Storage Compounds of Pterygophora Californica, Lindsay M. Cooper
Effects of Phytoplankton Composition and Biominerals on the Episodic Pulses of Particulate Organic Carbon to Abyssal Depths, Cynthia Michaud
Drivers of Sub-Seasonal to Interannual Shoreline Change at Sunset State Beach in Monterey Bay, CA, Miya Pavlock
Quantifying the Emanation and Decay of Environmental DNA from Three Marine Molluscs, Emily Rose Pierce
Habitat Associations of Catshark Egg Cases (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from the U.S. Pacific Coast, Amber N. Reichert
Fish-Derived Nutrients in California Kelp Forest Ecosystems, June Shrestha
Hydrothermal Vent Periphery Invertebrate Community Habitat Preferences of the Lau Basin, Kenji Jordi Soto
Capstones/Theses from 2019
Assessing High-Frequency Variability of a Beach Adjacent to a Submarine Canyon (Moss Landing Beach, Monterey Bay, CA), Tyler Barnes
Contributions of Wind- and Wave-Induced Transport to Nearshore Phytoplankton Variability in Northern California, Patrick C. Daniel
DNA Metabarcoding of Meiofaunal Communities Along the California Coast and Potential Abiotic Drivers of Distribution, Amanda Elizabeth Heidt
Chlorophyllide a: Fact or Artifact - Resolution of the Chlorophyllide a Problem in the Routine Measurement of Planktonic Chlorophyll a, Sierra Claire Helmann
Reproductive Strategies of the Big Skate (Beringraja Binoculata) with Evidence of Multiple Paternity, Jessica Ja-Jei Jang
The Biogeochemical Behavior and Speciation of Mercury in the Sea Surface Microlayer: Implications for Transport to Watersheds via Fog, Alexander J. Olson
Morphological Variability Within Dictyoneurum californicum and Dictyoneurum reticulatum Along a Wave Exposure Gradient on the Monterey Peninsula, Elizabeth G. Ramsay
Geographic and Habitat-Based Variation in Lingcod (Ophiodon Elongatus) Demography and Life-History Along the U.S. West Coast, Laurel Szeche Lam
ATP as a Quantitative Proxy for Living Microbial Biomass: Cellular ATP Content Under Stress, Natalia Yingling
Capstones/Theses from 2018
Phenology and the Response to Disturbance of the Fucoid, Stephanocystis osmundacea, Cody Dawson
Effects of Hypoxia on the Behavior and Physiology of Juvenile Stage Temperate Reef Fishes (Genus: Sebastes), Evan Gilman Mattiasen
Shifting Species Boundaries: Mytilus Spp. on the Pacific Coast, Melinda Kathleen Wheelock
Capstones/Theses from 2017
Physiological Effects of Nitrate, Light, and Intertidal Position on the Red Seaweeds Mazzaella Flaccida and Mazzaella Splendens, Stephan A. Bitterwolf
Physical Factors Influencing Phytoplankton Abundance in Southern Monterey Bay, C. Ryan Manzer
Effects of Oceanographic Variability on the Trophic Ecology of Eight Species of Coral Reef Fishes From the Remote Central Pacific, Scott Donald Miller
Gametophyte Fitness and Costs of Self-Fertilization in the Giant Kelp Macrocystis Pyrifera, Robert A. San Miguel
Nutrient Dynamics in Tidally Restricted Regions of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maureen M. Wise
Factors Driving Demography and Temporal Variability in PH of the Acid Weed, Desmarestia Herbacea, Angela T. Zepp
Capstones/Theses from 2016
Defining the Doratopsis: Investigating the Endpoint of the Paralarval Stage in Chiroteuthis Calyx, Alicia Bitondo
Decorating Behavior and Decoration Preference in the Masking Crab, Loxorhynchus Crispatus, Catherine Anne Drake
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Rosy Rockfish (Sebastes Rosaceus) Life History Traits, Ryan T. Fields
Ecological and Reproductive Consequences of Morphological Variation in Egregia Menziesii (Turner) Areshoug, Heather K. Fulton-Bennett
Tracking Icebergs and Sea Ice in the Mid-Pleistocene Bering Sea Suggests Sea Ice Affects Ice Sheet Growth, Vera Jesser Lawson
Effects of Non-Native Species on Two Life Stages of the Olympia Oyster, Ostrea Lurida, in the Elkhorn Slough Estuary, Pamela Ann Neeb Wade
Microbiome Sharing Between Reef-Building Corals and Associated Epibiotic Gastropods in French Polynesia, Emily R. Schmeltzer
Capstones/Theses from 2015
Impact of Individual and Population-Scale Dynamics on Growth and Reproduction of Two Morphologies of Macrocystis in Central California, Sarah Jeffries
Deposition, Persistence, and Utilization of Kelp Wrack Along the Central California Coast, Jarred Klosinski
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
Optimization and characterization of the bulk FDA viability assay to quantify living planktonic biomass, Brian N. Maurer
Capstones/Theses from 2012
Capstones/Theses from 2011
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
Curious food procurement in the eastern North Pacific Kyphosidae, Clinton J. Moran
Nitrate transport to coastal Monterey Bay : investigating source inputs from Elkhorn Slough, Tanya Novak
Capstones/Theses from 2010
Trophic interactions of Bathyraja trachura and sympatric fishes, Mariah Dawson Boyle
A study of storm-induced variations in the littoral sediment transport patterns of central Monterey Bay, Jeremiah J. Brower
Historic genetic diversity of the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni), Heather L. Hawk
The effects of environmental enrichment and problem-solving on the brain and behavior of Octopus rubescens, Erin Kristine Jensen
Capstones/Theses from 2009
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
Carmel Bay : oceanographic dynamics and nutrient transport in a small embayment of the central California coast, Dustin Carroll
Life history of two Bering Sea slope skates : Bathyraja lindbergi and B. maculata, Jasmine Rae Fry Maurer
Storage and abiotic regulation of investment in vegetative vs. sexual reproduction in the clonal kelp, Laminaria sinclairii, Kyle William Glenn
Changes in cover and use of Zostera marina habitat in Elkhorn Slough, California, Nora Elaine Grant
Trends in abundance surveys of nearshore rocky reef fishes in central California 1959-2007, Thomas Wadsworth
Capstones/Theses from 2008
Life history, abundance, and distribution of the spotted ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei, Lewis Abraham Kamuela Barnett
Radiometric age validation and spatial distribution of the Antarctic Toothfish, (Dissostichus mawsoni) : implications for a deep-sea Antarctic fishery, Cassandra M. Brooks
Age, growth, and reproduction of the Aleutian skate, Bathyraja aleutica, from Alaskan waters, Diane Lee Haas
Characterizing dispersal patterns of marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) with genetic population assignments, Laurie Anne Hall
COâ‚‚ effects on marine phytoplankton : inhibition of photosynthetic processes, Matthew Peter Huber
Biogeochemical characteristics of internal wave driven sediment and nutrient resuspension in Monterey Bay : implications for global new production, Lauren Murray Sassoubre
Capstones/Theses from 2007
Molecular, histological, and behavioral differences in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and topsmelt (Atherinops affinis) exposed to methylmercury, Daphne Gehringer
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
The biogeography and distribution of megafauna at three California seamounts, Lonny J. Lundsten
Diet and ecomorphology of the sandpiper skate, Bathyraja kincaidii (Garman, 1908) from the eastern North Pacific, Christopher Scott Rinewalt
A 300-year geochronological assessment of atmospheric mercury depostition in California, Rhea D. Sanders
Capstones/Theses from 2006
Trace element concentrations in the Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardii, in central and northern California : a thesis ..., Tiffini Jo Brookens
Age, growth, and reproduction of the Roughtail Skate Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert, 1892) from the eastern North Pacific, ChanteÌ Davis
Mercury methylation in sediments from coastal and Sierra watersheds : implications for methylmercury mitigation in the San Francisco Bay-Delta complex, Tom Stewart Kimball
Food habits of the Longnose Skate, Raja rhina (Jordan and Gilbert, 1880), in central California waters, Heather Joan Robinson
Capstones/Theses from 2005
Community patterns in geothermally influenced sediments, Aroon Melwani
