Completed Marine Science Theses
2011 |
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Meg Kolupski |
Sedimentation in coastal bays with coral reefs: Impacts of watershed development, St. John, USVI. |
Kurt Tardy |
Functional morphology and swimming behavior of early stage white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis). |
Sean Hitchman |
Age-specific association with potential adult habitat in larval bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Southern California bight. |
2010 |
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Joel Van Noord |
Feeding ecology and oceanographic influences on the diet of three surface-migrating myctophid fishes in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. |
Marshall K. Olson |
Analysis of the spatial and temporal distributions of dolphinfishes (Coryphaena hippurus and C. equiselis) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. |
Brian J. Gauger |
Egg and larval quality of captive white seabass. |
2009 |
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Kimbrie L. Gobbi |
Inorganic sediment source, flux, and composition within bays in St. John USVI. |
Trish Narwold |
Organic composition of sediment in two bays with fringing coral reefs in St. John USVI. |
Ryan Griggs |
Temporal and spatial patterns of Meroplankton in Mission Bay, San Diego. |
Amber Michaud |
Population structure of shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Pacific as inferred through mtDNA. |
Suzanne Roden |
Detecting Green Turtle population structure in the Pacific using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP’s). |
Melissa Carter |
Patterns of chlorophyll variability off Southern California and the influence of macroscale and regional oceanographic processes. |
2008 |
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Jennifer Gafney |
Tracking Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) migration using fatty acid signature analysis. |
Christopher Peters |
Continuous exercise enhances swim performance and alters growth rate, IGF-I, and cortisol in juvenile marine finfish in aquaculture. |
Jessica Crance |
Changes in killer whale, Orcinus orca stereotyped call repertoires as a function of time and social association. |
Kaci Conselyea |
Monsoon season precipitation over Tibetan Plateau in relation to macroscale circulation patterns. |
2007 |
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Melissa May |
Energetic cost of northward migrating gray whale calves, Eschrischtius robustus. |
2006 |
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Mike Colella |
The variability of coral skeletal tin (Sn) concentrations in Porites lobata corals. |
Jack Kittinger |
Aspects of estuarine mesozooplankton dynamics in Mission Bay, San Diego. |
2005 |
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Janet Lowther |
Genetic variation of coastal and offshore bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncates, in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. |
David Elliott |
Spatial and temporal dynamics of Mission Bay zooplankton: relationship to the environment. |
Andres Baquero |
Vertical and horizontal movements of the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, in the Southern California Bight. |
Jamie Ward |
Coral skeleton cadmium as a tracer of anthropogenic nutrients in Kona, Hawaii. |
Anita Cepuritis |
Exercise effects on growth rate, IGF activity, and cortisol in juvenile white seabass. |
Diane Tulipani |
The functional morphology and fluid dynamics of swimming in the pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes. |
Joshua Gregory |
Aspects of cardiovascular function in the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. |
Brandon Swope |
Spatial and temporal dynamics of phytoplankton in Mission Bay over a complete annual cycle |
2004 |
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Angi Hotz |
Bioaccumulation of copper in the white clam, Chione californiensis from Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico. |
Kerri Danil |
Growth and reproduction of short-beaked common dolphins, Delphinius delphis in the eastern tropical pacific. |
Lisa Louie |
Behavioral comparisons between wild and cultured juvenile California halibut, Paralichtys californicus. |
Mathew Fripp |
Thermoregulation in black-crowned night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax. |
Jonathan Nelson |
Habitat utilization and movements by whale sharks, Rhincodon typus within Bahia del los Angeles, Baja California Norte, Mexico. |
2003 |
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Jeff Smiley |
The acute effects of gas saturation on cultured juvenile white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis in the laboratory. |
David Escamilla |
A re-evaluation of the Fish Creek gypsum in Imperial County, California. |
Michele Siegle Coghill |
An examination of optimal egg size (OES) theory in olive ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea. |
Janette Holtz |
A life history study of the San Diego fairy shrimp, Branchinecta sandiegonensis. |
Cheryl Ann Kurtz |
The relationship of copper, lead and zinc contamination in sediments and eelgrass, Zostera marina in two different flow-regime environments. |
Amy Bergen |
Enzyme activities associated with changes in body composition in eared grebes during fall staging. |
2002 |
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Diolinda Parsick |
A preliminary look at feeding in the fairy shrimp, Branchinecta sandiegonensis. |
Mary Fran Cullen |
Seasonal variation of biochemical indicators in Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. |
Kathleen Dykes |
The influence of hydrothermal activity at Deception Island, Antarctica. |
Ben Duehr |
The effects of copper on the anemone Anthopleura sola and its symbiotic zooxanthellae. |
James Swaney |
The effects of temperature and ration level on digestion, growth and glycolytic enzyme activity of white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis. |
Geoffrey Daly |
Anthropogenic impacts on Porites lobata corals in Hawaii: a survey of coral skeletal chemistry (copper and zinc), growth rates, ecology and seawater chemistry. |
2001 |
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Brian Head |
Effects of diet on trimethylamine oxide levels in marine elasmobranchs. |
Valerie Greenslade |
Comparative foraging ecology of Pacific harbor seals, Phoca vitulina richardii and California sea lions, Zalophus californianus in the Southern California Bight. |
2000 |
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Shawn Narum |
Assortative mating and population structure of gopher rockfish, Sebastes carnatusi and black-and-yellow rockfish, Sebastes chrysomelas. |
Rindy Anderson |
Behavioral responses of California sea lions, Zalophus californianus to a novel net fragment and alarm, and the effects of motivational state. |
Sheyna Wisdom |
Sound production development in gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus. |
1999 |
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Lisa Draze |
The effects of environmental stresses on symbiont densities in the temperate sea anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima. |
Samuel Hung |
Ranging patterns of Indo-Pacific hump backed dolphins, Sousa chinensis in Hong Kong waters. |
Larry Wolski |
Physiological responses of northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, California sea lions, Zalophus californianus, and harbor seals, Phoca vitulina to simulated sonic booms, air puffs and white noise bursts. |
Karen Abella |
The effects of the eastern tropical pacific (ETP) yellowfin tuna purse-seine fishery on the mother-calf bond of the pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuata. |
Anna Zimmerman |
In vitro myosatellite cell proliferation and in vivo muscle fiber development n the white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis. |
Sonia Cawsey-McGowan |
Aspects of dormancy release in marine copepod resting eggs. |
1998 |
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Thomas Gregory |
The internal rare earth element geochemistry of the active TAG Mound, 260 N mid-Atlantic Ridge. |
1997 |
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Winli Lin |
Parental behavior and the question of brood division in whimbrels, Numenius phaeopus. |
Thomas Gruninger |
The predator-prey relationship between the Californian moray eel, Gymnathorax mordax and the two spotted octopus, Octopus bimaculoides. |
Mary Burgan |
Analysis of the diving behavior of killer whales, Orcinus orca in the Hara Strait, Washington, using GPS. |
Jacob Moorad |
Identification of Brachinecta sandiegonensis cyst banks and their ecological and population genetic response to habitat unpredictability. |
1996 |
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Cathleen Davis |
Population genetic structure of a California endemic branchiopod, Branchinecta sandiegonensis. |
Eric Cathcart |
Stable isotope records measured on Porites lobata corals from Kona, Hawaii. |
Lisa Ann Morici |
Endocrine and physiological response to osmotic stress in the American alligator, Alligator mississippinsis. |
Sally Jean Lane |
Associations and the ontogeny of calling in killer whale calf, Orcinus orca during her first six months. |
Stewart Fallon |
Uranium/Calcium variations in scleractinian corals from Fiji and Hawaii. |
1995 |
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Wendy Dunlap-Harding |
The influence of El Nino on pinniped strandings along the California coast 1982-1999. |
1993 |
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John Rankin |
Settlement of Strongylocentrotus spp. across a sea urchin barren-kelp bed boundary. |
1991 |
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William Everett |
Breeding biology of the black storm-petrel at islas Los Coronados, Baja California, Mexico. |
Mary Ellen Walther |
The effect of light intensities on zooxanthellae densities and chlorophyll content in the coral, Goniopora lobata in aquaria. |
Mark Kinsey |
Evidence of vocal sequencing by killer whales, Orcinus orca. |
John Nichelson |
*The feasibility of a floating airport offshore San Diego. |
Harold Dorr |
Variations in the elk kelp, Pelagophycus porra (Leman) Setch, in two different environments. |
1990 |
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Thomas McGrath |
*The impacts of oceanographers on the secondary sewage treatment issue in San Diego, California. |
Melody Ashley |
Seasonal meiofaunal populations, with emphasis upon nematodes, in San Diego Bay. |
Luiz Fernandes |
Abundance of males and females of five species of copepods, Calanoida and their seasonal and bathymetric distribution from collections obtained by the United States Antarctic Research Program, Eltanin cruises. |
