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Department of

Marine Science and Environmental Studies

Completed Marine Science Theses

Trish Narwold
2009

Organic composition of sediment in two bays with fringing coral reefs in St.John USVI.

Ryan Griggs
2009

Temporal and spatial paterns of Meroplankton in Mission Bay, San Diego.

Amber Michaud
2009

Population structure of shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Pacific as inferred through mtDNA.

Suzanne Roden
2009

Detecting Green Turtle population structure in the Pacific using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP's).

Melissa Carter
2009

Patterns of chlorophyll variability off Southern California and the influence of macroscale and regional oceanographic processes.

Jennifer Gafney
2008
Tracking Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) migration using fatty acid signature analysis.
Christopher Peters
2008

Continuous exercise enhances swim performance and alters growth rate, IGF-I, and cortisol in juvenile marine finfish in aquaculture.

Jessica Crance

2008

Changes in killer whale, Orcinus orca stereotyped call repertoires as a function of time and social association.

Kaci Conselyea

2008

Monsoon season precipitation over Tibetan Plateau in relation to macroscale circulation patterns.

Melissa May

2007

Energetic cost of northward migrating gray whale calves, Eschrichtius robustus.

Mike Colella

2006

The variability of coral skeletal tin (Sn) concentrations in Porites lobata corals from Kona, Hawaii.

Jack Kittinger

2006

Aspects of estuarine mesozooplankton dynamics in Mission Bay, San Diego, California.

Janet Lowther

2005

Genetic variation of coastal and offshore bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.

David Elliott

2005

Spatial and temporal dynamics of Mission Bay zooplankton: relationship to the environment.

Andres Baquero

2005

Vertical and horizontal movements of the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus, in the Southern California Bight.

Jamie Ward

2005

Coral skeletal cadmium as a tracer of anthropogenic nutrients in Kona, Hawaii.

Anita Cepuritis

2005

Exercise effects on growth rate, IGF activity, and cortisol in juvenile white seabass.

Diane Tulipani

2005

The functional morphology and fluid dynamics of swimming in the pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes.

Joshua Gregory

2005

Aspects of cardiovascular function in the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus.

Brandon Swope

2005

Spatial and temporal dynamics of phytoplankton in Mission Bay over a complete annual cycle.

Angi Hotz

2004

Bioaccumulation of copper in the white clam, Chione californiensis from Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Kerri Danil

2004

Growth and reproduction of short-beaked common dolphins, Delphinus delphis in the eastern tropical pacific.

Lisa Louie

2004

Behavioral comparisons between wild and cultured juvenile California halibut, Paralichthys californicus.

Matthew Fripp

2004

Thermoregulation in black-crowned night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax.

Jonathan Nelson

2004

Habitat utilization and movements by whale sharks, Rhincodon typus within Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Jeff Smiley

2003

The acute effects of gas saturation on cultured juvenile white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis in the laboratory.

David Escamilla

2003

A re-evaluation of the Fish Creek gypsum in Imperial County, California.

Michele Siegle Coghill

2003

An examination of optimal egg size (OES) theory in olive ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea.


Janette Holtz

2003

A life history study of the San Diego fairy shrimp, Branchinecta sandiegonensis.

Cheryl Ann Kurtz

2003

The relationship of copper, lead and zinc contamination in sediments and eelgrass, Zostera marina in two different flow-regime environments.

Amy Bergen

2003

Enzyme activities associated with changes in body composition in eared grebes during fall staging.

Diolinda Parsick

2002

A preliminary look at feeding in the fairy shrimp, Branchinecta sandiegonensis.

Mary Fran Cullen

2002

Seasonal variation of biochemical indicators in Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba.

Kathleen Dykes

2002

The influence of hydrothermal activity at Deception Island, Antarctica.

Ben Duehr

2002

The effects of copper on the anemone Anthopleura sola and its symbiotic zooxanthellae.

Brian Head

2001

Effects of diet on trimethylamine oxide levels in marine elasmobranchs.

James Swaney

2002

The effects of temperature and ration level on digestion, growth and glycolytic enzyme activity of white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis.

Geoffrey Daly

2002

Anthropogenic impacts on Porites lobata corals in Hawaii: a survey of coral skeletal chemistry (copper and zinc), growth rates, ecology and seawater chemistry.

Valerie Greenslade

2001

Comparative foraging ecology of Pacific harbor seals, Phoca vitulina richardii and California sea lions, Zalophus californianus in the Southern California Bight.

Shawn Narum

2000

Assortative mating and population structure of gopher rockfish, Sebastes carnatus and black-and-yellow rockfish, Sebastes chrysomelas.

Rindy Anderson

2000

Behavioral responses of California sea lions, Zalophus californianus to a novel net fragement and alarm, and the effects of motivational state.

Sheyna Wisdom

2000

Sound production development in gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus.

Lisa Draze

1999

The effects of environmental stresses on symbiont densities in the temperate sea anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima.

Samuel Hung

1999

Ranging patterns of Indo-Pacific hump backed dolphins, Sousa chinensis in Hong Kong waters.

Larry Wolski

1999

Physiological responses of northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, California sea lions, Zalophus californianus, and harbor selas, Phoca vitulina to simulated sonic booms, air puffs, and white noise bursts.



Karen Abella

1999

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.

Ana Zimmerman

1999

In vitro myosatellite cell proliferation and in vivo muscle fiber development in the white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis.

Sonia Cawsey-McGowan

1999

Aspects of dormancy release in marine copepod resting eggs.

Thomas Gregory

1998

The internal rare earth element geochemistry of the active TAG Mound, 26o N mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Winli Lin

1997

Parental behavior and the question of brood division in whimbrels, Numenius phaeopus.

Thomas W. Gruninger

1997

The predator-prey relationship between the Californian moray eel, Gymnothorax mordax and the two spotted octopus, Octopus bimaculoides.

Mary C. Burgan

1997

Analysis of the diving behavior of killer whales, Orcinus orca in the Hara Strait, Washington, using GIS.

Jacob A. Moorad

1997

Identification of Branchinecta sandiegonensis cyst banks and their ecologial and population genetic response to habitat unpredictability

Cathleen P. Davis

1996

Population genetic structure of a California endemic branchiopod, Branchinecta sandiegonensis.

Eric M. Cathcart

1996

Stable isotope records measured on Porites lobata corals from Kona, Hawaii.

Lisa Ann Morici

1996

Endocrine and physiological response to osmotic stress in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

Sally Jean Lane

1996

Associations and the ontogeny of calling in a killer whale calf, Orcinus orca during her first six months.

Stewart J. Fallon

1996

Uranium/Calcium variations in scleractinian corals from Fiji and Hawaii.

Wendy Dunlap-Harding

1995

The influence of El Niño on pinniped strandings along the California coast 1982-1999.

John V. Rankin

1993

Settlement of Strongylocentrotus spp. across a sea urchin barren-kelp bed boundary.

William T. Everett

1991

Breeding biology of the black storm-petral at islas Los Coronados, Baja California, Mexico.

Mary Ellen Walther

1991

The effect of light intensities on zooxanthellae densities and chlorophyll content in the coral, Goniopora lobata in aquaria.

Mark M. Kinsey

1991

Evidence of vocal sequencing by killer whales, Orcinus orca.

John T. Nichelson

1991

* The feasibility of a floating airport offshore in San Diego.

Harold W. Dorr

1991

Variation in the elk kelp, Pelagophycus porra (Leman) Setch, in two different environments.

Thomas E. McGrath

1990

* The impact of ocenaographers on the secondary sewage treatment issue in San Diego, California.

Melody P. Ashley

1990

Seasonal meiofaunal populations, with emphasis upon nematodes, in San Diego Bay.

Luiz Fernandes

1990

Abundance of males and females of five species of copepoda, Calanoida and their seasonal and bathymetric distribution from collections obtained by the United States Antarctic Research Program, Eltanin cruises.

* Master's degree in Ocean Studies, not Marine Science; Ocean Studies graduate program was discontinued in 1992.