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. |
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