Submissions from 2013
A Socratic Method for Surveying Students’ Readiness to Study Evolution, William D. Stansfield
Teaching Evolution & the Nature of Science via the History of Debates about the Levels at Which Natural Selection Operates, William D. Stansfield
Submissions from 2012
Bioluminescence in the high Arctic during the polar night, J. Berge, A.S. Båtnes, G. Johnsen, S.M. Blackwell, and Mark A. Moline
Characterization of a Vibrio fischeri Aminopeptidase and Evidence for Its Influence on an Early Stage of Squid Colonization, Pat M. Fidopiastis, Bethany A. Rader, David G. Gerling, Nestor A. Gutierrez, Katherine H. Watkins, Michelle West Frey, Spencer V. Nyholm, and Cheryl A. Whistler
Gene transcripts encoding hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) exhibit tissue- and muscle fiber type-dependent responses to hypoxia and hypercapnic hypoxia in the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, Kristin M. Hardy, Chandler R. Follett, Louis E. Burnett, and Sean Lema
Experimentally Altered Navigational Demands Induce Changes in the Cortical Forebrain of Free-Ranging Northern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus o. oreganus), Matthew L. Holding, Julius A. Frazier, Emily N. Taylor, and Christine R. Strand
Do thick leaves avoid thermal damage in critically low wind speeds?, A. Leigh, S. Sevanto, M. C. Ball, J. D. Close, D. S. Ellsworth, Charles A. Knight, A. B. Nicotra, and S. Vogel
An experimental evaluation of the use of C3 δ13C plant tissue as a proxy for the paleoatmospheric δ13CO2 signature of air, B. H. Lomax, C. A. Knight, and J. A. Lake
A collaborative approach to investigate site fidelity, home range, and homing behavior of cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus), Carlos Mireles, Royden Nakamura, and Dean Wendt
Evaluation of bio-optical inversion of spectral irradiance measured from an autonomous underwater vehicle, Mark A. Moline, Ian Robbins, Brian Zelenke, W. Scott Pegau, and Hemantha Wijesekera
How do host sex and reproductive state affect host preference and feeding duration of ticks?, Nicholas B. Pollock, Larisa K. Vredevoe, and Emily N. Taylor
Can vertical migrations of dinoflagellates explain observed bioluminescence patterns during an upwelling event in Monterey Bay, California?, Igor Shulman, Bradley Penta, Mark A. Moline, Steven H.D. Haddock, Stephanie Anderson, Matthew J. Oliver, and Peter Sakalaukus
Spontaneous multiscale phase separation within fluorinated xerogel coatings for fouling-release surfaces, Anastasiya Sokolova, Joseph J. Bailey, Grant T. Waltz, Lenora H. Brewer, John A. Finlay, Jill Fornalik, Dean Wendt, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, Frank V. Bright, and Michael R. Detty
Dobzhansky's Dictum: An Object Lesson for Critical Thinking, William D. Stansfield
Science & the Senses: Perceptions & Deceptions, William D. Stansfield
The Discovery of Insulin: A Case Study of Scientific Methodology, William D. Stansfield
Environmental stress proteomics of two blue mussel (genus Mytilus) congeners, Lars Tomanek
Submissions from 2011
SNP-Based Mapping of Crossover Recombination in Caenorhabditis elegans, Grace C. Bazan and Kenneth J. Hillers
Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation Causes Proteomic Changes in Embryos of the Purple Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Joseph P. Campanale, Lars Tomanek, and Nikki L. Adams
Addressing biased occurrence data in predicting potential Sierra Nevada red fox habitat for survey prioritization, Casey Cleve, John D. Perrine, Barbara Holzman, and Ellen Hines
The Control of Marine Biofouling on Xerogel Surfaces with Nanometer-Scale Topography, Nikhil Gunari, Lenora H. Brewer, Stephanie M. Bennett, Anastasiya Sokolova, Nadine D. Kraut, John A. Finlay, Anne E. Meyer, Gilbert C. Walker, Dean E. Wendt, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, Frank V. Bright, and Michael R. Detty
Tissue-specific thyroid hormone regulation of gene transcripts encoding iodothyronine deiodinases and thyroid hormone receptors in striped parrotfish (Scarus iseri), Kaitlin M. Johnson and Sean C. Lema
Parasite infection and sand coarseness increase sand crab (Emerita analoga) burrowing time, Gita R. Kolluru, Zachary S. Green, Larisa K. Vredevoe, Matthew R. Kuzma, Sera N. Ramadan, and Marc R. Zosky
Season and Sex of Host Affect Intensities of Ectoparasites in Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus Occidentalis) on the Central Coast of California, Anthony S. Lumbad, Larisa K. Vredevoe, and Emily N. Taylor
Climate change, body size, and phenotype dependent dispersal, Shannon J. McCauley and Karen E. Mabry
The deadly effects of ‘‘nonlethal’’ predators, Shannon J. McCauley, Locke Rowe, and Marie-Josee Fortin
Physical habitat and social conditions across a coral reef shape spatial patterns of intraspecific behavioral variation in a demersal fish, Meagan N. Schrandt, Kristin M. Hardy, Kaitlin M. Johnson, and Sean C. Lema
The proteomic response of sea squirts (genus Ciona) to acute heat stress: A global perspective on the thermal stability of proteins, Loredana Serafini, Jay B. Hann, Dietmar Kültz, and Lars Tomanek
Observed and Modeled Bio-Optical, Bioluminescent, and Physical Properties During a Coastal Upwelling Event in Monterey Bay, California, Igor Shulman, Mark A. Moline, Bradley Penta, Stephanie Anderson, Matthew Oliver, and Steven H.D. Haddock
Acquired Traits Revisited, William D. Stansfield
Educational Curriculum Standards & Standardized Educational Tests: Comparing Apples & Oranges?, William D. Stansfield
The Truth about Models: How Well Do Mechanical Models Mimic the Observed Gender Distributions in Two-Child Families?, William D. Stansfield and Matthew A. Carlton
Utilizing Fishermen Knowledge and Expertise: Keys to Success for Collaborative Fisheries Research, Noëlle Yochum, Richard M. Starr, and Dean Wendt
Distinct Microbiome in Pouchitis Compared to Healthy Pouches in Ulcerative Colitis and Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Garrett C. Zella, Elizabeth J. Hait, Tiffany Glavan, Dirk Gevers, Doyle V. Ward, Christopher L. Kitts, and Joshua R. Korzenik
Submissions from 2010
Zooplankton Avoidance of a Profiled Open-Path Fluorometer, Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Mark A. Moline, Oscar M. Schofield, Ian C. Robbins, and Chad M. Waluk
Integrated measurements of acoustical and optical thin layers I: Vertical scales of association, Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Mark A. Moline, Chad M. Waluk, and Ian C. Robbins
Platform effects on optical variability and prediction of underwater visibility, Grace Chang, Michael S. Twardowski, Yu You, Mark A. Moline, Peng-wang Zhai, Scott Freeman, Matthew Slivkoff, Francesco Nencioli, and George W. Kattawar
Using on‐line data sources to allow students to test hypotheses about river flow and effects on remotely sensed coastal ocean properties., Lawrence B. Cohoon, Kristin M. Hardy, and Dustin M. Allen
Turning crocodilian hearts into bird hearts: growth rates are similar for alligators with and without right-to-left cardiac shunt, John Eme, June Gwalthney, Tomasz Owerkowicz, Jason M. Blank, and James W. Hicks
Barnacle Settlement and the Adhesion of Protein and Diatom Microfouling to Xerogel Films with Varying Surface Energy and Water Wettability, John A. Finlay, Stephanie M. Bennett, Lenora H. Brewer, Anastasiya Sokolova, Gemma Clay, Nikhil Gunari, Anne E. Meyer, Gilbert C. Walker, Dean E. Wendt, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, and Michael R. Detty
Genome Size Is a Strong Predictor of Root Meristem Growth Rate, Adam Gruner, Nathan Hoverter, Tylia Smith, and Charles A. Knight
Bioluminescence in the Sea, Steven H.D. Haddock, Mark A. Moline, and James F. Case
The metabolic demands of swimming behavior influence the evolution of skeletal muscle fiber design in the brachyuran crab family Portunidae, Kristin M. Hardy, Sean C. Lema, and Stephen T. Kinsey
Adaptive Divergence in the Thyroid Hormone Signaling Pathway in the Stickleback Radiation, Jun Kitano, Sean C. Lema, J. Adam Luckenbach, Seiichi Mori, Yui Kawagishi, Makoto Kusakabe, Penny Swanson, and Catherine L. Peichel
Pismo Beach Fecal Contamination Source Identification Study: Final Report, Christopher L. Kitts, Michael W. Black, Mark M. Moline, Marie Yeung, Alice K. Hamrick, Ian C. Robbins, Andrew A. Schaffner, and Nathania I. Boutet
Small Heat Shock Protein Responses Differ between Chaparral Shrubs from Contrasting Microclimates, Charles A. Knight
On the Relationship between Pollen Size and Genome Size, Charles A. Knight, Rachel B. Clancy, Lars Götzenberger, Leighton Dann, and Jeremy M. Beaulieu
Diurnal rhythms of behavior and brain mRNA expression for arginine vasotocin, isotocin, and their receptors in wild Amargosa pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis amargosae), Sean C. Lema, Lauren J. Wagstaff, and Nina M. Gardner
The Relationship between Plasma Steroid Hormone Concentrations and the Reproductive Cycle in the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus, Craig M. Lind, Jerry F. Husak, Cas Eikenaar, Ignacio T. Moore, and Emily N. Taylor
The evolution of seeds, Ada Linkies, Kai Graeber, Charles A. Knight, and Gerhard Leubner-Metzger
Body Size and Social Dominance Influence Breeding Dispersal in Male Pachydiplax longipennis (Odonata), Shannon McCauley
Foraging Rates of Larval Dragonfly Colonists Are Positively Related to Habitat Isolation: Results from a Landscape-Level Experiment, Shannon J. McCauley, Tomas Brodin, and John Hammond
Notonecta Exhibit Threat-Sensitive, Predator-Induced Dispersal, Shannon J. McCauley and Locke Rowe
FLOWERING LOCUS C Influences the Timing of Shoot Maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Laurie Mentzer, Tarah Yee, Tina Y. Wang, and Edward Himelblau
Correlated Evolution of Defensive and Nutritional Traits in Native and Non-Native Plants, Nicole Molinari and Charles A. Knight
Integrated measurements of acoustical and optical thin layers II: Horizontal length scales, Mark A. Moline, Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Ian C. Robbins, Maddie Schroth-Miller, Chad M. Waluk, and Brian Zelenke
Grand Challenges in Comparative Physiology: Integration Across Disciplines and Across Levels of Biological Organization, Donald L. Mykles, Cameron K. Galambor, Jonathon H. Stillman, and Lars Tomanek
Effects of Yogurt Starter Cultures on the Survival of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Elizabeth W. Ng, Marie Yeung, and Phillip S. Tong
Meeting the Challenges: The Western Section's Role in Developing Tomorrow's Resource Management Professionals, John D. Perrine
Sierra Nevada Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes necator): A Conservation Assessment, John D. Perrine, Lori A. Campbell, and Gregory A. Green
Effects of Testosterone and Captivity on Medial and Dorsal Cortex Volumes and Neurogenesis in Adult Male Western Fence Lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis, D. R. Pfau, S. Y. Potter, D. F. Denardo, E. N. Taylor, and C. R. Strand
North American montane red foxes: expansion, fragmentation, and the origin of the Sacramento Valley red fox, Benjamin N. Sacks, Mark J. Statham, John D. Perrine, Samantha M. Wisely, and Keith B. Aubry
How Do Polar Marine Ecosystems Respond to Rapid Climate Change?, Oscar Schofield, Hugh W. Ducklow, Douglas G. Martinson, Michael P. Meredith, Mark A. Moline, and William R. Fraser
Bacteria - The Last Stronghold of Lamarckism?, William D. Stansfield
Layered Organization in the Coastal Ocean: An Introduction to Planktonic Thin Layers and the LOCO Project, James M. Sullivan, D. Van Holliday, Malcolm McFarland, Margaret A. McManus, Olivia M. Cheriton, Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Louis Goodman, Zhankun Wang, John P. Ryan, Mark Stacey, Charles Greenlaw, and Mark A. Moline
Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Snakes, Emily N. Taylor and Dale F. Denardo
The Role of Oxidative Stress in Setting Thermal Tolerance Limits in Mytilus, Lars Tomanek
Nonylphenol in Marine Organisms in North American Estuaries: Trophic Chain Accumulation and Proteomic Responses, Lars Tomanek, J. M. Diehl, S. E. Johnson, K. Xia, and S. J. Teh
The Proteomic Response of Mytilus galloprovincialis and M. trossulus to Acute Temperature Stress, Lars Tomanek and Marcus Zuzow
The Proteomic Response of the Mussel Congeners Mytilus gallaprovincialis and M. trossulus to Acute Heat Stress: Implications for Thermal Tolerance Limits and Metabolic Costs of Thermal Stress, Lars Tomanek and Marcus J. Zuzow
Proteomic Analysis of the Purple Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, in Response to Acute Heat Stress, M. W. Webb, M. Devian, and L. Tomanek
Submissions from 2009
Phylogeography of the North American red fox: vicariance in Pleistocene forest refugia, Keith B. Aubry, Mark J. Statham, Benjamin N. Sacks, John D. Perrine, and Samantha M. Wisely
Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Data-assimilative Ocean Forecasting System off the Central California Coast, Yi Chao, Zhijin Li, John Farrara, James C. McWilliams, James Bellingham, Xavier Capet, Francisco Chavez, Jei-Kook Choi, Russ Davis, Jim Doyle, David M. Fratantoni, Peggy Li, Patrick Marchesiello, Mark A. Moline, Jeff Paduan, and Steve Ramp
Surgical Removal of Right-to-Left Cardiac Shunt in the American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) Causes Ventricular Enlargement But Does Not Alter Apnoea or Metabolism During Diving, John Eme, June Gwalthney, Jason M. Blank, Tomasz Owerkowicz, Gildardo Barron, and James W. Hicks
Exhaustive Exercise Training Enhances Aerobic Capacity in American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis), John Eme, Tomasz Owerkowicz, June Gwalthney, Jason M. Blank, Bryan C. Rourke, and James W. Hicks
First Record of the Extinct Sawfish Propristis Schweinfurthi Dames, 1883 (Batoidea: Pristiformes: Pristidae) from the Middle Eocene of Spain, Francesc Farrés and Harry L. Fierstine
Hydrothermal and thermal time models for the invasive grass, Arundo donax, Anthony Graziani and Scott J. Steinmaus
Forward and Reverse Genetics of Rapid-Cycling Brassica oleracea, Edward Himelblau, Laurie Mentzer, Erin J. Gilchrist, Kelly Buono, Colleen Bizzell, Robert Vogelzang, Thomas Osborn, Richard M. Amasino, Isobel A.P. Parkin, and George W. Haughn
Food availability and parasite infection influence mating tactics in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Gita R. Kolluru, Gregory F. Grether, Eric Dunlop, and Sandra H. South
Thyroid hormone regulation of mRNAs encoding thyrotropin β-subunit, glycoprotein α-subunit, and thyroid hormone receptors α and β in brain, pituitary gland, liver, and gonads of an adult teleost, Pimephales promelas, Sean C. Lema, Jon T. Dickey, Irvin R. Schultz, and Penny Swanson
Genome size as a predictor of guard cell length in Arabidopsis thaliana is independent of environmental conditions, Barry H. Lomax, F. Ian Woodward, Ilia J. Leitch, Charles A. Knight, and Janice A. Lake
A Hump-Shaped Relationship Between Isolation and Abundance of Notonecta irrorata Colonists in Aquatic Mesocosms, Shannon J. McCauley, Christopher J. Davis, Jennifer Nystrom, and Earl E. Werner
Antifouling Character of 'Active' Hybrid Xerogel Coatings with Sequestered Catalysts for the Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide, Daniell M. McMaster, Stephanie M. Bennett, Ying Tang, John A. Finlay, Gregory L. Kowalke, Brian Nedved, Frank V. Bright, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, Dean E. Wendt, Michael G. Hadfield, and Michael R. Detty
Bioluminescence to Reveal Structure and Interaction of Coastal Planktonic Communities, Mark A. Moline, Shelley M. Blackwell, James F. Case, Steven H.D. Haddock, Christen M. Herren, Cristina M. Orrico, and Eric Terrill
Mendel's Search for True-Breeding Hybrids, William D. Stansfield
The Most Widely Publicized Gender Problem in Human Genetics, William D. Stansfield and Matthew A. Carlton
Collaborative Research: An Effective Way to Collect Data for Stock Assessments and Evaluate Marine Proteced Areas in California, Dean E. Wendt and Richard M. Starr
Evaluating Connectivity between Marine Protected Areas Using CODAR High-Frequency Radar, Brian Zelenke, Mark A. Moline, Burt H. Jones, Steven R. Ramp, Greg B. Crawford, John L. Largier, Eric J. Terrill, Newell Garfield III, Jeffrey D. Paduan, and Libe Washburn
Submissions from 2008
Oligonucleotide Primers for the Detection of Bioluminescent Dinoflagellates Reveal Novel Luciferase Sequences and Information on the Molecular Evolution of This Gene, Andrea Baker, Ian Robbins, Mark A. Moline, and Maria Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez
Genome size is a strong predictor of cell size and stomatal density in angiosperms, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Ilia J. Leitch, Sunil Patil, Arjun Pendharkar, and Charles A. Knight
Integrating Across Life-History Stages: Consequences of Natal Habitat Effects on Dispersal, Michael F. Benard and Shannon J. McCauley
Sub-Kilometer Length Scales in Coastal Waters, Shelley M. Blackwell, Mark A. Moline, Andrew Schaffner, Thomas Garrison, and Grace Chang
Dispersal of the Hudson River Plume in the New York Bight: Synthesis of Observational and Numerical Studies During LaTTE, Robert J. Chant, John Wilkin, Weifeng Zhang, Byoung-Ju Choi, Eli Hunter, Renato Castelao, Scott Glenn, Joe Jurisa, Oscar Schofield, Robert Houghton, Josh Kohut, Thomas K. Frazer, and Mark A. Moline
Synergistic applications of autonomous underwater vehicles and regional ocean modeling system in coastal ocean forecasting, Yi Chao, Zhijin Li, John D. Farrara, Mark A. Moline, Oscar M.E. Schofield, and Sharanya J. Majumdar
Correlated evolution of genome size and cell volume in diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), Jessica A. Connolly, Matthew J. Oliver, Jeremy M. Beaulieu, Charles A. Knight, Lars Tomanek, and Mark A. Moline
An Automated Temperature-Based Option for Estimating Surface Activity and Refuge Use Patterns in Free-Ranging Animals, J R. Davis, E N. Taylor, and D F. DeNardo
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate as a Foraging Cue for Reef Fishes, Jennifer L. DeBose, Sean C. Lema, and Gabrielle A. Nevitt
