DigitalCommons at Cal Poly

Senior Projects from 2011

The proteomic response of Ciona intestinalis to ocean acidification and acute heat stress: Impacts of global climate change in coastal marine systems, Michael Dennis Dwyer Jr.

Trap Shyness and Avoidance Affects on Capture Proportions of Dipodomys heermanni arenae, Natalie E. Folsom and Andrew R. Ruddock

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE, CORTISOL, AND TESTOSTERONE AND CONDITION INDEX FOR Poecilia reticulata, Shelly Gupta and Brandy G. Kalbach

Influence of wave action on Mytilus californianus mussel beds, Jaclyn Mann

Songbird Diversity in Oak Woodland and Riparian Habitats In the Los Padres National Forest, San Luis Obispo County, California, Trevor Pell

Regional Scale Monitoring of Methane Production by Dairy Farm Ungulates; A proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.), Lindsey Anne Peterson

Brody-Bertalanffy growth curves from tag and recapture studies on cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) and gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) of the Central Coast, Christie Yorke

Senior Projects from 2010

Botanical Report of Tierra Redonda Mountain BLM Area of Critical Environmental Concern, San Luis Obispo County, California (W120˚59’41”; N35˚45’59”)., Anthony Baniaga and Andrew Theo Fitanides

EFFECT OF SAND GRAIN SIZE ON BURROWING BEHAVIOR OF JUVENILE PACIFIC SAND CRABS (EMERITA ANALOGA), Natalie A. Lee and Laura M. Melroy

The significance of the male display during male-male interactions in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Rebecca Nuffer and Samantha M. Alburn

Design and Implementation of Marine Biology Lessons at the Avila Beach Sea Life Center, Heather L. Price

Investigation of High Salt Intake and Adipogenesis in Rats, May Yong

Senior Projects from 2009

Attempted Cloning of a Wnt Gene from Botrylloides violaceus, Manasa Chandra and James Tumulak

Relationship between tissue carotenoid concentrations in the Pacific mole crab, Emerita analoga, and parasitism by the acanthocephalan, Profilicollis altmani, Whitney Melroy

Purple Martin, Progne subis, in San Luis Obispo County Riparian Habitat: Presence, Persistence, Nesting, Brooding and Reproductive Success, Shannon Eileen Murphy