Biological Sciences Department faculty research and scholarly activities reflect the social and cultural relevance of their work. Faculty are continuously engaged in projects funded by private, state and federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research and the National Institutes of Health. Robust faculty research programs provide opportunities for co-authorship with colleagues, domestically and internationally, and with Cal Poly graduate and undergraduate students.
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Submissions from 2004
Bioinformatic Approaches For Objective Detection of Water Masses on Continental Shelves, Mark A. Moline, Matthew J. Oliver, Scott Glenn, Josh T. Kohut, Andrew J. Irwin, Oscar M. Schofield, and Paul W. Bissett
Deriving In Situ Phytoplankton Absorption for Bio-Optical Productivity Models in Turbid Waters, Christina Orrico, Matthew J. Oliver, Oscar Schofield, Trisha Bergmann, Scott Glenn, and Mark A. Moline
Physical Forcing of Phytoplankton Community Structure and Primary Production in Continental Shelf Waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula, Barbara B. Prezelin, Eileen E. Hofmann, Mark A. Moline, and John M. Klinck
The Edaphic Factor in the Origin of Plant Species, Nishanta Rajakaruna
Serpentine: A Model Habitat for Botanical Research in Sri Lanka, Nishanta Rajakaruna and Alan J. M. Baker
Fossil Tuna Vertebrae Punctured by Istiophorid Billfishes, Vincent P. Schneider and Harry L. Fierstine
Watercolors in the Coastal Zone: What Can We See?, Oscar Schofield, Robert A. Arnone, W. Paul Bissett, Tommy D. Dickey, Curtis O. Davis, Zoe Finkel, Matthew Oliver, and Mark A. Moline
Hamlet Revisited: How Evolution Really Works, William D. Stansfield
Bayesian Statistics for Biological Data: Pedigree Analysis, William D. Stansfield and Matthew A. Carlton
Diploid and Polyploid Cytotype Distribution in Melampodium cinereum and M. leucanthum (Asteraceae, Heliantheae), Tod F. Stuessy, Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss, and David J. Keil
Seasonal Steroid Hormone Levels and Their Relation to Reproduction in the Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae), Emily N. Taylor, Dale F. DeNardo, and David H. Jennings
A Comparison Between Point- And Semi-Continuous Sampling For Assessing Body Temperature In A Free-Ranging Ectotherm, Emily N. Taylor, Dale F. DeNardo, and Michael A. Malawy
Variability in Measured and Modelled Remote Sensing Reflectance for Coastal Waters at LEO-5, Sasha Tozzi, Oscar Schofield, Trisha Bergmann, Mark A. Moline, and Robert Arnone
Effects of Acid Stress on Vibrio parahaemolyticus Survival and Cytotoxicity, P.S. Marie Yeung and Kathryn J. Boor
Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Prevention of Foodbome Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infections, P.S. Marie Yeung and Kathryn J. Boor
Application of Genotypic and Phenotypic Analyses to Commercial Probiotic Strain Identity and Relatedness, P. S. M. Yeung, Christopher L. Kitts, Phillip S. Tong, and M. E. Sanders
Application of Genotypic and Phenotypic Analyses to Commerical Probiotic Strain Identity and Relatedness, P.S.M. Yeung, C. L. Kitts, R. Cano, and P. Tong
Submissions from 2003
Development of Endospore-Specific Primers for the Analysis of Microbial Populations in Milk Powder, M. M. Arendts, Chris Kitts, and Rafael Jiménez-Flores
Functional and comparative genomic analyses of an operon involved in fructooligosaccharide utilization by Lactobacillus acidophilus, Rodolphe Barrangou, Eric Altermann, Robert Hutkins, Raul J. Cano, and Todd Klaenhammer
Removal of PCR Inhibitors From Soil DNA by Chemical Flocculation, Michael D. Braid, Laura M. Daniels, and Christopher L. Kitts
Chromosome-Wide Control of Meiotic Crossing over in C. elegans, Kenneth J. Hillers and Anne M. Villeneuve
Complex Co-Substrate Addition Increases Initial Petroleum Degradation Rates During Land Treatment by Altering Bacterial Community Physiology, Christopher W, Kaplan; Brian G. Clement; Alice Hamrick; Robert W. Pease; Carl Flint; Raul J. Cano; and Christopher L. Kits
Variation Between Observed and True Terminal Restriction Fragment Length is Dependent on True TRF Length and Purine Content, Christopher W. Kaplan and Christopher L. Kitts
Continuous Hyperspectral Absorption Measurements of Colored Dissolved Organic Material in Aquatic Systems, Gary J. Kirkpatrick, Cristina Orrico, Mark A. Moline, Matthew Oliver, and Oscar M. Schofield
Evolution and plasticity of photosynthetic thermal tolerance, specific leaf area and leaf size: congeneric species from desert and coastal environments, Charles A. Knight and David D. Ackerly