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 2002
The Long-term Ecosystem Observatory: An Integrated Coastal Observatory, Oscar Schofield, Trisha Bergmann, Paul Bissett, J. Frederick Grassle, Dale B. Haidvogel, Josh Kohut, Mark A. Moline, and Scott M. Glenn
Occam's Razor & The Nature of Scientific Theories, William D. Stansfield
Predicting Plant Invasion with Modeling, Scott J. Steinmaus
The Heat-Shock Response: Its Variation, Regulation and Ecological Importance in Intertidal Gastropods (Genus Tegula), Lars Tomanek
Interspecific- and Acclimation-Induced Variation in Levels of Heat-Shock Proteins 70 (hsp70) and 90 (hsp90) and Heat-Shock Transcription Factor-1 (HSF1) in Congeneric Marine Snails (Genus Tegula): Implications for Regulation of hsp Gene Expression, Lars Tomanek and George N. Somero
Species-Specific Identification of Commercial Probiotic Strains, Marie Yeung, M. E. Sanders, Christopher L. Kitts, Raul Cano, and Phillip S. Tong
Comparative Phenotypic, Molecular, and Virulence Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Isolates, P.S. Marie Yeung, Micaela C. Hayes, Angelo DePaola, Charles A. Kaysner, and Laura Kornstein
Submissions from 2001
Optical Remote Sensing Techniques in Biological Oceanography, W. Paul Bissett, Oscar Schofield, Curtis D. Mobley, Michael F. Crowley, and Mark A. Moline
Invasion genetics of New World medflies: testing alternative colonization scenarios, Andrew J. Bohonak, Neil Davies, Francis X. Villablanca, and George K. Roderick
Analysis and New Records of Billfish (Teleostei: Perciformers: Istiophoridae) from the Yorktown Formation, Early Pliocene of Eastern North Carolina at Lee Creek Mine, Harry L. Fierstine
A new Aglyptorhynchus (Perciformes: Scombroidei: Blochiidae) from the late Oligocene of Oregon, Harry L. Fierstine
A Fossil Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans Lacépède) from the Middle Facies of the Trinidad Formation (Upper Miocene to Upper Pliocene), San José del Cabo Basin, Baja California Sur, México, Harry L. Fierstine, Shelton P. Applegate, Gerardo González-Barba, Tobias Schwennicke, and Luis Espinosa-Arrubarrena
Modeling Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions and Primary Productivity, Joe Grzymski, Mark A. Moline, and Jay T. Cullen
The Scientific Foundations of Habitat Conservation Plans: a Quantitative Assessment, Elaine K. Harding, Elizabeth E. Crone, Bret D. Elderd, Jonathan M. Hoekstra, Alexa J. McKerrow, John D. Perrine, Jim Regetz, Leslie J. Rissler, Amanda G. Stanley, Eric L. Walters, and Nceas Habitat Conservation Plan Working Group
16S Ribosomal DNA Terminal Restriction Fragment Pattern Analysis of Bacterial Communities in Feces of Rats Fed Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Christopher W. Kaplan, Johanna C. Astaire, M. E. Sanders, Bandaru S. Reddy, and Christopher L. Kitts
Terminal Restriction Fragment Patterns: A Tool for Comparing Microbial Communities and Assessing Community Dynamics, Christopher L. Kitts
Correlated evolution of chloroplast heat shock protein expression in closely related plant species, Charles A. Knight and David D. Ackerly
Parasitism patterns and the size-fecundity relationship in the acoustically orienting dipteran parasitoid Ormia ochracea, Gita R. Kolluru and Marlene Zuk
Re-evaluating NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry as an indicator of nitric oxide synthase: an examination of the olfactory system of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Sean C. Lema and Gabrielle A. Nevitt
Semi-Artificial Monarch Butterfly Larval Diet, Kingston L. H. Leong
Low genetic diversity in an endangered species: recent or historic pattern?, Marjorie D. Matocq and Francis X. Villablanca
Adaptive Sampling in the Coastal Ocean at the Long Ecosystem Observatory, Mark A. Moline, W. Paul Bissett, Scott Glenn, Dale Haidvogel, and Oscar Schofield
Changes in Phytoplankton Assemblages Along the Antarctic Peninsula and Potential Implications for the Antarctic Food Web, Mark A. Moline, Herve Claustre, Thomas K. Frazer, Joe Grzymski, and Maria Vernet
Impact of Dynamic Light and Nutrient Environments on Phytoplankton Communities in the Coastal Ocean, Mark A. Moline, Oscar Schofield, and Joe Grzymski
A New Wildlife Sighting Reporting and Database System for Lassen Volcanic National Park, John D. Perrine and Jonathan F. Arnold