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.
Modified from bio.calpoly.edu
Submissions from 1999
Makaira sp., cf. M. nigricans Lacépède, 1802 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae) from the late Miocene, Panama, and its probable use of the Panama Seaway, Harry L. Fierstine
Diversity of Microorganisms Isolated from Amber, C. L. Greenblatt, A. Davis, B. G. Clement, Christopher Kitts, T. Cox, and Raul J. Cano
Variation and Repeatability of Calling Behavior in Crickets Subject to a Phonotactic Parasitoid Fly, Gita R. Kolluru
Conservation Implications of Dietary Dilution from Debris Ingestion: Sublethal Effects in Post-Hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Shannon J. McCauley and Karen A. Bjomdal
Response to Dietary Dilution in an Omnivorous Freshwater Turtle: Implications for Ontogenetic Dietary Shifts, Shannon J. McCauley and Karen A. Bjorndal
Optical Monitoring and Forecasting Systems for Harmful Algal Blooms: Possibility or Pipe Dream?, Mark A. Moline, Oscar Schofield, Joe Grzymski, Paul W. Bissett, Gary J. Kirkpatrick, David F. Millie, and Collin S. Roesler
The edaphic factor and patterns of variation in Lasthenia californica (Asteraceae), Nishanta Rajakaruna and Bruce A. Bohm
Evolutionary and Acclimation-Induced Variation in the Heat-Shock Responses of Congeneric Marine Snails (Genus Tegula) from Different Thermal Habitats: Implications for Limits of Thermotolerance and Biogeography, Lars Tomanek and George N. Somero
Ontogenies of Phototactic Behavior and Metamorphic Competence in Larvae of Three Species of Bugula (Bryozoa), Dean E. Wendt and Robert M. Woollacott
Submissions from 1998
Is population genetics mired in the past?, Andrew J. Bohonak, Neil Davies, George K. Roderick, and Francis X. Villablanca
Terminal Restriction Fragment Patterns (TRFPs), a rapid, PCR-based method for the comparison of complex bacterial communities, Brian G. Clement, Lucia E. Kehl, Kristin L. DeBord, and Christopher L. Kitts
Rapid detection of Listeria monocytogenes in dairy samples utilizing a PCR-based fluorogenic 5′ nuclease assay, T. Cox, C. Frazier, J. Tuttle, S. Flood, L. Yagi, C. T. Yamashiro, R. Behari, C. Paszko, and R. J. Cano
A New Niche for Vibrio logei, the Predominant Light Organ Symbiont of Squids in the Genus Sepiola, Pat M. Fidopiastis, Sigurd von Boletzky, and Edward G. Ruby
Identification of a Functional Homolog of the Yeast Copper Homeostasis Gene ATX1 From Arabidopsis, Edward Himelblau, Helena Mria, Su-Ju Lin, Valeria Cizewski Culotta, Lola Penarrubia, and Richard M. Amasino
Sex can be dangerous: Acoustically-orienting parasitoids on field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), Gita R. Kolluru
Staphylococcus succi nus sp. nov., isolated from Dominican amber, L. H. Lambert, T. Cox, K. Mitchell, R. A. Rosselló-Mora, C. Del Cueto, D. E. Dodge, P. Orkand, and R. J. Cano
Photoadaptive Response During the Development of a Coastal Antarctic Diatom Bloom and Relationship to Water Column Stability, Mark A. Moline
Photosynthetic Parameters and Empirical Modeling of Primary Production: A Case Study on the Antarctic Peninsula Shelf, Mark A. Moline, Oscar Schofield, and Nicolas P. Boucher
Metamorphis is Not a New Beginning, Jan A. Pechenik, Dean E. Wendt, and Jeremiah N. Jarrett
Impact of Temperature Acclimation on Photosynthesis in the Toxic Red-Tide Dinoflagellate Alexandrium Fundyense (Ca28), Oscar Schofield, Joseph Grzymski, Mark A. Moline, and Raffael J.M. Jovine
Rostral-Caudal Variation in Troponin T and Parvalbumin Correlates with Differences in Relaxation Rates of Cod Axial Muscle, Tierney M. Thys, Jason M. Blank, and Fred H. Schachat
Sequence Analysis of Bacterial DNA in the Colon of an Andean Mummy, Massimo Ubaldi, Stefania Luciani, Isolina Marota, Gino Fornaciari, Raul J. Cano, and Franco Rollo
Invasion genetics of the Mediterranean fruit fly: variation in multiple nuclear introns, F. X. Villablanca, G. K. Roderick, and S. R. Palumbi
Effect of Larval Swimming Duration on Growth and Reproduction of Bugula neritina (Bryozoa) Under Field Conditions, Dean E. Wendt
Exploitations of Sexual Signals by Predators and Parasitoids, Marlene Zuk and Gita R. Kolluru