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 1997
Isolation, characterization, and diversity of microorganisms from amber, Raúl J. Cano
Tree Root Response to Circling Root Barriers, Laurence R. Costello, Clyde L. Elmore, and Scott J. Steinmaus
An Atlantic Blue Marlin, Makaira Nigricans, Impaled by Two Species of Billfishes (Teleostei:Istiophoridae), Harry L. Fierstine
Shortfin Mako, Isurus Oxyrinchus, Impaled by Blue Marlin, Makaira Nigricans (Teleostei: Istiophoridae), Harry L. Fierstine, Gregor M. Cailliet, and Julie A. Neer
Review of A Manual of California Vegetation by J. Sawyer & T. Keeler-Wolf, David J. Keil
Instar Susceptibility of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to the Neogregarine Parasite, Ophryocystis elektroscirrha, Kingston L. H. Leong, Michael A. Yoshimura, H. K. Kaya, and H. Williams
Sources of Variability in the Column Photosynthetic Cross Section for Antarctic Coastal Waters, Mark A. Moline, Herve Claustre, and Barbara B. Prezelin
Palmer LTER: Stable Interannual Successional Patterns of Phytoplankton Communities in the Coastal Waters off Palmer Station, Antarctica, Mark A. Moline, Barbara B. Prezelin, and Oscar Schofield
Review of Sexual Selection: Mate Choice and Courtship in Nature by James L. Gould and Carol Grant Gould, Marlene Zuk, Gita R. Kolluru, and Kurt A. McKean
Submissions from 1996
Analysing ancient DNA, Raúl J. Cano
Two Erroneous, Commonly Cited Examples of "Swordfish" Piercing Wooden Ships, Harry L. Fierstine and Oliver Crimmen
Use of Rostral Characters for Identifying Adult Billfishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae), Harry L. Fierstine and Nicole L. Voigt
Azorhizobium caulinodans uses both cytochrome bd (quinol) and cytochrome cbb3 (cytochrome c) terminal oxidases for symbiotic N2 fixation, Alexandre Kaminski, Christopher L. Kitts, Zachary Zimmerman, and Robert A. Ludwig
Genetic and social control of male maturation in Phallichthys quadripunctatus (Pisces: Poeciliidae), Gita R. Kolluru and David N. Reznick
High-Resolution Time-Series Data for 1991/1992 Primary Production and Related Parameters at a Palmer LTER Coastal Site: Implications for Modeling Carbon Fixation in the Southern Ocean, Mark A. Moline and Barbara B. Prezelin
Long-term Monitoring and Analyses of Physical Factors Regulating Variability in Coastal Antarctic Phytoplankton Biomass, in situ Productivity and Taxonomic Composition Over Subseasonal, Seasonal and Interannual Time Scales, Mark A. Moline and Barbara B. Prezelin
Light-Saturated Primary Production in Antarctic Coastal Waters, Mark A. Moline, Barbara B. Prezelin, and Herve Claustre
Temporal Dynamics of Coastal Antarctic Phytoplankton: Environmental Driving Forces and Impact of 1991/92 Summer Diatom Bloom on the Nutrient Regimes, Mark A. Moline, Barbara B. Prezelin, Oscar Schofield, and Raymond C. Smith
Effect of Larval Swimming Duration on Success of Metamorphosis and Size of the Ancestrular Lophophore in Bugula neritina (Bryozoa), Dean E. Wendt
Trade-offs in Parasitology, Evolution and Behavior, Marlene Zuk, M. J. Bryant, Gita R. Kolluru, and V. Mirmovitch
Submissions from 1995
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Strain MA01 Aerobically Metabolizes the Aminodinitrotoluenes Produced by 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Nitro Group Reduction, Mark A. Alvarez, Christopher Kitts, James L. Botsford, and Pat J. Unkefer
On the Dangers of Interpopulational Transfers of Monarch Butterflies, Lincoln P. Brower, Linda S. Fink, Andrew Van Zandt Brower, Kingston L. H. Leong, Karen Oberhauser, Sonia Altizer, Orley Taylor, Daniel Vickerman, William H. Calvert, Tonya Van Hook, Alfonso Alonso-Mejia, Stephen B. Malcolm, Denis F. Owen, and Myron P. Zalucki
Reply to Nylin, Wickman & Wiklund Regarding Sex Ratios of California Overwintering Monarch Butterflies, Dennis F. Frey and Kingston L. H. Leong
Statistical Analyses of Environmental Predictors for Phytoplankton Photosynthetic Parameters and Productivity in an Antarctic Time Series Database, Mark A. Moline, Barbara B. Prezelin, and Oscar Schofield
Palmer LTER: Photoacclimation in a Coastal Phytoplankton Bloom, Oscar Schofield, Mark A. Moline, and Barbara B. Prezelin