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 2013
Evaluating tradeoffs among ecosystem services to inform marine spatial planning, Sarah E. Lester, Christopher Costello, Benjamin S. Halpern, Steven D. Gaines, Crow White, and John A. Barth
Phylogeography of the California sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher: The role of deep reefs as stepping stones and pathways to antitropicality, Marloes Poortvliet, Gary C. Longo, Kimberly Selkoe, Paul H. Berber, Crow White, Jennifer E. Caselle, Alejandro Perez-Matus, Steven D. Gaines, and Giacomo Bernardi
Microbial Communities in Pre-Columbian Coprolites, Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez, Yvonne M. Narganes-Storde, Luis Chanlatte, Edwin Crespo-Torres, Gary A. Toranzos, Rafael Jiménez-Flores, Alice Hamrick, and Raul J. Cano
luxS in bacteria isolated from 25- to 40-million-year-old amber, Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez, Ana R. Patrício, Jessica I. Rivera, Mariel Coradin, Alfredo Gonzalez, Gabriela Tirado, Raúl J. Cano, and Gary A. Toranzos
Evaluation of species distribution models by resampling of sites surveyed a century ago by Joseph Grinnell, Adam B. Smith, Maria J. Santos, Michelle S. Koo, Karen M.C. Rowe, Kevin C. Rowe, James L. Patton, John D. Perrine, Steven R. Beissinger, and Craig Moritz
A Socratic Method for Surveying Students’ Readiness to Study Evolution, William D. Stansfield
Teaching Evolution & the Nature of Science via the History of Debates about the Levels at Which Natural Selection Operates, William D. Stansfield
ROV-based Tracking of a Shallow Water Nocturnal Squid, Samuel Yim, Christopher M. Clark, Timothy Peters, Vladimir Prodanov, and Pat Fidopiastis
Submissions from 2012
Sirtuin-induced protein deacetylation affects the heat shock response in blue mussel congeners (Mytilus), M. Beam, M. Zuzow, and L. Tomanek
Bioluminescence in the high Arctic during the polar night, J. Berge, A.S. Båtnes, G. Johnsen, S.M. Blackwell, and Mark A. Moline
Dynamics of an Acute Coral Disease Outbreak Associated with the Macroalgae Dictyota SPP. in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA, Marilyn E. Brandt, Benjamin I. Ruttenberg, Rob Waara, Jeff Miller, Brian Witcher, Andrew J. Estep, and Matt Patterson
The Proteomic Response of Mytilus californianus to Acute Oxidative Stress in the Presence of a Sirtuin Inhibitor, H. Chilton, J. Mier, M. Zuzow, and L. Tomanek
Mycorrhizal Colonization of Hypericum perforatum L. (Hypericaceae) from Serpentine and Granite Outcrops on the Deer Isles, Maine, Naveed Davoodian, Jason Bosworth, and Nishanta Rajakaruna
The distribution of 4-nonylphenol in marine organisms of North American Pacific Coast estuaries, Jennifer Diehl, Sarah E. Johnson, Kang Xia, Amy West, and Lars Tomanek
Characterization of a Vibrio fischeri Aminopeptidase and Evidence for Its Influence on an Early Stage of Squid Colonization, Pat M. Fidopiastis, Bethany A. Rader, David G. Gerling, Nestor A. Gutierrez, Katherine H. Watkins, Michelle West Frey, Spencer V. Nyholm, and Cheryl A. Whistler
The proteomic response to acute heat stress after acclimation to fluctuating temperatures in the eurythermal porcelain crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes, Michael A. Garland, Holland Elder, David A. Hurt, Jonathon H. Stillman, and Lars Tomanek
Gene transcripts encoding hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) exhibit tissue- and muscle fiber type-dependent responses to hypoxia and hypercapnic hypoxia in the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, Kristin M. Hardy, Chandler R. Follett, Louis E. Burnett, and Sean Lema
Stressors and Threats to the Flora of Acadia National Park, Maine: Current Knowledge, Information Gaps, and Future Directions, Tanner B. Harris, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Sarah J. Nelson, and Peter D. Vaux
Proteomic response of tidal-rhythm entrained Mytilus californianus to acute aerial heat stress, D. Hernandez, M. Schuman, and L. Tomanek
Experimentally Altered Navigational Demands Induce Changes in the Cortical Forebrain of Free-Ranging Northern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus o. oreganus), Matthew L. Holding, Julius A. Frazier, Emily N. Taylor, and Christine R. Strand
Proteomic analysis of hyposalinity stress in the ascidian species Ciona savignyi and C. intestinalis, James S. Koman and Lars Tomanek
Do thick leaves avoid thermal damage in critically low wind speeds?, A. Leigh, S. Sevanto, M. C. Ball, J. D. Close, D. S. Ellsworth, Charles A. Knight, A. B. Nicotra, and S. Vogel
An experimental evaluation of the use of C3 δ13C plant tissue as a proxy for the paleoatmospheric δ13CO2 signature of air, B. H. Lomax, C. A. Knight, and J. A. Lake
A collaborative approach to investigate site fidelity, home range, and homing behavior of cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus), Carlos Mireles, Royden Nakamura, and Dean Wendt
Evaluation of bio-optical inversion of spectral irradiance measured from an autonomous underwater vehicle, Mark A. Moline, Ian Robbins, Brian Zelenke, W. Scott Pegau, and Hemantha Wijesekera