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 2012
How do host sex and reproductive state affect host preference and feeding duration of ticks?, Nicholas B. Pollock, Larisa K. Vredevoe, and Emily N. Taylor
Investigation of the Importance of Rock Chemistry for Saxicolous Lichen Communities of the New Idria Serpentinite Mass, San Benito County, California, USA, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Kerry Knudsen, Alan M. Fryday, Ryan E. O'Dell, Nathaniel S. Pope, Fred C. Olday, and Suzie Woolhouse
Rapid Invasion of Indo-Pacific Lionfishes (Pterois Volitans and Pterois Miles) in the Florida Keys, USA: Evidence from Multiple Pre- and Post-Invasion Data Sets, Benjamin I. Ruttenberg, Pamela J. Schofield, J. Lad Akins, Alejandro Acosta, Michael W. Feeley, Jeremiah Blondeau, Steven G. Smith, and Jerald S. Ault
Can vertical migrations of dinoflagellates explain observed bioluminescence patterns during an upwelling event in Monterey Bay, California?, Igor Shulman, Bradley Penta, Mark A. Moline, Steven H.D. Haddock, Stephanie Anderson, Matthew J. Oliver, and Peter Sakalaukus
Spontaneous multiscale phase separation within fluorinated xerogel coatings for fouling-release surfaces, Anastasiya Sokolova, Joseph J. Bailey, Grant T. Waltz, Lenora H. Brewer, John A. Finlay, Jill Fornalik, Dean Wendt, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, Frank V. Bright, and Michael R. Detty
Dobzhansky's Dictum: An Object Lesson for Critical Thinking, William D. Stansfield
Science & the Senses: Perceptions & Deceptions, William D. Stansfield
The Discovery of Insulin: A Case Study of Scientific Methodology, William D. Stansfield
New metrics for managing and sustaining the ocean’s bounty, Heather Tallis, Sarah E. Lester, Mary Ruckelshaus, Mark Plummer, Karen McLeod, Anne Guerry, Sandy Andelman, Margaret R. Caldwell, Marc Conte, Stephen Copps, David Fox, Rod Fujita, Steven D. Gaines, Guy Gelfenbaum, Barry Gold, Peter Kareiva, Choong-ki Kim, Kai Lee, Michael Papenfus, Scott Redman, Brian Silliman, Lisa Wainger, and Crow White
Environmental stress proteomics of two blue mussel (genus Mytilus) congeners, Lars Tomanek
Fishing Top Predators Indirectly Affects Condition and Reproduction in a Reef-fish Community, S.M. Walsh, S.L. Hamilton, BI. Ruttenberg, M.K. Donovan, and S.A. Sandin
Ecosystem service tradeoff analysis reveals the value of marine spatial planning for multiple ocean uses, Crow White, Benjamin S. Halpern, and Carrie V. Kappel
Edaphic adaptation maintains the coexistence of two cryptic species on serpentine soils, Jenn M. Yost, Teri Barry, Kathleen M. Kay, and Nishanta Rajakaruna
Proteomic responses of Mytilus congeners to hypo-saline stress, M. Z. Zuzow, L. Serafini, L. Hitt, J. Valenzuela, and L. Tomanek
Submissions from 2011
Ecological Strategies in California Chaparral: Interacting Effects of Soils, Climate, and Fire on Specific Leaf Area, Brian Anacker, Nishanta Rajakaruna, David D. Ackerly, Susan Harrison, Jon Keeley, and Michael Vasey
SNP-Based Mapping of Crossover Recombination in Caenorhabditis elegans, Grace C. Bazan and Kenneth J. Hillers
Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation Causes Proteomic Changes in Embryos of the Purple Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, Joseph P. Campanale, Lars Tomanek, and Nikki L. Adams
A Preliminary Study of the Vegetation of Vernal Pools of Acadia National Park, Maine, U.S.A, Brett Ciccotelli, Tanner B. Harris, Bruce Connery, and Nishanta Rajakaruna
Addressing biased occurrence data in predicting potential Sierra Nevada red fox habitat for survey prioritization, Casey Cleve, John D. Perrine, Barbara Holzman, and Ellen Hines
The Control of Marine Biofouling on Xerogel Surfaces with Nanometer-Scale Topography, Nikhil Gunari, Lenora H. Brewer, Stephanie M. Bennett, Anastasiya Sokolova, Nadine D. Kraut, John A. Finlay, Anne E. Meyer, Gilbert C. Walker, Dean E. Wendt, Maureen E. Callow, James A. Callow, Frank V. Bright, and Michael R. Detty
Using portfolio theory to assess tradeoffs between return from natural capital and social equity across space, Benjamin S. Halpern, Crow White, Sarah E. Lester, Christopher Costello, and Steven D. Gaines
Tissue-specific thyroid hormone regulation of gene transcripts encoding iodothyronine deiodinases and thyroid hormone receptors in striped parrotfish (Scarus iseri), Kaitlin M. Johnson and Sean C. Lema
Parasite infection and sand coarseness increase sand crab (Emerita analoga) burrowing time, Gita R. Kolluru, Zachary S. Green, Larisa K. Vredevoe, Matthew R. Kuzma, Sera N. Ramadan, and Marc R. Zosky
Season and Sex of Host Affect Intensities of Ectoparasites in Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus Occidentalis) on the Central Coast of California, Anthony S. Lumbad, Larisa K. Vredevoe, and Emily N. Taylor
Climate change, body size, and phenotype dependent dispersal, Shannon J. McCauley and Karen E. Mabry