Theses/Project Reports from 2015
How Are Rare Species Maintained?: Reproductive Barriers Between Layia jonesii, a Rare Serpentine Endemic, and L. platyglossa, Natalie L. Rossington
Native Small Mammal Use of an Invasive Grass: Heermann's Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys heermanni) and Veldt Grass (Ehrharta calycina) in Coastal California, Juliana P. Trunzo
Virulence Gene Expression of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Viable but Nonculturable State, Tiffany Pui-Yun Tse
Physiological Factors Affecting the Bactericidal Activity of the Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) for the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, Kyle Russell Weichert
Effects of Testosterone on the Spatial Ecology, Coloration, and Brain Regions in Western Fence Lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis, Rachel Catharine Wilson
Theses/Project Reports from 2014
Proliferation, Migration, and Survival of Cells in the Telencephalon of the Ball Python, Python regius, Thomas B. Bales
The Role of Sirtuin Inhibitors on the Proteomic Responses of the Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis and Mytilus trossulus to Menadione Induced Oxidative Stress, Hayley C. Chilton
The Role of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase 4 in Flower Color of the Allopolyploid Brassica napus, Leanne Denice Fogg
Photosynthetic Thermal Tolerance and Recovery to Short Duration Temperature Stress in Desert and Montane Plants: A Comparative Study, David William Gallagher
Investigation of Chromosome Size Effect on the Rate of Crossovers in the Meiotic Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lanie Maria Galland
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Tree Preference and Intersite Movement at California Overwintering Sites, Jessica Lynn Griffiths
A Spatial Analysis of Changes in Recreational Fishing Pressure on the Central Coast of California Subsequent to MPA Implementation, Morgan Ivens-Duran
Spatial and Temporal Comparisons of Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) Life History and Condition in South Central California, Natasha Leigh Meyers-Cherry
Territorial Behavior and Cortical Brain Plasticity in Adult Male Sceloporus occidentalis, Daniel R. Pfau
Examining the Impacts of State Route 101 on Wildlife Using Road Kill Surveys and Remote Cameras, Sara Ann Snyder
The Ecological Effects of Cattle Grazing on Reptiles and Small Mammals in a San Joaquin Valley Grassland, Michael William Tom
Behavioral and Hormonal Flexibility Across Light Environments in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Julia C. Walz
Theses/Project Reports from 2013
Identifying Chromosome Rearrangements in the Allopolyploid Brassica napus Using Pyrosequencing, Alexandra R. Barbella
Root Kinematics in Relation to Temperature and Genome Size in Wild and Domesticated Zea., Avery B. Cromwell
Testing Subspecies Limits in Monardella Villosa, Taylor McLaughlin Crow
Home Range and Habitat Use of Santa Rosa Island Foxes (Urocyon littoralis santarosae), Elizabeth Marie Drake
Assessing Physiological Thresholds for Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) Survival in the Face of Climate Change, Carolyn Jane Ewers
The Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Long-Distance Translocation on Western Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus), Kory Hayden Heiken
Lipid Production by Microalgae Treating Municipal Wastewater, James Edward Kelley
Escherichia coli Strain Diversity in Humans: Effects of Sampling Effort and Methodology, Emily R. Neal