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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Phosphate and Silicate Analysis in Seawater using Programmable Flow Injection: Optimization and Applications of Benchtop and In Situ Methodologies, Marine A. Lebrec

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Trophic Ecology and Mercury Concentrations of Canary Rockfish (Sebastes Pinniger) in the California Current System, Michaela M. Melanson

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Research Handling Effects on Stress Hormones, Blood Parameters, and Heart Rate in Juvenile Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris), Lauren A. Cooley

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An Investigation of the Relationship of Wave Intensity and Byssal Thread Strength of the Mussel Mytilus Californianus, Felicia M. Miller

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Evaluating Schizochytrium Sp. As an Alternative Ingredient in Fish-Free Feeds for Sablefish (Anoplopoma Fimbria) Aquaculture, Katherine A. Neylan

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Geographic and Ontogenetic Variation in the Trophic Ecology of Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) Along the U.S. West Coast, Bonnie Brown

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Descriptions of Deep-Sea Catsharks (Pentanchidae: Apristurus Garman 1913) From The Western Indian Ocean, Justin Adolfo Cordova

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Epiphyte-host Dynamics Between Pyropia and Nereocystis in Central California, Daniel Joseph Gossard

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Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, Feeding Dynamics From the Perspective of the Individual: Insights From Demography, Life History, and Bio-Logging, Jennifer Tackaberry

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Detecting Feeding and Estimating the Energetic Costs of Diving in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) Using 3-Axis Accelerometers, Mason Russell Cole

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Using Stable Isotopes to Determine Foraging Areas of Leatherback Sea Turtles: Limitations of the Isotope Tracking Technique in the Western Atlantic Ocean, Sharon Hsu

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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The Energetic Cost of Anthropogenic Disturbance on the Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), Heather Elizabeth Barrett

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The Internal Wave Dynamics of Barkley Submarine Canyon, Drew Arlen Burrier

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The Life History of the Southern Lanternshark, Etmopterus granulosus, from the Southwestern Indian Ocean, Melissa Nehmens

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Dynamics and Ecological Implications of the Ulva-Zostera Ecotone in Elkhorn Slough, California, María Vila Duplá

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Diets and Stable Isotope Signatures of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) in Central California, Jennifer Chiu

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Chemical Competition between Microscopic Stages of Macrocystis pyrifera and Five Native Kelp Species: Does Giant Kelp Always Lose?, Maria Suzanne Christensen

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Microbial Metagenomes from Cryptofaunal Sponges and Ascidians from Moorea, French Polynesia, Jennifer Keliher

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Changes in the Elasmobranch Assemblage in a California Estuary, Catarina Pien

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Reproductive Performance, Foraging Effort, and Diet of an Apex Predator, the Common Murre, at one of the Largest Nesting Colonies in the California Current System, Stephanie Rianne Schneider

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Predicting Spatial Distributions of Demersal Fishes off Central California, Anne Catherine Tagini

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Life History Aspects and Taxonomy of Deep-Sea Chondrichthyans in the Southwestern Indian Ocean, Paul Joseph Clerkin

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A Taxonomic Revision of Eastern North Pacific Softnose Skates (Arhynchobatidae: Bathyraja Ishiyama), James Desmond Stanley Knuckey

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Temporal and Spatial Impacts of Water Control Structures on the Benthic Infaunal Community of a Tidally Restricted Wetland in Elkhorn Slough, CA, Christine Marie Mann

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Community Structure and Zonation of Antarctic Benthic Invertebrates: Using a Remotely Operated Vehicle under Ice to Define Biological Patterns, Dorota Szuta

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Taxonomic Revision of the Short Nose Chimaeras (Genus Hydrolagus) from the Southern African Region, Kristin Walovich

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Effects of global change on algal biomineralization and benthic community interactions on California's temperate rocky reefs, Emily Marie Donham

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Variation in Organismic RNA and DNA Content: Analysis and Application to the Assessment of Living Planktonic Biomass, Elizabeth Lam Gagneron

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Sex-specific diet and rockfish consumption in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): Insights from molecular scatology, Keith Michael Hernandez

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Estuarine Habitat Use by the California Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), Jacqueline Kimberly Lindsey

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Effects of Substrate Warming on Sessile Marine Invertebrate Communities in Monterey Bay, California, Stephen Loiacono

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Environmental Drivers of Benthic-Interior Exchange Events Over the Continental Shelf of Monterey Bay, California, Ben Yair Raanan

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A Sedimentological Analysis of the Siliciclastic Fraction in Pliocene Core Sediments from Bowers Ridge, Bering Sea (IODP Exp 323), Melinda Tanner

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Growth, mortality, and reproductive potential of California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus) off central California, Cheryl L. Barnes

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Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Iceberg Scours, Human-Derived Pollutants, and their Effects on Benthic Communities, Clint Alan Collins

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Predicting Stranding Patterns of Live Oiled Seabirds, Carcass Deposition, and Carcass Retention in Monterey Bay, Marilyn Cruickshank

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A Simplified ATP Assay for Planktonic Organisms with Improved Extraction Efficiency, Julie Ching Kuo

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Geographic Variation in the Life History and Morphology of the Pacific Geoduck, Panopea generosa, Gabriela Navas

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Using new tag attachments to study humpback whale fine-scale spatiotemporal dive behavior, habitat use, and reaction to ships off Northern California, Angela R. Szesciorka

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Effects of small-scale substrate complexity and heterogeneity on rocky intertidal species interactions, Sara E. Worden

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Seasonal and sex-specific diet in rhinoceros auklets, Ryan David Carle

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Evaluating Methods to Anesthetize Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) for Immediate-Release in the Field: Induction, Recovery, and Cortisol Stress Response to Surgical Anesthesia, Jahnava Kiyomi Duryea

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Community Structure and Energy Flow within Rhodolith Habitats at Santa Catalina Island, CA, Scott Stanley Gabara

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Effects of Temperature on Sexual Competition in Kelps: Implications for Range Shifts in Foundation Species, Alexis Cynthia Howard

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Sex-Specific Distributions of Leopard Sharks (Triakis semifasciata) In an Estuarine Environment, Andrea Lynn Launer

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Variation in Tissue Stable Isotopes, Body Size, and Reproduction of Western Pacific Leatherback Turtles, Deasy Lontoh

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Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) Response to Wind Variability in the California Current, Melinda Nakagawa

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Effects of Depth, Site, and Season on Phenotypic Variation of the Geniculate Coralline, Calliarthron Tuberculosum around the Monterey Peninsula, California, Jasmine Elena Ruvalcaba

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An Investigation of Coastal Groundwater Discharge and Associated Nutrient Inputs Using Electrical Resistivity, Temperature, and Geochemical Tracers in Pescadero Lagoon, California, Christina Maryann Volpi

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Plankton in Monterey Bay: Optimization of Optical Sensor Data from Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Applications in Plankton Community Composition, Diane Wyse

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Intra-annual changes in population parameters as indicators of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) migratory behavior, Casey Clark

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Theoretical and Experimental Exploration of Gill Remodeling in Gambusia affinis, Barbara Tess Douglas

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Spatiotemporal Patterns in Diet and Habitat Use of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) and Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) in the Bering Sea, Nathan M. Jones

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The Effect of Dietary Methylmercury on Na+, K+, -ATPase Activity and Growth in Fall-run Chinook Salmon (O. Tshawytscha), John Negrey

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Foraging behavior, habitat, health, and survival of resident and translocated Hawaiian monk seals at Nihoa Island, Hawaii, Tenaya A. Norris

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Spatiotemporal Variability in the Diet of Nonbreeding Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) in the Monterey Bay Region, Lisa Webb

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Prey and Plastic Ingestion of Pacific Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) Collected in Monterey Bay, California, Erica Lynn Donnelly-Greenan

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Dynamics of Vibrio with virulence genes detected in Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) off California: implications for marine mammal health, Stephanie Nichole Hughes

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Health implications of mercury, selenium, and a red pelage in Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) off central California, Elizabeth Alexis McHuron

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Effects of tissue nitrogen and media nitrate on trace metal uptake and trophic transfer by Ulva spp., Sonya Meenakshi Sankaran

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Food habits of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in San Francisco Bay, California, Corinne Michele Gibble

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Nearshore Fish Assemblage Patterns with Respect to Landscape-Scale Habitats in Central California, Kristin Irene Hunter-Thomson

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Life History Characteristics of the Starry Skate, Raja stellulata, from California waters, Kelsey James

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Diet of the Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) Inside and Outside of Marine Protected Areas in Central California, Erin Kimberly Loury

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Dynamics of Bottom Boundary Layer Thickness in Monterey Bay Canyon, Katherine Jane Morrice

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Distribution, growth, and disturbance of Catalina Island rhodoliths, Paul Anthony Tompkins

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Habitat Use of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in the San Francisco Estuary and its Effect on Total Mercury and Heavy Metal Body Burden upon Capture, Jonathan Hugh Walsh

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Impacts of Avian Predation on Juvenile Salmonids in Central California Watersheds, Danielle Frechette

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Trophic interactions among Chlorostoma brunnea, Macrocystis pyrifera, and fungi, Selena McMillan

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Interspecific Variation In Morphology And Swimming Performance Within Surfperches (Embiotocidae) From California, Benjamin Michael Perlman

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Effects of Competition and Dispersal on the Recruitment of the Annual Kelp Nereocystis luetkeana, Matthew Suskiewicz

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Marine mammal response to ecosystem variability in Monterey Bay, California., Julia Burrows

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Scyphozoan jellies as prey for leatherback sea turtles off central California, Tanya R. Graham

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Movements of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) tagged in Carmel Bay, California, Ashley P. Greenley

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Analysis of prokaryotic community shift in anoxic estuarine sediment, William Berkeley Kauffman

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Recruitment strategies of Ulva and Porphyra in central California., Rosemary Romero

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Flow cytometric analysis of phytoplankton viability in Elkhorn Slough, California., Sarah Rose Smith

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Disturbance of harbor seals by vessels in Johns Hopkins Inlet, Glacier Bay, AK, Colleen Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Effects of algal drift on intertidal Strongylocentrotus purpuratus., Aurora Renee Alifano

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Long-term changes in biological characteristics and fishery of Loligo opalescens, Briana C. Brady

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Internal waves over the continental shelf in south Monterey Bay, François Cazenave

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Ecological consequences of morphological variability in a habitat-forming alga, Jennifer Piper Jorve

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Population biology of Undaria pinnatifida in central California, Diana Kohtio

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Positive and negative effects of intertidal algal canopies on fucoid recruitment, Amber Ilona Szoboszlai

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Photo-degradation of methylmercury in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, Amy Adele Byington

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Advancing spatial-temporal continuity in coral reef ecosystem pattern detection., Luis Camilli

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A taxonomic revision of North Pacific Swell Sharks, genus Cephaloscyllium, Jayna Ann Schaaf-Da Silva

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Design and performance of the COOPS sun photometer, Luke Valentine Beatman

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The impact of light availability on benthic oxygen release by seagrasses, Laura E. Bodensteiner

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Movements and habitat use of female leopard sharks in Elkhorn Slough, California, Aaron B. Carlisle

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The flora and fauna of boulders in a kelp forest, Vincent Christian

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Maternal attendance and pupping site fidelity of Steller sea lions in Alaska, Pamela Parker

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Effects of entrainment on marine microbiota in the Moss Landing Power Plant, Gala Virginia Wagner

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Abundance and tidal movements of green turtle (chelonia mydas) in B.C.S. México, Louise B. Brooks

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Small-scale analysis of fish and habitat relationships off central California, Jeffrey Michael Field

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Larval dynamics of brachyuran crabs in a high latitude fjord, southeast Alaska, Jennifer L. Fisher

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Sources and magnitude of fluid venting from the Mariana forearc serpentine mud volcanos, Samuel M. Hulme

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Biology of the red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, in Northern California, Robert Thomas Leaf

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Survival, movements, and diet of juvenile harbor seals along central California, Stori Christine Oates

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Spatial and temporal variability of kelp forest canopies in central California, Michael D. Donnellan