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2 | Year | Student First Name | Student Last Name | Thesis Title | Faculty Committee | Thesis URL | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2024 | Rebecca | Baggott | Developing Metrics of Ecological Integrity for Wetlands on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation | John Olson, Judith Canner, Ross Clark | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/15/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2024 | Savannah | Saldana | Evaluating Ecological Conditions of the Salinas River After the Removal of Arundo donax During Wet and Dry Years | John Olson, Jennifer Duggan, Steven Kim, Emily Zefferman | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/14/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2023 | Janelle | Vasquez-Nicholas | Assessing the Carmel River's Biotic Conditions after River Reroute and Dam Removal Using the California Stream Condition Index | John Olson, Doug Smith, Keith Wright | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/13/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2023 | Kieran | Szelong | The Genomics of Pesticide-Remediating Microbes Relevant to Agricultural Specialty Crops Grown on California's Central Coast | Nathaniel Jue, Arlene Haffa, Jonathan Geller | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/10/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 2023 | Matthew "Matt" | McGee | Mesopredator occupancy and passerine richness along an urbanization gradient in central coastal California | Jennifer Duggan, John Olson, Anthony Giordano | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/12/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 2022 | Connie | Machuca | A Comprative Metagenomics Study on Bioreactor System in Salinas, CA, The Salinas River Valley, and The Tijuana River Valley | Nathaniel Jue, Arlene Haffa, and Kelly Goodwin | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/11/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2022 | Bryan | Van Orman | Developing a Molecular Diet Analysis, and Characterizing the Intestinal Microbiota of Wild Juvenile Coastal Rainbow Trout/Steelhead in California | Nathaniel K. Jue, Cheryl Logan, John Olson | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/9/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2022 | Emma | Debasitis | Estimating Natural Background Water Quality in California Rivers | John Olson, Judith Canner, Raphael Mazor | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/7/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2022 | Shawn | Melendy | Evidence for Particle Dilution and Dispersion as the Strongest Effects on Reach-Scale Salmonid eDNA Sampling Outcomes in Mediterranean-Climate Rivers and Streams | John Olson, Elizabeth Alter, Susanna Theroux | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/8/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2022 | Ryder | Rahil | The Genomics of Imidacloprid-Remediating Bacteria | Nathaniel K. Jue, Arlene Haffa, Timothy Miles, Doug Smith | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/6/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2021 | Andrew | Caudillo | Development of predictive bioassessment indices of non-perennial streams and rivers in the arid Southwestern United States | John R. Olson, Jennifer M. Duggan, Raphael D. Mazor | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/5/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2020 | Amanda | Preece | Associating Landscape Variables with Nesting Occupancy and Success of Songbirds Using Nest Boxes in Semi-urban Greenspaces | Jennifer Duggan, Suzanne Worcester, Gerick Bergsma, Walt Koenig | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/4/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2020 | Alexandra | Thomsen | Integrating Field Methods, Remote Sensing and Modeling to Monitor Climate-Adapted Tidal Marsh Restoration | Arlene Haffa, Kerstin Wasson, Suzanne Worcester | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/aes_theses/3/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2020 | John | Inman | Native Species Response to Goat Foraging in a Shrub-invaded California Coastal Grassland | Fred Watson, Bruce Delgado, Suzanne Worcester | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2020 | Danielle | Fabian | Surface Conditions Drive Changes In Groundfish Species' Populations Along California Coast | James Lindholm, Alison Haupt, Ken Smith, Christine Huffard | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2019 | Matthew | Robinson | Development of Biological Indicators for the Dry Phase of Non-perennial Rivers and Streams | John R. Olson, Fred Watson, Raphael D. Mazor | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/sns_theses/41/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2019 | Andrew | Cline | Acute Effects of Elevated PCO2 and Hypoxia on Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) Gene Expression and Metabolic Enzyme Activity | Cheryl Logan, Nathaniel Jue, Scott Hamilton | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/sns_theses/39/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2018 | Larissa | Lemon | Population Density and Spatial Distribution for Abyssal Epibenthic Holothurians using Fine Scale Time Series Imagery (2007- 2017) | James Lindholm, Alison Haupt, Kenneth Smith, Jr. | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/sns_theses/38/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2017 | Ryan | Bassett | Examination of the relative influence of vegetation, distance from inflow, and elevation on sedimentation in a coastal Californian wetland | Douglas Smith, Fred Watson, Bryan Largay | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2017 | Flower | Moye | Gender-mediated habitat associations of kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus) along the central coast of California | James Lindholm, Rikk Kvitek, Liz Whiteman | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2016 | Megan | Bassett | Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) Habitat Associations: Implications for Conservation and Management | James Lindholm, Rikk Kvitek, Corey Garza, Deb Wilson-Vandenberg | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 2016 | Allison | Cramer | Large-scale patterns in marine fish habitat use as determined from a meta-analysis of acoustic telemetry studies | James Lindholm, Cheryl Logan, Richard Starr, Steve Katz | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 2016 | Michael | Esgro | Role of a military restricted area in protection of fish and invertebrate communities at San Clemente Island, California | James Lindholm, Kerry Nickols, Jessica Bredvik | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 2016 | Mary | McCormick | Variable spiny lobster foraging across a variable intertidal landscape | Corey Garza, Rikk Kvitek, Kevin Hovel | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1031&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 2015 | Daniel | Orr | Multiscale predictive modeling of wave velocity and its distribution across a rocky intertidal landscape | Corey Garza, Rikk Kvitek, Carlos Robles | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 2015 | Sean | Windell | Spiny lobster (panulirus interrtuptus) use of the intertidal zone at a Santa Catalina Island MPA in Southern California | Corey Garza, James Lindholm, Scott Hamilton | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2014 | Miles | Daniels | Estimating Environmental Conditions Affecting Protozoal Pathogen Removal in Wetland Systems Using a Multi-Scale, Model-Based Approach | Fred Watson, Marc Los Huertos, Woutrina Smith | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 2014 | Christina | David | Evaluating a proposed best management practice: Nitrous oxide emissions, in-bed nitrate and carbon monitoring, and hydraulic retention times of denitrifying woodchip bioreactors in Monterey County, California | Marc Los Huertos, Tim Hartz, Dan Fernandez | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 2014 | Heather | Kelley | Habitat associations and predictive distribution models of commercially important rockfish species along California's Central Coast | James Lindholm, Rikk Kvitek, Elizabeth Whiteman | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 2014 | Gwen | Miller | Limitations on nitrate removal by treatment wetlands under maritime climatic conditions | Fred Watson, Marc Los Huertos, Ross Clark | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2013 | Sean | Castorani | Analysis of environmental factors affecting fruit quality for the 2007 growing season in a California vineyard | Fred Watson, Corey Garza, Lee Johnson, Oren Kaye | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 2013 | Bartholomew | Kowalski | Effects of landscape covariates on the distribution and detection probabilities of mammalian carnivores on the Former Fort Ord, California.First place. CSU-wide Student Research Competition, 2012 (Biological & Agricultural Sciences, graduate division). | Fred Watson, Corey Garza, Bruce Delgado | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 2013 | Violetta | Pristel | An alternative compliance framework for stormwater management in the Central Coast Region | Fred Watson, Doug Smith,Darla Inglis, Robert Ketley | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 2013 | Erin | Stanfield | Environmental factors associated with toxic cyanobacteria in Pinto Lake, a coastal lake in the Monterey Bay area | Marc Los Huertos, Aparna Sreenivasan, Robert Ketley | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 2013 | Jessica | Watson | Fine-scale behavior of coral reef fishes in a small Floridian marine reserve | James Lindholm, Fred Watson, Peter Auster | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 2012 | Ashley | Knight | The distribution of demersal fishes over heterogeneous seafloor habitats: An application of landscape ecology to video imagery collected in a central California marine conservation area. | James Lindholm, Fred Watson, Andrew DeVogelaere | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 2012 | Pamela | Krone-Davis | Assessing pesticide reduction in constructed wetlands using a tanks-in-series model within a Bayesian framework. | Fred Watson, Marc Los Huertos,Keith Starner | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 2012 | Colin | Nicol | Steelhead habitat assessment of three small coastal central California streams. | Doug Smith, Fred Watson, Michael Westphal | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 2012 | Scott | Toews | Linking habitat heterogeneity to genetic partitioning in the rocky subtidal using black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) | Corey Garza, Henrik Kibak, Giacomo Bernardi | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 2011 | Todd | Hallenbeck | Rippled scour depressions and ecologically significant heterogeneity to soft sediment habitats on the continental shelf. | Rikk Kvitek, James Lindholm, Jason Vasques | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 2011 | Jeremy | Kerr | Detecting change in benthic communities at San Cristobal Reef in La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 2007-2009 | Fred Watson, James Lindholm, Liane Guild | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 2011 | Shae | Mitchell | Lottia gigantea size and density differences in rocky intertidal communities near Monterey Bay, California | Susan Alexander,Corey Garza, Steve Lonhart | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 2011 | Chelsea | Parrish-Kuhn | Patterns in the temporal variability of temperate reef fishes and the implications for sampling frequency in citizen science monitoring programs | James Lindholm, Susan Alexander, Jan Freiwald, Mark Carr | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 2011 | Steven | Quan | Using vessel-based LIDAR to quantify coastal erosion during El Nino and inter-El Nino periods in Monterey Bay, CA. | Rikk Kvitek, Doug Smith, Gary Griggs | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 2011 | Carolyn | Rosevelt | Marine debris in central California: Quantifying type and abundance of beach litter in Monterey Bay, CA. | Marc Los Huertos, Corey Garza, Hannahrose Nevins | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 2011 | Jennifer | Stern | An assessment of control methods for Cape ivy in coastal riparian ecosystems | Fred Watson, Suzy Worcester, George McMenamin | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 2010 | Monica | Galligan | A model to evaluate the economic effects of fishery management measures: How would a change in total allowable catch for Monterey groundfish affect the local economy? | James Lindholm, Michael Dalton, Judith Kildow | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 2010 | Randy | Holloway | Annual sediment retention and hydraulic residence time variability in a riverine wetland receiving unregulated inflow from agricultural runoff | Doug Smith, Fred Watson,Bryan Largay | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 2010 | Cory | Ritz | Effectiveness of RIVPACS predictive models to evaluate diatom response to nutrient stress in coastal California streams | Marc Los Huertos, Fred Watson, Pete Ode | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 2010 | Brian | Spear | Twenty-nine years of geomorphic change at Elkhorn Slough, California | Doug Smith, Rikk Kvitek, Bryan Largay | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2009 | Zachary | Croyle | Analysis of baseflow trends related to upland groundwater pumping for Las Garzas, San Clemente, Potrero, and San Jose Creeks | Doug Smith, Fred Watson, Michael Taraszki | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 2009 | Lisa | Dillon | Abiotic factors related to accrual of common filamentous macroalgae in California's Central Coast streams | Marc Los Huertos, Fred Watson, Scott Rollins | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 2009 | Shinobu | Okano | A predictive habitat model for endangered white abalone restoration planning in southern California | Rikk Kvitek, Corey Garza, John Butler | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 2008 | Cara | Clark | Evaluating river restoration success using the California Rapid Assessment Method | Suzy Worcester, Marc Los Huertos, Gage Dayton | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 2008 | Jason | Maas-Baldwin | Initial assessment of the Department of Water Resources Urban Streams Restoration Program | Doug Smith, Susan Alexander, Sara Denzler | https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=sns_theses | ||||||||||||||||||||