Master of Science in
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Thesis Option

There are two options for completing a degree within the CWSP program: the Thesis Option, and the Professional Science Master's (PSM) Option. The thesis option culminates in a thesis dissertation, while the PSM option culminates in a professional internship with a local organization. The two options share a common base of coursework.

The Thesis Option provides students with an opportunity to complete an applied scientific research project within the context of an environmental issue.

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Masters theses completed within the CWSP program

The CWSP program began in Fall 2006. Theses completed to date are listed below.

Year Candidate Title Download Committee
2013 Jessica Watson Fine-scale behavior of coral reef fishes in a small Floridian marine reserve PDF 860 KB James Lindholm
Fred Watson
Peter Auster
2012 Scott Toews Linking habitat heterogeneity to genetic partitioning in the rocky subtidal using black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) PDF 1.7 MB Corey Garza
Henrik Kibak
Giacomo Bernardi
2012 Colin Nicol Steelhead habitat assessment of three small coastal central California streams PDF 2.0 MB Doug Smith
Fred Watson
Michael Westphal
2012 Pamela Krone-Davis Assessing pesticide reduction in constructed wetlands using a tanks-in-series model within a Bayesian framework

See also: Krone-Davis, P., Watson, F., Los Huertos, M., Starner, K. 2013 in press. Assessing pesticide reduction in constructed wetlands using a tanks-in-series model within a Bayesian framework. In press, Ecological Engineering.
 
PDF 1.4 MB Fred Watson
Marc Los Huertos
Keith Starner
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 PDF 1.5 MB James Lindholm
Fred Watson
Andrew DeVogelaere
2011 Jen Stern An assesment of control methods for Cape ivy in coastal riparian ecosystems PDF 3.2 MB Fred Watson
Suzy Worcester
George McMenamin
2011 Steven Quan Using vessel-based LIDAR to quantify coastal erosion during El Nino and inter-El Nino periods in Monterey Bay, CA PDF 1.2 MB Rikk Kvitek
Doug Smith
Gary Griggs
2011 Chelsea Parrish-Kuhn Patterns in the temporal variability of temperate reef fishes and the implications for sampling frequency in citizen science monitoring programs PDF 3.4 MB James Lindholm
Susan Alexander
Jan Freiwald
Mark Carr
2011 Carolyn Rosevelt Marine debris in central California: Quantifying type and abundance of beach litter in Monterey Bay, CA PDF 1.4 MB Marc Los Huertos
Corey Garza
Hannahrose Nevins
2011 Jeremy Kerr Detecting change in benthic communities at San Cristobal Reef in La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 2007-2009 PDF 4.2 MB Fred Watson
James Lindholm
Liane Guild
2011 Shae Mitchell Lottia gigantea size and density differences in rocky intertidal communities near Monterey Bay, California PDF 1.1 MB Susan Alexander
Corey Garza
Steve Lonhart
2011 Todd Hallenbeck Rippled scour depressions and ecologically significant heterogeneity to soft sediment habitats on the continental shelf PDF 675 KB Rikk Kvitek
James Lindholm
Jason Vasques
2010 Randy Holloway Annual Sediment Retention and Hydraulic Residence Time Variability in a Riverine Wetland Receiving Unregulated Inflow from Agricultural Runoff PDF 1.5 MB Doug Smith
Fred Watson
Bryan Largay
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? PDF 1.7 MB James Lindholm
Michael Dalton
Judith Kildow
2010 Cory Ritz Effectiveness of RIVPACS predictive models to evaluate diatom response to nutrient stress in coastal California streams PDF 890 KB Marc Los Huertos
Fred Watson
Pete Ode
2010 Brian Spear Twenty-nine Years of Geomorphic Change at Elkhorn Slough, California PDF 1.5 MB Doug Smith
Rikk Kvitek
Bryan Largay
2009 Lisa Dillon Abiotic factors related to accrual of common filamentous macroalgae in California's Central Coast streams PDF 1.0 MB Marc Los Huertos
Fred Watson
Scott Rollins
2009 Shinobu Okano A Predictive Habitat Model for Endangered White Abalone Restoration Planning in Southern California PDF 2.3 MB Rikk Kvitek
Corey Garza
John Butler
2009 Zachary Croyle Analysis of Baseflow Trends Related to Upland Groundwater Pumping for Las Garzas, San Clemente, Potrero, and San Jose Creeks PDF 8.5 MB Doug Smith
Fred Watson
Michael Taraszki
2008 Cara Clark Evaluating River Restoration Success Using the California Rapid Assessment Method PDF 1.7 MB

Suzy Worcester
Marc Los Huertos
Gage Dayton

2008 Jason Maas-Baldwin Initial assessment of the Department of Water Resources
Urban Streams restoration Program
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PDF 5MB Doug Smith
Susan Alexander
Sara Denzler

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