Master of Science in
Coastal and Watershed Science & Policy
 
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Selected CWSP thesis titles - completed and in progress

Candidate Topic Primary Advisor (Expected)
graduation
Jason Maas-Baldwin Initial assessment of the Department of Water Resources Urban Streams restoration Program Smith 2008
Cara Clark Evaluating river restoration success using the California Rapid Assessment Method Worcester 2008
Zachary Croyle Analysis of Baseflow Trends Related to Upland Groundwater Pumping for Las Garzas, San Clemente, Potrero, and San Jose Creeks Smith 2009
Shinobu Okano Predictive habitat modeling of white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) in Southern California Kvitek 2009
Lisa Dillon Abiotic factors related to accrual of common filamentous macroalgae in California's Central Coast streams Los Huertos 2009
Brian Spear Twenty-nine Years of Geomorphic Change at Elkhorn Slough, California Smith 2010
Charles (Cory) Ritz Use of RIVPACS predictive models to evaluate diatom response to nutrient stress in coastal California streams Los Huertos 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? Lindholm 2010
Randy Holloway Annual Sediment Retention and Hydraulic Residence Time Variability in a Riverine Wetland Receiving Unregulated Inflow from Agricultural Runoff Smith 2010
Todd Hallenbeck Rippled scour depressions and ecologically significant heterogeneity to soft sediment habitats on the continental shelf Kvitek 2011
Shae Mitchell Lottia gigantea size and density differences in rocky intertidal communities near Monterey Bay, California Alexander 2011
Jeremy Kerr Detecting change in benthic communities at San Cristobal Reef in La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 2007-2009 Watson 2011
Carolyn Rosevelt Marine debris in central California: Quantifying type and abundance of beach litter in Monterey Bay, CA Los Huertos 2011
Chelsea Parrish-Kuhn Patterns in the temporal variability of temperate reef fishes and the implications for sampling frequency in citizen science monitoring programs Lindholm 2011
Steven Quan Using vessel-based LIDAR to quantify coastal erosion during El Nino and inter-El Nino periods in Monterey Bay, CA Kvitek 2011
Jen Stern An assesment of control methods for Cape ivy in coastal riparian ecosystems Watson 2011
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 Lindholm 2012
Pam 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.

Watson 2012
Colin Nicol Steelhead habitat assessment of three small coastal central California streams Smith 2012
Scott Toews Linking habitat heterogeneity to genetic partitioning in the rocky subtidal using black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni). Garza 2012
Jessica Watson Fine-scale behavior of coral reef fishes in a small Floridian marine reserve Lindholm 2013
Sean Castorani Remote sensing of vineyards Watson 2012
Miles Daniels Modeling climate change and restoration factors affecting fecal pathogen dynaimics in wetland systems Watson 2012
Bart Kowalski Distribution of mammalian predators on
Fort Ord Public Lands
Watson 2012
Violetta Pristel Urban water Watson 2012
Erin Stanfield Environmental Factors Associated Freshwater Cyanobacteria Toxicity Los Huertos 2012
Matt Subia Efficacy of a no-take marine reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: acoustic monitoring of black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci), blue parrotfish (Scarus coeruleus), and hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) movement behavior Lindholm 2012
Ryan Bassett Quantifying sediment deposition rate and spatial variation on the floodplains and wetlands of Carneros Creek, CA Smith 2012
       

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