| 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 |
| Charles (Cory) Ritz |
Use of RIVPACS predictive models to evaluate diatom response to nutrient stress in coastal California streams |
Los Huertos |
2009 |
| Donna Kline |
Monitoring kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus) movement at the Anacapa Island State Marine Reserve and Conservation Area using passive acoustic tracking: assessing efficacy for population protection and potential for fishery spillover |
Lindholm |
2009 |
| Lisa Dillon |
Abiotic factors related to accrual of common filamentous macroalgae in California's Central Coast streams |
Los Huertos |
2009 |
| Thor Anderson |
High resolution rangeland phenology model of Yellowstone National Park |
Watson |
2009 |
| Brian Spear |
Reproducing Cross Section Surveys to Quantify 30 Years of Geomorphic Change in Elkhorn Slough, CA using Optical Techniques. |
Smith |
2009 |
| Janet Ilse |
Population Dynamics of California Red-legged frog at Elkhorn Slough |
Watson |
2009 |
| Jen Stern |
Plant restoration ecology / invasive plants |
Watson |
2009 |
| Sean Castorani |
Remote sensing of vineyards |
Watson |
2009 |
| Miles Daniels |
Modeling climate change and restoration factors affecting fecal pathogen dynaimics in wetland systems |
Watson |
2010 |
| Bart Kowalski |
Quantifying Connectivity in Ford Ord public lands using non-invasive survey methods |
Watson |
2010 |
| Jeremy Kerr |
Remote sensing of coral reefs |
Watson |
2010 |
| Violetta Pristel |
Urban water |
Watson |
2010 |
| Aj Cecchetini |
Ocean turbidty from watersheds |
Moore |
|
| Steven Quan |
An application of vessel based LIDAR to quantify coastal retreat, and identify geomorphic processes in Monterey Bay, CA |
Kvitek |
2010 |
| Jessica Watson |
Blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) movements in the Carmel Bay |
Lindholm |
2010 |
| Randy Holloway |
Quantification of Sediment Transport and Storage for Adaptive Management and Restoration Design Uses at 3M Ranch |
Smith |
2010 |
| Shae Maher |
Effects of Human Visitation on Lottia gigantea size distribution and abundance within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary |
Alexander |
|
| David (Cooper) Frank |
Post Fire Erosion and Debris Flows Impacts on Steelhead Habitat in the Northern San Lucia Mountains |
Watson/Smith |
|
| Chelsea Parrish-Kuhn |
Methodological Assessment of Kelp Forest Fish Monitoring Surveys |
Lindholm |
|
| Carolyn Rosevelt |
Standardizing Beach Survey Methods to Monitor Marine Debris Distribution and Density in the Monterey Bay |
Los Huertos |
2010 |
| Meghan Frolli |
Methodological assessment of Reef Check California, a kelp-forest monitoring program |
Lindholm |
2010 |
| Todd Hallenbeck |
How spatial variation in soft sediment substrate type structures demersal fish communities and implications for the design of effective marine protected areas |
Kvitek |
2010 |
| Scott Toews |
Using landscape genetics to determine habitat selection in the marine intertidal (approx. title) |
Garza |
|
| Erin Stanfield |
Environmental Factors Associated Freshwater Cyanobacteria Toxicity |
Los Huertos |
2011 |
| 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 |
2009 |
| Krystle Gomez |
Identification of sub-tidal sessile invertebrates in Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve using a remotely operated vehicle to assess and monitor non-indigenous species |
Kvitek / Wasson |
2010 |
| Ashley Knight |
Spatial scales of habitat occurrence and benthic fish distributions at Piedras Blancas: Applications of landscape ecology to spatial management |
Lindholm / Watson |
|
| Amanda Grant |
Measuring Environmental Parameters Over Differing Topographies Within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Does Scale Matter? |
Moore |
2010 |
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