Research Theses and Dissertations
Parent: California Sea Grant College Program
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for April through July, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5ft0r5tf | Evolutionary Genetics of the Tidepool Copepod Tigriopus californicus | 1,434 | 1,408 | 26 | 98.2% |
| 7s94b287 | The Tragedy of Enclosure: Fish, Fisheries Science, and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1920-1960 | 1,321 | 489 | 832 | 37.0% |
| 1kq4f5jq | Establishing the Biological and Chemical Processes Regulating Fertilization Success in the Red Abalone, Haliotis rufescens | 827 | 778 | 49 | 94.1% |
| 3pk2t4tz | The Measurement of Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance: An Application to North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries | 753 | 715 | 38 | 95.0% |
| 00f756qs | Biomolecular Interactions Using Machine Learning | 687 | 565 | 122 | 82.2% |
| 47q3p7kp | Molecular Phylogenetics and Population Structure Derived from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation in the Edible Goose Barnacle Genus Pollicipes (Cirripedia, Crustacea) | 596 | 565 | 31 | 94.8% |
| 491653vx | Studies in Oscillatory Flow Bedload Sediment Transport | 486 | 423 | 63 | 87.0% |
| 0630k85f | Managing Flow Regimes and Landscapes Together: Hydrospatial Analysis for Evaluating Spatiotemporal Floodplain Inundation Patterns with Restoration and Climate Change Implications | 471 | 184 | 287 | 39.1% |
| 2j03x6n2 | Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts in Water | 458 | 386 | 72 | 84.3% |
| 40c0d5cm | Characterization and Control of the Koi Herpesvirus (KHV), a Newly Recognized Pathogen of Koi (Cyprinus carpio koi) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio) | 392 | 344 | 48 | 87.8% |
| 8rm77629 | Unheeded Warnings: A History of Monterey's Sardine Fishery | 376 | 210 | 166 | 55.9% |
| 0nr9z2dt | Planktivorous Fish Link Coral Reef and Oceanic Food Webs: Causes and Consequences of Landscape-Scale Patterns in Fish Behavior, Diet and Growth | 356 | 138 | 218 | 38.8% |
| 21b965z8 | Biosynthesis and Engineering of Cyclomarin and Cyclomarazine: Prenylated, Non-Ribosomal Cyclic Peptides of Marine Actinobacterial Origin | 351 | 233 | 118 | 66.4% |
| 3908d6cv | Movement patterns, habitat preferences, and fisheries biology of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) in the Southern California Bight | 325 | 167 | 158 | 51.4% |
| 3vc060x3 | Morphology, Function, and Evolution of the Gills of High-Performance Fishes | 322 | 273 | 49 | 84.8% |
| 9r0794hw | Structure-Function Relationships in Biomineralized Composites: Analysis of the Architectural Complexities of Sponge Skeletal Systems | 299 | 215 | 84 | 71.9% |
| 0764s0mr | Diets and Stable Isotope Signatures of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) in Central California | 284 | 160 | 124 | 56.3% |
| 3mq33239 | Biology of the Bryostatins in the Marine Bryozoan Bugula neritina: Symbiosis, cryptic speciation and chemical defense | 274 | 154 | 120 | 56.2% |
| 8k74w8x9 | Reproductive Biology and Evolution of Epinephelid and Serranid Fishes (Perciformes, Epinephelidae, Serranidae) | 268 | 192 | 76 | 71.6% |
| 3hk1d1sf | New Tools and Insight for Recognition of Pseudo-Nitzschia Bloom and Toxic Incidence | 265 | 122 | 143 | 46.0% |
| 7130n4r0 | Foraging Ecology of North Pacific Albacore in the California Current System (CCS) | 249 | 104 | 145 | 41.8% |
| 0165g8wb | Assessing Trophic Ecology and Nutritional Status of Marine Mammals with Bulk and Compound-Specific Amino Acid Isotope Analysis | 244 | 125 | 119 | 51.2% |
| 6ks2b401 | EVALUATING SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS FOR A RESILIENT SHELLFISH MARICULTURE INDUSTRY IN HUMBOLDT BAY: ASSESSING THE STRENGTHS, VULNERABILITIES, AND POTENTIAL OF HUMBOLDT’S EXPANDING INDUSTRY | 243 | 64 | 179 | 26.3% |
| 18d9b9tf | Bromination of Indoles by Vanadium Bromoperoxidase: Products, Selectivity, Mechanism, and Enzyme-Substrate Complex | 233 | 62 | 171 | 26.6% |
| 4c12v43m | DETERMINING POPULATION STRUCTURE, REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL, AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF PINTO ABALONE (HALIOTIS KAMTSCHATKANA) IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 225 | 65 | 160 | 28.9% |
| 7h68063c | Biochemistry and Structure-Function Relationships in the Proteinaceous Egg Capsules of Busycotypus canaliculatus | 222 | 82 | 140 | 36.9% |
| 39q8w7gh | The Physiological Response of Larval Marine Snails to Environmental Stressors | 217 | 62 | 155 | 28.6% |
| 01g8c0ck | The population dynamics of mitten crab larvae in the San Francisco Bay | 211 | 58 | 153 | 27.5% |
| 020740qq | Expectations and adaptation to environmental risks | 210 | 79 | 131 | 37.6% |
| 6gf7w99j | Physiological Chemistry of Pseudopterosin Biosynthesis in Symbiotic Dinoflagellates from the Soft Coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae | 207 | 95 | 112 | 45.9% |
| 9kc8w84z | The role of siderophores in algal-bacterial interactions in the marine environment | 207 | 104 | 103 | 50.2% |
| 0t66215v | Physical and Biological Dynamics of Surfzone Bacterial Pollution: Sources, Transports, and Removal Mechanisms | 196 | 95 | 101 | 48.5% |
| 6jh755fc | Offshore Structural System Reliability: Wave-Load Modeling, System Behavior, and Analysis | 194 | 131 | 63 | 67.5% |
| 3m8833tq | Spatial Patterns in the Life History Characteristics of Red Sea Urchins, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: Implications for Recruitment and the California Fishery | 189 | 103 | 86 | 54.5% |
| 2171q02z | Economic effects of Pacific halibut closures on businesses on the North Coast and the age, growth, and reproductive status of Pacific halibut in Northern California and Central Oregon | 188 | 76 | 112 | 40.4% |
| 5t94c30s | Life History, Abundance, and Distribution of the Spotted Ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei | 187 | 81 | 106 | 43.3% |
| 09k0m89b | Environmental Controls over Methane Flux from Ecosystems and the Potential for Feedbacks with Climatic Change | 184 | 111 | 73 | 60.3% |
| 3t79n0d9 | Geophysical Constraints on Sediment Dispersal Systems | 180 | 100 | 80 | 55.6% |
| 0j06b65p | Interannual-to-Decadal Changes in Phytoplankton Phenology, Fish Spawning Habitat,and Larval Fish Phenology | 178 | 108 | 70 | 60.7% |
| 2vr5s0t3 | Measuring At Sea Feeding to Understand the Foraging Behavior of Pinnipeds | 174 | 80 | 94 | 46.0% |
| 2gd2p67s | NMR Studies of Proton Exchange in Amides | 173 | 53 | 120 | 30.6% |
| 2vn1333q | The Comparative Genomics of Salinispora and the Distribution and Abundance of Secondary Metabolite Genes in Marine Plankton | 173 | 86 | 87 | 49.7% |
| 8d36077z | Characterization of virulence factors in the aquatic pathogen Streptococcus iniae | 173 | 117 | 56 | 67.6% |
| 3dc7q8ws | Spatial Behavior, Marine Reserves, and the Northern California Red Sea Urchin Fishery | 171 | 93 | 78 | 54.4% |
| 6t96k2rn | Seasonal fish and invertebrate communities in three northern California estuaries | 171 | 75 | 96 | 43.9% |
| 0nd3g6hk | Community Based Fisheries Research on California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) at the Santa Barbara Channel Islands | 168 | 59 | 109 | 35.1% |
| 0d93d9nz | Historic Genetic Diversity of the Endangered White Abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) | 167 | 44 | 123 | 26.3% |
| 3rg047sr | California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) movement behavior and habitat use: Implications for the effectiveness of marine protected areas | 167 | 76 | 91 | 45.5% |
| 97x325s5 | Vitellogenin, a Marker of Estrogen Mimicking Contaminants in Fishes: Characterization, Quantification and Interference by Anti-Estrogens | 166 | 93 | 73 | 56.0% |
| 7br9j6fq | Impacts of Human Trampling and Periodic Sand Inundation on Southern California Intertidal Algal Turf Communities: Implications for Conservation and Management of Rocky Shores | 164 | 36 | 128 | 22.0% |
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