Research Theses and Dissertations
Parent: California Sea Grant College Program
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for March through June, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7s94b287 | The Tragedy of Enclosure: Fish, Fisheries Science, and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1920-1960 | 1,115 | 348 | 767 | 31.2% |
| 5ft0r5tf | Evolutionary Genetics of the Tidepool Copepod Tigriopus californicus | 1,032 | 1,005 | 27 | 97.4% |
| 1kq4f5jq | Establishing the Biological and Chemical Processes Regulating Fertilization Success in the Red Abalone, Haliotis rufescens | 844 | 789 | 55 | 93.5% |
| 3pk2t4tz | The Measurement of Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance: An Application to North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries | 758 | 715 | 43 | 94.3% |
| 47q3p7kp | Molecular Phylogenetics and Population Structure Derived from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation in the Edible Goose Barnacle Genus Pollicipes (Cirripedia, Crustacea) | 599 | 568 | 31 | 94.8% |
| 00f756qs | Biomolecular Interactions Using Machine Learning | 594 | 463 | 131 | 77.9% |
| 491653vx | Studies in Oscillatory Flow Bedload Sediment Transport | 493 | 424 | 69 | 86.0% |
| 2j03x6n2 | Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts in Water | 486 | 409 | 77 | 84.2% |
| 0630k85f | Managing Flow Regimes and Landscapes Together: Hydrospatial Analysis for Evaluating Spatiotemporal Floodplain Inundation Patterns with Restoration and Climate Change Implications | 475 | 188 | 287 | 39.6% |
| 40c0d5cm | Characterization and Control of the Koi Herpesvirus (KHV), a Newly Recognized Pathogen of Koi (Cyprinus carpio koi) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio) | 400 | 346 | 54 | 86.5% |
| 8rm77629 | Unheeded Warnings: A History of Monterey's Sardine Fishery | 388 | 188 | 200 | 48.5% |
| 21b965z8 | Biosynthesis and Engineering of Cyclomarin and Cyclomarazine: Prenylated, Non-Ribosomal Cyclic Peptides of Marine Actinobacterial Origin | 346 | 198 | 148 | 57.2% |
| 3908d6cv | Movement patterns, habitat preferences, and fisheries biology of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) in the Southern California Bight | 327 | 155 | 172 | 47.4% |
| 0764s0mr | Diets and Stable Isotope Signatures of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) in Central California | 315 | 170 | 145 | 54.0% |
| 3vc060x3 | Morphology, Function, and Evolution of the Gills of High-Performance Fishes | 305 | 244 | 61 | 80.0% |
| 8k74w8x9 | Reproductive Biology and Evolution of Epinephelid and Serranid Fishes (Perciformes, Epinephelidae, Serranidae) | 302 | 216 | 86 | 71.5% |
| 9r0794hw | Structure-Function Relationships in Biomineralized Composites: Analysis of the Architectural Complexities of Sponge Skeletal Systems | 298 | 195 | 103 | 65.4% |
| 0nr9z2dt | Planktivorous Fish Link Coral Reef and Oceanic Food Webs: Causes and Consequences of Landscape-Scale Patterns in Fish Behavior, Diet and Growth | 297 | 129 | 168 | 43.4% |
| 6ks2b401 | EVALUATING SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS FOR A RESILIENT SHELLFISH MARICULTURE INDUSTRY IN HUMBOLDT BAY: ASSESSING THE STRENGTHS, VULNERABILITIES, AND POTENTIAL OF HUMBOLDT’S EXPANDING INDUSTRY | 292 | 78 | 214 | 26.7% |
| 4c12v43m | DETERMINING POPULATION STRUCTURE, REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL, AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF PINTO ABALONE (HALIOTIS KAMTSCHATKANA) IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 273 | 87 | 186 | 31.9% |
| 3hk1d1sf | New Tools and Insight for Recognition of Pseudo-Nitzschia Bloom and Toxic Incidence | 267 | 116 | 151 | 43.4% |
| 18d9b9tf | Bromination of Indoles by Vanadium Bromoperoxidase: Products, Selectivity, Mechanism, and Enzyme-Substrate Complex | 265 | 69 | 196 | 26.0% |
| 0165g8wb | Assessing Trophic Ecology and Nutritional Status of Marine Mammals with Bulk and Compound-Specific Amino Acid Isotope Analysis | 262 | 125 | 137 | 47.7% |
| 020740qq | Expectations and adaptation to environmental risks | 249 | 100 | 149 | 40.2% |
| 7130n4r0 | Foraging Ecology of North Pacific Albacore in the California Current System (CCS) | 245 | 97 | 148 | 39.6% |
| 7h68063c | Biochemistry and Structure-Function Relationships in the Proteinaceous Egg Capsules of Busycotypus canaliculatus | 243 | 97 | 146 | 39.9% |
| 3mq33239 | Biology of the Bryostatins in the Marine Bryozoan Bugula neritina: Symbiosis, cryptic speciation and chemical defense | 240 | 142 | 98 | 59.2% |
| 39q8w7gh | The Physiological Response of Larval Marine Snails to Environmental Stressors | 238 | 81 | 157 | 34.0% |
| 01g8c0ck | The population dynamics of mitten crab larvae in the San Francisco Bay | 235 | 80 | 155 | 34.0% |
| 9kc8w84z | The role of siderophores in algal-bacterial interactions in the marine environment | 231 | 120 | 111 | 51.9% |
| 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 | 224 | 86 | 138 | 38.4% |
| 5t94c30s | Life History, Abundance, and Distribution of the Spotted Ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei | 219 | 100 | 119 | 45.7% |
| 2gd2p67s | NMR Studies of Proton Exchange in Amides | 214 | 63 | 151 | 29.4% |
| 6gf7w99j | Physiological Chemistry of Pseudopterosin Biosynthesis in Symbiotic Dinoflagellates from the Soft Coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae | 212 | 87 | 125 | 41.0% |
| 09k0m89b | Environmental Controls over Methane Flux from Ecosystems and the Potential for Feedbacks with Climatic Change | 204 | 116 | 88 | 56.9% |
| 0t66215v | Physical and Biological Dynamics of Surfzone Bacterial Pollution: Sources, Transports, and Removal Mechanisms | 204 | 90 | 114 | 44.1% |
| 6t96k2rn | Seasonal fish and invertebrate communities in three northern California estuaries | 198 | 97 | 101 | 49.0% |
| 8k58c208 | Husbandry and Dietary Effects on Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Farmed for Caviar | 196 | 75 | 121 | 38.3% |
| 3t79n0d9 | Geophysical Constraints on Sediment Dispersal Systems | 194 | 99 | 95 | 51.0% |
| 6qw3k2rb | Juvenile survival and adult return as a function of freshwater rearing life history for Coho Salmon in the Klamath River Basin | 189 | 78 | 111 | 41.3% |
| 6jh755fc | Offshore Structural System Reliability: Wave-Load Modeling, System Behavior, and Analysis | 186 | 119 | 67 | 64.0% |
| 3m8833tq | Spatial Patterns in the Life History Characteristics of Red Sea Urchins, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: Implications for Recruitment and the California Fishery | 184 | 91 | 93 | 49.5% |
| 5n74897w | Intertidal Ecology of Riprap Jetties and Breakwaters: Marine Communities Inhabiting Anthropogenic Structures along the West Coast of North America | 184 | 39 | 145 | 21.2% |
| 737485ms | Siderophore Production by Marine alpha-proteobacterium Ochrobactrum sp. SP18 | 183 | 76 | 107 | 41.5% |
| 0d93d9nz | Historic Genetic Diversity of the Endangered White Abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) | 182 | 55 | 127 | 30.2% |
| 3rr806vn | The response of a predatory fish, Opiodon elongatus, to a marine protected area: variation in diet, catch rates, and size composition | 181 | 52 | 129 | 28.7% |
| 97x325s5 | Vitellogenin, a Marker of Estrogen Mimicking Contaminants in Fishes: Characterization, Quantification and Interference by Anti-Estrogens | 181 | 99 | 82 | 54.7% |
| 4kh5w74h | Chinook Salmon Spawning Behavior: Evidence for Size-Dependent Male Spawning Success and Female Mate Choice | 179 | 63 | 116 | 35.2% |
| 3dc7q8ws | Spatial Behavior, Marine Reserves, and the Northern California Red Sea Urchin Fishery | 178 | 83 | 95 | 46.6% |
| 0j06b65p | Interannual-to-Decadal Changes in Phytoplankton Phenology, Fish Spawning Habitat,and Larval Fish Phenology | 176 | 105 | 71 | 59.7% |
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