Research Theses and Dissertations
Parent: California Sea Grant College Program
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for May through August, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7s94b287 | The Tragedy of Enclosure: Fish, Fisheries Science, and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1920-1960 | 2,237 | 524 | 1,713 | 23.4% |
| 5ft0r5tf | Evolutionary Genetics of the Tidepool Copepod Tigriopus californicus | 1,429 | 1,404 | 25 | 98.3% |
| 1kq4f5jq | Establishing the Biological and Chemical Processes Regulating Fertilization Success in the Red Abalone, Haliotis rufescens | 830 | 780 | 50 | 94.0% |
| 3pk2t4tz | The Measurement of Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance: An Application to North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries | 744 | 705 | 39 | 94.8% |
| 00f756qs | Biomolecular Interactions Using Machine Learning | 652 | 546 | 106 | 83.7% |
| 47q3p7kp | Molecular Phylogenetics and Population Structure Derived from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation in the Edible Goose Barnacle Genus Pollicipes (Cirripedia, Crustacea) | 597 | 563 | 34 | 94.3% |
| 491653vx | Studies in Oscillatory Flow Bedload Sediment Transport | 455 | 418 | 37 | 91.9% |
| 2j03x6n2 | Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts in Water | 440 | 377 | 63 | 85.7% |
| 0630k85f | Managing Flow Regimes and Landscapes Together: Hydrospatial Analysis for Evaluating Spatiotemporal Floodplain Inundation Patterns with Restoration and Climate Change Implications | 417 | 160 | 257 | 38.4% |
| 40c0d5cm | Characterization and Control of the Koi Herpesvirus (KHV), a Newly Recognized Pathogen of Koi (Cyprinus carpio koi) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio) | 376 | 331 | 45 | 88.0% |
| 8rm77629 | Unheeded Warnings: A History of Monterey's Sardine Fishery | 356 | 191 | 165 | 53.7% |
| 21b965z8 | Biosynthesis and Engineering of Cyclomarin and Cyclomarazine: Prenylated, Non-Ribosomal Cyclic Peptides of Marine Actinobacterial Origin | 355 | 251 | 104 | 70.7% |
| 0nr9z2dt | Planktivorous Fish Link Coral Reef and Oceanic Food Webs: Causes and Consequences of Landscape-Scale Patterns in Fish Behavior, Diet and Growth | 322 | 123 | 199 | 38.2% |
| 3vc060x3 | Morphology, Function, and Evolution of the Gills of High-Performance Fishes | 316 | 242 | 74 | 76.6% |
| 3mq33239 | Biology of the Bryostatins in the Marine Bryozoan Bugula neritina: Symbiosis, cryptic speciation and chemical defense | 285 | 149 | 136 | 52.3% |
| 9r0794hw | Structure-Function Relationships in Biomineralized Composites: Analysis of the Architectural Complexities of Sponge Skeletal Systems | 271 | 200 | 71 | 73.8% |
| 3908d6cv | Movement patterns, habitat preferences, and fisheries biology of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) in the Southern California Bight | 266 | 151 | 115 | 56.8% |
| 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 | 258 | 92 | 166 | 35.7% |
| 0764s0mr | Diets and Stable Isotope Signatures of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) in Central California | 254 | 134 | 120 | 52.8% |
| 3hk1d1sf | New Tools and Insight for Recognition of Pseudo-Nitzschia Bloom and Toxic Incidence | 253 | 128 | 125 | 50.6% |
| 8k74w8x9 | Reproductive Biology and Evolution of Epinephelid and Serranid Fishes (Perciformes, Epinephelidae, Serranidae) | 251 | 154 | 97 | 61.4% |
| 7h68063c | Biochemistry and Structure-Function Relationships in the Proteinaceous Egg Capsules of Busycotypus canaliculatus | 228 | 81 | 147 | 35.5% |
| 3zv9w2w2 | The Effects of Predators and Habitat on Sea Urchin Density and Behavior in Southern California Kelp Forests | 212 | 35 | 177 | 16.5% |
| 6ks2b401 | EVALUATING SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS FOR A RESILIENT SHELLFISH MARICULTURE INDUSTRY IN HUMBOLDT BAY: ASSESSING THE STRENGTHS, VULNERABILITIES, AND POTENTIAL OF HUMBOLDT’S EXPANDING INDUSTRY | 210 | 52 | 158 | 24.8% |
| 0165g8wb | Assessing Trophic Ecology and Nutritional Status of Marine Mammals with Bulk and Compound-Specific Amino Acid Isotope Analysis | 209 | 103 | 106 | 49.3% |
| 01g8c0ck | The population dynamics of mitten crab larvae in the San Francisco Bay | 207 | 58 | 149 | 28.0% |
| 8d36077z | Characterization of virulence factors in the aquatic pathogen Streptococcus iniae | 205 | 125 | 80 | 61.0% |
| 0j06b65p | Interannual-to-Decadal Changes in Phytoplankton Phenology, Fish Spawning Habitat,and Larval Fish Phenology | 201 | 103 | 98 | 51.2% |
| 18d9b9tf | Bromination of Indoles by Vanadium Bromoperoxidase: Products, Selectivity, Mechanism, and Enzyme-Substrate Complex | 195 | 46 | 149 | 23.6% |
| 39q8w7gh | The Physiological Response of Larval Marine Snails to Environmental Stressors | 190 | 47 | 143 | 24.7% |
| 6gf7w99j | Physiological Chemistry of Pseudopterosin Biosynthesis in Symbiotic Dinoflagellates from the Soft Coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae | 190 | 85 | 105 | 44.7% |
| 7130n4r0 | Foraging Ecology of North Pacific Albacore in the California Current System (CCS) | 190 | 96 | 94 | 50.5% |
| 020740qq | Expectations and adaptation to environmental risks | 189 | 71 | 118 | 37.6% |
| 3m8833tq | Spatial Patterns in the Life History Characteristics of Red Sea Urchins, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: Implications for Recruitment and the California Fishery | 185 | 97 | 88 | 52.4% |
| 4c12v43m | DETERMINING POPULATION STRUCTURE, REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL, AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF PINTO ABALONE (HALIOTIS KAMTSCHATKANA) IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 181 | 55 | 126 | 30.4% |
| 5t94c30s | Life History, Abundance, and Distribution of the Spotted Ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei | 179 | 67 | 112 | 37.4% |
| 6jh755fc | Offshore Structural System Reliability: Wave-Load Modeling, System Behavior, and Analysis | 176 | 116 | 60 | 65.9% |
| 09k0m89b | Environmental Controls over Methane Flux from Ecosystems and the Potential for Feedbacks with Climatic Change | 171 | 106 | 65 | 62.0% |
| 3dc7q8ws | Spatial Behavior, Marine Reserves, and the Northern California Red Sea Urchin Fishery | 170 | 95 | 75 | 55.9% |
| 8kr265qf | The Role of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase in the Biosynthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products | 169 | 97 | 72 | 57.4% |
| 0nd3g6hk | Community Based Fisheries Research on California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) at the Santa Barbara Channel Islands | 168 | 60 | 108 | 35.7% |
| 2vr5s0t3 | Measuring At Sea Feeding to Understand the Foraging Behavior of Pinnipeds | 168 | 86 | 82 | 51.2% |
| 3t79n0d9 | Geophysical Constraints on Sediment Dispersal Systems | 168 | 102 | 66 | 60.7% |
| 0t66215v | Physical and Biological Dynamics of Surfzone Bacterial Pollution: Sources, Transports, and Removal Mechanisms | 166 | 94 | 72 | 56.6% |
| 6t96k2rn | Seasonal fish and invertebrate communities in three northern California estuaries | 166 | 61 | 105 | 36.7% |
| 1c35d8ww | Integrating Ecology and History to Understand Historical Marine Population Dynamics: A Case Study of the California Spiny Lobster | 163 | 104 | 59 | 63.8% |
| 2gd2p67s | NMR Studies of Proton Exchange in Amides | 162 | 46 | 116 | 28.4% |
| 3rg047sr | California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) movement behavior and habitat use: Implications for the effectiveness of marine protected areas | 159 | 64 | 95 | 40.3% |
| 0d93d9nz | Historic Genetic Diversity of the Endangered White Abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) | 157 | 41 | 116 | 26.1% |
| 6qw3k2rb | Juvenile survival and adult return as a function of freshwater rearing life history for Coho Salmon in the Klamath River Basin | 157 | 55 | 102 | 35.0% |
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