Research Theses and Dissertations
Parent: California Sea Grant College Program
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for June through September, 2026
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7s94b287 | The Tragedy of Enclosure: Fish, Fisheries Science, and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1920-1960 | 2,158 | 502 | 1,656 | 23.3% |
| 5ft0r5tf | Evolutionary Genetics of the Tidepool Copepod Tigriopus californicus | 924 | 899 | 25 | 97.3% |
| 2j03x6n2 | Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts in Water | 431 | 358 | 73 | 83.1% |
| 00f756qs | Biomolecular Interactions Using Machine Learning | 378 | 310 | 68 | 82.0% |
| 3mq33239 | Biology of the Bryostatins in the Marine Bryozoan Bugula neritina: Symbiosis, cryptic speciation and chemical defense | 371 | 118 | 253 | 31.8% |
| 3pk2t4tz | The Measurement of Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance: An Application to North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries | 359 | 310 | 49 | 86.4% |
| 0630k85f | Managing Flow Regimes and Landscapes Together: Hydrospatial Analysis for Evaluating Spatiotemporal Floodplain Inundation Patterns with Restoration and Climate Change Implications | 310 | 131 | 179 | 42.3% |
| 8rm77629 | Unheeded Warnings: A History of Monterey's Sardine Fishery | 294 | 145 | 149 | 49.3% |
| 1kq4f5jq | Establishing the Biological and Chemical Processes Regulating Fertilization Success in the Red Abalone, Haliotis rufescens | 287 | 237 | 50 | 82.6% |
| 21b965z8 | Biosynthesis and Engineering of Cyclomarin and Cyclomarazine: Prenylated, Non-Ribosomal Cyclic Peptides of Marine Actinobacterial Origin | 286 | 205 | 81 | 71.7% |
| 3vc060x3 | Morphology, Function, and Evolution of the Gills of High-Performance Fishes | 284 | 192 | 92 | 67.6% |
| 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 | 273 | 93 | 180 | 34.1% |
| 3zv9w2w2 | The Effects of Predators and Habitat on Sea Urchin Density and Behavior in Southern California Kelp Forests | 252 | 39 | 213 | 15.5% |
| 47q3p7kp | Molecular Phylogenetics and Population Structure Derived from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation in the Edible Goose Barnacle Genus Pollicipes (Cirripedia, Crustacea) | 252 | 228 | 24 | 90.5% |
| 0nr9z2dt | Planktivorous Fish Link Coral Reef and Oceanic Food Webs: Causes and Consequences of Landscape-Scale Patterns in Fish Behavior, Diet and Growth | 236 | 82 | 154 | 34.7% |
| 9r0794hw | Structure-Function Relationships in Biomineralized Composites: Analysis of the Architectural Complexities of Sponge Skeletal Systems | 224 | 162 | 62 | 72.3% |
| 3908d6cv | Movement patterns, habitat preferences, and fisheries biology of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) in the Southern California Bight | 211 | 110 | 101 | 52.1% |
| 8d36077z | Characterization of virulence factors in the aquatic pathogen Streptococcus iniae | 211 | 103 | 108 | 48.8% |
| 8k74w8x9 | Reproductive Biology and Evolution of Epinephelid and Serranid Fishes (Perciformes, Epinephelidae, Serranidae) | 209 | 121 | 88 | 57.9% |
| 3hk1d1sf | New Tools and Insight for Recognition of Pseudo-Nitzschia Bloom and Toxic Incidence | 200 | 116 | 84 | 58.0% |
| 0764s0mr | Diets and Stable Isotope Signatures of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) in Central California | 192 | 106 | 86 | 55.2% |
| 7h68063c | Biochemistry and Structure-Function Relationships in the Proteinaceous Egg Capsules of Busycotypus canaliculatus | 192 | 57 | 135 | 29.7% |
| 491653vx | Studies in Oscillatory Flow Bedload Sediment Transport | 190 | 139 | 51 | 73.2% |
| 0j06b65p | Interannual-to-Decadal Changes in Phytoplankton Phenology, Fish Spawning Habitat,and Larval Fish Phenology | 185 | 68 | 117 | 36.8% |
| 01g8c0ck | The population dynamics of mitten crab larvae in the San Francisco Bay | 181 | 37 | 144 | 20.4% |
| 8kr265qf | The Role of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase in the Biosynthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products | 167 | 73 | 94 | 43.7% |
| 59f3f23k | Modeling of Water Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, and Fish Growth Rate in Stratified Fish Ponds using Stochastic Input Variables | 152 | 26 | 126 | 17.1% |
| 3dc7q8ws | Spatial Behavior, Marine Reserves, and the Northern California Red Sea Urchin Fishery | 151 | 71 | 80 | 47.0% |
| 3m8833tq | Spatial Patterns in the Life History Characteristics of Red Sea Urchins, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: Implications for Recruitment and the California Fishery | 149 | 73 | 76 | 49.0% |
| 6jh755fc | Offshore Structural System Reliability: Wave-Load Modeling, System Behavior, and Analysis | 149 | 94 | 55 | 63.1% |
| 09k0m89b | Environmental Controls over Methane Flux from Ecosystems and the Potential for Feedbacks with Climatic Change | 148 | 80 | 68 | 54.1% |
| 0165g8wb | Assessing Trophic Ecology and Nutritional Status of Marine Mammals with Bulk and Compound-Specific Amino Acid Isotope Analysis | 147 | 71 | 76 | 48.3% |
| 39q8w7gh | The Physiological Response of Larval Marine Snails to Environmental Stressors | 137 | 29 | 108 | 21.2% |
| 2vr5s0t3 | Measuring At Sea Feeding to Understand the Foraging Behavior of Pinnipeds | 136 | 72 | 64 | 52.9% |
| 5t94c30s | Life History, Abundance, and Distribution of the Spotted Ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei | 136 | 41 | 95 | 30.1% |
| 1c35d8ww | Integrating Ecology and History to Understand Historical Marine Population Dynamics: A Case Study of the California Spiny Lobster | 135 | 86 | 49 | 63.7% |
| 7130n4r0 | Foraging Ecology of North Pacific Albacore in the California Current System (CCS) | 135 | 85 | 50 | 63.0% |
| 2gd2p67s | NMR Studies of Proton Exchange in Amides | 134 | 26 | 108 | 19.4% |
| 3mq3f6xc | Evolutionary genetics of hybrid breakdown in the marine copepod Tigriopus californicus | 134 | 40 | 94 | 29.9% |
| 8k58c208 | Husbandry and Dietary Effects on Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Farmed for Caviar | 134 | 64 | 70 | 47.8% |
| 9x3272ww | Genetic Analysis of the Sex Determination Mechanism of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontamus Richardson) | 133 | 28 | 105 | 21.1% |
| 18d9b9tf | Bromination of Indoles by Vanadium Bromoperoxidase: Products, Selectivity, Mechanism, and Enzyme-Substrate Complex | 132 | 28 | 104 | 21.2% |
| 7ww5k7ht | Bioluminescence and the Actin Cytoskeleton in the Dinoflagellate Pyrocystis fusiformis: An Examination of Organelle Transport and Mechanotransduction | 131 | 27 | 104 | 20.6% |
| 3rg047sr | California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) movement behavior and habitat use: Implications for the effectiveness of marine protected areas | 130 | 44 | 86 | 33.8% |
| 6ks2b401 | EVALUATING SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS FOR A RESILIENT SHELLFISH MARICULTURE INDUSTRY IN HUMBOLDT BAY: ASSESSING THE STRENGTHS, VULNERABILITIES, AND POTENTIAL OF HUMBOLDT’S EXPANDING INDUSTRY | 130 | 32 | 98 | 24.6% |
| 6gf7w99j | Physiological Chemistry of Pseudopterosin Biosynthesis in Symbiotic Dinoflagellates from the Soft Coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae | 129 | 42 | 87 | 32.6% |
| 02k7415n | A History of Containerization in the California Maritime Industry: The Case of San Francisco | 128 | 24 | 104 | 18.8% |
| 0t66215v | Physical and Biological Dynamics of Surfzone Bacterial Pollution: Sources, Transports, and Removal Mechanisms | 128 | 77 | 51 | 60.2% |
| 69d3g7kc | Contaminant Transport in the Southern California Bight | 128 | 74 | 54 | 57.8% |
| 6qw3k2rb | Juvenile survival and adult return as a function of freshwater rearing life history for Coho Salmon in the Klamath River Basin | 127 | 33 | 94 | 26.0% |
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