Research Theses and Dissertations

Parent: California Sea Grant College Program

eScholarship stats: History by Item for June through September, 2026

Item	Title	Total requests	2026-09	2026-08	2026-07	2026-06
7s94b287	The Tragedy of Enclosure: Fish, Fisheries Science, and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1920-1960	2,158	459	1,178	341	180
5ft0r5tf	Evolutionary Genetics of the Tidepool Copepod Tigriopus californicus	924	27	28	407	462
2j03x6n2	Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts in Water	431	126	107	79	119
00f756qs	Biomolecular Interactions Using Machine Learning	378	25	26	139	188
3mq33239	Biology of the Bryostatins in the Marine Bryozoan Bugula neritina: Symbiosis, cryptic speciation and chemical defense	371	162	80	53	76
3pk2t4tz	The Measurement of Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance: An Application to North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries	359	29	18	7	305
0630k85f	Managing Flow Regimes and Landscapes Together: Hydrospatial Analysis for Evaluating Spatiotemporal Floodplain Inundation Patterns with Restoration and Climate Change Implications	310	54	82	96	78
8rm77629	Unheeded Warnings: A History of Monterey's Sardine Fishery	294	77	73	56	88
1kq4f5jq	Establishing the Biological and Chemical Processes Regulating Fertilization Success in the Red Abalone, Haliotis rufescens	287	23	28	7	229
21b965z8	Biosynthesis and Engineering of Cyclomarin and Cyclomarazine: Prenylated, Non-Ribosomal Cyclic Peptides of Marine Actinobacterial Origin	286	65	66	53	102
3vc060x3	Morphology, Function, and Evolution of the Gills of High-Performance Fishes	284	52	74	76	82
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	94	133	16	30
3zv9w2w2	The Effects of Predators and Habitat on Sea Urchin Density and Behavior in Southern California Kelp Forests	252	69	137	20	26
47q3p7kp	Molecular Phylogenetics and Population Structure Derived from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation in the Edible Goose Barnacle Genus Pollicipes (Cirripedia, Crustacea)	252	8	19	7	218
0nr9z2dt	Planktivorous Fish Link Coral Reef and Oceanic Food Webs: Causes and Consequences of Landscape-Scale Patterns in Fish Behavior, Diet and Growth	236	43	41	89	63
9r0794hw	Structure-Function Relationships in Biomineralized Composites: Analysis of the Architectural Complexities of Sponge Skeletal Systems	224	47	42	44	91
3908d6cv	Movement patterns, habitat preferences, and fisheries biology of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) in the Southern California Bight	211	45	50	51	65
8d36077z	Characterization of virulence factors in the aquatic pathogen Streptococcus iniae	211	45	67	69	30
8k74w8x9	Reproductive Biology and Evolution of Epinephelid and Serranid Fishes (Perciformes, Epinephelidae, Serranidae)	209	49	80	39	41
3hk1d1sf	New Tools and Insight for Recognition of Pseudo-Nitzschia Bloom and Toxic Incidence	200	54	51	35	60
0764s0mr	Diets and Stable Isotope Signatures of Yellowtail Rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) in Central California	192	48	54	30	60
7h68063c	Biochemistry and Structure-Function Relationships in the Proteinaceous Egg Capsules of Busycotypus canaliculatus	192	40	72	33	47
491653vx	Studies in Oscillatory Flow Bedload Sediment Transport	190	37	17	11	125
0j06b65p	Interannual-to-Decadal Changes in Phytoplankton Phenology, Fish Spawning Habitat,and Larval Fish Phenology	185	53	67	22	43
01g8c0ck	The population dynamics of mitten crab larvae in the San Francisco Bay	181	61	60	27	33
8kr265qf	The Role of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase in the Biosynthesis of Halogenated Marine Natural Products	167	56	53	18	40
59f3f23k	Modeling of Water Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, and Fish Growth Rate in Stratified Fish Ponds using Stochastic Input Variables	152	41	63	18	30
3dc7q8ws	Spatial Behavior, Marine Reserves, and the Northern California Red Sea Urchin Fishery	151	44	36	25	46
3m8833tq	Spatial Patterns in the Life History Characteristics of Red Sea Urchins, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: Implications for Recruitment and the California Fishery	149	35	44	26	44
6jh755fc	Offshore Structural System Reliability: Wave-Load Modeling, System Behavior, and Analysis	149	30	42	23	54
09k0m89b	Environmental Controls over Methane Flux from Ecosystems and the Potential for Feedbacks with Climatic Change	148	23	13	8	104
0165g8wb	Assessing Trophic Ecology and Nutritional Status of Marine Mammals with Bulk and Compound-Specific Amino Acid Isotope Analysis	147	47	37	22	41
39q8w7gh	The Physiological Response of Larval Marine Snails to Environmental Stressors	137	23	32	30	52
2vr5s0t3	Measuring At Sea Feeding to Understand the Foraging Behavior of Pinnipeds	136	34	38	31	33
5t94c30s	Life History, Abundance, and Distribution of the Spotted Ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei	136	31	50	11	44
1c35d8ww	Integrating Ecology and History to Understand Historical Marine Population Dynamics: A Case Study of the California Spiny Lobster	135	32	45	24	34
7130n4r0	Foraging Ecology of North Pacific Albacore in the California Current System (CCS)	135	27	39	25	44
2gd2p67s	NMR Studies of Proton Exchange in Amides	134	46	38	14	36
3mq3f6xc	Evolutionary genetics of hybrid breakdown in the marine copepod Tigriopus californicus	134	35	68	19	12
8k58c208	Husbandry and Dietary Effects on Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Farmed for Caviar	134	40	48	19	27
9x3272ww	Genetic Analysis of the Sex Determination Mechanism of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontamus Richardson)	133	33	63	16	21
18d9b9tf	Bromination of Indoles by Vanadium Bromoperoxidase: Products, Selectivity, Mechanism, and Enzyme-Substrate Complex	132	29	33	30	40
7ww5k7ht	Bioluminescence and the Actin Cytoskeleton in the Dinoflagellate Pyrocystis fusiformis: An Examination of Organelle Transport and Mechanotransduction	131	50	43	14	24
3rg047sr	California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) movement behavior and habitat use: Implications for the effectiveness of marine protected areas	130	31	41	36	22
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	42	16	40
6gf7w99j	Physiological Chemistry of Pseudopterosin Biosynthesis in Symbiotic Dinoflagellates from the Soft Coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae	129	35	32	29	33
02k7415n	A History of Containerization in the California Maritime Industry: The Case of San Francisco	128	57	38	8	25
0t66215v	Physical and Biological Dynamics of Surfzone Bacterial Pollution: Sources, Transports, and Removal Mechanisms	128	23	26	22	57
69d3g7kc	Contaminant Transport in the Southern California Bight	128	32	39	28	29
6qw3k2rb	Juvenile survival and adult return as a function of freshwater rearing life history for Coho Salmon in the Klamath River Basin	127	31	50	19	27

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