Capstone Projects
Parent: Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
eScholarship stats: History by Item for March through June, 2024
| Item | Title | Total requests | 2024-06 | 2024-05 | 2024-04 | 2024-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00x770kv | The Issues of Solid Waste Management on Small Islands: Malapascua Island Philippines as a Case Study | 504 | 56 | 88 | 152 | 208 |
| 3k230030 | An Exploration of Effective Messaging for Shark Conservation | 171 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 59 |
| 2bc6j8pz | REDD and BLUE Carbon: Carbon Payments for Mangrove Conservation | 121 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 32 |
| 92w270pj | Rigs to Reefs: Exploring the Future of California's Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms | 89 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 32 |
| 8w48r4n7 | A Review of California's Artificial Reefs: To Help Inform Future Development of a Statewide Management Plan. | 87 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 29 |
| 1s896589 | Ecotourism or Ecotour-ish? Evaluation of Marine-Based Ecotourism in Marine Protected Areas of Baja California Sur | 86 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 35 |
| 95z421f7 | Heritage at Risk: Assessing Climate Vulnerability in San Juan, Puerto Rico | 85 | 29 | 14 | 31 | 11 |
| 9r00g9kc | Indigenous Aquaculture: A Tool to Support Food Security | 84 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 30 |
| 0r28j6p2 | Swim Down: Finding Neurodivergent Identity in the Depths | 71 | 24 | 10 | 16 | 21 |
| 4bt4v788 | The Circular Directory – Closing the Loop on Single-Use to Reuse, a One Stop Shop for Restaurants to Make a Sustainable Transition | 71 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 22 |
| 9c9581xj | Creating Added Value for Korea’s tidal flats: Using Blue Carbon as an Incentive for Coastal Conservation. | 69 | 9 | 23 | 20 | 17 |
| 2g58h3zf | The Race to Restore Kelp: How Scientists Are Working to Restore California's Kelp Forests. | 68 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 13 |
| 8091w57h | Proposed Guidelines on Pre-Arrival Risk Assessments ofForeign Vessels: Using Lessons Learned to Strengthen Implementation of the UN FAO Agreement on Port State Measures | 68 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 22 |
| 6pp4m0pb | Connect the Disconnect: Reducing Single-Use Plastics on the SIO Campus. | 67 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 15 |
| 30w6b65r | The Effects of Resource Availability on the Growth and Distribution of a Heterotrophic Coral Species, <em>Madracis mirabilis</em>, across Curaçao | 66 | 31 | 14 | 12 | 9 |
| 1693m1b5 | Where the Whales Go:The Migration Routes of Humpbacks in the South West Atlantic | 65 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 20 |
| 9ns389dp | Voices of Island Guardians: A story of Shark-Human Coexistence & The Rising Shark Tourism Industry in Fuvahmulah, Maldives | 62 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 9 |
| 18m2394g | Examining the impact of the European Union’s carding scheme to combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing on the Republic of Panama’s seafood trade | 61 | 22 | 8 | 20 | 11 |
| 9pw032tn | A Look Into the Carrageenan Industry: How Tourism, Markets and Demand Affect the Seaweed Farmers of Bali Indonesia | 58 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
| 2xj3477x | Opportunities and Barriers Facing Offshore Finfish Farming in the U.S. | 57 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 15 |
| 9gt456dq | Catching Carbon: A Blue Carbon Assessment of San Diego Wetlands for Equitable Climate Action Planning | 56 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 14 |
| 8c37q9dv | Converting Fish Waste to Fish Bait in California Trap Fisheries | 52 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 19 |
| 00p047dp | On Climate Variability and Reproductive Success of a Central Pacific Albatross | 51 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 1wv0p47h | Reef Fish Monitoring Techniques: Assessing the Possibility of Producing Comparable Data through a Standardized Method | 51 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 21 |
| 4jd2q9dc | Challenges to Plastic Up-Cycling in Small Island Communities: A Palauan Tale | 51 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
| 1kg2p044 | Taking the Bite out of the Bight: An Assessment of Non-Lethal Shark Bite Mitigation Strategies and Potential Applications in Southern California. | 48 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 8 |
| 9735j28c | Hidden in the Hoodoos: Interpreting the Chronology and Past Environments of Cedar Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park | 48 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 14 |
| 04h4z5fq | Sustaining California’s Catch: Insights for the new Experimental Fishing Permit (EFP) Program | 46 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 16 |
| 2bb247t6 | Dancing with Chaos: A Creative Exploration of Oceanic Turbulence from the Perspective of Plankton | 46 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 12 |
| 1wq6w685 | The Biological and Market Potential of Farming <em>Pandalus platyceros</em> Along the Pacific Coast | 45 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 17 |
| 6ck775ks | The Wealth of Wetlands: An Economic Valuation of San Diego's Dynamic Edge | 45 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 8 |
| 9gh2b4hm | Assessing Thiamine Content of Klamath River Basin Chinook Salmon | 45 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
| 8463t7gn | Eight Oceans: Driving Conservation Engagement Through Gamification of Ocean Policy | 44 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 9 |
| 38w5255r | Building All from the Small: Valuing Local Marine Conservation Projects in Peru. | 43 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 9 |
| 74k4b54f | Diving Local, Thinking Global: Can Dive Professionals Contribute to Climate Change Literacy? | 41 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7dv3j3zw | Chasing Catch:Climate-driven distribution and abundance of Pacific bluefin tuna and Japanese anchovy | 40 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 |
| 7r8226f6 | Being Green: Leveraging Behavioral Decision Research to Drive Sustainability in the Surf Community | 40 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 |
| 9x22s4nd | The Disappearing Art of Yola Fishing: Challenges of an Artisanal Fishing Community in Aguadilla,Puerto Rico | 40 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| 45z7d6k7 | Tides of Change: Analyzing Stranding and Sighting Data of Green Sea Turtles in the Southern California Region for Use in Conservation and Management | 39 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| 5kg684dt | Recognition of Mangrove Ecosystem Services by the Community and Policy Makers in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador | 39 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 15 |
| 3fg1r5tx | Ocean Desalination in Southern California: An Evaluation of Environmental, Economic and Energy Impacts of the Carlsbad Desalination Plant | 37 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 13 |
| 75x6j4zt | Fighting Beneath the Surface: Exploring How Community-Based Marine Debris Cleanups Can Be Therapeutic Recreation for Active Duty Service Members and Veterans | 37 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| 78k2r4s4 | Exploring the Spatial Relationships between Resorts and Reef Fish in the Maldives | 37 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
| 0rw1p3tq | Unmanned: Investigating the Use of Drones with Marine Mammals | 36 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 5s21h9w4 | Climate Stories from Generations of Changemakers | 36 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| 9k7915x0 | Putting the Cat Back in the Bag: Turning the Invasive Lionfish Scourge into a Conservation Opportunity | 35 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
| 2019t8zj | Turtle Tales: A closer look at the life history of green sea turtles in Urban Southern California Habitats | 34 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 11 |
| 83q4h0j5 | A Little Bit of Sargassum Goes A Long Way: Observations and Mapping of Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer's ROV Deep Discoverer | 34 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 1c21z41p | Theatricalizing ResilienSEA: The Role of Immersive Performance in Ocean Conservation and Climate Action | 33 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| 6rj3b1nz | In Search of Sharks: Reimagining Shark Conservation in Baja California, Mexico's Artisanal Fisheries | 33 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
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