Graduate Programs - Department of Biological Sciences- CSU, Chico

Graduate Programs

Biological Sciences & Botany
Examples of Past Masters Theses

• Amendola, John. 2005. Evolutionary origins of an Arthrobacter aurescens p-nitrophenol monooxygenase gene.
• Angelito, Robert. 2001. The physiological effects of neutrophil-derived hypochlorous acid on the isolated rat heart.
• Bauer, Scott. The biochemical response of sucrose phosphate synthase on Pinus ponderosa exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide.
• Blosser, Gavin. 2004. Diversity and characterization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the soils of vernal pools in northern California.
• Boggs, Colby. 2001. Reproductive biology of Dudleya cymosa subsp. Cymosa (Crassulaceae), a native Californian succulent
• Borders, Briana. 2004. Comparison of leaf litter decomposition rates in restored and mature riparian forests on the Sacramento River.
• Boulom, Valy. 2001. Transcriptional regulation of cardiac neural crest cell migration by homeobox genes Pax3 and Msx2.
• Bracken, Caragwen. Bird species diversity on four gravel bars along the upper Sacramento River: Does being contiguous to a mature riparian forest make a difference?
• Bradford, Darhl. 2003. Hybridization of Platanus racemosa in California's riparain woodlands.
• Brown, Patricia. 2005. Protist genetic diversity in the hydrothermal environments of Lassen Volcanic National Park.
• Burton, Shereen. 2004. Prevalence and egg development of raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) in Butte County, California.
• Campbell, Marco. Morphological effects of injected projesterone on Western Fence Lizards: Sceloporus occidentalis
• Cederborg, Michelle. 2003. Analysis of Sacramento River cottonwood root growth when exposed to simulated groundwater recession rates and its relevance to the overall recruitment strategy.
• Coburn, Cary. 2001 MTBE induced genotoxicity in mouse hepatocytes as assessed by the comet assay
• Costella, Guistina. 2004. Seed dormancy and germination in Sidalcea hirsuta an endemic species to vernal pools.
• Croes, Scott. Seasonal variation in freeze tolerance and cryoprotectant synthesis of the Pacific tree frog Hyla regilla
• Delmas, Andrew. The effect of fire on California's native grasslands in the absence of grazing at the Nature Conservancy's Vina Plains Preserve, in Southern Tehama County
• Doalson, Marc. Morphological variation and reproductive biology of a native Californian geophyte, Brodiacea californica (Liliaceae)
• Eagan, Maura. An analysis of the perch preferences exhibited by red-tailed hawks and American kestrels in the Sacramento Valley, California.
• Efseaff, Daniel. Root growth patterns in valley oak and Fremont cottonwood seedlings
• Ellberg, Sherry. 2001. A quantitative genetic analysis of Clarkia lingulata and Clarkia biloba ssp. Australis (Onagraceae)
• Elliott, Douglas. Summer adult reproductive diapause in Melanoplus devastator (Orthoptera: Acrididae).
• Eltgroth, Matthew. 2005. Cellular localization of polyunsaturated long chain neutral lipids in Emiliana huxleyi and Isochrysis galbana.
• Gallaway, Jody. Feeding ecology of wintering wood ducks Aix sponsa, in riparian habitats within the Butte Basin, California
• Gehrung, Loren. 2001. Investigations in the genus Vaccinium in northern California and southern Oregon by RAPD analysis
• Gibson, Garrett. Physical anatomical, and environmental factors influencing seed germination in three species of Astragalus L. (Fabaceae) from Plumas County, California
• Hantelman, Christine. 2004. Ecological life history of a checkerbloom, Sidalcea robusta (Malvaceae), a rare endemic plant of Butte County, California.
• Hendrick, Michael. 2001. Environmental factors and their effects on floral community structures in three montane meadows in Butte County, California
• Holochwost, Daniel. 2001. Cloning and sequence analysis of a plasmid encoded single stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) gene from Arthrobacter aurescens strain TW17
• Hubbell, Jean. Competitive effects of intercropping alfalfa with valley oak and blue elderberry seedlings
• Hunt, John. 2004. Comparison of epigeal beetle assemblages in remnant and restored riparian forests on the middle Sacramento River, California.
• Janes, Julie. 2004. Ultrastructural localization of calcineurin in rat hippocampus using microwave-assisted protocols.
• Jung, Carina. Characterization of JP-7 jet fuel degradation by the bacterium Nocardioides luteus
• Kanaan, Moaiad. 2001. Molecular systematics and evolutionary relationships between four native cyprinids (roach, hitch, hardhead and Sacramento pike minnow), the golden shiner and the Sacramento sucker, and relationship to nonnative cyprinids
• Kapoor, Anil. 2005. Genetic analysis of Clarkia lingulata and Clarkia biloba ssp. australis parent and F1 generation using AFLP fingerprinting.
• Kavousi, Bahram. 2004. Physiological and ultrastructural analysis of leaves in response to class III peroxidase antisense gene silencing.
• Kindopp, Jason. Intragravel egg survival of fall run chinook salmon in the lower Feather River, Butte County, California
• Kirk, Paul. 2003. Hypridization of Juglans hindsii in riparian forests of northern California.
• Kirn, Shelly. Environmental factors affecting Notonecta kirbyi (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) predation in vernal pools at Vina Plains Reserve, Tehama County, California
• Lechner, Gary. 2004. Movement patterns, habitat use and population structure of western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) at a disturbed site in northern California.
• Loggins,Ronald. Comparison of four populations of California roach, Lavinia symmetricus using RAPD markers
• Loper, Christina. 2004. Nest site selection by the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the Mojave Desert.
• Lubcke, Glen. 2004. Habitat use and population structure of the western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) in Big Chico Creek, Butte County, California.
• Lum, Kenneth. 2001. Catchability and introgression of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides at Lake Oroville: A comparison of the northern and Florida strains using RAPD markers as a diagnsotic tool
• Matel, John. The woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes, in Sierra mixed conifer/tanoak forests of Northern California
• Mackey, Samantha. A life history study and geometric population growth model of a rare borage, Crypthantha crinita
• Mahan, Leah. 2001. The growth and reproduction of Centromadia fitchii (A. Gray) Greene, a tarweed in the northern Sacramento Valley of California
• Miller, Richard. 2001. Macrorestriction fragment analysis of E. coli O157:H7 isolates collected from California public health laboratories using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
• Moore, Teri. Condition and feeding of juvenile chinook salmon in selected intermittent tributaries of the Upper Sacramento River
• Pella-Donnelly, Mary Anne. Big Chico Creek/Lindo Channel flow split and salmonid survival
• Phipps, Frances. 2001. Population genetics of Howellia aquatilis A. Gray (Campanulaceae) in disjunct locations throughout the pacific northwest
• Sato, Hiromi. Characterization and distribution of a novel insertion sequence element found in p-nitrophenol degrading Arthrobacter
• Shaw, Daniel. Changes in the population size and colony location of breeding waterbirds at Eagle Lake, California, between 1970 and 1997
• Simpson, Michele. Effects of an electrical fish guidance system on juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorynchus tshawytscha)
• Topp, Deborah. The responses of Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven) seedlings to root anoxia
• Tucker, James. 2001. Genetic structure of Phycoiodes pulchellus in northern California using RAPD profiling and phenotypic comparisons
• Viale, Tiffany. 2002. Effects of hypochlorous acid and monochloramine on vascular physiology.
• Warren, Caroline. Seed ecology of Chamaesyce hooveri (Euphorbiacae) at Vina Plains Preserve, Tehama county, California.
• Watts, Jamison. 2004. Timber harvest, habitat alteration and northern goshawk territory occupancy and nest productivity on northern California's private timberlands.
• Whitcher, Carrie. 2001. Classification and phylogeny of Nasutimimus and Termitomimus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
• Whitmore, Catherine. Reversion of Enterococcus faecium vancomycin dependence to vancomycin independence: a genetic analysis
• Willyard, Ann. 2001. Mapping disease resistance genes in western white pine and sugar pine
• Wood, Kelly. The effects of two fungicides, vinclozolin and iprodione on the in utero development of reproductive structures in rats
• Wright, Sabrina. 2001. The ecology of over-water nesting ducks at Eagle Lake, Lassen County, California

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