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  • Nearshore distribution of barnacle and mussel larvae and oceanographic mechanisms of onshore transport and delivery

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    Tyburczy, Joe A.
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    Recruitment of larvae from the plankton is an important determinant of community structure in marine systems. In populations of many marine species, recruitment determines the basic demographic parameters of immigration, emigration, and reproduction. Moreover, the effect of recruitment as an "ecological subsidy" can determine the strength of interactions among species...
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    . Pespeni, K. B. Schwager, J. A. Tyburczy, K. A. Weersing, A. R. Kirincich, J. A. Barth, M. A. McManus, and

  • Connecting microevolutionary processes with macroevolutionary patterns across space and time

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    Uyeda, Josef C.
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    Whether microevolutionary processes can explain macroevolutionary patterns has long been a matter of contentious debate. The debate has persisted largely because of the challenging task of connecting microevolutionary theory, which examines population-level phenomena on the generation scale, to data collected across larger spatial and temporal scales. My dissertation research broadly...
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    Across Space and Time. Abstract approved: ________________________________ Stevan J Arnold Whether

  • Pheromone Variation in Plethodontid Salamanders

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    Chouinard, Adam J.
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    Plethodontid salamanders have served as an informative vertebrate system for studying the role of chemical signals in facilitating social and reproductive behaviors. Individuals produce complex mixtures of chemicals from multiple glandular regions. In total, these secretions convey a wide variety of information, and are important for numerous inter- and intraspecific...
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    Adam J. Chouinard for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology presented on June 10, 2016

  • An Integrated Approach to Gauge the Effects of Global Climate Change on Headwater Stream Ecosystems

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    Bury, Gwendolynn W.
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    Climate change is predicted to affect ecosystems, including systems already stressed by human impacts. One ecosystem that is already highly impacted by human land use is the cold headwater stream system of the Pacific Northwest. One method of assessing the function of an ecosystem is by using an indicator species....
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    Ecosystems. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Stevan J

  • On the evolution of correlated color traits in garter snakes

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    Westphal, Michael F.
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    How complex traits evolve continues to be a major focus of evolutionary investigation. A current topic of debate is the hypothesis that the phenotypic integration of complex traits gives rise to evolutionary constraints. I studied two color traits in the common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, that show a high level...
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    : ___________________________________________________________ Stevan J. Arnold How complex traits evolve continues to be a major focus of evolutionary

  • The roles of provenance and phylogeny in recruitment, community assembly, and species coexistence in invaded California grasslands

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    Brandt, Angela J.
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    Biological invasions pose one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity, but many naturalized invaders coexist with the native community. Community ecology theory provides a framework for understanding the mechanisms by which invaders might coexist with native species or exclude them from the community, thus informing management practices to maximize...
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    DISSERTATION OF Angela J. Brandt for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology presented on March 14

  • Statistical methods for serially correlated zero-inflated proportions

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    Sun, Luna
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    Proportion data falling in the continuum (0, 1) are very common in practice. It can also happen that an inflated number of zeros (or ones) occur with proportion data. There are extensive studies of zero-inflated data in the literature. Almost all of them, however, focus on zero-inflated count data. Furthermore,...
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    technical details in my research. I also thank Dr. Virginia Lesser and Joe Tyburczy for bringing and

  • An Integrated Approach to the Investigation of Age, Growth and Population Dynamics of Burrowing Thalassinidean Shrimps in a U.S. West Coast Estuary

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    Bosley, Katelyn Marie
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    Two indigenous species of burrowing shrimp inhabit and often dominate the intertidal zone of estuaries along the US West Coast, the ghost shrimp, Neotrypaea californiensis, and the blue mud shrimp, Upogebia pugettensis. Both species are considered ecosystem engineers and play a role in maintaining estuarine health and ecosystem function. They...
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    : ___________________________________________________________________ Brett R. Dumbauld Christopher J. Langdon Two indigenous species of

  • Chemical cues and the molecular basis of olfactory chemoreception in caudate amphibians

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    Kiemnec, Karen M.
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    Chemoreception is one of the dominant sensory modalities for many species of salamanders (reviewed in Chapter 2). At least seven of the ten currently recognized salamander families are known to respond to some sort of chemical cue. These responses are as varied as delaying hatching, seeking refuge, or initiating aggressive...
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    Arnold, S. J. (1972). The evolution of courtship behavior in salamanders. Ph.D. Thesis, The University

  • Effects of environmental stress on intertidal mussel reproduction

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    Petes, Laura E.
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    Environmental stress can negatively affect the ability of organisms to reproduce. Energetic trade-offs exist in all organisms, and under stress, energy may be allocated away from reproduction and towards physiological defense and repair mechanisms. The rocky intertidal environment is ideal for investigating the influence of environmental stress, as organisms are...
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    for our daily chats, Chris Krenz for introducing me to fieldwork, Joe Tyburczy for many fun times