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KELLNER, Julie B.     UCSB        PhD Dissertation  COMPLETED June 2004
Spatial dynamics of marine reserves:   the importance of fish movement and harvester redistribution.

ROSE, Wendy L.          UCD         PhD Dissertation  COMPLETED March 2005
Using an integrated approach to evaluate apoptosis as a biomarker response in estuarine fishes.

ROEPKE, Troy A.         UCD         PhD Dissertation  COMPLETED June 2005
Estradiol and endocrine disrupting compound effects on echinoderm reproduction and development: developmental sensitivities and defense mechanisms.

BROOKS, Daniel          UCSB        MS Thesis         COMPLETED June 2005
Microbial community composition and diversity changes in response to storms on the Santa Ana River, CA.

NORRIS, A. Sarah        UCD         MS Thesis         COMPLETED September 2005
Biomarkers of cadmium exposure in the wetland plant Spartina foliosa: a laboratory experiment with field validation.

MULITSCH, Melinda J     UCD         PhD Dissertation  COMPLETED December 2005
Remote sensing of California estuaries: monitoring climate change and invasive species.

CORDOVA, Ana Lucia      UCD         PhD Dissertation  COMPLETED December 2005
Effects of pollutant and antibiotic gradients on salt marsh sediment microbial communities.

CAO, Yiping       UCSB        PhD Dissertation  COMPLETED June 2006
Microbial ecological investigation in salt marshes -- impacts of metal and nitrate pollution.

BASTON, David S.        UCD         PhD Dissertation  ANTICIPATED December 2006
Recombinant cell bioassay approaches for detection and relative quantitation of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in sediment and soil.

FLEMING, Emily J. UCD         PhD Dissertation  ANTICIPATED Spring 2007
Contributions of sulfate- and iron-reducing bacteria to mercury methylation in estuarine and freshwater sediments of northern California.

HECHINGER, Ryan F.      UCSB        PhD Dissertation  ANTICIPATED Spring 2007
Trematodes as indicators of the diversity and abundance of benthic invertebrates, fishes, birds, and trophic links in coastal wetlands.

FAIRBAIRN, Elise A.     UCD         PhD Dissertation  ANTICIPATED Summer 2007
Nuclear accumulation of AY-catenin as an indicator of abnormal axial development in vertebrate embryos exposed to PAHs.