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ThesisTucker, Vanessa RenaeThe goal of this study was to evaluate the population dynamics of small nocturnal mammals and the occurrence of medium to large mammals at Naval Air Station Lemoore in Lemoore, CA and a proposed conservation easement along the Kings River nearby. To a . . .
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ThesisVelázquez, Claudia Cristina SThe aim of this study was to examine the swimming locomotion of the green shore crab Carcinus maenas larvae (stage I zoeae), to investigate the role and mechanics of their swimming appendages. High speed video recordings of swimming and sinking zoeae . . .
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ThesisIngles, ElizabethThis thesis is the result of a study to determine the importance of geographic and climatic features in the distribution of the mammals of Middle America. Middle America is here defined as Mexico and Central America including the islands that belong t . . .
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ThesisSalas, Hailey KathleenIntertidal organisms, like the porcelain crab, regularly experience thermal stress. Petrolisthes cinctipes inhabits the upper-mid intertidal zone and is often exposed to aerial stressors at low tide. Increased abiotic stressors may interfere with many . . .
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ThesisSpaulding, Taylor JohnSalmon fisheries managers often use models to determine the growth of individuals and populations for a variety of management objectives. Most models of juvenile salmon growth during their freshwater residency only incorporate activity costs for drift . . .
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ThesisBono, Lori RachelleToxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous zoonotic protozoan parasite, whose infective and environmentally resistant oocyst stages can be transported into fresh and marine waters via freshwater runoff, stormwater discharge and sewer systems. The ingestion of . . .
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ThesisJorgensen, ChristopherAnthropogenic activities have severely impacted much of the life on Earth. To protect and preserve our remaining natural areas, conservation biology has traditionally focused on the impacts of humans on natural systems. Recently, conservation biology . . .
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ThesisMelkonian, TamarPlant Parasitic Nematodes (PPNs) are a challenging problem in today's agriculture causing an annual loss of about 157 billion dollars (Li et al., 2015). Until recently, methyl bromide was the most used agent for controlling PPNs. However, methyl bromi . . .
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ThesisClark, Jimmy D.The life history of the many Blapstinus species, some of which are occasional pests of crops (Essig, 1926), is poorly known. Only one species, unidentified, has been reared (Blaisdell, 1926), and this on a media of "leafmould, powdered cow chip and so . . .
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ThesisScheidt, Shaynon TravisPrevious experiments show that repetitive DNA makes up a large fraction of the pepper genome and contributes to its three-fold size difference with tomato. Further isolation and characterization of repetitive DNA is needed to achieve a better understa . . .