Events from 2023
Assessing desiccation tolerance of ferns under various humidity conditions, Katelyn Bandow and Helen I. Holmlund
Sampling Methods in the Southern California Rocky Intertidal Zone, Mharie Brigham, Shea Tomlin, Lucian Himes, Lucia Maldonado, Sydney Socquet, Lulu Wang, Nate Folkerts, and Florybeth La Valle
The Effects of Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanoplastic Particles on the Metabolism and Expression of Cell Stress Markers in Human Caco-2 Cells, Danielli Cavallo
Connections between gardening experience and valuing food justice in undergraduate students, Mallory Finley and Helen Holmlund
Identification of Soil Microbes affecting Early Rhizoid Development of Two Fern Gametophyte Species from the Santa Monica Mountains, Kaitlin Gartrell
Effects on Primary Endothelial Cells when Exposed to Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanoplastic, David Guzman
Effectiveness of Southern California Marine Protected Areas in promoting healthy fish communities, Lucian Himes and Florybeth La Valle
Effect of Soil Microbes on the growth of two Santa Monica Mountain fern species during early gametophyte development, Chase Kerstein, Kaitlin Gartrell, and Donna Nofziger
Effects of Wildfire on Amphibian and Aquatic Insect Biodiversity in Riparian Ecosystems in the Santa Monica Mountains, Conor Kramer and Nolan Gentile
Using California Harmful Algae Risk Mapping to Predict Sea Lion Strandings, Florybeth La Valle and Sydney Socquet
Heterospecific Anural Eavesdropping Cues, Lucia C. Maldonado, Hayley Lunn, Max Sprute, Andrew Wang, Ripley Conklin, Nolan Gentile, Conor Kramer, and Lee Kats
Impact of Time and Climate on Gene flow in the Santa Monica Mountains, Max Sprute, Gary Bucciarelli, Lee Kats, and Katherine Pease
Substrate Effects on Intertidal Settlement and Succession, Max Sprute, Florybeth La Valle, and Caleb Dao
Assessing the Effects of Macroplastics on Shell Development and Structure of Barnacles, Hassti Tirgardoon, Florybeth La Valle, Helen I. Holmlund, Nate Folkerts, Shea Tomlin, Lucia Maldonado, Tia Lurbiecki, Kylie Nichols, Sydney Socquet, and Caleb Dao
Deep learning can be used to classify and segment plant cell types in xylem tissue, Sean Wu, Reem Al Dabagh, Fabien Scalzo, and Helen Irene Holmlund
Events from 2022
Developmental Staging and Morphological Comparisons of Four Fern Gametophyte Species from the Santa Monica Mountains, Tristan Furlong
Isolating RNA from Breast Tissue, Lindsey Marian
Victory for the Vectors? Climatic stress decreases tick survival but increases host-seeking behavior, Caleb Nielebeck, Sang Hyo Kim, Antonio Pepe, Lucian Himes, Mary Tang, Zachary Miller, Sophia Zummo, and Javier D. Monzon
Cytotoxic Effects of Polystyrene Nanoplastics with Adsorbed Propranolol, Kyle Osornia and Caleb Lim
Substrate Type Affects the Drying Speed and Desiccation Tolerance of Fern Gametophytes, Jordyn D. Regier, Mayra J. Hernandez, Camille K. Sicangco, Stephen D. Davis, and Helen I. Holmlund
Interactions between the breast microbiota and host gene expression in breast cancer development, Kelly Zheng
Events from 2021
The Effects of Symbiote Ostracods on Invasive Crayfish Behavior, Audrey Fontes, Elyse Vetter, Gary Bucciarelli, and Lee Kats
Post-fire recovery and microsite differentiation among ten fern species in the Santa Monica Mountains of southern California, Sarah Holmes, Stephen D. Davis, and Helen I. Holmund
The composition and functional potential of the human mammary microbiota prior to and following breast tumor development., Courtney Hoskinson, Leah Stiemsma, Jaelyn Gabel, Anne Kump, and Natascia Marino
Conspecific aggression of invasive crayfish, P. clarkii, in response to chemical cues, Elyse Vetter, Elise DeArment, Audrey Fontes, Gary Bucciarelli, and Lee Kats
Decline in Amphibian Health in Local Stream, Elyse Vetter, Elise DeArment, Colton Russell, Audrey Fontes, and Lee Kats
Research from 2019
A Post-Fire Comparison of Resprouts to Unburned Malosma laurina Shrubs in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California, Anthony Joseph Adducci II, Sierra Jo Smith, and Dylan Jesse Waddill
Meta-Analysis of Coyote Diet Reveals Differences by Geographical Region, Anthony Adducci and Javier Monzon
Urban coyotes differ genetically from coyotes in natural habitats, Anthony Adducci, Javier Monzon, Rodney Honeycutt, Jeremy Jasperse, Justin Brown, and Seth Riley
The Impact of the Woolsey Fire on the Fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea, Juan Arguijo
The Effects of Temperature on Intraspecific Aggression for Procambarus clarkii, Aaron Barnhouse
Heteromeles arbutifolia associated Post-Fire Soil Microbiome Recovery and Respiration in a Chaparral Ecosystem, Gabrielle Boeger, Lauren Dedmon, Emma Thomsen, and Alexander Soloniuk
Comparative Fitness of Post-Fire Transplant Stipa Pulchra and Wild Stipa Pulchra in Competition with Avena Fatua, Ashley Bonin, Madison Cook, and Sara Head
Post-Fire Competition Between Native Ceanothus spinosus and Exotic Grasses, Katarina Carter and Nina Duchild
Carbon Dioxide Flux Rate for Cold Burn and Hot Burn Sites, Sophia Cheong, Alexander G. Grissom, and Grace K. Lank
Effects of Invasive Species on Post-Fire Ceanothus spinosus Seedling Establishment, Nina Duchild, Frank W. Ewers, and Stephen D. Davis
Removal and transfer of symbiotic ostracods and the impact of feeding behavior and conspecific aggression in host crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, Audrey Fontes, Lee B. Kats, and Gary Bucciarelli
Physiological Performance of Ceanothus spinosus in Hot Burn and Cool Burn Sites, Rishi Gattu, Christian Hill, and Chris Kulpaca
The Presence of Fungal Pathogen, Botryosphaeria dothidea, in Post-fire Malosma laurina Resprouts, Georgiana Gibson, Sarah Parker, and Lauren Van Tress
Photosynthetic Response of Pentagramma triangularis to Summer Desiccation, Brandon R. Grinovich and Stephen D. Davis
Post-Fire Soil Microbiome Recovery and Respiration in a Chaparral Ecosystem, Mari R. Irving and Stephen D. Davis
Soil Respiration in Burned and Unburned Sites of the Santa Monica Mountains, Sydney C. Jones, Micah S. Kim, Sierra H. Ball, and Stephen D. Davis
Partial Hatching in the California Grunion, Leuresthes tenuis, Olivia L. Le Sage, Karen L. Martin, and Donna Nofziger-Plank
Effect of locality recognition on aggressive behavior in the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, Brett K. Muramoto and Tyler Farley
Decline in conspecific aggression of invasive Procambarus clarkii as a result of swimmeret and androgenic gland removal, Dani Rizzo, David Addison, Kat Le, and Dr. Lee Kats
Comparison of Postfire Seedling Recruitment of 2019 in Three Key Chaparral Species, Karagan Smith, Reid Furukawa, Brett Muramoto, and Stephen D. Davis
Seedling and Resprout Survival of Three Chaparral Species Following Woolsey Wildfire, Karagan L. Smith and Stephen D. Davis
Impact of chemical stimuli on feeding behavior of invasive crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, Sierra Jo Smith, Dr. Gary Bucciarelli, and Dr. Lee Kats
Dendrobates pumilio and UV-B Avoidance in the Aftermath of a Tropical Storm, Sierra Jo Smith, Brett K. Muramoto 4992586, Will Ota, Max Diamond, Matthew Sturtevant, Morgan A. Clark, Alexandra N. Case, Dr. Lee Kats, and Dr. Gary Bucciarelli
Ultrafine carbon nanoparticles activate inflammasome signaling and cell death in murine macrophages, Alexander Soloniuk, Hadley Lamascus, Jay Brewster, and John Mann
A Survey of Post-Fire Chaparral Species’ Densities Using Point Quarter Sampling, Emma C. Stenz, Brandon R. Grinovich, Catherine H. William, Michael E. Gayed, Stephen D. Davis, and Grace Palmer
UVB Avoidance in Juvenile Dendrobates azereus, Matthew Sturtevant and Lee Kats
Post fire seedling and resprout survival of Melasma laurina, Matthew Sturtevant and Gil So
The effect of conspecific alarm cues on aggressive behavior in Procambarus clarkii, Elyse Vetter and Ashley Boxberger
Research from 2018
A Comparison of Electron Transport Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Light-Adapted Fluorescence, and Dark-Adapted Fluorescence Between Stipa pulchra and Pennisetium setaceum, Sydney Adams, Brandon Chuck, Agatha Heng, Amelia Vento, and Stephen D. Davis
A Comparison of Electron Transport Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Light-Adapted Fluorescence, and Dark-Adapted Fluorescence Between Stipa pulchra and Pennisetium setaceum, Sydney Adams, Brandon Chuck, Agatha Heng, Amelia Vento, and Stephen D. Davis
A Comparison of Electron Transport Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Light-Adapted Fluorescence, and Dark-Adapted Fluorescence Between Stipa pulchra and Pennisetium setaceum, Sydney Adams, Brandon Chuck, Agatha Heng, Amelia Vento, and Stephen D. Davis
A Comparison of Electron Transport Rate, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Light-Adapted Fluorescence, and Dark-Adapted Fluorescence Between Stipa pulchra and Pennisetium setaceum, Sydney Adams, Brandon Chuck, Agatha Heng, Amelia Vento, and Stephen D. Davis
Investigation of Antimicrobial Properties of Rhus ovata Extracts, Sydney T. Adams
A Student’s Perspective on Engagement in Ecological Research during their First Semester in College, Natalie M. Aguirre, Karagan L. Smith, Cristian M. Garcia, Cheryl Swift, and Stephen D. Davis
Testing for the Presence of Botryosphaeria dothidea in Branches of Ceanothus spinosus Undergoing Dieback, Katarina Carter
Potential Spread of the Fungal Pathogen Botryospharea dothidea from Chaparral Shrubs to Grape Vineyards in the Santa Monica Mountains, Alexandra N. Case, Natalie M. Aguirre, Rodney L. Honeycutt, and Stephen D. Davis
The effect of physical stress signals on conspecific interactions in green-and-black poison frogs (Dendrobates auratus), Gabriella E. Chan, Maxwell A. Kenyon, Summer Ngo, and Lee B. Kats
A Comparison of Photosynthetic Rate, Stomatal Conductance, and Electron Transport Rate between Malosma laurina and Encelia californica, Yujin Choi, Isabella Armstrong, Catherina Haas, and Micah Kim
The Effects of Soil Suffused with Cool-Fire Ash on the Germination and Early Growth of Radish Seedlings, Ryan Dalforno, Braden Ritchey, and Jay Ogle
A Comparison of Fluorescence and ETR Between Malosma laurina and Rhus integrifolia, Talia Danze, Jennifer Ipe, Viridiana Hernandez-Lopez, Stephen D. Davis, and Talia Cao
Comparison of Photosynthesis, Stomatal Conductance, and Water Potential between Native Rhus integrifolia and Invasive Nicotiana glauca, Tiffany J. Egbo, Emma J. Navarro, MaLaun A. Phillips, and Cameron I. Zohary
Bioaccumulation of Zinc in Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon), Drew Fisher, H. Marie Surratt, Louise Gebauer, and Andrew Palaski
Does the fungal pathogen (Botryosphaeria dothidea) exceed the dehydration tolerance of its chaparral host?, Cristian M. Garcia
Testing for the Presence of Botryosphaeria dothidea in Branches of Ceanothus spinosus Undergoing Dieback, Brandon R. Grinovich, Chelsea N. Puncochar, Katarina L. Carter, Stephen D. Davis, Rodney L. Honeycutt, Talia A. Cao, and Karagan L. Smith
A Comparison of Water Potential, Photosynthetic Rate, Electron Transport Rate, and Stomatal Conductance between Native Malosma laurina and Exotic Schinus molle, Agatha C. Heng, Viridiana Hernandez-Lopez, and Karagan L. Smith
Changes in the Proliferation and Gene Expression of HUVECs in Response to Treatment with Plant Secondary Metabolites, Caleigh Howard
How Soil Salinity affects the Stomatal Conductance of Baccharis salicifolia (Mulefat/Seepwillow), Andrew Kim, Caroline Wilkerson, Mahala Bayless, and Peter Du
How Soil Salinity affects the Stomatal Conductance of Baccharis salicifolia (Mulefat/Seepwillow), Andrew Kim, Caroline Wilkerson, Mahala Bayless, and Peter Du
A Comparison of Different Methods of Dehydration on Baccharis salicifolia, Michael Nicholas and Sinjun Hong
Post Drought Recovery in Malosma laurina after Severe Dieback during California’s Historic Drought of 2012-2016, Karagan L. Smith, Guinevere X. Mesh, Natalie M. Aguirre, Gabriella N. Palmeri, Helen I. Holmlund, and Stephen D. Davis
UVB Avoidance in Dendrobates azereus Tadpoles, Matthew Sturtevant, Lee Kats, Agustin Vargas, and Arthur Garnica
Events from 2017
Effect of Drought on Resin Production in Woody Stems of Rhus ovata, Sydney T. Adams, Melody Young, and Moriah Hall
Hydraulic Mechanisms of Fungal-Induced Dieback in a Keystone Chaparral Species during Unprecedented Drought in California, Natalie M. Aguirre, Marissa E. Ochoa, Helen I. Holmlund, Frank E. Ewers, and Stephen D. Davis
Reflectance, Transmittance, and Absorbance Values in Salvia apiana Result in Better Performance than Salvia mellifera in Drought- like Conditions, Haley Bekins, Caroline Boone, and Kristen Hardin
Post- drought Malosma laurina Recovery Measured Through Hydraulic Conductivity, Jonny Borg, Justin Cowan, Matt Gelalich, and Julian Stark
A Comparison of Photoprotection in C3 Plants between a Native and an Invasive Species, T. Cao, M. Field, and K. Godon
Effects of stream flow rate on caddisfly case building, Morgan A. Clark
A Comparative Study of Adults vs. Resprouts’ Stomatal Conductance and Xylem Water Potential in Malosma laurina, Lauren Dam, Brinna Lee, Sarah Dahlberg, and Stephen Davis
Photoprotection Adaptiveness in Native (Lupinus succulentus) and Invasive (Malva parviflora) Heliotropic Plants, Joseph Davidson, Cameron Juarez, and Collin Scott
Carbon Black Exposure Induces Alterations in Mitochondrial Morphology in Human Lung Cells: A Software-Based Quantitative Analysis, Jennifer D. Duff, Brianna K. LaFerney, Celina Y. Jones, Penn M. McClatchey, and Jay Brewster
Comparison of Leaf Water Potential, Stomatal Conductance, and Chlorophyll Fluorescence between an Invasive Weed, Schinus molle, and a native Chaparral Shrub, Ceanothus spinosus, in the Santa Monica Mountains, Adam L. Fahey, Harry Zhou, and Katie Callahan
Prevalence of Airborne Spores Causing the Spread of Fungal Disease in Laurel Sumac, Malosma laurina, in the Santa Monica Mountains, Cristian M. Garcia, Alexandra N. Case, and Bashir J. Chuma
Testing for the Presence of Botryosphaeria dothidea in Ceanothus spinosus, Brandon R. Grinovich, Chelsea N. Puncochar, Katarina L. Carter, Stephen D. Davis, Rodney L. Honeycutt, Talia A. Cao, and Karagan L. Smith
Resistance to Xylem Cavitation in Evergreen Ferns Correlates with Seasonal Dehydration Levels, Not Mechanical Strength, Helen I. Holmlund, Kaitlyn E. Sauer, Breahna M. Gillespie, Jarmila Pittermann, and Stephen D. Davis
Comparison of Physiological Measurements and Water Potential of Malosma laurina During and after the Drought in Southern California, Nicolette Jessen, Kirstin Van Fleet, and Rachel White
The Effect of Water Levels on Crayfish Aggression, Emory B. Johnson and Sarah E. Blase
Post-Drought Recovery in the Chaparral Shrub Ceanothus spinosus, Katie C. Lindley, Kylie N. Smith, Nina R. Duchild, Stephen D. Davis, Karagan L. Smith, and Talia A. Cao
Solar Tracking Fitness in Native Lupulinus succulentus vs. Non-Native Malva sylvestris, Kathryn Maidlow and Logan Scott
Dark-adapted fluorescence and stomatal conductance after DCMU (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea)) exposure on Malva parviflora plants, Piueti Maka, Mia Bryant, and Isabelle Sarwono
Potential Recovery from Drought-Induced Dieback in a Keystone Chaparral Species, Malosma laurina, Guinevere X. Mesh, Natalie M. Aguirre, and Stephen D. Davis
Effect of Site on Aggressive Behavior in Procambarus clarkii, Brett K. Muramoto 4992586, Wenting He, Jun Lee, and Nabeel Afzal
Empirical evaluation of the lone star tick’s theoretical niche through experimentation, William Ota and Javier Monzon
The Effect of an Amphibian Toxin on an Invasive Snail, William Ota, Braden S. Olsen, Gary Bucciarelli, and Lee Kats
The Effect of Drought on the Comparative Fitness of Purple Needle Grass (Stipa pulchra) in the Presence of an Invasive Weed, Grace M. Palmer, Taylor M. Purdy, and Stephen D. Davis