Undergraduate student researchers:
Elizabeth Bushnell: Thermal tolerance of newly settled Chthamalus fissus barnacles (see results here), and effects of the predatory gastropod Mexcanthina lugubris lugubris.
Eleanor Brown: Size-frequency distribution of the owl limpet (Lottia gigantea) in the rocky intertidal.
Haley Cahill: Impact of thermocline on vertical distribution of barnacle larvae.
Robyn Cates: Distribution of Zoobotyron verticillatum in Mission Bay, San Diego, CA.
Allison Durland Donahou: Population dynamics of Emerita analoga.
Dana Flerchinger: Reproductive cycles and parasitism of adult barnacles in La Jolla, CA.
Diana Fontaine: Settlement dynamics of barnacles in La Jolla, CA rocky intertidal.
Emily Gardner: Night and day differences in cuttlefish camouflage ability.
Olivia Hager: Impacts of ocean acidification on larval shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes, behavior.
David Martinez: The effects of temperature and salinity on growth rates of the invasive ascidian Botrylloides violaceus in Mission Bay, California.
Nikki Milan: Population dynamics of an invasive species of bryozoan within Mission Bay, San Diego, CA.
Megan Mir: Vertical distribution of larvae.
Monica Oddo: Larval ingress into Mission Bay, San Diego, CA.
Meredith Olson: Nearshore vertical distribution on barnacle larvae.
Jill Pryor: Vertical distribution of barnacle larvae in high swell events in La Jolla, CA.
Brendan Qiu: Defensive morphologies of the barnacle Chthamalus fissus.
Marisa Swiderski: Influence of significant wave height on the vertical distribution of barnacle larvae.
Allison Tennyson: Population dynamics of the owl limpet (Lottia gigantea) in the rocky intertidal.
Zoe Virta: Early juvenile mortality of barnacles.
Hannah Warde: Barnacle larvae in the surf zone.
Nicole Yamada: Larval distribution of bryozoans in the nearshore.
Graduate students: theses titles
Sean Hitchman (2011): Age-specific association with potential adult habitat in larval bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Southern California Bight. (Published paper here)
Bri Tracy Sawdey (2013): Temporal and spatial variation in native and non-indigenous ascidian settlement within fouling communities in Mission Bay, San Diego, California. (Published paper here)
Anthony Basilio (2016): Settlement of larval spotted sand bass (Paralabrax maculatofasciatus) within Mission Bay, San Diego CA in relation to environmental conditions. (Published paper here)
Malloree Hagerty (2017): Vertical and cross-shore distributions of barnacle larvae in La Jolla, CA nearshore waters: implications for larval transport processes. (Published paper here and here)
Kate Hargenrader (2018): The temporal and spatial dynamics of larval supply, settlement, and adult populations of Chthamalus fissus within the La Jolla, California rocky intertidal
Gabby Yamhure (2020): Nearshore vertical distribution of barnacle cyprids: temporal patterns and hydrographic variability
Research technicians:
Anthony Basilio
Chris Bayne
Colin Gaylord
Malloree Hagerty
Jamie Irving
Meredith Meyers
Marisa Swiderski
High school student researchers:
Hannah Otte: Impacts of ocean acidification on larval shore crab morphology.
Gaby Quevedo: DNA analysis of fish eggs.
Isabel Roji: Burrowing behavior of the mussel Arcuatula senhousia in different sediment types.