2024
Developing Two-Dimensional Ammonium Sensors for Use in Marine Sediments, Zoe Kass
Life Cycle Progression of Chlainomonas sp.: A Field Study, Honu Pata, Robin Kodner, AG Camara, Clare Hanneman, Maya Matsumoto, and Dan van Hees
2023
Coupling Unoccupied Aerial System Surveys and Elevation Measurements to Predict Native and Nonnative Eelgrass Cover in Padilla Bay, Jacqui Bergner
Trophic transfer of metals from seaweed to shellfish in an aquaculture system, Sophia Boyd
Studying the South Lake Whatcom Fire, Lillian Buck
The Secret History of Bagley Basin: Snow Algae and the Millennia Long Story They Tell, AG Camara, Robin Kodner, Doug Clark, Michael Kraft, and Emma Mickelson
Getting to Know Community Forestry, Jane Egan
Glacial loss and threatened fish: The future of Mount Rainier’s cold-water Bull Trout habitats, Kathleen C. Ewen
Salmon Against Humanity: Are Hatcheries a Part of Salmon Recovery?, Janine Fong
Animal-Sediment relationships reexamined, a meta-analysis, Christine Franzen
Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Butter Clams, Jackelyn Garcia
A Characterization of Hyporheic Temperatures with Applications for Salmon Habitat Restoration in a Thermally Impaired River, Sydney Jantsch
Creating a Mass-Balanced Food Web Model for a Generalized Restored Estuary in Puget Sound, Penelope Johnson
Impact of Riverbank Lupine (Lupinus rivularis) on Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Ectomycorrhizal Symbioses, Andrew Labay
Distribution and Mixotrophy of Cryptophyte Phytoplankton in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Megan O'Hara
Impact of Carbonaceous and Inorganic Nanomaterial Chemistry on Polymer Additive Release from Weathered Epoxy Composites, Haley Sefi-Cyr
The Race Toward Carbon Neutral Ecotourism: Leveraging Life Cycle Analysis and Natural Climate Solutions for a Community Adventure Event, Ted Tarricone
Overwintering Eagle Demographics on the Nooksack River, Collette Webb
2022
Wrestling with Restoration: How We Can Restore an Ever-Changing Planet, Anna Arensmeyer
Responses of the symbiotic sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima to microplastics, Robert Beck
Species Distribution and Abundance of Bering Sea Tunicates with Implications for Coastal Food Security, Meghan Bugaj
Using Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus laevis (FETAX) to Study Metals and Temperature as Multiple Stressors in Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae), Adam Turner (Cockrill) Crispin
Bioaccumulation of metals in Whatcom County estuaries by native tidal plants, Margaret Critchlow
Transport Mechanisms of Nitrate on the Washington Shelf, Liesl G. Danyluk
UAV remote sensing approaches to mapping glacier ablation and snow algae radiative forcing in the North Cascades., Shannon Healy
Analysis of Eelgrass in Padilla Bay, Washington Using an Uncrewed Aerial System, Hannah Hein
Tire-wear-particle leachate toxicity to Americamysis bahia: analysis of sublethal and molecular effects, Karrin Leazer
Off-channel habitat restoration using groundwater infiltration galleries in the Methow River Basin, Washington, Nicole Masurat
The photochemical evolution of dissolved black carbon in snow: a case study from the North Cascades, Molly Peek
Assessing the Use of the California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus) Within Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA), Casey Pruitt
Ecological Risk Assessment of Tire Wear Particles in the San Francisco Bay Using a Bayesian Network Relative Risk Model, Emma E. Sharpe
The Effects of Ocean Acidification and Temperature Rise on the Thermal Tolerance and Critical Thermal Limit of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii), Nicole R. Singh
Avian and Shallow Water Community Response to Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Spawn Events, Heidi Stewart
Methane emissions in Port Susan Bay: the missing link in carbon accounting, Rachel S. Yonemura
2021
More Than Meets the Eye; Accessibility of Scientific Information Through Art, Rachael Barrows
The effect of large woody debris, direct seeding, and distance from the forest edge on species composition on novel terraces following dam removal on the Elwha River, WA., Sara J. Cendejas-Zarelli
Partner preference in the intertidal: possible benefits of ocean acidification to sea anemone-algal symbiosis, Natalie Coleman
Running Whidbey: The Physiological and Psychological Impacts of a 60 Mile Ultramarathon, Bree Daigneault
Effects of Environmental Aging on the Acute Toxicity and Chemical Composition of Various Microplastic Leachates, Allie Johnson
Estimating the Denitrification Rate in Hood Canal using Water Circulation, Spencer Johnson
Contamination in the Upper Columbia: Smelting and Its Impact to the Environment and Human Health, Brenden Murphy
Investigating the transport, fate, and behavior of microplastics in estuarine systems through the application of metal-doped polystyrene analogs using spICP-MS, Robert Rauschendorfer
Effects of environmental weathering on the acute toxicity of tire wear particle eluate to the mysid shrimp, Americamysis bahia, P. Matt Roberts
Wandering Whatcom Falls, Hailey Schmidt
Environmental Impact Assessment: Nuyakuk River Small Scale Hydroelectric Project, Reed Squire, Amy Owen, Jessica Ngo-Ly, and Tyler Sanderson
Lidar-Based Riparian Forest Assessment of the Nooksack River, Washington, Julia Tatum
Bivalve Monitoring at Weaverling Spit, Nathalie Wagler
2020
Current and Historical Estuary Extent in Major River Deltas of the Puget Sound: A Comparison of Estimates, Ashley Arthur
European Green Crab Mitigation in Whatcom County, Patty Barry; Melissa Browning; Alexis Bryson,; Harrison Fuchs; and Etilet Maipi
Clam garden bivalve dietary responses and trophic shifts in relation to environment, Octavio Cruz
Cownose Ray Movement and Behavior in the Intertidal Zone, Glenna Dyson-Roberts
Assessing Impacts of Rising pCO2 on Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Swimming Mechanics, Darby Finnegan
Incorporating Climate Change Predictions in Ecological Risk Assessment: A Bayesian Network Relative Risk Model for Chinook Salmon in the Skagit River Watershed, Eric J. Lawrence
Evaluating Impacts of Nanopesticides and Microplastics in an Agricultural Rhizosphere, Emma Nordlund and Manuel Montaño
Spatial and temporal trends of the annual first detections of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin in Puget Sound, WA, Margaret Taylor
The Effectiveness of Large Woody Debris Placement at Improving Freshwater Rearing Habitat and Enhancing Juvenile Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) Production, Caroline J. Walls
Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi protect Rubus idaeus from the effects of soil-borne disease and parasitic nematodes?, Erika Whitney
An Investigation into Morocco's Water Crisis, Elliese Wright
2019
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Carbonate Chemistry in a Tillamook Bay Tributary: Tracing Acidification from the River to the Bay, Abigail Ernest-Beck
Quick Guide to Plant Families of Western Washington, Maggie Hayward, John D. Tuxill, and James M. Helfield
A Multivariate Analysis of the Relationship Between the Water Quality Conditions and Algal Species Composition of Six Mountain Lakes in the North Cascades, WA, USA, Michael P. Lawlor
Development of a Rangeland Degradation Risk Model for the Peruvian Andes, Colin Schmidt
Dendroclimatology of yellow cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis) and late Holocene temperature variability on the western slopes of the North Cascades in Washington State, Christopher A. (Chrisopher Anthony) Trinies
Impacts of Major Freshwater Ions on the Acute Toxicity and Chemical Behavior of Silver Nanoparticles, Claire A. Walli
2018
Wetland Characteristics of the Upper Elwha River, Nikoline Alden and Jonathan Parent
Beaver foraging activity and preferences in the Elwha river restoration basins., Pearl Barry and Cindy Nguyen
Effects of ionic composition of freshwater on silver nanoparticle sedimentation rates, Winston Booth
Testing the effectiveness of metal uptake by SLMD passive samplers in waters of varying hardnesses, Ethan Brown and Winston Booth
Daytime Summer Microclimate Influence of Large Woody Debris on Dewatered Sediments in Lake Mills, WA Following Dam Removal, Mariah J. Colton
Ungulates of the Elwha: Effects of Woody Debris on Feeding Behaviors in the Elwha Dam Restoration Zone, Delaney Corcoran and Chelsea Douglas
Evaluation of Ecological Theories Through Analysis of Species Richness in a Rocky Intertidal Habitat, Joe Dobell and Tara Quattrone
Dissolved Organic Carbon Bioreactivity in Stream Environments, Rachel Geiger, Joe Lee-Cullin, Jay Zarnetske, and Tyler Hampton
Characterization of Particulate Matter Accumulated on Ramalina farinacea in the Seattle Area Using Semi-Automated Electron Microscopy, Tor G. (Tor Gunnar) Guddal
Biomonitoring of Ramalina farinacea lichens deployed in Seattle, Washington via sequential extraction of metals, Allie Johnson
The Associations of Epiphytic Macroinvertebrates and Aquatic Macrophytes in Canyon Lake, WA, Jesse T. (Jesse Tyler) Klinger
A Search for Blue Carbon in Central Salish Sea Eelgrass Meadows, Mira D. (Mira Diana) Lutz
Influence of light intensity regime on the symbiotic functioning of arbuscular mycorrhizae in high phosphorus soils., Roslyn Martin
Vertical Distribution of Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) larvae in Fidalgo Bay, WA, Brooke A. McIntyre
Studying the Effects of Metal Toxicity in Lichen, Jared Miller
Bioavailability and Toxicity of Metal Mixtures Using the Tissue Residue Approach, Ian Moran
Distribution and Abundance of Waterfowl Species in Response to Dam Removal on the Elwha River, Sage Pollack and Ethan Duvall
Arthropod Richness and Abundance in the Reservoirs of the Elwha River, Washington, Bianca Scott and Ky White
The Effectiveness of Forested and Hedgerow Riparian Buffers for Buffering Water Temperature and Improving Fish Habitat in Agricultural Waterways in Western Washington, Jessica L. (Jessica Lynne) Shaw
Little Clams Make a Big Difference: Rochefortia tumida Obscure Juvenile Bivalves Survey Results on Clam Gardens, Alexandra Trejo
Interactive effects of ocean acidification and ocean warming on Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) early life stages, Cristina Villalobos
2017
Changes in Water Chemistry and Biological Communities Associated with Metal Mining in Streams in the North Cascades, Brooke G. Bannerman