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2010

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Viability of coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in relation to streamflow regulation in Terrell Creek, Washington, Ryan S. Vasak

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Activation and inhibition of GTPase translation factors on the prokaryotic ribosome, Justin D. Walter

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Effects of parental depressive symptoms and marital discord on parental functioning and parent-infant relationships, Clare R. White

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Development of a new method for measuring metamorphic kinetics, Jennifer B. (Jennifer Bernadette) Wright

2009

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The generation of a diverse suite of Late Pleistocene and Holocene basaltic-andesite through dacite lavas from the northern Cascade arc at Mount Baker, Washington, Troy D. Baggerman

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Illuminating whole effluent toxicity testing: ultraviolet radiation, phototoxicity, and PAH-contaminated groundwater, Jason C. Fortner

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Predation and thermal stress affect color change in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia, Samantha L. Hamlin

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Bridging biblical faith and ecology for adults an experiential environmental education program, Linda Houck

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Effects of salmon-derived nutrients on an artificial stream system, Danielle M. Love

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Emperor Norton I: the rise of a San Francisco cultural icon 1859-1880, Dieter Martin

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Effects of similarity and tourist status on prosocial behavior: a field study in Spain, Reid A. (Reid Anders) Nelson

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Barbed bone and antler technologies: cultural transmission and variation in the Gulf of Georgia, Northwest North America, Adam N. Rorabaugh

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Carpals and tarsals of mule deer, black bear and human: an osteology guide for the archaeologist, Tamela S. Smart

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Fuzzy-based landslide susceptibility modeling: applications to U.S. Forest Service Road Management, Jonah M. Stinson

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Local land preservation in Washington, Kellee C. Timpson

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A comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages among kryal and rhithral lake outlets in the North Cascade Mountains, Kelley L. Turner

2008

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Structural Geology of the Central San Juan Islands, Northwest Washington, Todd I. Belanger

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Situational and dispositional influences on cardiovascular reactivity to daily academic stressors, Kristen Marie Conley

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From public/private spheres to tout autre est tout autre: christianity and politics in Carl Schmitt's The concept of the political and Jacques Derrida's The gift of death, William Durden

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Timing and Nature of Post-Collapse Sedimentation in Kulshan Caldera, North Cascades, Washington, Dennis M. (Dennis Martin) Feeney

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An investigation of the magnetic fabrics and the paleomagnetism of the Ghost Rocks Formation, Kodiak Islands, Alaska, Sean F. Gallen

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Growth and grazing of microzooplankton in response to the harmful alga Heterosigma akashiwo in prey mixtures, Sylvia Lynne Graham

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Kinematic Analysis of Ductile Features within the Northern Wenatchee Block, North Cascades, Washington, Gerald Griesel

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Movements and Home Ranges of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Inland Waters of the Pacific Northwest, Sarah E. Hardee

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Modeling relative effects of riparian cover and groundwater inflow on stream temperature in lowland Whatcom County, Washington, Sarah Harper-Smith

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We have another moment: "rhetoric and composition" + "web 2.0", Amanda M. (Amanda Marie) Hill

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Characterizing Surface Deformation from 1981 to 2007 on Mount Baker Volcano, Washington, Brendan E. Hodge

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A spatially explicit relative elevation model for Padilla Bay, Washington, Peter Kairis

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Revisiting the Seven Devils-Wrangellia connection: the paleogeography of triassic rocks in western Idaho., Michael Liam. Kalk

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Approaching popular music in the field of English, Christopher Reid Kerr

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Forever young: educating today's youth about the nature and uses of records of enduring value, Rozlind Koester

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Food habits of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in two estuaries in northern Puget Sound, Washington, Kathryn Luxa

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Costa Rican ecotourism and the (re)construction of social-natures on the Osa Peninsula, Brett Sylvester Matulis

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The effects of the go for the green challenge on electricity use, behaviors, and attitudes of Western Washington University residents., Kimbrough Leverton Mauney

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The ANWR landscape: a geographical analysis of rhetoric and representation, Jessica Renee Moyer

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The DM gene family in the parasitoid wasp nasonia vitripennis: identification of a sex-specific homolog of the doublesex gene, Megan Riddle

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Paleomagnetism and Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Skeena Group, British Columbia, Christopher L. Ward-Guthrie

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Habitat relationships and gene flow of Martes americana in northern Idaho, Tzeidle N. (Tzeidle Nichole) Wasserman

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Magnetic Fabric Analysis of Foreslope Sediments of the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, Andrew P. (Andrew Paul) Wiser

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Try not to worry & the people pictured here, Rachel Wolf

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Educational programs that feature live animals advertisement, research, and methodology, Constance Woodman

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The evolution of mating cues in a beetle hybrid zone: causes of geographic variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, Rachel M.S. Zack

2007

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Application of a Nitrate Fate and Transport Model to the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, Whatcom County, Washington, Margo A. Burton

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Characteristics and Processes of Degradation on Normal Fault Scarps in Basalt, Central Oregon and Northern California, Kelsay Davis

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Oblique Photogrammetric Analysis of Dome Growth at Mount St. Helens Volcano, 2004 – 2007, Angela K. Diefenbach

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Quantifying the Glacial Meltwater Component of Streamflow in the Middle Fork Nooksack River, Whatcom County, WA, Using a Distributed Hydrology Model, Carrie B. Donnell

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Applicability of the NLOS Model for Predictions of Soil Water Movement and Nitrogen Transport in an Agricultural Soil, Agassiz, BC, Heather R. Hirsch

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Rural development and sustainable agriculture in the European Union Mediterranean: a case study on olive oil production in Kefalonia, Greece, Amaris Lunde

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Shelter competition between native signal crayfish and non-native red swamp crayfish in Pine Lake, Sammamish, Washington: the role of size and sex, Karl W. Mueller

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Petrographic Signature for the Whidbey Formation, Jonathan Peterson

2006

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The Nature and Transport of the Fine-Grained Component of Swift Creek Landslide, Northwest Washington, Tovah M. (Tovah Michelle) Bayer

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Environmental Records in a High-Altitude Low-Latitude Glacier, Sierra Nevada, California, Alison J. (Alison Jane) Gillespie

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A Contemporary Review of 1975-1976 Elevated Activity Levels at the Mount Baker Complex, Washington, and Current Community Awareness of Volcanic Hazards, Janna Juday

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Streamflow Calibration of Two Sub-basins in the Lake Whatcom Watershed, Washington Using a Distributed Hydrology Model, Katherine D. (Katherine Delia) Kelleher

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Regional Correlations of Late Pleistocene Climatic Changes Based on Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Dating of Moraines in Idaho, Cody Sherard

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Targeting watersheds for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in Whatcom County, Washington, Kara Symonds

2005

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Brittle Deformation in an Ancient Accretionary Prism Setting: Lopez Structural Complex, San Juan Islands, NW Washington, John R. (John Rhea) Gillaspy

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A Paleomagnetic Paleolatitude Determination from the Upper Cretaceous Units of the Gold Beach Terrane, Southwest Coastal Oregon, Noel Liner

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The Effect of Interactive Computer Animations on Introductory Geology Students' Conceptual Understanding of Mountain Building Processes, Michelle (Michelle Alicia) Malone

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The Hydrogeology of North Lummi Island, Washington, William M. (William Martin) Sullivan

2004

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Timing and Paleoclimatic Significance of Latest Pleistocene and Holocene Cirque Glaciation in the Enchantment Lakes Basin, North Cascades, WA, Eric L. (Eric Leland) Bilderback

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Modeling the Contributions of Glacial Meltwater to Streamflow in Thunder Creek, North Cascades National Park, Washington, Jay W. (Jay William) Chennault

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The Paleomagnetism of the Stewart’s Point and Anchor Bay Members of the Point Arena Terrane, Northern California, Kirk Heim

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The Extent of the White Chuck Tuff, a High Temperature Pyroclastic Flow Deposit, Glacier Peak, Washington, Gerald T. Ladd

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Denitrification Along Pangborn Creek in the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, Washington, Leslie B. (Leslie Braverman) McKee

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Kinematics of the Swift Creek Landslide, Northwest Washington, Alexander Scott McKenzie-Johnson

2003

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Delineation of Landslide Slip Surfaces Using Ground Penetrating Radar as Compared and Contrasted with Existing Slip Surface Data: Evaluation of GPR for Landslide Slip Surface Determination, Michael E. (Michael Eric) Hutchinson

2002

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Paleogeography of the Spieden Group, San Juan Islands, Washington, Patricia Allison Dean

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A New Hypothesis for the Origin of Dune Ridges, Neil Duffin

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Paleomagnetism of the Jura-Cretaceous Kyuquot Group, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Chad K. Hults

2001

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Geology of the Cooper Mountain Pluton, North Cascade Mountains, Washington Based on Magnetic Fabrics, Magnetic Remanence and Petrography, Tammy C. Fawcett

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A Pebble Count Comparison and Rock Magnetism Provenance Study of Sumas Outwash, Jeff Laub

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Petrology and Geochemistry of Mafic Lavas near Glacier Peak, North Cascades, Washington, Dylan D. (Dylan Douglas) Taylor

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Changes in Mirror Lake, Northwestern Washington, as a Result of the Diversion of Water from the Nooksack River, Karel Tracy

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Late Pleistocene Littoral Deposits in the Deming Sand at Bellingham Bay, Washington, and Their Implications for Relative Sea Level Changes, Stacy J. (Stacy Joanna) Weber

2000

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Glacial Chronology and Paleoclimatic Significance of Cirque Moraines near Mts Baker and Shuksan, North Cascade Range, WA, Robert A. (Robert Allen) Burrows

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Late Holocene Aggradational Processes and Rates for Three Alluvial Fans, Cascade Foothills, Washington, John deLaChapelle

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An exploratory statistical analysis of the ground water in the Abbotsford-Sumas aquifer, Sharon Gelinas

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Structural and Tectonic History of the Eastern San Juan Islands, Washington, Rynn Marie Lamb

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Tourism and Environmental Education: An Educational Model for a More Environmentally and Culturally Sensitive Tourism, Tammy Leland

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Hydrostratigraphy, groundwater flow, and nitrate transport within the Abbotsford Sumas aquifer, Whatcom County, Washington, David V. (David Vaughn) Stasney

1999

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A Fluid Inclusion and Structural Analysis of the West Chance Vein System, Sunshine Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, David S. (David Scott) Boyer

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Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Pipestone Canyon Formation, North Central Washington, James Jenner Peterson

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Seismic Characterization of the Northern Puget Lowland, Washington, Lori K. (Lori Kelly) Roberts

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Structure and Metamorphism of the Talc Creek Area, Harrison Lake B.C., Minda L. Troost

1998

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Ground and surface water interaction near a plywood manufacturing facility on the Lake Roosevelt shoreline, Kettle Falls, Washington, Paul W. D. Humphreys

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Dairy Farming and the Effects of Agricultural, Nonpoint-source Pollution on Stream Water Quality, Johnson Creek Watershed, Whatcom County, Washington, Max Thomas Wills

1997

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Structure, Metamorphism, and Geochronology Along the Southern Margin of the Breakenridge Orthogneiss, Coast Range, Southern British Columbia, John A. (John Andrew) Feltman

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A Comparison of the November 1990 and November 1995 Floods along the Main Stem Nooksack River, Whatcom County, Washington, Ryan T. (Ryan Travis) Houser

1996

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Structure and Metamorphism of the Kwoiek Creek Area, British Columbia, Kristine M. (Kristine Marie) Alvarez

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The Origin of the Rock Lake Stratabound Copper-Silver Deposit, Rock Lake, Montana, Christopher B. (Christopher Borgen) Hemstad

1995

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Sediment Production and Delivery in the Upper South Fork Nooksack River, Northwest Washington, 1940-1991, Jeffrey A. Kirtland

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Kinematic Implications of Paleomagnetic Data from Lago Verde and Northern Isla Chiloe, Southern Chile, Brian C. (Brian Christopher) Steele

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Net Shore-Drift and Artificial Structures within Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, and Mouth of the Columbia River, Washington, B. Patrice (Berenthine Patrice) Thomas

1994

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Downstream Fining in a Mountain Stream Channel Affected by Debris Flow, Craig Emerson Cooper

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Mesozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Tiefort Mountains, NE Mojave Desert, CA, Kirk A. Stephens

1993

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Channel Changes and Flood Frequency on the Upper Main Stem of the Nooksack River, Whatcom County, Washington, Roger G. Bertschi

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The College of Ethnic Studies at Western Washington University: A Case Study, Maurice L. Bryan Jr.

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Structure and Metamorphism of the Magic Mountain – Johannesburg Mountain Area, North Cascades, Washington, Bernard E. Dougan

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"Actuated by the fear of loosing their all": civilian response to the Revolutionary War in Georgia, Leslie Hall