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2010
Copper-catalyzed diboration of ketones: facile synthesis of tertiary a-Hydroxyboronate esters, Melissa McIntosh
Origin and geochemical evolution of mafic magmas from Mount Baker in the northern Cascade arc, Washington: probes into the mantle and crustal processes, Nicole E. Moore
"Let's make a harbor into a harbor": an environmental history of Bellingham Bay, Derek L. (Derek Lee) Nelson
Snap shots, Nancy S. (Nancy Stiles) Nelson
Effects of fatigue on muscle activation and shock attenuation during barefoot running, Carl Q. (Carl Quinn) Newton
Polyunsaturated aldehyde production by a temporally varying field assemblage of diatoms in the San Juan Island Archipelago: can diatom metabolites affect microzooplankton grazing?, Blair M. (Blair Michael) Paul
Magmatic processes in the Jurassic Bonanza arc: insights from the Alberni region of Vancouver Island, Canada, Benjamin D. (Benjamin David) Paulson
Identity politics at Grand Ronde: toward an ethnohistory of the tribes of the Willamette Valley, 1855-1901, Nora K. Pederson
Structural characterization of cytoskeleton regulating protein villin and its C-terminal modular domains, Danielle A. Pfaff
How does spatial variation in climate cause spatiotemporal patterns in lizard energetics?, Sean D. Powers
Fantasy for piano and orchestra, Mark M. Prall
The eroticization of lesbianism by heterosexual men, Kristin Puhl
Emotion processing in high-functioning autistic children: a priming task, Ashley E. Ruggles
The effects of imagery and positive self-review on the performance of intercollegiate basketball players, Jonathan Rylaarsdam
Grazing interactions between Oxyrrhis marina and Synechococcus strains grown in single nitrogen sources, Virginia. Selz
Broad physiological tolerances of the invasive clam Nuttallia obscurata, Zachary C. Siegrist
The relationship between native richness and exotic success depends on the index of exotic success and environmental gradients, Daniel Slakey
Effect of resistance training on body composition of persons with type II diabetes, Eric R. Spickler
The relationship between parental conflict and family interactions: the role of emotional security and parenting behaviors, Nichole Stettler
Refashioning the past, reforming the present: visual culture and civic life in early modern Seville, Stephanie Stillo
Comparison of linear and daily undulating periodization in resistance training using simple measures of overreaching, Matt Sweeny
The relationship between bat velocity, upper and lower extremity power and the rotational kinetic chain in NCAA Division II softball players, Liza S. Teichler
The Behavioral Response of Harbor Seals to Seasonal Prey Pulses of Spawning Pacific Herring, Austen C. Thomas
Becoming the mouthpiece of God: female Christian mystics from the twelfth-to the eighteenth-century, Carly F. (Carly Florine) Thompson
Selecting success: assimilation experiences of 1.5 and 2nd generation Mexicans in Seattle, Gregory W. Toledo
Viability of coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch in relation to streamflow regulation in Terrell Creek, Washington, Ryan S. Vasak
Activation and inhibition of GTPase translation factors on the prokaryotic ribosome, Justin D. Walter
Effects of parental depressive symptoms and marital discord on parental functioning and parent-infant relationships, Clare R. White
Development of a new method for measuring metamorphic kinetics, Jennifer B. (Jennifer Bernadette) Wright
2009
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
Illuminating whole effluent toxicity testing: ultraviolet radiation, phototoxicity, and PAH-contaminated groundwater, Jason C. Fortner
Predation and thermal stress affect color change in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia, Samantha L. Hamlin
Bridging biblical faith and ecology for adults an experiential environmental education program, Linda Houck
Effects of salmon-derived nutrients on an artificial stream system, Danielle M. Love
Emperor Norton I: the rise of a San Francisco cultural icon 1859-1880, Dieter Martin
Effects of similarity and tourist status on prosocial behavior: a field study in Spain, Reid A. (Reid Anders) Nelson
Barbed bone and antler technologies: cultural transmission and variation in the Gulf of Georgia, Northwest North America, Adam N. Rorabaugh
Carpals and tarsals of mule deer, black bear and human: an osteology guide for the archaeologist, Tamela S. Smart
Fuzzy-based landslide susceptibility modeling: applications to U.S. Forest Service Road Management, Jonah M. Stinson
Local land preservation in Washington, Kellee C. Timpson
A comparison of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages among kryal and rhithral lake outlets in the North Cascade Mountains, Kelley L. Turner
2008
Structural Geology of the Central San Juan Islands, Northwest Washington, Todd I. Belanger
Situational and dispositional influences on cardiovascular reactivity to daily academic stressors, Kristen Marie Conley
Timing and Nature of Post-Collapse Sedimentation in Kulshan Caldera, North Cascades, Washington, Dennis M. (Dennis Martin) Feeney
An investigation of the magnetic fabrics and the paleomagnetism of the Ghost Rocks Formation, Kodiak Islands, Alaska, Sean F. Gallen
Growth and grazing of microzooplankton in response to the harmful alga Heterosigma akashiwo in prey mixtures, Sylvia Lynne Graham
Kinematic Analysis of Ductile Features within the Northern Wenatchee Block, North Cascades, Washington, Gerald Griesel
Movements and Home Ranges of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Inland Waters of the Pacific Northwest, Sarah E. Hardee
Modeling relative effects of riparian cover and groundwater inflow on stream temperature in lowland Whatcom County, Washington, Sarah Harper-Smith
We have another moment: "rhetoric and composition" + "web 2.0", Amanda M. (Amanda Marie) Hill
Characterizing Surface Deformation from 1981 to 2007 on Mount Baker Volcano, Washington, Brendan E. Hodge
A spatially explicit relative elevation model for Padilla Bay, Washington, Peter Kairis
Revisiting the Seven Devils-Wrangellia connection: the paleogeography of triassic rocks in western Idaho., Michael Liam. Kalk
Approaching popular music in the field of English, Christopher Reid Kerr
Forever young: educating today's youth about the nature and uses of records of enduring value, Rozlind Koester
Food habits of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in two estuaries in northern Puget Sound, Washington, Kathryn Luxa
Costa Rican ecotourism and the (re)construction of social-natures on the Osa Peninsula, Brett Sylvester Matulis
The effects of the go for the green challenge on electricity use, behaviors, and attitudes of Western Washington University residents., Kimbrough Leverton Mauney
The ANWR landscape: a geographical analysis of rhetoric and representation, Jessica Renee Moyer
The DM gene family in the parasitoid wasp nasonia vitripennis: identification of a sex-specific homolog of the doublesex gene, Megan Riddle
Paleomagnetism and Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Skeena Group, British Columbia, Christopher L. Ward-Guthrie
Habitat relationships and gene flow of Martes americana in northern Idaho, Tzeidle N. (Tzeidle Nichole) Wasserman
Magnetic Fabric Analysis of Foreslope Sediments of the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, Andrew P. (Andrew Paul) Wiser
Try not to worry & the people pictured here, Rachel Wolf
Educational programs that feature live animals advertisement, research, and methodology, Constance Woodman
The evolution of mating cues in a beetle hybrid zone: causes of geographic variation in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, Rachel M.S. Zack
2007
Application of a Nitrate Fate and Transport Model to the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, Whatcom County, Washington, Margo A. Burton
Characteristics and Processes of Degradation on Normal Fault Scarps in Basalt, Central Oregon and Northern California, Kelsay Davis
Oblique Photogrammetric Analysis of Dome Growth at Mount St. Helens Volcano, 2004 – 2007, Angela K. Diefenbach
Quantifying the Glacial Meltwater Component of Streamflow in the Middle Fork Nooksack River, Whatcom County, WA, Using a Distributed Hydrology Model, Carrie B. Donnell
Applicability of the NLOS Model for Predictions of Soil Water Movement and Nitrogen Transport in an Agricultural Soil, Agassiz, BC, Heather R. Hirsch
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
Petrographic Signature for the Whidbey Formation, Jonathan Peterson
2006
The Nature and Transport of the Fine-Grained Component of Swift Creek Landslide, Northwest Washington, Tovah M. (Tovah Michelle) Bayer
Environmental Records in a High-Altitude Low-Latitude Glacier, Sierra Nevada, California, Alison J. (Alison Jane) Gillespie
Streamflow Calibration of Two Sub-basins in the Lake Whatcom Watershed, Washington Using a Distributed Hydrology Model, Katherine D. (Katherine Delia) Kelleher
Regional Correlations of Late Pleistocene Climatic Changes Based on Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Dating of Moraines in Idaho, Cody Sherard
Targeting watersheds for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in Whatcom County, Washington, Kara Symonds
2005
Brittle Deformation in an Ancient Accretionary Prism Setting: Lopez Structural Complex, San Juan Islands, NW Washington, John R. (John Rhea) Gillaspy
The Effect of Interactive Computer Animations on Introductory Geology Students' Conceptual Understanding of Mountain Building Processes, Michelle (Michelle Alicia) Malone
The Hydrogeology of North Lummi Island, Washington, William M. (William Martin) Sullivan
2004
Timing and Paleoclimatic Significance of Latest Pleistocene and Holocene Cirque Glaciation in the Enchantment Lakes Basin, North Cascades, WA, Eric L. (Eric Leland) Bilderback
Modeling the Contributions of Glacial Meltwater to Streamflow in Thunder Creek, North Cascades National Park, Washington, Jay W. (Jay William) Chennault
The Extent of the White Chuck Tuff, a High Temperature Pyroclastic Flow Deposit, Glacier Peak, Washington, Gerald T. Ladd
Denitrification Along Pangborn Creek in the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, Washington, Leslie B. (Leslie Braverman) McKee
Kinematics of the Swift Creek Landslide, Northwest Washington, Alexander Scott McKenzie-Johnson
2003
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
Paleogeography of the Spieden Group, San Juan Islands, Washington, Patricia Allison Dean
A New Hypothesis for the Origin of Dune Ridges, Neil Duffin
Paleomagnetism of the Jura-Cretaceous Kyuquot Group, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Chad K. Hults
2001
Geology of the Cooper Mountain Pluton, North Cascade Mountains, Washington Based on Magnetic Fabrics, Magnetic Remanence and Petrography, Tammy C. Fawcett
A Pebble Count Comparison and Rock Magnetism Provenance Study of Sumas Outwash, Jeff Laub
Petrology and Geochemistry of Mafic Lavas near Glacier Peak, North Cascades, Washington, Dylan D. (Dylan Douglas) Taylor
Changes in Mirror Lake, Northwestern Washington, as a Result of the Diversion of Water from the Nooksack River, Karel Tracy