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2021 Theses

2021 Theses Projects

Arnold, Amanda [Best Practices of Determining Tourism Carrying Capacity in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems]
Bland, Kathryn [Fishing participation choice during a climate shock. A case study of the 2015,16 California Dungeness crab fishery delay]
Jones, Stuart [Inclusivity, Enrollment, and Success in Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Seafood Sustainability Certification Program]
Keller, Abigail [Finding the Practical Value of Environmental DNA Data. A Case Study with Invasive European Green Crab]
Matteri, Elizabeth [Impacts of the Elwha River Dam Removals on Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Spawning Habitat]
Olsen, Amy [Fish Assemblage Structure Before and After a Marine Heatwave in West Hawai’i]
Popken, Lindsey [Supporting Nuu-chah-nulth Food Sovereignty by Recentering Indigenous Governance in Sea Otter Management]
Shelledy, Katharine [Tropical Cyclones and Covid-19. How disaster managers can help prevent Covid-19 outbreaks after severe tropical cyclones in Oceania]

 

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