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Anthony and Jayson publish Anthony's SCERP research

Anthony Garcia   and Jayson Smith published Anthony's SCERP research!

Garcia, A. and Smith, J. 2013. Factors influencing human visitation of southern California rocky intertidal ecosystems.   Ocean and Coastal Management. 73:44-53. PDFPDF File

Bryan White co-author on a paper published from his internship

Bryan White   is a co-author on a paper published from his internship at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (http://www.sccwrp.org/)

Stein ED, White BP, Mazor RD, Miller PE, Pilgrim EM 2013. Evaluating Ethanol-based Sample Preservation to Facilitate Use of DNA Barcoding in Routine Freshwater Biomonitoring Programs Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates.   PLoS ONE. 8(1): e51273. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051273. PDFPDF File

Ernesto Casilas co-author publishes his research

Ernesto Casillas is co-author on a paper published during his work as a research fellow at the NIH in Bethesda, MD:

Zhao, H., Berger, A.J., Brown, P.H., Kumar, J., Balbo, A., May, C.A., Casillas, E. Jr., Laue, T.M., Patterson, G.H., Mayer, M.L., and P. Schuck. 2012. Analysis of high-affinity assembly for AMPA receptor amino-terminal domains. Journal of General Physiology. 139(5):371-388. doi:10.1085/jgp.201210770. PDFPDF File

Nicole Tronske wins Outstanding Poster in Marine Biology

Congratulations to  Nicole Tronske  who won the Outstanding Poster in Marine Biology Award at the 2012 SACNAS conference in Seattle WA.

Lauren Dorough wins Outstanding Poster in Ecology Award

Congratulations to  Lauren Dorough  who won the Outstanding Poster in Ecology Award at the 2012 SACNAS conference in Seattle, WA.

Stephanie Diaz publishes her SCERP Research

Stephanie Diaz  published her SCERP research:
Diaz, S., Smith, J.R., Zaleski, S.F. and S.N. Murray. 2012. Effectiveness of the California state ban on the sale of   Caulerpa   species in aquarium retail stores in southern California. Environmental Management. DOI 10.1007/s00267-012-9860-3. PDFPDF File

SCERP Scholars complete extensive work with M.S. Kim Walker

SCERP scholars published the results of one of the summer research projects (with extensive additional work with M.S. student Kim Walker):

Romero, M.R., Walker, K.M., Cortez, C.J., Sanchez, Y., Nelson, K.J., Ortega, D.C., Smick, S.L., Hoese, W.J., and D.C. Zacherl. 2012. Larval diel vertical migration of the marine gastropod   Kelletia kelletii   (Forbes, 1850). Journal of Marine Biology. 9 pages. doi:10.1155/1012/386575.PDFPDF File

Mauricio and Andres win Outstanding Poster Award in Marine Biology

Congratulations to  Mauricio Gomez  and  Andres Cisneros  who won the Outstanding Poster Award in Marine Biology at the 2011 SACNAS conference in San Jose, CA.

Jackie Arroyo wins Outstanding Poster Award in Ecology

Congratulations to  Jackie Arroyo  who won the Outstanding Poster Award in Ecology at the 2011 SACNAS conference in San Jose, CA.

Cheryl Sevilla wins Outstanding Poster Award

Congratulations to  Cheryl Sevilla  who won the Outstanding Poster Award in Botany at the 2011 SACNAS conference in San Jose, CA.

Melissa Romero has been co-author on multiple articles

Since leaving CSUF  Melissa Romero  has been co-author on multiple articles, including several from from her M.S. thesis with Pat Krug at CSULA:
1.  Romero, M.R., Phuong, M.A., Bishop, C., and P.J. Krug. Nitric oxide signaling differently affects habitat choice by two larval morphs of the sea slugAlderia willowi: mechanistic insight into evolutionary transitions in dispersal strategies. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 1114-1125. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.080747. PDFPDF File
2. Krug, P.J., Gordon, D., and M. Romero. 2012. Seasonal polyphenism in larval type: Rearing environment influences the development mode expressed by adults in the sea slug   Alderia willowi. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 52: 161-172. (doi: 10.1093/icb/ics059). PDFPDF File
3.  Romero, M.R., Kelstrup, H.C.P, and R.R. Strathman. 2010. Capture of particles by direct interception by cilia during feeding of a gastropod veliger. Biological Bulletin, 218(2):145-159. PDFPDF File
4.  Smolenksy, N., Romero, M. R., and P.J. Krug. 2009. Evidence for costs of mating and self-fertilization in a simultaneous hermaphrodite with hypodermic insemination, the opisthobranch   Alderia willowi. Biological Bulletin, 216: 188-199. PDFPDF File

Anthony Garcia wins best student poster in Ecology

Congratulations to  Anthony Garcia  who won the best student poster in Ecology at the 2010 Southern California Academy of Sciences