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An interdisciplinary research institute of the University of California Santa Cruz 
STEPS Research Grants for 2004

Awards for 2005|Awards for 2006

Holly Alpert
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor: Michael Loik

Biological and social impacts of regional climate change in Eastern California
Joan Brunkard
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor: Brent Haddad
Climate  change and public health capacity: Etiological links to the resurgence of dengue fever along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Antonia D'Amore
Department of Ecol. and Evol. Biology
Faculty Advisor: Kerstin Wasson
Characterizing distribution and modeling habitat requirements for the California Red-Legged Frog at Elkhorn Slough
Jared Figurski 
Department of Ecol. and Evol. Biology
Faculty Advisor: Mark Carr
Influence of kelp detritus in kelp forest communities: the dynamics of detritus deposition around reefs and its implications for juvenile fish production
Melissa Foley
Department of Ecol. and Evol. Biology
Faculty Advisor:Pete Raimondi
The effects of terrestrial inputs on nearshore Macrocystis communities along the Big Sur coast of central California
Brian Gareau
Department of Sociology
Faculty Advisor: Melanie DuPuis
Ozone Diplomacy and California Strawberries: An investigation of the social, political, and ecological aspects of California's Central Coast strawberry production and its link to global environmental decision-making
Alden Griffith
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor: Michael Loik
Effects of climate change and cattle grazing on the invasive grass Bromus tectorum
Pete  Holloran
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor: Daniel Press
Documenting and improving invasive plant eradication efforts in California
Ian Howat
Department of Earth Sciences
Faculty Advisor:  Slawek Tulaczyk
Determining the impact of half a century of climate warming on California's seasonal snowpack water volume

Becky Hufft
Department of Ecol. and Evol. Biology
Faculty Advisor: Ingrid Parker

Disturbance and genetic diversity: the importance of polyploidy and habitat differentiation
Elena Nilsen
Department of Ocean Sciences  
Faculty Advisor: Margaret Delaney
Effects of climate change on phytoplankton community production in a California coastal environment
Jennifer O'Leary
Department of Ecol. and Evol. Biology
Faculty Advisor: Pete Raimondi
Searching for sustainable solutions for declining California abalone populations: a collaboration with the Mexican Cooperative Abalone Fishery
Rikke Kvist Preisler
Department of Ecol. and Evol. Biology
Faculty Advisor: Kerstin Wasson
Genetic diversity, behavior, and invasion success in the European Green Crab
Shaye Wolf
Department of Ecol. and Evol. Biology  
Faculty Advisor: Donald Croll
Inter-population variation in seabird life histories in response to oceanographic climate variability and climate change in the California current system

Graduate and Undergraduate Student Participants in 2004 STEPS Faculty Collaborations

Nutrient Flow in Coastal Rivers: Managing the Pajaro River
Graduate Student Researchers:
Sora Kim, Department of Earth Sciences
Christine Hatch, Department of Earth Sciences
Chris Ruehl, Department of Earth Sciences

Undergraduate Student Researchers:
Randy Goetz
Laura Roll

Sacramento River Restoration: Linking Science and Society
Graduate Student Researchers:
Marc Buckley, Department of Environmental Studies
Suzanne Landgridge, Department of Environmental Studies

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