Exploring the Environment

Table of Contents

The feeding ecology of the invasive Chinese Mitten Crab, Eriocheir sinensis: Implications for California's freshwater communities
Leah Rogers ................................................................................................................................................. [18 pp.]

Selenium speciation in Salicornia bigelovii: Plant-mediated reduction of selenate for the remediation of selenium contaminated soil
Anita Lee ....................................................................................................................................................... [14 pp.]

Competitive interaction between Hedera helix and native riparian vegetation
Terry Le and Debbie Sonu ......................................................................................................................... [12 pp.]

Monitoring the water quality of Sausal Creek, Oakland, Ca.: A comparative study on methods to detect urban pollution
Sara Laurin Ash .......................................................................................................................................... [15 pp.]

Effects of organophosphate pesticide pulses on benthic arthropods in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Melanie McCutchan .................................................................................................................................... [41 pp.]

Bioassessment of two urban creeks in the Presidio
Bonnie Lee .................................................................................................................................................... [15 pp.]

Revegetation methods for urban streams: The use of Salix laevigata and Populus fremontii
Nalini Rao ..................................................................................................................................................... [13 pp.]

The effect of Eucalyptus and oak leaf extracts on California native plants
Kam Watson ................................................................................................................................................. [10 pp.]

The effects of caging Quercus agrifolia and Quercus lobata seedlings in Arastradero Preserve, Palo Alto, California
Jackson Hong................................................................................................................................................ [12 pp.]

Resolutions to U.S.-Mexico groundwater disputes in the Colorado River basin
Melissa Nichole Brandt .............................................................................................................................. [17 pp.]

Internal nutrient loading in the Crystal Springs Reservoirs
Andy Parks ................................................................................................................................................... [15 pp.]

Analysis of nitrogen sedimentation in the Advanced Integrated Wastewater Pond System (AIWPS) at Richmond Field Station, U.C. Berkeley
Clement Hsieh .............................................................................................................................................. [13 pp.]

Bioremediation by sulfate reducing bacteria of acid mine drainage
Paul Frank .................................................................................................................................................... [13 pp.]

ISO 14001: A case study in certification at Bayer Pharmaceuticals in Berkeley, California
Lauren E Godshall ....................................................................................................................................... [16 pp.]

Local government and urban heat island mitigation
Rachel Anderson ......................................................................................................................................... [12 pp.]

Transit area designs and funding requirements
Angela Imamura .......................................................................................................................................... [15 pp.]

Urban stormwater pollution: An evaluation of public education programs in Alameda County
Leona Patel ................................................................................................................................................... [20 pp.]

Development of high-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) unit
Omar Mussa ................................................................................................................................................. [12 pp.]

Comparison of self-reported attitudes toward the use of recycled paper and actual paper consumption behavior at the University of California, Berkeley
Kankun (Nancy) Yo ..................................................................................................................................... [24 pp.]

Analysis of institutional controls at California Superfund sites
Erwin Tam ..................................................................................................................................................... [14 pp.]

Dhokos and Dauri: Tourism related firewood use in the Makalu-Barun area, Nepal
Bodhi Himal Garrett ................................................................................................................................... [29 pp.]

Study of BSK II and BSK H media for culturing Lyme disease spirochetes
Yelena Polovinchik ...................................................................................................................................... [12 pp.]

Crystallization of Myelin Basic Protein in the lipidic cubic phase
Michael P. Aschoff Jr. ................................................................................................................................ [11 pp.]

Stress in the medical profession: An evaluation of pre-medical students, medical students, and doctors
Divy Ravindranath ....................................................................................................................................... [13 pp.]

The examination of the relation of organophosphate exposure to neurologic and neurobehavioral outcomes in farmworker children
Harpreet Kaur Malhi .................................................................................................................................... [8 pp.]

Air pollutants and Bay Area school children: Exposure and risks
Serena Chang ............................................................................................................................................... [15 pp.]

Statement about the authors

These studies were undertaken by seniors in the Environmental Sciences Group Major, an Interdisciplinary Studies program jointly administered by the College of Letters and Sciences and the College of Natural Resources at the University of California at Berkeley. The Environmental Sciences major allows students to concentrate in one of three fields of specialization: biological science, physical science, and social science. In their senior year, students in the major participate in a one- or two-semester Senior Research Seminar, investigating an environmental topic of current concern. This project gives the students experience in field work, general research techniques, and oral and written presentation of research results. This volume is the compilation of research reports from the spring/fall 1999 and the fall 1999/spring 2000 two-semester Senior Research Seminars, along with exceptional reports from the one-semester Seminar.

Acknowledgements

The following individuals and organizations have graciously assisted in providing information, guidance, and funding to the student researchers in our program this year, and we sincerely thank them.

Ryan Barth, Environmental Engineering, U.C. Berkeley

Lisa Bauer, Recycling Coordinator, U.C. Berkeley

Hugh Beattie, Bayer Corporation

Debbi Bellush, Bayer Corporation

Marc Beutel, Environmental Engineering, U.C. Berkeley

Dr. Naras Bhat, Cybernetix Medical Institute

Biology Fellows Program/ Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hendrik Bluhm, ALS, Lawrence Berk. Natl. Lab

CALFED Bay-Delta Program

Laura Castellini, SFSU, Dept. of Biology

Celleste Chatman, Xerox Business Services

Leslie Cianella, Bayer Corporation

Michael Cohen, the Pacific Institute

Karen Cotter, Arastradero Preserve, Palo Alto

Carla D’Antonio, Integrative Biol., UC Berkeley

Barbara Ertter, U.C. Jepson Herbarium

Christopher Foe, Central Valley RWQCB

Holly Forbes, U.C. Botanic Gardens

Lisa Gartland, Positive Energy

Dr. Robert Glaeser, MCB, U.C. Berkeley

Peter Gleick, the Pacific Institute

Dr. Ellen Gold, Inst. of Tox. and Env. Health, U.C. Davis

Lisa Hammon, West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee

Anne Hayes, Aquatic Outreach Institute

Karen Haubensack, Integrative Biol., UC Berkeley

David Hodge, MCB, U.C. Berkeley

Dr. Alex Horne, Environmental Engineering, U.C. Berkeley

Betty Hosteny, ERM CVS

Alfred Huan, ALS, Lawrence Berk. Natl. Lab

Jimmy Hauri, Environmental Engineering, U.C. Berkeley

Alejandra Huneeus, Boalt School of Law

Zahid Hussain, ALS, Lawrence Berk. Natl. Lab

Charles Jackson, Library Copying Service, U.C. Berkeley

Lisa Kermish, Survey Research Center, U.C. Berkeley

Doug Kern, SF Urban Watershed Project

James Kirchner, Geology & Geophysics, U.C. Berkeley

J. Kleinjan, ESPM, U.C. Berkeley

Kathy Kuivila, US Geological Survey

Amy Kyle, School of Public Health, U.C. Berkeley

Dr. Robert Lane, ESPM, U.C. Berkeley

Wendy Lama, the Mountain Institute

Dr. Zhiqing Lin, Terry Laboratory, Plant & Microbial Biol., U.C. Berkeley

Andy Lincoff, EPA Region 9, Richmond Lab

Adam Love, Environmental Engineering, U.C. Berkeley

Sarah Lowe, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Tryg Lundquist, Applied Algae Research Group, Richmond Field Station

Yair Lurie, Cybernetix Medical Institute

Thomas Malott, Bayer Corporation

Robert McCarthy, Survey Research Center, U.C. Berkeley

Robert W. Meyer, US Geological Survey

Merete Miles, Baxter Corporation

Rick N. Oltmann, US Geological Survey

Frank Ogletree, ALS, Lawrence Berk. Natl. Lab

Pat O’Shay, CNR, U.C. Berkeley

Brian Peniston, the Mountain Institute

Dr. Ingrid Pickering, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab., Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Brian Pon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Vince Resh, ESPM, U.C. Berkeley

Ang Rita Sherpa, the Mountain Institute

Jeff Romm, ESPM, U.C. Berkeley

Barbara Rotz, U.C. Oxford Tract Greenhouse Facility

Deborah A. Rudnick, ESPM, U.C. Berkeley

Camille Russell, Utah Dept. of Community and Economic Developmement

Miquel Salmeron, ALS, Lawrence Berk. Natl. Lab

Anthony Sapora, ERM CVS

Joseph Sax, Boalt School of Law

Corrinne Semas, Bayer Corporation

Scott Siegfried, Bureau of Land Management, Tracy

Soren Simonsen, Cooper/Roberts Architects

Laura Simpson, Oakland Comm. and Econ. Dev. Agency

Kirk Smith, School of Public Health, U.C. Berkeley

Carol Snow, UGIS, U.C. Berkeley

Ray Stevens, Molec. & Cell Biol., U.C. Berkeley

Professor Norman Terry, Plant & Microbial Biol., U.C. Berkeley

Bruce Thompson, San Francisco Estuary Institute

Geoffrey Urland, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

Amy Wagner, EPA Region 9, Richmond Lab

Don Weston, Integrative Biol., U.C. Berkeley

Arnetta Williams, Xerox Business Services

Alan Wolken, Richmond Redevelopment Agency

Marcia Woodby, Inst. of Tox. and Env. Health,U.C. Davis