ES196 May 2007 Table of Contents

The dose and time dependent regulation of IGF-1R in MCF-7 breast cancer cells by indole-3-carbinol - Zahrah Ali

Anti-Proliferative Effects of BZL on MDA-MB-231 Human Breast Cancer Cells - Zaynah K. Ali

Analysis of Macrocentrus ancylivorus as a Natural Enemy of the Sunflower Moth, Homoeosomae electellum - David Briggs

The Effects of NaCl on Germination in Suaeda californica (Chenopodiaceae) - Jenny Cleary

Unequal Opportunity in Environmental Education: Environmental Education Programs and Funding at Contra Costa Secondary Schools - Angela Freitas

Effects of Increased Seasonal Rainfall on Soil- and Leaf Litter- Microarthropods in a Northern California Grassland - Britney C. Gallivan

Analyzing Immigrant Environmental Behaviors in the Arizona Tourism Industry - Mihai Giurgiulescu

Pruning Decreases Incidence of White Pine Blister Rust Infection in Sugar Pine - Lauren Grand

How the Presence of Bikeways affect Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions: A San Francisco Bay Area Case Study - Sarah Hon

Use of Fish Scales as Biosorbent for the Removal of Copper in Water - Esther Huang

Composition of Generic and Host-Specific Bacteria in Feces of Specific Hosts using Culture and QPCR - Ali Kattan

The Effect of Species Richness, Resource Availability, and Community Composition on Larval Recruitment in Marine Fouling Communities - James Kealey

An Ecologic Study Investigating the Correlation between Breast Feeding and the Incidence of Leukemia - Victoria María Klyce

Charring Eucalyptus globulus as an alternative preparation technique for liquid scintillation counting used in 14C dating with subsequent tritium analysis - Austin Jena Krause

The effect of prey diet on the feeding preference of Galendromus occidentalis (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) for Tetranychus pacificus and Eotetranychus willamettei (Acarina: Tetranychidae) - Jesus Lara

Bird Predation Decreases Arthropod Abundance and Biomass in Three Coffee Farms in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica. - Natalie J. Levy

Soil moisture and N2O fluxes along a toposequence in Tennessee Valley, California - Vijay Limaye

The Effect of Canopy Cover and Soil Conditions on Growth Rate of Mimulus aurantiacus and Rhamnus californica in San Francisco - Leanne Maloney

Determining the rate of used cooking oil output by the restaurant industry in the Salt Lake Valley, UT - Jonathan Miller

Ticks Feeding on Animals Committed to Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers and Implications for Lyme Disease Ecology - Trevor Miller

Flow Visualization Through and Around Simplified Models of Biological Structures - Matt Petty

Halogenated Trace Gas Fluxes From Salt Pond Ecosystems - Claudia Mia Pingatore

The Relative Metaphysical Indicator: Linking philosophy and psychology to understand environmental behavior - Robin Rothfeder

Determinants of Recycling Behavior: A UC Berkeley Case Study - Kao Saechao

River Otter Predation on Brown Pelicans at a Lagoon in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area - Tyler Salman

Predicting species distribution of Sierra Nevada butterflies in response to climate change - Joel Scheingross

Rainwater Savings Potential of Prototypical Modular Extensive Green Roofs at UC Berkeley - David Shen

Comparative analysis of halophilic microbial populations at Lake Tyrrell, Australia - Alina Siu

Proper Tire Inflation Increases Fuel Economy and Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Laura Swenson

The impact of denitrification of alter vegetations and soils under precipitations treatments - Kim Khanh Vu

Recreation Disturbance Does Not Change Feeding Behavior of the Western Snowy Plover - Megan Warren

The Long-Term Effects of Climate on the Respiration Rates of Recalcitrant Soil Microbes - Simon Wong

The Effects of Inorganic Nitrogen Deposition on Methane Effluxes from Tropical Forest Soils - Jonathan Wright

Cleaner Captains: The Relationship Between Recreational Boater Knowledge and their Pro-Environmental Behaviors - Elaine Zhong

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 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 fall 2006/spring 2007 Senior Research Seminars.