Environmental Sciences Major, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-2922
Patina Mendez & Kurt Spreyer
Anne Murray & Joe Kantenbacher
Pascal Polonik
Partitioning Water and Vegetation CO2 and CH4 Fluxes from Eddy Covariance in a Restored California Wetland
Alexandra LaPat Polasko
Sulfide Inhibition Effect on Dehalococcoides Strain 195's Ability to Biodegrade Trichloroethene and Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough's Cell Growth
David C. King
Plant-Soil Feedbacks of the Invasive Centaurea solstitialis
Ayla B. Benavides Quesada
The Life and Times of Pteris vittata: Investigating Frond Life Stage and Harvest Techniques to Optimize Phytoremediation with an Arsenic Accumulating Fern
Camilla Gardiner
Precipitation Effects on Inter-Annual Variability of Rangeland Soil Carbon and Nitrogen
Shrey Goel
Challenging Slumification: Collective Women's Group Action as an Environmental Health Intervention in Indian Urban Slums
Lakpa Sherpa
Effects of Household Air Pollution on Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Symptoms of Women in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Gregory Johnson
Striking Out Excess Travel In Major League Baseball: Reducing CO2 Emissions Due To the MLB Schedule
Manon von Kaenel
Urban Stormwater Management at UC Berkeley: A Low Impact Development Solution
Cheuk Him Wallace Ho
Effect of Soil Moisture on Reintroduced Native Seedlings' Growth: Riparian Restoration on Strawberry Creek, Berkeley, California
Julia Mangin
Gardening practices and sustainability in a school
garden program in Berkeley, California
Luke Walcher
Distribution of Urban Forest Benefits from Street Trees in San Francisco, California
Mirit Friedman
Assessing Urban Vegetation as an Urban Heat Island Effect Mitigation Strategy
in Berkeley and Oakland, California
Dayton Marchese
Temperature Sensitivity of Guatemala's Rio Dulce to Climate Change
D. Bud Dillard
Drought and Water Quality: Nitrogen Concentrations in Sagehen Creek, California
Andy Wong
Influence of Natural Fire Regime on a Watershed's Annual Flow and Flood Responses
Bridget Smith
Medusahead and Barb Goatgrass Distribution by Wind and Cattle: A Remotely Sensed Perspective
Miguel Naranjo
Characterizing and Modeling Post-fire Vegetation Change in
The Illilouette Creek Basin
Clifford Wang
Remote Sensing in Suisun Bay Marsh: Vegetation Classification and LAI Prediction
Janice Wondolleck
Using isotope analysis of historical zooplankton samples to detect long-term changes in low salinity zone food webs of the San Francisco estuary, 1976-2010
Erik Schmiett
Nitrogen Concentration Responses to Drought in Sagehen Creek, California
Faith De Amaral
Oak succession in the Maritime Chaparral Ecosystem
of the Fort Ord Natural Reserve
Kathryn M. Poniatowski
A Step in the Right Direction: Restoration of Urban Streams
and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Responses
Alyssa Zhang
Terrestrial arthropod community responses to wildfire in Mediterranean forest ecosystems
Sarah J. Gerlach
Private wildlife: Domestication of Wild Deer on Private Texas Ranches
Rachel L. Taylor
Battle of the Kenyan Herbivores: Resource Competition between Native and Domesticated Animals
Brooke Chelsea Harding
An Urban-Wildland Interface in Claremont Canyon, Berkeley, CA:
Change in Avian Species Richness Over Time
Riva Madan
Predictors of Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Population Change in California from 1972 to 2013
Carly Clusserath
Advanced Placement Environmental Science Curricula: Emphasizing Key Topics Through Content and Pedagogy
Sagar Bhatt
Technological Turnover and Electronic Waste Management on a Green Campus
Jamise Caesar
Oil and Water? Christian Student Experiences of Faith and the Environment at UC Berkeley
Austin Ehrhardt
Determining Green Infrastructure Potential and Benefit Allocation in Oakland, California
Rosanna Ren
Adaptation Strategies in San Francisco Bay Area Local Climate Action Plans
Erin E. Smith
Life Cycle Paralysis: Managing Uncertainty in California and US Biofuel Policies
Rohana Lazo
Consumer Perceptions of Produce Safety
Danielle Petruzzelli
Too Ugly to Eat? Consumer Perceptions and Purchasing Behavior Regarding Low-Grade Produce
Chris Williams
Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation: Local
Government Policies in California
Laura Li
Media Narratives of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
These studies were undertaken by seniors in the Environmental Sciences Group Major, an Interdisciplinary Studies program administered by the Department of Enviromental Science, Policy, and Management in the College of Letters and Sciences 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 2014 to Spring 2015 Senior Research Seminars.