Environmental Sciences Major, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-2922
Patina Mendez & Kurt Spreyer
Anne Murray & Abigail Cochran
Ryan B. Avery
Effects of DEM Source on the Accuracy of Derived Hydrological Networks in Marin County
Annika K. Min
Forest Cover Change in South Gondar, Ethiopia from 1985 to 2015: Landsat Remote Sensing Analysis and Conservation Implications
Hannah Hagen
Effect of WENO Advection Scheme on Simulation of Stratocumulus-topped Atmospheric
Boundary Layer
Jo-an Chen
The Effects of Warming Temperatures on Biomonitoring Metrics in California, 2000-2050
Jimmy Dunn
Comparing Subnational Ecological Footprints for the United States, 2010
Deborah Yang
Hedging Our Bets on Urban Agriculture: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the UC Gill Tract Community Farm
Maritza Sazo
Commercial Urban Agriculture in the United States: Growing More Than Just Food
Samantha Ov
The Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act (AB551):Implementation and Perceptions in Northern California
Hannah Krovetz
The Effect of Water-Use Labeling and Information on Consumer Valuation for Water-
Sustainable Food Choices in California
Perth Silvers
Air Pollution and Environmental Injustice: Differential Burdens in San Francisco Bay Area Communities
Timothy Urso
Climate Change and Respiratory Risk in California’s San Joaquin Valley
Mikela Topey
The Association Between Lung Cancer and Air Pollution in Trinidad: A Mixed Methods Literature Review
Jose Jacuinde
Perceptions of Climate Change in a Los Angeles Hispanic Community
Hannah Totte
And While We Wait: Perspectives on Chlorpyrifos Toxicity and Use in California Agriculture
Samantha L. Nguyen
Expectation Versus Reality: Contested Goals & Pedagogy in K-12 Environmental Education
Paras Kumar
Challenging Climate Change Skepticism Through Graphical Curricula
Brittni L. Bertolet
Lake TEA: Changing Dynamics of Terrestrially-Derived Dissolved Organic Carbon Across the Land-Water Interface in Northern Wisconsin
Gyan Rusconi-Rodrigues
Understanding Diurnal Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Perialpine Freshwater Lakes
Linda Saunders
Climate Change Impacts: Shifts in Western Blue Bird Reproduction
Rong Xu
The California Orb Weaving Spider: Where & When Does Pheromone Production Happen?
Lindsey Agnew
Environmental and Evolutionary Influences of Light on Fern Leaf Morphology in California
Wai Ting Isabel Chan
Life Cycle Assessment of Shanghai Electric Vehicle Subsidy
Jordan Cheng
Chasing the Tesla Standard: Predicting Battery Electric Vehicle Sales amidst Increasing
Competitive Pressures
Sanya Wun Seong Lam
Calculating Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles in
California
Tyler Shiqiao Yan
Greener, at What Cost? Evaluating Energy Dispatch Policy Alternatives in China
Akmaral Zhakypova
Dissecting Corporate Sustainability Reporting: VW Emissions Scandal case
Hillary Kimly Buntara
Assessing Infrastructure Interdependency in Jakarta, Indonesia: Using Critical Asset Surveys to Advance Urban Decision Support Systems
Varya Fedorova
Investigating Tree Mortality in the American Fire Footprint: Is California’s Current Drought Affecting Post-Fire Mortality?
Emily Shafer
Monitoring Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Activity at Watering Sites via Camera Traps
Jenna Keller
The Effects of Forest Management on Carbon Dynamics in
California Sierra Nevada Mixed Conifer Forests
Sarah Whitelock
Monitoring Disease Progression of Phytophthora ramorum on Quercus agrifolia in East Bay Regional Parks over a 4-year Period
Adrian Ka Hei Lee
Effects of Residential Block Layout on Urban Tree Population in San Jose, California
Alexander C. Makabeh
Evaluating and Optimizing a Method for Using Cotton-pads to Monitor for Fluorescent Compounds in Urban Water Systems
Tammy Ho Ting Leung
The Response of the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community to New Step-Pools Sequences
in Strawberry Creek
Sean Pagnon
The Differential Growth of Native Plant Species in a California Urban Creek Restoration Site
Niamh Murphy
The Effect of Compost on Crop Arsenic Uptake
Katherine Patterson
Drought Effects on Chromaphis juglandicola Walnut Aphid Population Dynamics on Walnut Seedlings
Trevor Fischer
El Niño Rainfall Influences on Winged Aphid Morphs
Ramji Pasricha
Comparing Pearl, Japanese, Foxtail, and Proso Millet Performance in the Californian
Drought; Potential for a New Staple Crop
Yuanmin Ouyang
Effect of Soil Compaction on Some Soil Organisms
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 2015 to Spring 2016 Senior Research Seminars.