Mathias Research Projects

1. Year: 2009-2010
   Reserves Used: Box Springs Reserve, Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Emerson Oaks Reserve, James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, Motte Rimrock Reserve, San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve, Santa Cruz Island Reserve, Sedgwick Reserve, Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve
   Research Title: How well can fungi migrate under a changing climate?
   Researcher: Stephanie Kivlin
   UC Campus: UC Irvine
   
   
2. Year: 2009-2010
   Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
   Research Title: The influence of nitrogen enrichment on the composition and functioning of microbial communities in California salt marshes
   Researcher: Irina Irvine
   UC Campus: UC Irvine
   
   
3. Year: 2009-2010
   Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
   Research Title: How does California killifish behavior and hormone profile influence encounter and infection rates with the trematode parasite Euhaplorchis californiensis?
   Researcher: Kelly Smithe
   UC Campus: UC Davis
   
   
4. Year: 2009-2010
   Reserves Used: All Reserves in the System
   Research Title: A Visual Survey; photographic study of the University of California Natural Reserve System
   Researcher: Christopher Woodcock
   UC Campus: UC Davis
   
   
5. Year: 2008-2009
   Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
   Research Title: The influence of nitrogen enrichment on the composition and functioning of microbial communities in California salt marshes
   Researcher: Irina Catherine Irvine
   UC Campus: UC Irvine
   
   
6. Year: 2008-2009
   Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
   Research Title: Can parasites enhance components of host fitness? Host manipulation of a sexual signal in the California fiddler crab, Uca crenulata
   Researcher: Adrienne B. Mora
   UC Campus: UC Riverside
   
   
7. Year: 2005-2006
   Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
   Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
   Research Title: Development of diagnostic indicators for organic enrichment and toxic contamination in temperate estuaries
   Researcher: Heather Coleman
   UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
   
   
8. Year: 2004-2005
   Reserve: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
   Research Title: Factors controlling macralgal blooms in Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Barbara, California
   Researcher: Rachel Kennison
   UC Campus: UC Los Angeles
   
   
9. Year: 2003-2004
   Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve and Coal Oil Point Reserve
   Research Title: Effects of nutrient enrichment on the relationship between a parasitic plant and its host
   Researcher: Julie Simpson
   UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
   
   
10. Year: 2002-2003
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve and Coal Oil Point Reserve
    Research Title: Neurobiological Mechanisms of Host Behavior Modification in the California Killifish
    Researcher: Jenny Shaw
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
    
    
11. Year: 2002-2003
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
    Research Title: Connecting the significance of biofilm as a growth mode for esturarine bacteria with excess nutrient loading
    Researcher: Yiping Cao
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
    
    
12. Year: 2001-2002
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
    Research Title: Endoparasite Infection in Wetland-Associated Birds: Ecological Aspects and Fitness Consequences
    Researcher: Kathleen Whitney
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
    
    
13. Year: 1998-1999
    Reserves Used: Bodega Marine Reserve, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Coal Oil Point Reserve, and Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve
    Research Title: Determining the Relative Importance of Protected Embayments and Open Coast Nursery Habitats to the Maintenance of Adult Flatfish Populations
    Researcher: Jennifer Brown
    UC Campus: UC Santa Cruz
    
    
14. Year: 1997-1998
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
    Research Title: Using trematode communities to assess the broad scale, long term success of a wetland restoration project
    Researcher: Todd Huspeni
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
    
    
15. Year: 1996-1997
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (CSMR)
    Research Title: Toward a mechanistic understanding of the resistance of a native snail to invasion by an exotic competitor
    Researcher: James Byers
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
    
    
16. Year: 1994-1995
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
    Research Title: An investigation into the mechanisms limiting distribution in two co-occurring salt marsh fishes
    Researcher: Andrew Brooks
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
    
    
17. Year: 1992-1993
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (CSMR)
    Research Title: Functional Morphology of Flatfish Feeding
    Researcher: Alice Gibb
    UC Campus: UC Irvine
    
    
18. Year: 1991-1992
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (CSMR)
    Research Title: Shedding Patterns of Trematode Cercariae: Ecological Significance in Transmission to second Intermediate Hosts
    Researcher: Theresa Stevens
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
    
    
19. Year: 1989-1990
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
    Research Title: Salt Marsh vegetation patterns
    Researcher: Steven Pennings
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara
    
    
20. Year: 1989-1990
    Reserves Used: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
    Research Title: Salt Marsh vegetation patterns
    Researcher: Ragan Callaway
    UC Campus: UC Santa Barbara