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Theses/Projects from 1987
Fish food habits and their interrelationships in lower Redwood Creek, Humboldt County, California, Timothy J. Salamunovich
Theses/Projects from 1986
Population dynamics of juvenile steelhead trout in relation to density and habitat characteristics, Mark A. Allen
The relationship between increased physical activity and psychological well-being for cardiac patients, Barbara N. Anderson
The social behavior of an emerging breeding population of Eumetopias jubatus on the coast of Humboldt County, Stephen De Blois
Seasonal movements and hauling site fidelity of harbor seals, Phoca vitulina Richardsi, tagged at the Klamath River, California, Michael J. Herder
Vertebrate response to a tidal marsh restoration in Humboldt Bay, California, Sandra L. Jacobson
The forest associations of the Little Lost Man Creek Research Natural Area, Redwood National Park, CA, James M. Lenihan
Movements, habitat use, and activity patterns of a translocated group of roosevelt elk, Matthew McCoy
Psychotherapists and Child Abuse Reporting Laws: The Dilemma of Role Conflict, Sandra J. Noteboom
Thales, Homer, Hesiod and Heidegger: A Reevaluation of the Mythic World View, Brooks Robinson
Plant Shutdown/ Layoff and Social Support Interventions, Mitchell Swatez
The spring emergence of Plecoptera (stoneflies) in the Willow Creek drainage, Humboldt Co., CA., April-July, 1984, P.C. (Peter Charles) Wilkinson
Theses/Projects from 1985
Saudi Bureaucracy and Max Weber's Ideal Type, Abdulla Ahmed Al-Fares
The Sociology of Beethoven (1770-1827), Richard F. Ely
Developing a Community Based Wilderness Adventure Treatment Model for Juvenile Offenders, John D. Hiatt
An Examination of Couple Break-Ups Among Young Adults, Dorothy Lee
The ecology of the macrofungi at the Lanphere-Christensen Dunes Preserve, Arcata, California, Sue Sweet Van Hook
Theses/Projects from 1984
Juvenile Delinquency in Saudi Arabia and its Causes, Abdul Aziz Al Amri
Hope: Its Association with Belief, Change, and Therapy, Christopher S. Beechel
Stepfamilies and Stepfamily Therapy, Cecilia Giacomini Hallum
Relationships between the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus californicus Baker and post larval red abalone, Haliotis rufescens Swainson, Randall M. Hamilton
Lakeshore vegetation of Sky Lakes Wilderness Study Area, Oregon, Constance Rutherford
Theses/Projects from 1983
The Attitude and Adjustment of Saudi-Arabian Students in the United States, Ahmad A. Al-Madhy
Effects of Change and Attitudes Toward Change in Saudi Arabia, Mohammad K. H. Almunahi
Family Art Therapy, Jane Cinnamond
Demographic statistics and annual molting probabilities of the adult female Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) in northern California, Nancy Diamond
Two Theories of Mind Based on Split-Brain Research: Their Implications for Selected Models of Pyschotherapy, Stephen Diggs
Predatory efficiency and energetics of belted kingfishers wintering along the Mad River, Douglas J. Forsell
Rapid calibration of two small streams in northern California to detect effects of logging and road reconstruction, David E. Halemeier
Performance of rock deflectors for rearing habitat improvement on a tributary of the Mattole River, Northern California, John B. Hamilton
A behavioral and attitudinal view of motorcyclists : a two-phase study of following distance and attributions, John E. Huebner
An evaluation of the effectiveness of an unsupervised classification of Landsat imagery, Ruth A. Norman
Suspended sediment deposition in beaver ponds, Jeffrey P. Reiner
Holistic Criticism: The Development of a New Framework for Literary Criticism, Mark Shilstone
A sociological and economic examination of pregnancy in America, G. Strachan
Theses/Projects from 1982
Strategic Therapy and the Reconstruction of Reality: How Paradoxical Directives and Hypnosis Catalyze Change, Kathryn Englín
Corporate crime, Daniel A. Faulk
Influences on decisions affecting post-high-school employment and higher education, Stanley G. Jr. Fleming
Selected aspects of the ecology of adult summer steelhead in Trinity River, California, J. Lincoln Freese
Use of radio telemetry to study upriver migration of adult Klamath River Chinook salmon, Jonathan Heifetz
The adaptive strategy of coast redwood, David A. Hughell
The Incestuous Family an an Interacting Unit, Marc Hughes
Metaphor and Family Therapy, Wendy Hurley
The Psychiatric Halfway House: Past, Present and Future, Alan C. Johnson
Flora and phytogeography of the Bodie Hills of Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada, U.S.A., Timothy C. Messick
Montane forest vegetation-soil relationships in the Yolla Bolly Mountains, Northern California, Dale Raymond Waddell
The thallose liverworts of California, Alan Whittemore
Theses/Projects from 1981
Populations, Movements, Foraging and Nesting of Feral Ama Zoma Parrots in Southern California, Jeffrey B. Froke
Hydrologic properties of one major and two minor soil series of the coast ranges of Northern California, Edward Pearson Wosika
Theses/Projects from 1980
Populations and behavior of black brant at Humboldt Bay, California, William G. Henry
Locomotor adaptations in the limb skeletons of North American mustelids, Thor Holmes
The parasites of the Botta pocket gopher Thomomys bottae and the taxonomy and biology of Ransomus rodentorum, Douglas P. Jasmer
Social Structure: A Conceptual Examination, Gary Moore
A Sociological Analysis of Criminal Aggression, William H. Rokes
Limitations of the Middleman Minority Model of Ethnic Enterprise, Dorlene C. Russell
Migration and wintering ecology of the Aleutian Canada goose, Dennis W. Woolington
Theses/Projects from 1979
A Comparison of Delinquent and Non-Delinquent Youths' Perceptions of Parent-Youth Relationships in Saudi-Arabia, Ali Hassen Amry
Chilean Realities: A Social Structural Analysis, William R. Burke
Instream flow needs study, Kerckhoff Hydroelectric Project, San Joaquin River, California, James Michael Handley
Watershed condition inventory of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation utilizing Landsat digital data, Kenneth E. Mayer
Vegetation on quartz diorite in the Bear Lakes area, Trinity County, California, John S. Palmer
Eco-Mind: Nature, Humankind, and Mind, James S. Sharak
Professions and Society: A Sociological Inquiry Accountancy as a Case, Yoshiko Fukunishi Skelton
Group Reading: A Handbook for the English Teachers Training Course in Japan, Kazuko Takeda
Theses/Projects from 1978
A Survey of Birth Control Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Among Adolescents, Susan Warner Andre
A flora of the old Gasquet toll road, Del Norte County, California, Linda M. Barker
An Exploratory Investigation Into the Relationship Between Employee Perception of a Supervisor's People-Orientation and Task-Orientation and Upward Communication Frequency and Accessibility, Michael Patric Beery-Polglase
Habitat Utilization in a Tropical Heronry, Keith K. Leber
Society and Artistic Change, Alan Quincy
An Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Planned Instruction in Listening at the First Grade Level, Mary Elizabeth Robertshaw Umhofer
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action in Humboldt County Federal Contracting Private Sector Industries, Peter J. C. Veenhuyzen
Theses/Projects from 1977
Summer water temperature conditions in the Eel River system, with reference to trout and salmon, Paul F. Kubicek
Activity patterns and escape behavior of the slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus), Gary R. Meneghin
A Study of Linguistic Non-Immediacy in the Institutionalized World of the Juvenile Delinquent, Gail Schroers
An Investigation of Field-Generated Constructs For Intercollegiate Debater Credibility, John S. Turner Jr.
Theses/Projects from 1976
Biosystematic studies in the genus Piperia (Orchidaceae), James D. Ackerman
The Mystique and the Mass Persuasion: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Drake-Chenault Radio Programming 1965-1976, Elwood F. Goulart
Winter ecology of black brant at San Quintin Bay, Baja California, Mexico, Gary W. Kramer
Behavior and energetics of ospreys nesting in northern California, Howard Levenson
The New Feminism: A Social Movement in Process, Judith K. Little
A Network Analysis: Task Communication Structure and Information Quality in a Hospital, Brian Prows
Theses/Projects from 1975
A university student survey of sexual information, attitudes and concerns, Torun Almer
The rationalization for French involvement in North America : the role of seventeenth century eyewitnesses, G.T. Buckley
Zonation, species diversity, and redevelopment in the rocky intertidal near Trinidad, northern California, Robert Cimberg
Behavioral and predatory dynamics of American kestrels wintering in the Arcata bottoms, Michael W. Collopy
Habitat utilization and ecology of the black bear in northern California, David G. Kelleyhouse
Theses/Projects from 1974
Transcendence and Meaning in Sociological Theory: Emile Durkheim's Conscience Collective, The Social Reality of Berger and Luckman, and Karl Deutsch's Group Mind, David P. Armentrout
The Sociology of Women: A Symbolic Interaction Perspective on Development of Self, Laurel Armentrout
The Slumping Process: A Challenge to Free Schools, John F. Carpenter
The Mental Patient Returns Home: A Study of the Community Mental Health Care System in Humboldt Co., CA., Carol J. Harris
The Effects of Environmental Lighting on Self-Disclosure and Interpersonal Attraction in Structure Dyadic Interaction, Leilani Maureen Honsa
A Sociological Study of Native American Indians in Higher Education, Robert George Lake
Role Definition of California Campus Ministers, David A. Markwell
Symbolic Interactionism and Conflict Theory: Complementary Approaches to the Study of Social Structure, Guy W. Raymond
The Social Transformation of Nature: A Comparative Analysis of the Siberian and American Experiences, Robert L. Wisniewski
Theses/Projects from 1973
Primary production in Humboldt Bay, Lawrence W. Harding
Nesting ecology and feeding behavior of bald eagles on the Alaska peninsula, Merlin F. Hehnke
The breeding biology of the common egret on Humboldt Bay, California, Jonathan H. Ives