CSSF Project Listings: 2012
Zoology

Senior Division

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S2201

R. Thomas Adams, Grade 12
James S. Spriggs, Grade 12
Zackary J. Wambaugh, Grade 12
Men with a Lot of Mussels Part 2: Revenge of the Turban Snails
Advisor: Mr. John Pearse
School: San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, Santa Cruz County

S2202

Madaly Alcala, Grade 12
Zooplankton Biodiversity Comparison
Advisor: Dr. Kiersten Darrow
School: San Pedro High School, San Pedro, Los Angeles County

S2203 — Third Place

Christine Chen, Grade 12
Assessing Polioptila californica Population in Differing Artemisia californica Habitats, Year 2
Advisor: Mrs. Michaele Scheerle
School: Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County

S2204 — First Place

Julian O. Kimura, Grade 12
Copepod Culturing: Conditions and Designs for Maximum Yield per Generation, Year 2
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County

S2205

Haley A. Korenak, Grade 11
Do the Pink Flamingo Limp?
Advisor: Mr. Don Van Ness
School: Clovis East High School, Clovis, Fresno County

S2206

Bianca G. Landfield, Grade 11
The Plus Sign Trial: A Test of Cognitive Mapping Ability in Hermit Crabs
Advisor: Ms. Stacy Sjoberg
School: Marlborough School, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

S2207 — Second Place

Saige J. Manier, Grade 11
Jumping Galls: A Novel Mechanism for Motility
Advisor: Dr. David Deamer
School: Harbor High School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County

S2208 — Fourth Place

Mark T. Nakata, Grade 11
Use of Attractants in Mosquito Control: A Study of Color Affinity in Anopheles gambia Larvae
Advisor: Dr. Joshua Hartsel
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County

S2209 — Honorable Mention

Yi Jung Robin Park, Grade 11
Racial Discrimination in Ants: Effects of Cohabitation in Behaviors of Linepithema humile and Prenolepis imparis
Advisor: Mrs. Michaele Scheerle
School: Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles County

S2210

Shivam D. Patel, Grade 9
The Effect of Algae Species on the Growth of Brine Shrimp
Advisor: Mr. Craig Young
School: Wilcox (Adrian C.) High School, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County

S2211

Michael A. Salmond, Grade 11
When Half a Worm Is Not Enough, Year 2: A Planaria's Regeneration and Growth Rate under Different Magnitudes of Light
Advisor: Ms. Judy Fusco
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County

S2212

Tyler G. Urban, Grade 12
Fringed Families: A Study of the Phylogeny of the Mojave Fringe-Toed Lizard through Morphology, Geology, and Genetics
Advisor: Mr. Mark Grubb
School: Desert High School, Edwards, Kern County

S2299 — Honorable Mention

Katia A. Mafra Spencer, Grade 10
Cockroach Push and Pull
Advisor: Mrs. Lillian McCandless
School: North (John Wesley) High School, Riverside, Riverside County