Rainfall Driven Shifts in Staphylococcus Aureus and Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Hilo Bay Watershed
RAINFALL DRIVEN SHIFTS IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA IN THE HILO BAY WATERSHED A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT HILO IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TROPICAL CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MAY 2018 By Louise M. Economy Thesis Committee: Tracy N. Wiegner, Chairperson Ayron M. Strauch Jonathan D. Awaya Acknowledgements Thank you to my advisor Tracy N. Wiegner, and my committee members Ayron M. Strauch and Jonathan D. Awaya. Funding for this project was provided through the Hau`oli Mau Loa Foundation, and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) via the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PICASC, Cooperative Agreement No. G12AC00003). Undergraduate research assistants' support was provided by UH Hilo's Pacific Internships Program for Exploring Science (PIPES, National Science Foundation Grant No. 1005186, 1461301), UH Hilo’s Students of Hawai`i Advanced Research Program (SHARP, National Institutes of Health Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement Award No. R25GM11347), and UH Mānoa's Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education (C-MORE, National Science Foundation Grant No. 0424599). Thank you to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Natural Area Reserve System Commission, for issuing a Special Use Permit for the soil collection in the Pu`u Maka`ala Natural Area Reserve. Additional thanks to Leilani Abaya, Jazmine Panelo, Caree Edens, Melia Takakusagi, Tyler Gerken, Carmen Garson-Shumway, Tara Holitzki, Eric Johnson, Chad Shibuya, Lori Ueno, Ron Kaya, Terrance Tanaka, Jon Marusek, Stephen Kennedy, Anne Veillet, Lynn Morrison, Josh LaPinta, Senfia Annendale, James Gomez Demolina, Mikayla Jones, Hoang-Yen Nguyen, Scott Laursen, Sharon Ziegler-Chong, Noelani Puniwai, Barb Bruno, Kim Thomas, Steven Colbert, Lisa Pearring, Kade Economy, Debbie Beirne, Jill Grotkin, Ron Kittle, Etta Karth, and Jesse Gorges.
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