University of San Diego Digital USD Theses Theses and Dissertations Winter 11-25-2019 The effects of seasonal variations, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and climate change on the tuna-dolphin association Caitlynn Birch University of San Diego Michael D. Scott Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Zhi-Yong Yin University of San Diego Lisa T. Ballance Oregon State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses Part of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Commons, Marine Biology Commons, and the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons Digital USD Citation Birch, Caitlynn; Scott, Michael D.; Yin, Zhi-Yong; and Ballance, Lisa T., "The effects of seasonal variations, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and climate change on the tuna-dolphin association" (2019). Theses. 40. https://digital.sandiego.edu/theses/40 This Thesis: Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO San Diego The effects of seasonal variations, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and climate change on the tuna-dolphin association A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental and Ocean Sciences by Caitlynn Amber Birch Thesis Committee Michael D. Scott, PhD., Chair Lisa T. Ballance, PhD. Zhi-Yong Yin, PhD. 2019 i Copyright 2019 Caitlynn Birch iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and most of all, I would like to thank Dr. Michael Scott for his incredible expertise, assistance, guidance and patience throughout the course of this project and thesis.