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The Effects Of The 2001-2002 Drought On Maine Surface Water Supplies, Catherine Schmitt
The Effects Of The 2001-2002 Drought On Maine Surface Water Supplies, Catherine Schmitt
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Maine lakes and streams serve as significant sources of public water supply, serving 40% of the population. Drought affects surface water resources by reducing water quantity and altering water quality, for example by reducing inputs of materials from the watershed and increasing water residence times. The 2001-2002 drought was the worst in Maine in over thirty years, and it exposed deficiencies in current water resources planning and management. In this study, I evaluated the effects of the 2001-2002 drought on Maine public water systems in order to identify characteristics of systems vulnerable to drought and determine appropriate indicators of drought …
Population Dynamics And Spatial Analysis Of The Maine Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus Droebachiensis) Fishery, Robert C. Grabowski
Population Dynamics And Spatial Analysis Of The Maine Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus Droebachiensis) Fishery, Robert C. Grabowski
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Fisheries research on the green sea urchin in Maine has been limited despite its importance to the state's fishing industry. The objective of this thesis was to generate critical information for the management and monitoring of the Maine green sea urchin fishery. In particular there are three main areas of interest: (1) an investigation of biological reference points; (2) spatial analysis and biomass estimation, and (3) the development of a simulation framework approach to determine an optimal sampling strategy for the fishery-independent survey program. Biological reference points are markers conlrnonly used to monitor and manage fisheries. For the Maine sea …
Effects Of Frost Heave On A Soil Nail Wall In Brunswick, Maine, Sandra Mcrae Duchesne
Effects Of Frost Heave On A Soil Nail Wall In Brunswick, Maine, Sandra Mcrae Duchesne
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Soil nail walls have been used as retaining structures worldwide since the early 1970s. The technology is particularly well suited for constructing walls in areas with limited overhead clearance and maneuvering room for heavy equipment, such as highway bridge underpasses. However, designers have been reluctant to experiment with soil nailing in areas with cold-weather climates and frost-susceptible soils, due to the lack of quantifiable data on the behavior of these walls when subjected to freezing conditions. The University of Maine collaborated with the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) in a research initiative on the first soil nail wall project in …
From Lime Kilns To Art Galleries: A Historical Anthropogeography Of The Maine Coast City Of Rockland, William Francis Fagan
From Lime Kilns To Art Galleries: A Historical Anthropogeography Of The Maine Coast City Of Rockland, William Francis Fagan
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation is a historical anthropogeography that focuses on the city of Rockland, Maine from its prehistoric beginnings to the present. Throughout the historic period, a series of single industries have dominated Rockland's economy while its population has remained remarkably stable. Lime production, for mortar and plaster, was first, beginning with the earliest Europeans in the area in the eighteenth century and coming to its end in the 1930s. Shipping and shipbuilding were important outgrowths of the lime industry but shipbuilding ended by the early 1920s with the change from wood to steel as the favored material for shipbuilding. Commercial …