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Lake Mead Nutrient Enhancement Project, Peter D. Vaux, Larry J. Paulson, Nevada Department Of Wildlife, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration Dec 1990

Lake Mead Nutrient Enhancement Project, Peter D. Vaux, Larry J. Paulson, Nevada Department Of Wildlife, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration

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The Lake Mead Fertilization Project is a research program designed to investigate the potential for using large-scale artificial fertilization to enhance the game fisheries of this reservoir through an increase in the population of threadfin shad, the system's primary forage species. A substantial decline in the population of largemouth bass, together with poor condition of adult striped bass, are the two major issues affecting the Lake Mead game fisheries. Both issues have been hypothesized to be a result of an inadequate amount of forage in the reservoir. Previous studies have in turn suggested that a major factor limiting the shad …


Experimental Apparatus For Production, Cooling, And Storing Multiply Charged Ions For Charge-Transfer Measurements, Victor H. S. Kwong, T. T. Gibbons, Z. Fang, Jinhua Jiang, H. Knocke, Yingtao Jiang, B. Ruger, Su-Ching Huang, E. Braganza, W. Clark, L. D. Gardner Jul 1990

Experimental Apparatus For Production, Cooling, And Storing Multiply Charged Ions For Charge-Transfer Measurements, Victor H. S. Kwong, T. T. Gibbons, Z. Fang, Jinhua Jiang, H. Knocke, Yingtao Jiang, B. Ruger, Su-Ching Huang, E. Braganza, W. Clark, L. D. Gardner

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Research

A novel method is described that combines the production of ions by laser ablation with an ion‐trap technique for the measurement of thermal‐energy charge‐transfer rates of multiply charged ions and neutrals. The charge‐transfer rate is determined by measuring the rate of loss of stored ions from the trap. Verification of the calibration of the apparatus is demonstrated through investigation of charge transfer of N2 and N2+, which has been studied by another group. We also have made the first measurement on the thermal‐energy charge‐transfer coefficient of Ar and W2+. The rate coefficient is 0.99(0.22)×10−11 …