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An Assessment Of Moose (Alces Alces Americana) And Moose Management In Connecticut, Andrew M. Labonte
An Assessment Of Moose (Alces Alces Americana) And Moose Management In Connecticut, Andrew M. Labonte
Master's Theses
Eastern moose (Alces alces americana) populations have been increasing in New England over the past decade. Moose populations have the potential to generate human conflict due to their size, speed, nocturnal behavior, and seasonal mobility. As problems associated with increasing moose populations become more common, the need to develop management strategies that are both effective and acceptable to stakeholders becomes increasingly important. The potential for moose to continue to expand in southern New England and the long-term impacts they may have on Connecticut residents, is unclear. The overall purpose of this study was to assess how suitable Connecticut …
Assessment Of Oyster Reefs In Lynnhaven River As A Chesapeake Bay Tmdl Best Management Practice, Mac Sisson, M. Lisa Kellogg, Mark Luckenbach, Rom Lipcius, Allison Colden, Jeff Cornwell, Michael Owens
Assessment Of Oyster Reefs In Lynnhaven River As A Chesapeake Bay Tmdl Best Management Practice, Mac Sisson, M. Lisa Kellogg, Mark Luckenbach, Rom Lipcius, Allison Colden, Jeff Cornwell, Michael Owens
Reports
No abstract provided.
An Assessment Of Sea Scallop Abundance And Distribution In Selected Areas: Georges Bank Closed Area Ii, Southern New England/Long Island, New York Bight And The Delmarva Closed Area, David Rudders, William D. Dupaul
An Assessment Of Sea Scallop Abundance And Distribution In Selected Areas: Georges Bank Closed Area Ii, Southern New England/Long Island, New York Bight And The Delmarva Closed Area, David Rudders, William D. Dupaul
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No abstract provided.
Preliminary Analysis Of The Economic Impact Of The H-2b Worker Program On Virginia’S Economy, Thomas J. Murray
Preliminary Analysis Of The Economic Impact Of The H-2b Worker Program On Virginia’S Economy, Thomas J. Murray
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No abstract provided.
Local Engagements With Urban Bushland: Moving Beyond Bounded Practice For Urban Biodiversity Management, Nicholas J. Gill, Gordon R. Waitt, Lesley M. Head
Local Engagements With Urban Bushland: Moving Beyond Bounded Practice For Urban Biodiversity Management, Nicholas J. Gill, Gordon R. Waitt, Lesley M. Head
Lesley Head
Management of ecologically significant urban green space is likely to be increasingly governed by biodiversity policy frameworks. These frameworks tend to reproduce bounded thinking and strategies that separate green space from its context and characterise people as a disturbance. Like many green spaces these ecologically significant areas are highly valued by visitors and nearby residents. Green space is important for engagement with nature, social interaction, and for respite from daily life: it is strongly connected to surrounding areas and to the lives of people who live there. The dissonance between bounded management thinking and the role of green space in …
2011 Annual Report Estimating Relative Juvenile Abundance Of Ecologically Important Finfish In The Virginia Portion Of Chesapeake Bay, Troy D. Tuckey, Mary C. Fabrizio
2011 Annual Report Estimating Relative Juvenile Abundance Of Ecologically Important Finfish In The Virginia Portion Of Chesapeake Bay, Troy D. Tuckey, Mary C. Fabrizio
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Pest Management Decistion-Making: The Economic-Injury Level Concept, Diane G. Alston
Pest Management Decistion-Making: The Economic-Injury Level Concept, Diane G. Alston
All Archived Publications
No abstract provided.
Results For The 2011 Vims/Industry Cooperative Survey Of Georges Bank Closed Area Ii, William D. Dupaul, David Rudders
Results For The 2011 Vims/Industry Cooperative Survey Of Georges Bank Closed Area Ii, William D. Dupaul, David Rudders
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Results For The 2010 Vims/Industry Cooperative Surveys Of Georges Bank Closed Area I And The Hudson Canyon Closed Area, David Rudders, William D. Dupaul
Results For The 2010 Vims/Industry Cooperative Surveys Of Georges Bank Closed Area I And The Hudson Canyon Closed Area, David Rudders, William D. Dupaul
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No abstract provided.
Final Report : An Assessment Of Sea Scallop Abundance And Distribution In A Selected Closed Area: Georges Bank Closed Area I, David Rudders, William D. Dupaul
Final Report : An Assessment Of Sea Scallop Abundance And Distribution In A Selected Closed Area: Georges Bank Closed Area I, David Rudders, William D. Dupaul
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No abstract provided.
Final Report : An Assessment Of Sea Scallop Abundance And Distribution In A Selected Closed Area: Hudson Canyon Closed Area, David Rudders, William D. Dupaul
Final Report : An Assessment Of Sea Scallop Abundance And Distribution In A Selected Closed Area: Hudson Canyon Closed Area, David Rudders, William D. Dupaul
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No abstract provided.
Breeding Habitat Structure And Use By Kansas-Occurring Black Rail, Stephanie A. Kane
Breeding Habitat Structure And Use By Kansas-Occurring Black Rail, Stephanie A. Kane
Master's Theses
Two subspecies of Black Rail Laterallus jamaicenis occur in the United States, and neither has been studied extensively. Of the two, the Eastern subspecies L. j. jamaicenis has a larger range, but has been studied to a lesser degree than the California subspecies (L. j. coturniculus Eastern Black Rail are known to breed at several locations in Kansas, but as in other inland populations, precisely where these individuals overwinter is unknown. Additionally, little information is available on characteristics of breeding habitat for inland Eastern Black Rail populations, and few studies have investigated the effect of habitat management techniques on these …
Process-Based Management Of Downy Brome In Salt Desert Shrublands: Assessing Pre- And Post- Rehabilitation Soil And Vegetation Attributes, Merilynn Carol Hirsch
Process-Based Management Of Downy Brome In Salt Desert Shrublands: Assessing Pre- And Post- Rehabilitation Soil And Vegetation Attributes, Merilynn Carol Hirsch
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
As an ecosystem driver, downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.) presents obstacles to land rehabilitation efforts, including restoring desirable species cover. Because damaged ecosystems may have crossed both abiotic and biotic thresholds, ecologically-based control strategies may assist with altering successional trajectories and restoring desirable plant species. My thesis research had three objectives: 1) assess soil and vegetation relationships in degraded salt desert ecosystems prior to implementing downy brome control treatments, 2) determine the effects of control treatments on soil properties and resident plant species, and 3) evaluate the relative importance of shrubland soil type, herbicide type, and herbicide rate on seedling …
Riparian Bird-Habitat Association Models: A Framework For Informing Management And Developing Restoration Guidelines In Utah, Hillary M. White
Riparian Bird-Habitat Association Models: A Framework For Informing Management And Developing Restoration Guidelines In Utah, Hillary M. White
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Approximately 75% of the avian species in Utah use riparian habitats at some time during their life cycles and at least 80% of this habitat in Utah has been lost or altered since settlement; currently 0.6% of land cover in Utah is considered riparian. In 1992, with the support of Utah Partner's in Flight, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources began a statewide neotropical migratory bird (NTMB) and habitat monitoring program to assess the status of bird populations at 31 sites. Additional sites (up to 52) were added in later years; bird and habitat assessments at 37 riparian sites have …
Contract Report On Behalf Of Promar International Project “Evaluation Of Cultivated Clam Pilot Crop Insurance Program”, Tom Murray
Reports
No abstract provided.
A New Policy For Management Of Double-Crested Cormorants In The United States And An Example Of Its Implementation., Shauna L. Hanisch, Brian S. Dorr, Peter H. Butchko
A New Policy For Management Of Double-Crested Cormorants In The United States And An Example Of Its Implementation., Shauna L. Hanisch, Brian S. Dorr, Peter H. Butchko
Brian S Dorr
In the fall of 2003, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), in cooperation with USDA-Wildlife Services (USDA-WS), completed an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the management of Double-crested Cormorants (DCCOs) in the United States. The USFWS subsequently published new regulations to implement the EIS proposed strategy. One part of the new regulations, a “public resource depredation order” (PRDO), allows state wildlife agencies, tribes, and USDA-WS to control DCCOs on a localized level to protect fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats in 24 states. We’ll discuss this new policy and will highlight the management activities, including monitoring and evaluation efforts, …
The Introduction And Evaluation Of A Warfarin Management Strategy Into Illawarra Residential Aged Care Facilities, Margaret Jordan, Judy Mullan, Victoria Traynor
The Introduction And Evaluation Of A Warfarin Management Strategy Into Illawarra Residential Aged Care Facilities, Margaret Jordan, Judy Mullan, Victoria Traynor
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
No abstract provided.
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Research In Australia And China, X H. Wang, X Xu, S G. Pearson, G Xue, Robert J. Morrison, D Liu, P Shi
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Research In Australia And China, X H. Wang, X Xu, S G. Pearson, G Xue, Robert J. Morrison, D Liu, P Shi
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
This paper reviews the current Integrated and Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) research in coastal zone science and policy for Australia and China. It seeks to make a coherent contribution to understanding the Chinese and Australian research and management through a brief description of the similarities and differences in an integrated way. The paper draws together the research needs for the ICZM in both countries with the aim of justifying the research investments needed in the future. Based on this review, we recommend five research programs: Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System and its Socio-economic Impact; Review and Utilization of Space-borne …
Invasive Species In Europe: Ecology, Status And Policy, Reuben P. Keller, Juergen Geist, Johnathan M. Jeschke, Ingolf Kuhn
Invasive Species In Europe: Ecology, Status And Policy, Reuben P. Keller, Juergen Geist, Johnathan M. Jeschke, Ingolf Kuhn
School of Environmental Sustainability: Faculty Publications and Other Works
We tested the accuracy of an invasive aquatic plant risk assessment system in the United States that we modified from a system originally developed by New Zealand’s Biosecurity Program. The US system is comprised of 38 questions that address biological, historical, and environmental tolerance traits. Values associated with each response are summed to produce a total score for each species that indicates its risk of invasion. To calibrate and test this risk assessment, we identified 39 aquatic plant species that are major invaders in the continental US, 31 species that have naturalized but have no documented impacts (minor invaders), and …
Changes In Habitat Heterogeneity Alter Marine Sessile Benthic Communities, Pablo Munguia, Richard W. Osman, John Hamilton, Robert B. Whitlatch, Roman Zajac
Changes In Habitat Heterogeneity Alter Marine Sessile Benthic Communities, Pablo Munguia, Richard W. Osman, John Hamilton, Robert B. Whitlatch, Roman Zajac
Biology and Environmental Science Faculty Publications
Habitat heterogeneity is considered an important mechanism influencing diversity patterns in spatially structured habitats. However, spatial heterogeneity is not static and it can change along temporal scales. These changes, whether gradual or rapid, have the potential of forcing species extinctions or facilitating the introduction of nonnative species. Here, we present modeling results that show how changes in spatial heterogeneity over several generations can produce strong changes in benthic species composition residing in eastern Long Island Sound, USA. For many benthic species, hard substrate is a limiting resource which can vary in availability among different coastal areas. We modeled gradual changes …
Virginia Seafood Sustainability: A Report Requested By The Virginia Marine Products Board, Thomas J. Murray, Christopher J. Petrone
Virginia Seafood Sustainability: A Report Requested By The Virginia Marine Products Board, Thomas J. Murray, Christopher J. Petrone
Reports
No abstract provided.
Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program 2010, Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program
Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program 2010, Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program
Reports
No abstract provided.
Sea Grant Extension Program Catch Share Workshop Report, Ken La Valley, Tom Murray
Sea Grant Extension Program Catch Share Workshop Report, Ken La Valley, Tom Murray
Reports
No abstract provided.
An Assessment Of The Social And Economic Importance Of Menhaden (Brevoortia Tyrannus) (Latrobe, 1802) In Chesapeake Bay Region, James E. Kirkley
An Assessment Of The Social And Economic Importance Of Menhaden (Brevoortia Tyrannus) (Latrobe, 1802) In Chesapeake Bay Region, James E. Kirkley
Reports
No abstract provided.
Efficacy Of Constructed Wetlands Of Various Depths For Natural Amphibian Community Conservation, Andrea Nicole Drayer
Efficacy Of Constructed Wetlands Of Various Depths For Natural Amphibian Community Conservation, Andrea Nicole Drayer
Online Theses and Dissertations
Wetlands provide critical habitat for a diverse group of amphibians and provide important ecosystem functions and services to humans. Despite this, most natural wetlands have been lost to land use practices. Consequently, constructing wetlands has become a common practice to mitigate for removed wetlands and to manage for wildlife. There were three primary objectives of this research: 1) to examine whether or not constructed wetlands located on ridge tops in eastern Kentucky in the Daniel Boone National Forest (DBNF) had amphibian communities comparable to natural ephemeral wetlands, 2) to examine amphibian predator-prey relationships within the constructed wetlands, and 3) to …