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William & Mary

2002

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Fresh Water Studies

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Distribution, Fluxes, And Bacterial Utilization Of Different Molecular Weight Fractions Of Dissolved Organic Matter In The York River Estuary, Carol J. Pollard Jan 2002

Distribution, Fluxes, And Bacterial Utilization Of Different Molecular Weight Fractions Of Dissolved Organic Matter In The York River Estuary, Carol J. Pollard

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No abstract provided.


Meta-Analysis And Modeling Of Benthic Oxygen And Nutrient Fluxes, Tyler Christensen Jan 2002

Meta-Analysis And Modeling Of Benthic Oxygen And Nutrient Fluxes, Tyler Christensen

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No abstract provided.


Temporal And Spatial Variation In Reproductive Output Of The Veined Rapa Whelk (Rapana Venosa) In The Chesapeake Bay, Catherine C. Ware Jan 2002

Temporal And Spatial Variation In Reproductive Output Of The Veined Rapa Whelk (Rapana Venosa) In The Chesapeake Bay, Catherine C. Ware

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No abstract provided.


Estimating Commercial Scallop Dredge Efficiency Through Vessel Tracking, Catch Data, And Depletion Models, Todd Gedamke Jan 2002

Estimating Commercial Scallop Dredge Efficiency Through Vessel Tracking, Catch Data, And Depletion Models, Todd Gedamke

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No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of Closed Area Boundaries Of The Sea Scallop Stock In The Middle Atlantic Bight, John David Lange Jan 2002

An Evaluation Of Closed Area Boundaries Of The Sea Scallop Stock In The Middle Atlantic Bight, John David Lange

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No abstract provided.


Genetic Stock Structure Of The Sailfish, Istiophorus Platypterus, Based On Nuclear And Mitochondrial Dna, Jan Renee Mcdowell Jan 2002

Genetic Stock Structure Of The Sailfish, Istiophorus Platypterus, Based On Nuclear And Mitochondrial Dna, Jan Renee Mcdowell

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The results of life history studies involving the sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans were reviewed. Results of studies agree on several aspects of sailfish biology; sailfish exhibit opportunistic feeding behavior, follow the 28??C isotherm, spawn in summer mature at approximately age 3, and are the least migratory of the billfishes. However, results are in conflict concerning sex ratio and whether sailfish are single or multiple spawners. Although many researchers have reported that sailfish are sexually dimorphic, their fragile otoliths make them difficult to age, aging studies have not been validated, and sexual dimorphism has not …


Oyster Reef Restoration In Virginia: Broodstock Addition & Nutrient Exchanges, Laurie Ann Sorabella Jan 2002

Oyster Reef Restoration In Virginia: Broodstock Addition & Nutrient Exchanges, Laurie Ann Sorabella

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No abstract provided.


Use Of Remote Sensing To Identify Essential Habitat For Aeschynomene Virginica (L) Bsp, A Threatened Tidal Freshwater Wetland Plant, Elizabeth M. Mountz Jan 2002

Use Of Remote Sensing To Identify Essential Habitat For Aeschynomene Virginica (L) Bsp, A Threatened Tidal Freshwater Wetland Plant, Elizabeth M. Mountz

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No abstract provided.


Ring Diameter And Closed Area Scallop Fisheries: The Performance Of A Dredge With 4" Rings In The Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten Magellanicus) Fishery, In The Context Of An Area Rotation Management Scheme, Kevin D. Goff Jan 2002

Ring Diameter And Closed Area Scallop Fisheries: The Performance Of A Dredge With 4" Rings In The Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten Magellanicus) Fishery, In The Context Of An Area Rotation Management Scheme, Kevin D. Goff

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No abstract provided.


Effects Of Urbanization And Land Use On Pah Accumulation In Wetland Sediments, Kimani L. Kimbrough Jan 2002

Effects Of Urbanization And Land Use On Pah Accumulation In Wetland Sediments, Kimani L. Kimbrough

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The relationship between wetland polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations and adjacent land use was assessed using surface sediments, sediment cores and global information systems (GIS) in the Elizabeth River, Virginia, an urbanized subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay. Wetlands adjacent to parking lots and petroleum industrial sites exhibited the highest PAH concentrations of all land uses in surfaces sediment and historically. Automobile and coal are the dominant sources of PAHs in wetland sediments historically as determined by relative concentration, fingerprinting and source specific compounds. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) test used to compare sixteen surface sediment sites based on land use …


Nekton Utilization Of Intertidal Fringing Salt Marsh And Revetment Hardened Shorelines, Robert A. Carroll Jan 2002

Nekton Utilization Of Intertidal Fringing Salt Marsh And Revetment Hardened Shorelines, Robert A. Carroll

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Diet Composition Of Young-Of-The-Year Bluefish, Pomatomus Saltatrix, In The Lower Chesapeake Bay And Virginia's Coastal Ocean, James Gartland Jan 2002

Diet Composition Of Young-Of-The-Year Bluefish, Pomatomus Saltatrix, In The Lower Chesapeake Bay And Virginia's Coastal Ocean, James Gartland

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.