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Final Report: Biological Monitoring Of The John U. Lloyd Beach Renourishment: 1989, Richard E. Dodge, Steven C. Hess, Charles Messing

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Reports

In 1987, Nova University (Contractor) with ERM South (Subcontractor) was awarded a contract to provide biological monitoring services for the John U Lloyd State Recreation Area Beach Renourishment Project. A notice to proceed for the initial biological monitoring (Phase I - Preconstruction) was issued in February, 1989. Phase I preconstruction field monitoring took place in February and March, 1989. Phase II post-construction field work took place in August and Spetember, 1989. Phase III post-construction field monitoring took place in August, 1990. Laboratory work occurred from March, 1989 to January, 1991. Renourishment dredging took place from May 16, 1989 to July …

Phenomena Relating To Charge In Insulators: Macroscopic Effects And Microscopic Causes, Jacques Cazaux, Claude Le Gressus

Scanning Microscopy

Conservation of current under steady-state conditions makes it possible to determine the sign of charges trapped in an insulator subjected to ionizing radiation. The maximum value of the surface potential can thus be estimated.

On the basis of a given trapped charge distribution, the pattern of the electrical field and of the potential can thus be established, and the influence of the shape of the sample and its environment can be clearly shown. Change of trapped charges with time (at the start and after irradiation) is then examined. Finally, the microscopic causes of trapping of charge is suggested by analogy …

Use Of Affinity Chromatography In Developing Acridinium Ester-Labeled Antibodies For An Immunometric Assay Of Parathyrin, David S. Hage, Bob Taylor, Pat Schryver, Pai C. Kao

David Hage Publications

In developing an immunometric assay of intact parathyrin (parathyroid hormone, PTH), we found that affinity chromatography is a useful tool in purifying and optimizing the labeling conditions for acridinium ester-labeled antibodies. ... In summary, affinity chromatography was found to be useful in the purification of acridinium ester-labeled antibodies, particularly for removing denatured antibodies from the prepared label and for monitoring the amount of active labeled antibodies produced.

A New Concept In Treating Wastewaters ... "Constructed Wetlands", Anastasios D. Karathanasis

Soil Science News and Views

During the last few years a new technology for treating municipal and industrial waste water has emerged, which also shows some potential for treatment of farm and home wastewaters. This technology involves the construction of "artificial wetlands" and establishing a dominant vegetation of Typha (cattails), Sphagnum (moss), certain algae, and other plant species which have the potential to beneficially affect small flows of waste water moving through them by biochemical processes. Interest in these systems has steadily increased because of their low cost (1/10 to 1/2 that of conventional treatment), efficiency, and near nonexistent maintenance. These "constructed wetland" biochemical-treatment systems …

Wright State University College Of Engineering And Computer Science Bits And Pcs Newsletter, January 1991, College Of Engineering And Computer Science, Wright State University

BITs and PCs Newsletter

A twelve page newsletter created by the Wright State University College of Engineering and Computer Science that addresses the current affairs of the college.

An Analysis Of East Pond And The Serpentine Watersheds In Relation To Water Quality, Problems In Environmental Science Course (Biology 493), Colby College, Colby College

Colby College Watershed Study: East and North Ponds (2011, 1999, 1996, 1991)

The Belgrade Lakes in central Maine are important local ecological and recreational resources. The belgrade chain includes the following lakes: East Pond, North Pond, Great Pond, Long Pond, Salmon Lake and Messalonskee Lake. These lakes are all interconnected within the system driving into the Kennebec River through the Messalonskee Stream (Garrity and Putnam, 1971). East Pond is the first lake in the lake chain and it plays a pivotal role in influencing subsequent lakes. Therefore, the water quality of this lake is important not only to East Pond residents but to the residents of the entire lakes region.

East pond …

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Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 33 Number 2, Winter 1991, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - GROWING UP ADOPTED Santa Clarans who have adopted children or are adopted discuss their experiences with interracial adoption and talk about the identity crisis years most adoptees face. By Susan Frey

16 - WHAT YOUR DOCTOR DOESN'T KNOW CAN KILL YOU A small but growing number of doctors around the world are turning to biological medicine to treat their patients with cancer and other serious diseases. By Michael Sheehan '77

20 - SCU's FATHER GOOSE When John Drahrnann shepherds undergraduates through the academic maze, he often counsels their parents as well. By Thomas F. Black and Maureen Mclnaney …

Rx For Success At Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge: Take Two Committed Partners-Add Water, Janet Taylor, Julia Herrick, Ben Mathias

V. Poster Abstracts

As part of a major effort to improve habitats for waterfowl and other wetland-dependent wildlife, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. is contributing $187,500 in matching funds to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rehabilitate wetland impoundments at Back Bay NWR.

The three-year project will increase Refuge management capabilities on existing wetland areas, create 300 acres of new marsh habitat and increase water management flexibility throughout the impoundment system. Components of the project include:

• Raising and re-sloping 8 miles of existing dikes
• Installing 13 new water control structures
• Constructing 6,000 feet of new dikes
• Creating two storage pools totalling 53 acres and …

Environmental Education: A Chance For The Future, Ben Mathias

V. Poster Abstracts

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing environmental education opportunities for the Nation's student body. Local, regional and national educators are invited to investigate and utilize the resources of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge with their colleagues and students. Teacher workshops at the Refuge provide orientation to Refuge lands, outdoor classroom sites, trails, interpretive facilities and equipment, and potential field activities. Refuge staff members are available to assist with: • Preliminary planning • Group scheduling • Library research • Workshop registration • Trip logistics and • On-site group orientation. Most classroom sites, associated trails/boardwalks, and Visitor Contact …

Editorial Board & Iowa Academy Of Science Officers And Directors

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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Editorial Board & Iowa Academy Of Science Officers And Directors

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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The Connection Between Water Quality And Water Quantity, Lajuana Wilcher, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

10 p. ; 28 cm

Discussion Papers On Irrigation Water Supply Organizations, Rodney T. Smith, Bruce C. Driver, John H. Davidson, Timothy De Young, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Books, Reports, and Studies

ii, 61 p. ; 28 cm

Irrigation organizations and the reallocation of western water / Rodney T. Smith -- Issues in water conservation / Bruce Driver -- Irrigation districts and water quality / John H. Davidson -- Some thoughts on governing special districts / Tim De Young

In Search Of A Gibberellin Receptor, Lalit M. Srivastava, Konrad A. Sechley

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Use of tritiated gibberellins ([³H] GA₁, [³H] GA₄) of high specific activity and purity has allowed the determination of GA-specific binding sites in several plant tissues both in vivo and in vitro. In cucumber hypocotyls and pea epicotyls which have been most investigated the binding of [³H] GA; occurs to soluble proteins. This binding is saturable ('n' =about 30 pmol. Mg^-1 soluble protein), of high affinity (K_D= about 70 nM), and is competed for by other GA, and derivatives in proportion to their biological activity in these …

Student Fact Book, Fall 1991, Wright State University, Office Of Student Information Systems, Wright State University

Wright State University Student Fact Books

The student fact book has general demographic information on all students enrolled at Wright State University for Fall Quarter, 1991.

Wombalano Yerang, New Genus And Species Of Corophioid (Crustacea, Amphipoda) From The Great Barrier Reef, Australia, James Darwin Thomas, J. L. Barnard

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Wombalano is characterized by having a interlocked basket of large spines on the bases of male gnathopod 2; these bases arc curved inward to afford the interlocking capability.

This genus differs from Lemboides Stebbing in the even more shortened inner ramus of uropod 3, in the simple mandibular palp, the fused articles of the flagellum on antenna 2, and the immense basket-shovel formed of spines on articl 2 of male gnathopod 2.

Mariculture Management For Pohnpei State, Federated States Of Micronesia, Kevin Brooks Foster

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The Marine Resources Division of Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia is currently engaged in development activities that include the establishment of family scale mariculture projects for community members of remote villages and outer islands. The goal of this undertaking is to supplement subsistence and income generation ventures for community members through the wise use and exploitation of the marine environment. These aims may be jeopardized unless a management plan is devised that reflects the customary marine resource practices as embraced by islanders from each community. The intent of this thesis projects is to devise a mariculture management model that …

The Gulf Of California As A Large Marine Ecosystem, Patricia A. Morrissey

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Large marine regions characterized by unique bathymetry, hydrography and productivity, within which marine populations have adapted reproductive, growth, and feeding strategies constitute large marine ecosystems (LME) (Sherman and Alexander, 1986). The Gulf of California a semi-enclosed sea off the western coast of Mexico qualifies as a LME as it presents physical and biological characteristics not found in the adjoining Pacific. This area sustains the largest commercial fishery in the country which is the sardine fishery. the sardine population resident in the Gulf of California has coupled its reproductive and migration strategies to the environment of this region. Fluctuations of the …

Impacts Of The Unclos Iii Consent Regime On U. S. Marine Scientific Research, 1982-1989, Matthew Patrick Murphy

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The 1982 Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) has given states jurisdiction over unprecedented scopes of ocean space. Marine scientific research is among the activities under coastal state control. This thesis examines five possible areas of impact of coastal state control on United States research programs. These are: 1. research which was denied outright, 2. reasons for denials, 3. research which was delayed, 4. the extent to which researchers avoid requests in the waters of restrictive states, and 5. the level of interest among UNOLS institutions in cooperative arrangements with foreign governments. The international legal framework for …

Alyeska, Sullom Voe And The Oil Pollution Act Of 1990: A Comparison Of Tanker Safety Regulation And Environmental Monitoring, Neil V. Kelly

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 highlighted deficiencies in the Trans Alaska Pipeline System's (TAPS) marine operation on both regulatory and operational levels. The United States Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to promote the prevention of oil spills and to improve our ability to mitigate the effects of spills that occur. An oil terminal roughly analogous to the TAPS terminal at Valdez, Alaska, exists at Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands, west of Norway and to the north of Scotland in the North Sea. The Sullom Voe terminal has had an environmental advisory group guiding policy …

Possibilities For A Common Fisheries Development And Management Policy For The Organization Of Eastern Caribbean States (O.E.C.S.), Daven C. Joseph

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The fisheries resources within the EEZs of countries in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is not being exploited at their maximum sustainable yield. Fisheries development has however been hampered by a history of these states, little or no sectoral development planning. If member states are to realize any increased socio-economic growth in the fisheries sector, it is imperative that a common fisheries management and development strategy be implemented by these states, in an effort to rationalize the use of scarce financial and technical resources. Such a strategy would involve the pursuance of common goals and objectives and the provision …

Striped Bass Management In Rhode Island, Thomas N. Fetherston Ii

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The management of highly migratory marine species is a difficult and complex task. No creature better represents the myriad problems faced by those attempting interstate fisheries management than the striped bass of the Atlantic coast. Their high stock levels in the late 1960s attracted unprecedented attention from commercial and sport fishermen alike. The dramatic crash of these stocks in the late 1970s, subsequent attempts at coastwide management, eventual Federal intervention and finally the rebound of the Atlantic striped bass population is an interesting case study. This paper will focus on what transpired in the State of Rhode Island during this …

Assessment Of Inservice Needs In Environmental Education And Implementation Suggestions: K-8, Suzan R. Burcham

Theses Digitization Project

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Windbreaks And Wildlife, Ron J. Johnson, Mary M. Beck, James R. Brandle

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Windbreaks can support wildlife that add beauty and pleasure to our lives. They also sustain birds that eat insect pests, improve hunting opportunities, and provide a focal point for family outdoor activities. The world around us would be less appealing without the stimulation - the color, sounds, tracks, and mystery - of wild creatures; windbreaks help wildlife and in some areas are essential to survival of the wildlife we enjoy. You can add wildlife benefits to windbreak plantings whether your main goal is to shelter crops, livestock, + roads, or a home or farmstead.

This publication provides an overview of …

Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

WKU Administration Documents

Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.

The Probe, Issue 107 - January/February 1991

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:
Registration of Alpha-Chloralose
Rice Seed Repellents
Perimeter Netting of Catfish Ponds
Frightening Devices for Coyotes
DRC-1339 Registration
DRC-1339 For Raven Control
Zinc Phosphide Registration
Coyote Attractant Research
Gas Cartridges
Coyote Bait Acceptance
Trapping is a Profession, Not a Sport
Bovine TB in Elk
NADCA Secretary Objects to Predator Article
Heart Transplants for Rats
Gallup Poll on Public Opinion of Animal Rightists Reaffirmed
Personnel Changes
Prevention and Control Tips: Tree Squirrels
Upcoming Meetings
President’s Corner
NADCA Official Sponsor of Fifth Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference
Information on Snaring Needed by Maine Reader

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Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

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In Vitro Assembly Of Apophytochrome And Apophytochrome Deletion Mutants Expressed In Yeast With Phycocyanobilin, Lily Deforce, Ken-Ichi Tomizawa, Naoko Ito, Dave Farrens, Pill-Soon Song, Masaki Furuya

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Recombinant pea type I phytochrome apoprotein expressed in yeast is shown to assemble in vitro with phycocyanobilin to produce a photoreversible phytochromelike adduct. As an initial investigation of the amino acid sequence requirements for chromophore incorporation, three phyA gene product deletion mutants were produced in yeast. Truncation of the N-terminal tail to residue 46 demonstrates that this region is not critical to bilin attachment, but a deletion mutant lacking 222 amino acids from the N terminus failed to yield holophytochrome in vitro, under the same conditions. A mutant comprising a deletion of the C terminus to residue 548 …

Modeling Age-Specific Mortality For Marine Mammal Populations, Jay Barlow, Peter Boveng

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

A method is presented for estimating age-specific mortality based on minimal information: a model life table and an estimate of longevity. This approach uses expected patterns of mammalian survivorship to define a general model of age-specific mortality rates. One such model life table is based on data for northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) using Siler’s (1979) 5-parameter competing risk model. Alternative model life tables are based on historical data for human females and on a published model for Old World monkeys. Survival rates for a marine mammal species are then calculated by scaling these models by the longevity …