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2005 Exeter River Alewife Festival, Exeter River Local Advisory Committee

PREP Reports & Publications

On June 4, 2005, the Exeter River Local Advisory Committee (ERLAC) held the 5th Annual Exeter River Alewife Festival along the banks of the Squamscott River in downtown Exeter. Over three dozen organizations exhibited at the Festival and event organizers estimate approximately 600 people, including many children, attended the event. The purpose of the Festival was to increase awareness of the Exeter River watershed and the role it plays in the Great Bay ecosystem, as well as its role in providing drinking water, wildlife habitat, and scenic, historic and recreational resources for residents in the ten watershed towns. Funding provided …

A Bac-Based Physical Map Of The Nile Tilapia Genome, Takayuki Katagiri, Celeste Kidd, Elizabeth Tomasino, Jesse T. Davis, Cassandra Wishon, Justin E. Stern, Karen L. Carleton, Aimee E. Howe, Thomas D. Kocher

Hubbard Center for Genome Studies (HCGS)

Background

Cichlid fishes, particularly tilapias, are an important source of animal protein in tropical countries around the world. To support selective breeding of these species we are constructing genetic and physical maps of the tilapia genome. Physical maps linking collections of BAC clones are a critical resource for both positional cloning and assembly of whole genome sequences.

Results

We constructed a genome-wide physical map of the tilapia genome by restriction fingerprinting 35,245 bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones using high-resolution capillary polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The map consists of 3,621 contigs and is estimated to span 1.752 Gb in physical length. An …

Unh Law Alumni Magazine, Summer 2005, University Of New Hampshire School Of Law

UNH Law Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Water Quality And The Landscape: Long-Term Monitoring Of Rapidly Developing Suburban Watersheds, New Hampshire Water Resources Research Center (Nh Wrrc)

NH Water Resources Research Center Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Usgs Wrrc Status Report 2004: Effects Of Land Use On Water Quality In A Changing Landscape, Jeffrey Schloss

NH Water Resources Research Center Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Jonathan Pennock Named Director Of Nh Sea Grant, Kirsten Weir

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

2004-05 Faculty Senate - March 7, 2005 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

Unh Faculty Senate Motion # Ix-M19 Ad Hoc Committee Report On Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental And Pre-Veterinary Education, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

No abstract provided.

A Tale Of Two Visions: Can A New View Of Personality Help Integrate Psychology?, John D. Mayer

Psychology

Personality psychology studies how psychological systems work together. Consequently, the field can act as a unifying resource for the broader discipline of psychology. Yet personality's current fieldwide organization promotes a fragmented view of the person, seen through such competing theories as the psychodynamic, trait, and humanistic. There exists an alternative--a systems framework for personality--that focuses on 4 topics: identifying personality, personality's parts, its organization, and its development. This new framework and its view of personality are described. The framework is applied to such issues as personality measurement, psychotherapy outcome research, and education. The new framework may better organize the field …

Nhep Management Plan 2005 Update, Jennifer Hunter

PREP Reports & Publications

NHEP staff met with each of the project teams during the spring, summer, and fall of 2004 and asked each to suggest changes to existing action plans or identify emerging issues or subject areas that were not covered by the Management Plan. Following these meetings, the NHEP Coastal Scientist compiled the information, combined duplicate suggestions, and eliminated ideas that were already addressed by existing action plans. The project teams identified two new issues for inclusion in the Management Plan: sustainable water use and invasive species. A list of changes and two draft action plans were distributed to all teams and …

Pickering Brook Salt Marsh Restoration - Phase Ii, Patti Reilly

PREP Reports & Publications

In the early 1900’s, the majority of coastal salt marshes in New England were ditched as part of an aggressive mosquito control program. In an attempt to eradicate mosquito-breeding habitat, open water areas were drained by a series of ditches excavated in the thick peat soils. Elimination of open water and the unnatural drainage patterns led to degradation of healthy, functional saltmarsh systems and the disappearance of critical habitat for American black ducks, wading birds, shorebirds, shellfish, and fish species, including those that eat mosquito larvae. The practice of mosquito ditching has since been found to have unintended consequences in …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 94 [95], No. 47 [46] (April 29, 2005), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 94, but it is the 95th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

This issue was printed as 47, but it is the 46th issue in this volume. This was corrected in pencil.

2004 Coastal Conservation Outreach, Danna B. Truslow

PREP Reports & Publications

The Seacoast Land Trust mission is to actively promote and effect the protection and stewardship of open lands in the Seacoast. Since our founding in 1998, programs and outings have been an essential part of the organizations activities. Through our programs we strive to raise the awareness about the importance of land conservation and land stewardship. The grant funding allowed us to offer a wide range of programs and activities and to focus on the importance of protection to our coastal habitats and wetland resources. The programs involved participants with a wide range of ages and interests and included concerned …

Eelgrass Distribution In The Great Bay Estuary 2003, Frederick T. Short

PREP Reports & Publications

In 2004, the NHEP funded annual monitoring for eelgrass in GBE. We collected aerial photography of eelgrass coverage for 2004 and mapped eelgrass distribution for 2003 from the information gathered the previous year. The present report presents the eelgrass distribution information for 2003.

2004 Student Estuarine Research Project, Terri W. Grizzle

PREP Reports & Publications

This report describes the results of the second education and bird-monitoring program conducted by sixth grade students, teachers, and volunteers at Portsmouth Middle School. The program combined classroom lessons with field trips to monitor bird populations in South Mill Pond, a tidal pond-like estuary in front of the school. The Pond has suffered over the years from a variety of environmental problems as the City of Portsmouth developed, including major watershed changes, combined sewer overflows, runoff from city streets and parking lots, and fill projects. Several years ago, the City initiated a long-term project to re-direct sewage away from the …

2004-05 Faculty Senate - April 18, 2005 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

Nhirc Grant Supports Company Developing Instruments To Help Speed Drug Development Process, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Spring 2005, Cie Newsletter, Center For International Education

UNH International Educator Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 94 [95], No. 40 [39] (April 5, 2005), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 94, but it is the 95th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

This issue was printed as 40, but it is the 39th issue in this volume. This was corrected in pencil.

Unh: The Magazine Of The University Of New Hampshire, Spring 2005, Unh Magazine

UNH Magazine

Archived version of web content originally found at https://unhmagazine.unh.edu/pastissues.html

The New Hampshire, Vol. 94 [95], No. 39 [38] (April 1, 2005), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 94, but it is the 95th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

This issue was printed as 39, but it is the 38th issue in this volume. This was corrected in pencil.

Offshore Research From A Musical Perspective, C. Forbes Horton

Inquiry Journal 2005

No abstract provided.

A Story About Critters That Dine On New Hampshire Oysters, Sarah Mikulak

Inquiry Journal 2005

No abstract provided.

Protocols For Calibrating Multibeam Sonar, Kenneth G. Foote, Dezhang Chu, Terence R. Hammer, Kenneth Baldwin, Larry A. Mayer, Lawrence C. Hufnagle Jr., J Michael Jech

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Development of protocols for calibrating multibeam sonar by means of the standard-target method is documented. Particular systems used in the development work included three that provide the water-column signals, namely the SIMRAD SM2000/90- and 200-kHz sonars and RESON SeaBat 8101 sonar, with operating frequency of 240 kHz. Two facilities were instrumented specifically for the work: a sea well at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a large, indoor freshwater tank at the University of New Hampshire. Methods for measuring the transfer characteristics of each sonar, with transducers attached, are described and illustrated with measurement results. The principal results, however, are …

2004 Great Bay Organic Nitrogen (Pon & Don) And Light Extinction (Par) Monitoring Program, Jonathan Pennock

PREP Reports & Publications

Nitrogen is most often considered to be the limiting nutrient for plant growth in marine waters. As a result, knowledge of nitrogen loading and ambient water-column concentrations are considered to be critical to understanding the response of aquatic ecosystems to nutrient over-enrichment—a process known as eutrophication when it results in the excess production of organic matter. Plant production in many estuarine systems may also be limited by light availability as a result of high levels of turbidity in the water resulting from sediments, dissolved organic matter, and phytoplankton in the water column. Light limitation resulting from human-induced increases in turbidity …

2004 Great Bay Water Quality Monitoring Program (Datasonde), Jonathan Pennock

PREP Reports & Publications

In situ water quality assessment has become an important source of data for monitoring, research and management activities in estuaries nationwide. As part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, the Great Bay System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) produces in situ water quality data for four sites in and around Great Bay. This project extends the SWMP program to include year-round in situ data for a station at the University of New Hampshire Coastal Marine Lab pier at the mouth of the Piscataqua River and summmer data for a station in the Salmon Falls (SF) River. This suite of stations provides …

2004 Lamprey River Dissolved Oxygen Study, Jonathan Pennock

PREP Reports & Publications

As part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, the Great Bay System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) produces in situ water quality data for four sites in and around Great Bay. In recent years, DataSondes deployed in the upper Lamprey River have documented dissolved oxygen concentrations that do not meet federal standards during a significant portion of the summer and fall period. These low oxygen concentrations, if they persist may have a negative effect on benthic and pelagic organisms in the river and will necessitate management action to improve water quality.

Agriculture In The Developing World Focus Of Unh Talk April 1 As Part Of Womens History Month, Sharon Keeler

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 94 [95], No. 38 [37] (March 29, 2005), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 94, but it is the 95th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

This issue was printed as 38, but it is the 37th issue in this volume. This was corrected in pencil.

Central Pattern Generator For Swimming In Melibe, Winsor H. Watson Iii, Stuart Thompson

Jackson Estuarine Laboratory

The nudibranch mollusc Melibe leonina swims by bending from side to side. We have identified a network of neurons that appears to constitute the central pattern generator (CPG) for this locomotor behavior, one of only a few such networks to be described in cellular detail. The network consists of two pairs of interneurons, termed `swim interneuron 1' (sint1) and `swim interneuron 2' (sint2), arranged around a plane of bilateral symmetry. Interneurons on one side of the brain, which includes the paired cerebral, pleural and pedal ganglia, coordinate bending movements toward the same side and communicate via non-rectifying electrical synapses. Interneurons …