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A Partnership For Coral Reef Protection: A Case Study Of The International Coral Reef Initiative, Karla M. Boreri

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Coral reef are considered the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems on earth. They are a world-wide symbol of the economic and ecological importance of all types of coastal environments. The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) was developed in 1994 to increase the awareness of the human and anthropogenic threats facing reefs. Initially a U.S.-focused initiative, ICRI now includes over 70 like-minded governments and a growing list of UN organizations, science and academic organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector as its partners. This qualitative case study was developed based on actual participation in the initiative and hundreds of pages of …

The Influence Of Sea Power Upon Oceanography: A Historical And Policy Analysis Of Governmental Support For Marine Science, Daniel Stuart Schwartz

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

In a time of austere funding for national ocean science R & D programs and Congressional balanced budget constraints, marine science investigators and program managers must increasingly ponder how committed to the support of oceanography our government will continue to be. The questions might better be phrased as how, in the absence of a credible open-ocean naval threat (the traditional focus of both basic and applied research), will policy makers justify the expenditure of scarce public revenues on marine science programs? Sea Power-as broadly defined in the works of Alfred Thayer Mahan and Sergei Gorshkov-has driven, and will continue to …

Trends In Abundance Of The Gulf Of Maine Population Of Harbor Porpoise, Paula Ann Olson

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Hundreds of harbor porpoise die each year as bycatch in the Gulf of Maine's sink gillnet fishery. In recent years, concern has arisen whether the Gulf of Maine population of harbor porpoise can sustain this level of bycatch. It is believed that the population may have declined, or is declining as a result of the incidental moralities. This paper reviews what is known about Gulf of Maine harbor porpoise demographics and how that information is incorporated into the management of the porpoise/fishery interaction. Included in this paper is a new study on the trend of relative abundance of harbor porpoise …

Protection Of Marine Fish Habitat: Towards An Integrated Approach To Management, Andrea L. Oliver

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

This paper focuses on the problems associated with marine fish habitat protection and conservation at the federal level in the United States. The intent of the study is to provide a general overview of the issues, impacts, management problems and potential solutions. Federal statutory legislation that impacts marine fish habitat and agency authority derived from those legislative mandates are examined with a view toward promoting integrated management for marine biodiversity and overall ecosystem health. The concepts of coordinated and integrated approaches to management are discussed in the context of the present management regimes. Given the fragmented authority over the policy …

Integration Of Natural Hazard Mitigation Into Municipal Harbor Management Plans In The United States, Frank J. Mcneilly

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Harbor management planning is a relatively new concept in this country. What is believed to be the first municipal level harbor management plan (HMP) in the United States originated from a need to resolve a problem of encroachments on a Federal navigation channel in Connecticut. This method of harbor planning was soon recognized as an effective management tool and was used as a model for other coastal communities in the Northeast. While early HMPs primarily focused on mooring management, today's plans address many more harbor issues. The Coastal Zone Management Act was intended to form a national coastal zone management …

The Role Of The Federal Aid In Sportfish Restoration Program In Promoting State Marine Artificial Reef Development Activities, Loren Clark Evans

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The passage of the Wallop-Breaux Amendments to the Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Program (FASRP), in 1984, significantly increased the funding available to states participating in the Program. Subsequently, the FASRP became the largest single source of funding for state marine artificial reef development activities. In recent years, there has been concern among program constituents that FASRP funds are not being utilized as intended. The principle question of the current research focused on how effective FASRP subsidies have been in providing meaningful benefits to state fisheries management programs. Specifically, the research focused on the application of FASRP monies in promoting …

Why Informed Consent? Human Experimentation And The Ethics Of Autonomy, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

Not long ago, the welfare reform debate took a provocative turn. New Jersey welfare recipients challenged the state's Family Cap rule, which denied additional cash aid to parents who conceive children while on welfare. Welfare rights activists argued that the rule "with[held] benefits to see if [this would] alter human behavior." They insisted that the innovative, but stern, Family Cap rules were effectively experiments on welfare recipients without their consent.

This is a powerful argument. After all, consent enjoys talismanic—if not sacramental—status in modem life and thought; it is our "master concept." But why? Why should consenting mean so much …

H. Jefferson Powell On The American Constitutional Tradition: A Conversation, Thomas L. Shaffer, John H. Robinson

Journal Articles

Jefferson Powell's recent book, The Moral Tradition of American Constitutionalism, was the point of departure for a series of short papers and conversations held in March of 1996 at the Notre Dame Law School.

The conversation began with a presentation by Professor Joseph Vining. His remarks were followed by a free-flowing conversation, loosely orchestrated by Professor Robinson, among the participants. After a break, the conversation was restarted with a presentation by Professor Maura Ryan, followed once again by a loosely orchestrated conversation. We turn first to Joseph Vining.

Adaptation During The Transition From High School To University: An Examination Of Selected Person, Environment And Transition Perception Variables, Sheldon Jacob Birnie-Lefcovitch

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Drawing on conceptual knowledge regarding normative life transitions and primary prevention and using a panel-design survey methodology, this study investigates factors that continue to student adaptation during the move from high school to university. All participants were first-time, full-time, first-semester students enrolled in biological or environmental science programs at a mid-size publicly funded university located in southwestern Ontario. Participants were surveyed twice: once prior to university entry and a second time following completion of their first-semester. The study determined that the vast majority of students view this transition as a normative life event, with most feeling ownership for the decision …

Sex-Blind, Separate But Equal, Or Anti-Subordination? The Uneasy Legacy Of Plessy V. Ferguson For Sex And Gender Discrimination, Lucinda M. Finley

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

From God To Skepticism : Discontinuation Of Puritan Ideology In Selected American Novels, Cigdem Pala Mull

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Xylem Pressure Potential Of Two Perennial Grasses, Bromus Inermis And Andropogon Scoparius, On The Oldfather Prairie In Central Nebraska, Charles J. Bicak, Troy M. Walz

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Xylem pressure potential of Bromus inermis and Andropogon scoparius was measured at predawn and at midday on the Oldfather Prairie west of Kearney, Nebraska (41° 42' N, 99° 08' W). This mixed-grass prairie is characterized by patches of B. inermis and A. scoparius growing in close proximity. Ten replicate pressure potential measurements were made weekly during the 1993 growing season. Water potential remained uniformly high and unchanged throughout the season at predawn for both species. Midday measurements were more variable and also more negative than at predawn on all but one sample date. Water potential deficit, defined as the difference …

Chemical Residues In Representative Fish Species Surveyed From The North And South Platte River Systems In Keith And Lincoln Counties, Nebraska, Michael P. Gutzmer, Dale G. Luce

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

In 1993 and 1995 Nebraska Public Power District and Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District sampled 18 and 16 sites in the North and South Platte river systems, respectively. Column- and bottom-feeding fish such as walleye, white bass, carp, and channel catfish were sampled and analyzed for the presence of total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), total mercury, and a variety of pesticides. PCBs and total mercury exceeded EPA action levels in Lake Maloney and Sutherland Reservoir in both years. Lake McConaughy fish also exhibited PCBs in 1993 and elevated mercury levels in both years. Organochlorine pesticides and some of their …

Environmental Impacts In The Vicinity Of Spencer Hydropower Dam During Sluicing Activities In The Niobrara River, Nebraska, Michael P. Gutzmer, Justin W. King, David P. Overhue

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) has monitored water quality since 1989 and fish populations since 1993 on the Niobrara River in Nebraska in the vicinity of Spencer Hydro during "flushing" or "sluicing" activities. These sluicing activities alter water quality in the river downstream, which can negatively impact fish populations. Higher numbers offish were sampled in 1995 when compared to 1993 and 1994. Of the 6,187 fish and 22 total species sampled above and below the hydro, six species comprised approximately 93 percent of the total sample. The most common species sampled were sand shiner, Notropis ludibundus (35.4%), red shiner, Cyprinella …

A New Genus Of Prairie Dog (Sciuridae, Rodentia) From The Miocene (Barstovian Of Montana And Clarendonian Of Nebraska) And The Classification Of Nearctic Ground Squirrels (Marmotini), William W. Korth

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

A new genus of sciurid, Cynomyoides, is named. The new genus includes a new species from the late Clarendonian of Nebraska, C. vatis (type species), and an unnamed species from the early Barstovian of Montana. The dental and mandibular morphology of Cynomyoides is reminiscent of that of the latest Tertiary to Recent prairie dog Cynomys and is believed to be part of the lineage leading to Cynomys. The recognition of a Miocene genus of prairie dog extends the known record of these ground squirrels well back into the Tertiary and makes it much less likely that Cynomys was …

An Ichthyological Survey Of The Forks Of The Platte River In Western Nebraska, John D. Lynch, Brian R. Roh

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

An ichthyological survey (1989-1995) of 31 sites on the North Platte and South Platte rivers and immediately below the North Platte diversion dam (junction of the North Platte and South Platte rivers) resulted in the captures and distributional documentation of 46 species of fishes. Four other species, found in the drainage, were captured in tributary streams only. Preserved voucher records are based on 49 sampling visits (1989-1995) to the 32 localities (approximately 55,000 specimens). An additional 42,000 nonvouchered specimens were taken, identified, and released at 17 of the localities (1980-1995). Above Lake McConaughy, the North Platte River is dominated by …

Transactions Of The Nebraska Academy Of Sciences Table Of Contents: Volume 23 (1996)

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Editorial Contents

Nebraska Academy of Sciences Officers, Policy Committee .................... ii

Editorial Board .................... iv

Membership Objectives and Friends of the Academy .................... v

Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science .................... vi

Preparation of manuscripts .................... inside back cover

Papers

Environmental impacts in the vicinity of Spencer Hydropower Dam during sluicing activities in the Niobrara River, Nebraska (Michael P. Gutzmer, Justin W. King, and David P. Overhue) .................... 1

Inventory and floristics of Sandhills fens in Cherry county, Nebraska (Gerald Steinauer, Steven Rolfsmeier, and Joyce Phillips Hardy) .................... 9

Xylem pressure potential of two perennial grasses, Bromus inermis and Andropogon …

Accip Reports, 8 Of 10: Accip Report On The Education Of California Indians., Unknown

Native Health Database Full Text

This conference notebook is a compilation of the workshop agenda, conference objectives, and reference material. The references material includes: 1) brochures for elder organizations; 2) summaries of national aging care and advocacy groups; 3) listings of regional and national resources; 4) articles from, The Provider: IHS Primary Care journal, National Institute on Aging magazine, and U.S. Medicine journal; 5) a directory of American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Program Administration on Aging; 6) charts and graphs showing statistics on nursing homes; and 7) information on sources of funding for health care. The notebook also includes the biographies of the …

Ihs Elder Health Care Initiative: March 1996., Unknown

Native Health Database Full Text

This publication, the first annual report documenting comprehensive evaluation efforts across all the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies and offices, evaluates the success of the Department's program in basic and applied science, public health, income support, child and adolescent development, the financing of health and social services, and regulation. Individual, family, and community health is measured against a standard of well being that includes the capacity and resources to enjoy a fulfilling and productive life. Program evaluations were conducted using various methods. The data collected was used to assess needs, priorities, and opportunities in safeguarding the nation's …

A Quasi-One-Dimensional Theory For Anisotropic Propagation Of Excitation In Cardiac Muscle, Jiashin Wu, Edward A. Johnson, J. Mailen Kootsey

Faculty Publications

It has been shown that propagation of excitation in cardiac muscle is anisotropic. Compared to propagation at right angles to the long axes of the fibers, propagation along the long axis is faster, the extracellular action potential (AP) is larger in amplitude, and the intracellular AP has a lower maximum rate of depolarization, a larger time constant of the foot, and a lower peak amplitude. These observations are contrary to the predictions of classical one-dimensional (1-D) cable theory and, thus far, no satisfactory theory for them has been reported. As an alternative description of propagation in cardiac muscle, this study …