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Annual Report Of The President, 1997-1998, Molloy University Archives And Special Collections

Annual Reports of the President

This item is an annual report published by the Office of the President in 1998, detailing the 1997-1998 academic year. It provides summaries of institutional changes, achievements of the students, faculty and staff, as well as an overview of the past academic year's events.

A Raster-Based Gis Analysis Of The Cumulative Impacts Of Humans And Beaver On Wetland Area And Types In The Chickahominy River Watershed (Virginia, Usa) From 1953 To 1994, Alexandra Dunya Syphard

Theses and Dissertations

Despite increased recognition of wetland functions and values, wetland loss and degradation continues in the United States. Digital wetlands and uplands coverages were analyzed to compare the cumulative impacts of humans and beaver (Castor canadensis) on wetland types in the Chickahominy River watershed (Virginia, USA) from 1953 to 1994. A vector-based approach was used for data manipulation, and a raster-based approach was chosen to analyze geographic change over time. Study findings indicated that anthropogenic activities were responsible for both wetland loss and gain in the watershed, and beavers substantially influenced shifting between wetland types. Wetland area increased 4% over 41 …

Trophic Ecology Of Native And Introduced Catfishes In The Tidal James River, Virginia, Louis Fairfax Chandler

Theses and Dissertations

Species introductions have been linked to the decline of native taxa, and in many cases have resulted in the elimination of native species in both terrestrial and aquatic systems throughout the United States. In aquatic systems, a particular threat is the introduction of large piscivorous fish that may alter the native fish community structure. For example, introductions of large ictalurids such as blue catfish, (lctalurus furcatus), and flathead catfish, (Pylodictus olivaris), into coastal Virginia rivers, including the James River twenty years ago have resulted in the establishment of these large, predatory fishes.

This study described the trophic ecology of four …

Transgenic Agriculture: Biosafety And International Trade, Michael S. Baram, Calestuous Juma, Sheldon Krimsky, Rufus C. King

Faculty Scholarship

We stand at the threshold of a new century that will bring novel methods of producing foods, industrial materials, pharmaceuticals, and other products important to society and industry. Today's session will, therefore, address a subject of great importance: the introduction of genetically modified crops, livestock, micro-organisms, and other substances into agriculture and related fields, made possible by American and foreign corporate biotechnology.

An Ecology Problem Book, Marc Mangel, Paul Switzer, Sarah M. Eppley

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

This problem book has many objectives:

• To get you to think about the course each night: do not wait until the last minute to begin working on the problems.
• To get you to deal with data. Statistics courses that you take in the future will be more meaningful once you understand the kinds of data that arise in ecological studies.
• To get you to be more comfortable with theoretical and quantitative methods. Not every ecologist uses those methods, but one should not be put off by them.
• To familiarize you with material as it appears in the professional literature.

The Granite, 1998, University Of New Hampshire

The Granite – Yearbook

The yearbook of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, 1909-1922, the University of New Hampshire, 1923-

Interaction Between National Environmental Marketing Regulations And International Trade, Pirkko-Liis Harkmaa

LLM Theses and Essays

The environmental marketing of goods and products have a substantial influence on the demand and supply. This thesis reviews the scope, advantages and disadvantages of diverse types of environmental marketing and further addresses the need for international regulations on eco-labeling programs. This thesis finds that there is a substantial connection between trade and environmental marketing which has resulted in the need for an international harmonization of eco-labeling strategies including the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The thesis concludes with propositions for a uniform international standard on eco-labeling for the adoption of environmentally-sound best practices and the mitigation of …

Differential Expression Of Human Metallothionein Isoform I Mrna In Human Proximal Tubule Cells Exposed To Metals, S H Garrett, S Somji, J H Todd, M A Sens, D A Sens

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Catalog Denison University 1998-2000

Denison University Catalogs

Denison University Course Catalog 1998-2000

Fact Sheet, Yale University Office Of Institutional Research

Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

Stakeholders' Voices : A Socio-Cultural Approach To Describing And Extending An Understanding Of Primary Education In Mauritius, Michelle Griffiths

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study describes and expands an understanding of primary education in one developing country, Mauritius. The need for the study was argued from a review of literature which brought to notice the lack of social action perspectives in analysis of education in and about developing countries and the necessity and importance of knowing about the reality of schooling in developing countries. The research was conceptualised as a socio-cultural approach. It gave analytical priority to the actions, experiences and perceptions of teachers, pupils, parents and educationists in order to create an account of what Mauritian education was like and meant to …

Rudolf Amheim: The Little Owl On The Shoulder Of Athene, Roy R. Behrens

Faculty Work

The author discusses the life of Rudolf Arnheim (b. 1904), the celebrated art-theorist and psychologist, professor emeritus of the psychology of art at Harvard University and author of 15 books about perceptual psychology in relation to art, architecture and film, among them Film as Art, Art and Visual Perception, Visual Thinking and The Power of the Center. The article is a biographical overview of Arnheim's life and work, including his association with the gestalt psychologists in Berlin in the 1920s, his pioneering work as a film critic, his flight from Nazi Germany and his subsequent immigration to the United States …

Taking Bicycles Seriously : Three Replicable Urban Bicycle Development Projects, Paul Steely White

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Zoogeography Of The Gray Wolf In Idaho : A Historical Review, Timmothy J. Kaminski

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Guide To The Wetlands Of Teton Valley Idaho For Grades Five Through Eight, Lisa A. Johnson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Nitrogen And Phosphorus Fertilization On The Yield And Nutrientstatus Of Rice Crop Grown On Artificial Siltation Soil From The Kelkit River, A. Reşit Brohi̇, M. Rüştü Karaman, Arif Aktas, Erdinç Savaşli

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The experiment was carried out on split plot design with four replications under greenhouse conditions. The pots containing 5 kg of soil which is collected from the 0-20 cm depth of artificial silation area made with silty water of Kelkit River were used for this study. Nitrogen at the rates of 0, 60, 120, 180 and 240 kg/ha as urea and phosphorus at the rates of 0, 50, 100 and 150 kg P 2 O 5 /ha as triple superphosphate were applied to the soil before sowing. Additionally potassium was applied at 40 kg K 2 O/ha level as K …

Contaminated Communities: A Video Documentary Of The Alberton, Montana Mixed-Chemical Spill And An Analysis Of How Its Effects On Toxics Victims Fits Into A Larger Contamination Framework From A Political Ecology Perspective, Lisa A. Mosca

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The small rural mountain town of Alberton, MT located 32 miles west of Missoula, MT was the 1996 site of the largest contamination event in railroad history involving a mixture of chemicals. On April 11, 1996 a Montana Rail Link train derailed just west of the town of Alberton, leaking 130,000 pounds of chlorine gas, 17,000 of potassium cresylate (spent oil refinery waste), and 85 dry bulk pounds of sodium chlorate into the Alberton environment. Approximately 1000 people were evacuated from their homes, many for the seventeen day evacuation period that followed. The video documentary project that I embarked on …

Improving Stream Bioassessment Methods For The Montana Valleys And Foothill Prairies Ecoregion, Wease Bollman

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

To assist in the characterization of the ecological integrity of streams of the Montana Valleys and Foothill Prairies, I investigated the distribution of aquatic macro invertebrate assemblages over that geographically variable ecoregion. DECORANA (DCA) ordination and TWINSPAN classification techniques indicated that elevation was the variable with the greatest influence on distributions of benthic taxa in the region, and that three assemblage groups are distinguishable. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (Montana DEQ) uses an adaptation of U.S. EPA’s Rapid Bioassessment Protocol (Plafkin et al. 1989) to evaluate and monitor streams here, and the elements of the protocol were examined for …

Regional Food And Agriculture Marketing : Promoting Local Foods To Benefit Local Communities Environments And Economies, Tara Thomas

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

On The Edge Of Wilderness: A Review Of Wildlife Recreation And Motorized Access On The Western Rim Of Hells Canyon, Debra Jo Dickey

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Developing Environmental Education Programs In Moldovan Schools: A Practical Guide For Teachers, Alexei Ion Ceaicovschi

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Alternative Medicine In Montana In 1998: A Journalistic Examination, Robert A. Lubke

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Treadmarks On The Virgin Land : The Appropriate Role Of Off-Road Vehicles In National Forests, John C. Adams

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Future Of The Endangered Species Act : Substantive Statute With Teeth Or Procedural Paper Tiger?, Scott M. Stearns

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Impacts Of The Global Echinacea Market On The People And Land Of The Fort Peck Assiniboine And Sioux Reservation, Monique Kathleen Kolster

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Urban By Design: Guidelines For Sustainable Redevelopment On West Broadway Missoula Montana, Allison L. Handler

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

A Citizens' Guide To Wildland Road Removal, Earle M. Bagley

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Algae Or Alfalfa : Which Should We Grow With Missoula's Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharge? : An Evaluation Of The Constructed Wetland/Land Application Option For Missoula's Future Wastewater Treatment Needs, Geoffrey S. Smith

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Wilderness Airstrips: A Case Study For Using Legislative History To Inform Wilderness Management, Shannon S. Meyer

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.

Urban Agriculture Ecological Cities And The Seeds Of Change: A Not-So-Mutant Message From Down Under, Leslie Chaison

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

No abstract provided.