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Assessment Of Endangered Beach Layia (Layia Carnosa) On The Monterey Peninsula, Michael E. Johns

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Coastal dunes are a unique and dynamic habitat, containing fauna that have adapted to life in harsh maritime conditions. While these species have managed to thrive in such a habitat, human influences may undermine their continued success. Beach layia (Layia carnosa), a small annual herb, is one example of a species which has become isolated by habitat loss from human expansion. Endemic to California, it exhibits a patchy distribution along the coast, and occurs in two dunes systems on the Monterey Peninsula, Asilomar State Beach and Indian Village Dunes. Previous estimates at these two sites indicate a small population size, …

Changes In Cover And Use Of Zostera Marina Habitat In Elkhorn Slough, California, Nora Elaine Grant

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Seagrasses provide an array of ecosystem services to the nearshore marine community. The goal of this study was to begin to determine the role of the seagrass, Zostera marina, in habitat provisioning within Elkhorn Slough, CA. Part one uses maps to assess variability in the spatial extent of Zostera marina in Elkhorn Slough over time and the potential of Zostera to provide a unique habitat to species assemblages within the slough. Part two examines habitat use within and among Zostera, algae and bare habitats in Elkhorn Slough by fishes and some mobile epibenthic invertebrates. Zostera beds were mapped a total …

2008 Annual Town Report And 2009 Town Warrant And Budget Auburn, New Hampshire., Auburn Town Representatives

Auburn, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Resettling Peoples, Redressing Histories: Challenging Answers To The Land Question In Namibia And The Netherlands, Liora Barba

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

The Rise Of English: The Language Of Globalization In China And The European Union, Anne Johnson

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Sites Of Solidarity: Ethnic Belonging In Northern Ireland, The Netherlands, And A World Of Difference, Eleni Zimiles

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Risd Fleet Library 2008-2009, Fleet Library, Carol Terry

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Alimentación Preventiva De La Vaca Lechera En Transición., A. D. Garcia, A. R. Hippen

Dairy Science Publication Database

El periodo de transición en la vaca lechera se caracteriza por una disminución del consumo de alimento que comienza unos días antes del parto y que recién se recupera varios días después del mismo. Esta caída en la cantidad de alimento ingerido resulta en un desbalance entre los requerimientos nutricionales y los nutrientes absorbidos luego de la ingesta. Existen otros factores relacionados con el volumen y la forma física del alimento que pueden llevar a otros trastornos frecuentes del peri-parto. Por lo general el diagnóstico veterinario se basa en la manifestación clínica de una determinada afección. Para tener un mayor …

Analysis Of Hyperspectral Imagery For Macroalgae And Eelgrass Mapping, Sandown Conservation Commission

PREP Reports & Publications

No abstract provided.

Hampton-Seabrook Estuary Habitat Restoration Compendium, Alyson L. Eberhardt, David M. Burdick

PREP Reports & Publications

The goal of this report is to identify restoration opportunities within the watershed derived from data on habitat change. Many other factors exist that are important in the identification and selection of restoration projects, including water quality and non-point source pollution, water withdrawal, harbor maintenance, recreational impacts, human history, and socioeconomic factors, among others. Although information regarding these factors is not explicitly included in this analysis, these factors must be considered and addressed as they may limit the potential for success in specific restoration efforts

Memorabilia 2009, Kean University

Memorabilia Yearbooks

Yearbook of Kean University

Embracing Diversities In Elementary Schools : Stepping Outside The Classroom, Tera Yoder

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Teachers are currently challenged on how to include all students in one common and safe learning environment. Students don't come in cookie cutter patterns, but vary between cultures, genders, classes, race and ability. While children don't learn the same; a positive, common environment and learning atmosphere can contribute to learning of all children. Research shows that children that have difficulty in a traditional classroom setting can feel more comfortable in a less intense environment, like that outdoors. Many students with linguistic or physical barriers learn better actively doing rather than lectures, which gives great opportunity for science experimentations. These factors …

Incorporating Gardening In The Classroom, Michael Sifferman

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

For this capstone project, the author built a school garden at Meadowlark Elementary, that included 1 herb garden, 1 vegetable garden and 1 flower garden. Gardening is a great way for students to get hands-on learning in and outside of the classroom. The author also taught a number of garde-related lessons to the kindergarten classes that covered all the different subject standards while allowing the students to get their hands dirty and interact. A random survey of the parents and teachers was conducted to see if the capstone was useful.

Extreme Eutrophication And Cyanotoxin Levels In Farmington Bay, A Polluted Embayment Of The Great Salt Lake, Utah, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Amy M. Marcarelli, Gregory Boyer

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

The Great Salt Lake of Utah is surrounded on its eastern and southern shores by 1.4 million people, with projections of 5 million by 2050. Agricultural, industrial and particularly secondary-treated domestic wastes from this population flow primarily into Farmington Bay, a 280 km2 shallow "estuary" with a mean depth near 0.5 m. Fish are rare but bird use is extensive and massive mortalities of waterfowl and shorebirds have occurred in the bay. Phosphorus loading rates of >2 g m-2yr-1 cause hypereutrophic conditions: Secchi depths are usually 0.6 mg/L, mean Chl. a is 179 ug/L and the combined trophic state index …

Supplemental Schedules For The Year Ended June 30, 2008, Clemson University

Annual Comprehensive Financial Report

No abstract provided.

Supplemental Schedules For The Year Ended June 30, 2009, Clemson University Controller's Office

Supplemental Schedules

No abstract provided.

Town Of Henniker, New Hampshire Annual Report Of The Town Offices For The Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2008., Henniker Town Representatives

Henniker, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Identities In Migrant Cinema: The Aesthetics Of European Integration, Jalene Betts

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Aquilegia, Vol. 33 No. 1, Spring 2009, Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Leo P. Bruederle, Koren Nydick, Marilyn Ritter Colyer, Jan Loechell Turner, Jenny Neale, Scott Dressel-Martin, Al Schneider, Susan Smith

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

No abstract provided.

Long Daily Movements Of Wolves, Canis Lupus, During Pup Rearing, L. David Mech, H. Dean Cluff

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Wolves, Canis lupus, on Ellesmere Island traveled a daily round-trip distance of 40.2 km from their den to a landfill during July 2008, plus an undetermined distance hunting after leaving the landfill. Although long travels by Wolves are well known, this appears to be the first documentation of long daily movements by Wolves rearing pups.

Recovery Of Biodiesel Precursors From Heterotrophic Microalga Chlorella Protothecoides, Peter B. Merkle

United States Department of Energy: Publications

This working paper describes an experimental program to assess the suitability of largescale separation processing of algal biomass in aqueous culture. It assumes the possibility of successful large-scale growth of heterotrophic Chlorella protothecoides to produce algal lipid/free fatty acid (FFA) biodiesel precursors.

Children's Behavioral Traits And Risk Of Injury: Analyses From A Case-Control Study Of Agricultural Households, Kathleen F. Carlson, Susan G. Gerberich, Bruce H. Alexander, Ann S. Masten, Timothy R. Church, John M. Shutske, Andrew D. Ryan, Colleen M. Renier

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Publications

Problem: Children on family agricultural operations have high risk of injury. The association between children's behavioral traits and their risk of injury is not well understood. Method: Data from the Regional Rural Injury Study-II were used to assess behavioral risk factors for injury to children ages six to b20 years. A total of 379 injury events (cases) and 1,562 randomly selected controls were identified. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI), calculated using logistic regression, were used to estimate injury risk in reference to behavioral traits. Results: Injury risks were greater for children with high …

Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Damage In Asialoglycoprotein Receptor-Deficient Mice, Shana R. Dalton, Serene M.L. Lee, Rachel N. King, Amin A. Nanji, Kusum K. Kharbanda, Carol A. Casey, Benita L. Mcvicker

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Publications

The asialoglycoprotein (ASGP) receptor is an abundant hepatocyte-specific receptor involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis. This receptor’s abundance and function is decreased by chronic ethanol administration prior to the appearance of pathology such as necrosis or inflammation. Hence, this study aimed to determine if ASGP receptor function is required to protect against liver injury by utilizing a knockout mouse model lacking functional ASGP receptor in the setting of carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) hepatotoxicity. Briefly, ASGP receptor-deficient (RD) mice and wild-type (WT) mice were injected with 1 ml/kg body weight of CCl₄. In the subsequent week, mice were monitored for …

Eloquence De Rigueur For California Deserts, Robert A. Leidy

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

California’s deserts are characterized by meager rainfall and, consequently, scattered sources of permanent surface water, extreme seasonal and diurnal fluctuations in temperature, diverse landforms, tortured geologic complexity, and myriad biogeochemical interactions. Together these factors support an often unappreciated, yet astonishingly singular and productive, biota. Environmental gradients in deserts are at once subtle and complex, or what author Bruce Pavlik in The California Deserts: an Ecological Rediscovery artfully terms a “conspiracy of extremes.” There have been numerous books written on the natural history of the Earth’s various bioregions, including deserts; however, it is rare that such works have successfully woven ecological …

Wrapped In Pride: Ghanaian Kente And African-American Identity, Booth Library

Wrapped in Pride: Exhibit Booklet

Exhibit Dates

This exhibit was displayed at Booth Library February 1 - March 10, 2009

About the Exhibit

Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity featured an impressive collection of artifacts and artisan works for Eastern Illinois University's celebration of African American Heritage Month 2009.

The display of so much African weaving close enough to touch was unique for the Charleston region. The exhibit demonstrated the rich cultural heritage of Ghana. The exhibit gave spectators the ability to become more attuned to the art of weaving and use of raw materials to make cloth, skills highly prized in …

Rammed Earth Houses: An American Vision In The New Deal, Beth Hunter

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 85-97

Class Notes, Linfield Magazine Staff, Beth Rogers Thompson

Linfield Magazine

News about Linfield alumni

Wcsa Class Of 1954, 55th Reunion, 2009, University Of Minnesota, Morris Office Of Alumni Relations

WCSA Reunion Programs

No abstract provided.

Timber Talk, Vol. 47, No. 4, November 1, 2009

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

Lumber Market News ; Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Green; Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Kiln Dried; Softwood Lumber Price Trends; Know the Value of Your Logs; Biomass Crop Assistance Program; Carbon Credits: A New Forest Income Source; Nebraska Forestry Industry Spotlight; Woody Biomass Raw Materials and Markets; The Trading Post.

The Leading Object: May 2009, John C. Owens

Leading Object

Perspectives; Agreement results in cooperation between UNL and Indian university; Nebraska vet students win first-place honors; Erdman transforms ag education into career in public service; Graduating CASNR seniors saluted during ‘Salute to Graduates’; Quilt museum gets award for green design; Baenziger named to International Rice Research Institute board; Erickson receives animal science honors; Calkins named educator of the year; Lou receives two major honors; Barcenas wins national EFNEP award