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The Bates Student - Volume 139 Number 17 - March 30, 2010, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 99 [100], No. 40 (March 30, 2010), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 99, but it is the 100th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Diversity Partitioning Of Stony Corals Across Multiple Spatial Scales Around Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, Robert Van Woesik, Assaf Zvuloni, Yossi Loya

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

The coral reefs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja, Tanzania) encompass a considerable proportion of the global coralreef diversity and are representative of the western Indian Ocean region. Unfortunately, these reefs have been recently subjected to local and regional disturbances. The objectives of this study were to determine whether there are potentially non-random processes forcing the observed coral diversity patterns, and highlight where and at which spatial scales these processes might be most influential. Methodology/Principal Findings: A hierarchical (nested) sampling design was employed across three spatial scales, ranging from transects (≤20 m), stations (<100 m), to sites (<1000 m), to examine coral diversity patterns. Two of the four sites, Chumbe and Mnemba, were located within Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), while the other two sites, Changuu and Bawe, were not protected. Additive partitioning of coral diversity was used to separate regional (total) diversity (γ) into local a diversity and among-sample β diversity components. Individual-based null models were used to identify deviations from random distribution across the three spatial scales. We found that Chumbe and Mnemba had similar diversity components to those predicted by the null models. However, the diversity at Changuu and Bawe was lower than expected at all three spatial scales tested. Consequently, the relative contribution of the among-site diversity component was significantly greater than expected. Applying partitioning analysis for each site separately revealed that the within-transect diversity component in Changuu was significantly lower than the null expectation. Conclusions/Significance: The non-random outcome of the partitioning analyses helped to identify the among-sites scale (i.e., 10's of kilometers) and the within-transects scale (i.e., a few meters; especially at Changuu) as spatial boundaries within which to examine the processes that may interact and disproportionately differentiate coral diversity. In light of coral community compositions and diversity patterns we strongly recommend that Bawe be declared a MPA.

Instructional Program For Interdisciplinary Master Of Natural Resources Degree, Oregon State University Online, Badege Bishaw, Paul Doescher, Steven Radosevich

Conference on University Education in Natural Resources

Managing natural resources is a complex problem involving production, ecological, social, economic and ethical systems, which affect and, in turn, are affected by the others. The proposed Master of Natural Resources (MNR) degree is designed to engage university scientists and world‐wide natural resource professionals in a process that integrates diverse perspectives about natural resource situations at the state, regional, national, and international levels. The MNR degree will assist agency and industry personnel meet their self‐improvement goals. Students will learn about the various disciplinary components that make up natural resource problems and solutions to them. The MNR curriculum is organized into …

Challenges To Professional Accreditation Of Forestry Degree Programs With Low Enrollments: The Utah State University Experience, Terry L. Sharik, Dustin H. Ranglack

Conference on University Education in Natural Resources

As a result of its setting in the semi‐arid Intermountain West where forests are confined largely to montane environments, Utah State University (USU) has historically had relatively low undergraduate enrollments in forestry compared to other natural resource disciplines and compared to other institutions in the U.S. also offering a broad range of natural resource degrees. As a result of this history, coupled to the national trend over the past two decades of proportionally lower enrollments in forestry compared to other natural resource disciplines, undergraduate enrollment in forestry at USU currently constitutes less than 4% of total enrollments in natural resources. …

Undergraduate Enrollment Trends In Natural Resources At Naufrp Institutions: An Update, Terry L. Sharik, Robert J. Lilieholm

Conference on University Education in Natural Resources

Undergraduate enrollments in natural resources were analyzed for 30 NAUFRP institutions from around the country, covering the period 1980-2009. Results indicate that the steady downturn in enrollments beginning in the mid 1990s reversed itself in 2003 and continued to increase steadily through the present. Enrollments in the general category of Natural Resources and Environment recently eclipsed those in other more traditional fields of study such as forestry and wildlife and fisheries. Forestry enrollments, which in 1980 constituted nearly half of the total enrollments in all natural resource fields, currently make up less than only about one-fifth of these enrollments. These …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 19, March 25, 2010

Central Florida Future

ABT arrests 23 on St. Patty's Uncover Thursdays; Last at-bats; Plus: Rhapsodic restaurant, rhapsodic food; Column: Baseball's legendary moments; Student says mold caused health issues; SGA training: First in three-part series; Justice League readies judicial potentials; Study helps families make healthy choices.

Processes Influencing Seasonal Hypoxia In The Northern California Current System, Thomas Connolly, Barbara Hickey, S. Geier, William Cochlan

Faculty Publications

This paper delineates the role of physical and biological processes contributing to hypoxia, dissolved oxygen (DO) < 1.4 mL/L, over the continental shelf of Washington State in the northern portion of the California Current System. In the historical record (1950–1986), during the summer upwelling season, hypoxia is more prevalent and severe off Washington than further south off northern Oregon. Recent data (2003–2005) show that hypoxia over the Washington shelf occurred at levels previously observed in the historical data. The year 2006 was an exception, with hypoxia covering ∼5000 km2 of the Washington continental shelf and DO concentrations below 0.5 mL/L at the inner shelf, lower than any known previous observations at that location. In the 4 years studied, upwelling of low DO water and changes in source water contribute to interannual variability, but cannot account for seasonal decreases below hypoxic concentrations. Deficits of DO along salinity surfaces, indicating biochemical consumption of DO, vary significantly between surveys, accounting for additional decreases of 0.5–2.5 mL/L by late summer. DO consumption is associated with denitrification, an indicator of biochemical sediment processes. Mass balances of DO and nitrate show that biochemical processes in the water column and sediments each contribute ∼50% to the total consumption of DO in near-bottom water. At shorter than seasonal time scales on the inner shelf, along-shelf advection of hypoxic patches and cross-shelf advection of seasonal gradients are both shown to be important, changing DO concentrations by 1.5 mL/L or more over 5 days.

2010 John Wesley Powell Research Conference Set For April 10, Rachel Hatch

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 034, Number 26, March 22, 2010, Grand Valley State University

2009-2010, Volume 34

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Faculty Newsnotes 2010 No. 415, Office Of The Provost

Faculty Newsnotes (1972-2010)

No abstract provided.

Metagenomes From High-Temperature Chemotrophic Systems Reveal Geochemical Controls On Microbial Community Structure And Function, William P. Inskeep, Douglas B. Rusch, Zackary J. Jay, Markus J. Herrgard, Mark A. Kozubal, Toby H. Richardson, Richard E. Macur, Natsuko Hamamura, Ryan Dem. Jennings, Bruce W. Fouke, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Frank Roberto, Mark Young, Ariel Schwartz, Eric S. Boyd, Jonathan H. Badger, Eric J. Mathur, Alice C. Ortmann, Mary Bateson, Gill Geesey

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Yellowstone caldera contains the most numerous and diverse geothermal systems on Earth, yielding an extensive array of unique high-temperature environments that host a variety of deeply-rooted and understudied Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya. The combination of extreme temperature and chemical conditions encountered in geothermal environments often results in considerably less microbial diversity than other terrestrial habitats and offers a tremendous opportunity for studying the structure and function of indigenous microbial communities and for establishing linkages between putative metabolisms and element cycling. Metagenome sequence (14-15,000 Sanger reads per site) was obtained for five hightemperature (>65°C) chemotrophic microbial communities sampled from …

Prospectus, March 17, 2010, Merry Thomas, Chuck Shepherd, Tara Moon Christopher, Isaac Mitchell, Shagun Pradhan

Prospectus 2010

5 TIPS TO ENSURE A PRODUCTIVE SPRING BREAK; In college dorms, a 'post-gender world'; Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird; An experience unlike any other: the greatness of music festivals; 4 vital tacts about college financial aid; Prospectus Pick: Gorillaz Plastic Beach; Saudi Arabia struggles with child marriage; Medicine in the dark; The need for no-phone zones; Eating Disorders: What You Need to Know; Fun in the sun: sports and activities to keep occupied over break

Ohio University Faculty Senate Minutes March 15, 2010, Ohio University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, March 12, 2010, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Western News, March 11, 2010 , Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Geosciences awarded clean coal research funding; Recruitment advertisements garner national awards; Service anniversaries for March; On Campus with Kandeiss-Toi Ross.

New Alpha Kappa Delta Inductees, Sherry Wallace

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

The Colby Echo (2010-03-10), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Nitrogen And Phosphorus Biomass-Kinetic Model For Chlorella Vulgaris In A Biofuel Production Scheme, William M. Rowley

Theses and Dissertations

Chlorella vulgaris was cultured in microbioreactors using Bold’s Basal medium at varying nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations to define nitrogen and phosphorus utilization standards. Nutrient concentration was varied between 137 mg/L to 7.33 mg/L NO3-N and between 55.2 mg/L to11.0 mg/L PO4-P in five test scenarios. All were grown under a constant photoperiod at 22±2 °C and a mixture of 4 to 10% carbon dioxide/air. Maximum yield and growth rate occurred with the highest initial nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations. A statistically significant difference in biomass was found among all test levels at the end of the eight day growth period. Applying …

Choosing The Select: The Results Of The Indiana Historic Bridge Inventory, Mary Kennedy

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Erosion And Sediment Control, Sheila Mckinley

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Limnological Assistance For The Lake Mead National Recreation Area In Meeting The Challenge Of The Water 2025 Initiative: Executive Summary And Concise Statement Of Accomplishments, Limnological Assistance For Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Limnological Studies

Limnological Assistance for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Meeting the Challenge of the Water 2025 Initiative was a Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA)-funded project. It was implemented by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Public Lands Institute (PLI) cooperatively with the UNLV Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and the UNLV Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies on behalf of and in cooperation with the National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Lake Mead NRA).

The Oyster River Culvert Analysis Project, L. Stack, M. H, Simpson, T. Crosslin, Robert Roseen, D. Sowers, C. Lawson

PREP Reports & Publications

Studies have already detected intensification of precipitation events consistent with climate change projections. Communities may have a window of opportunity to prepare, but information sufficiently quantified and localized to support adaptation programs is sparse: published literature is typically characterized by general resilience building or regional vulnerability studies. The Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC observed that adaptation can no longer be postponed pending the effective elimination of uncertainty. Methods must be developed that manage residual uncertainty, providing community leaders with decision-support information sufficient for implementing infrastructure adaptation programs. This study developed a local-scale and actionable protocol for maintaining historical risk …

Pre & Post Reclamation Trends In Benthic Invertebrate Communities In A Metals Laden Stream, Silver Bow Creek, Mt, Sean Patrick Sullivan

Clark Fork Symposium Archives

The Upper Clark Fork River is the site of one of the most well known and complex remediation & restoration efforts in the world. Over 100 years of mining & smelting in the upper watershed resulted in over 100 miles of river designated as a USEPA superfund site, mandating remediation of hazard and reclamation of lost resources. Silver Bow Creek, the focus of this paper, suffered from sediment loading that contained elevated levels of heavy metals toxic to aquatic life and humans. Toxic sediments settled in the streambed and deposited in the floodplain during overbank events. The contamination was so …

Factors Influencing The Distribution Of Native Trout In North Fork Flathead Tributaries In Glacier National Park, Vincent Stephen D'Angelo, Vicki J. Watson, C. C. Muhlfeld

Clark Fork Symposium Archives

The reported decline of native bull trout Salvelinus confluentus and westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi populations west of the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park (GNP) prompted research to identify critical habitats and assess the abiotic and biotic factors influencing distribution and abundance. We evaluated the association of habitat metrics (stream width, elevation, gradient and woody debris density, mean August stream temperature) and biotic factors (the presence of non-native lake trout Salvelinus namaycush) with the distribution and abundance of bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout in 78 stream reaches in five sub-drainages of the North Fork Flathead River …

Montana Kaimin, March 5, 2010, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

2010 State Of The River - Looking Back And Thinking Forward 25 Years, Vicki J. Watson, Chris Brick, Rick Bass

Clark Fork Symposium Archives

Evaluating the State of the Clark Fork River and its Basin requires that we periodically:

1. Assess its condition & compare that to our goals for the basin;
2. Determine whether the basin’s condition is getting better or worse;
3. Evaluate our plans & on-the-ground actions for effectiveness; and
4. Consider challenges that face us in meeting our goals.

Condition and Trends

The basin’s condition in 2008 is compared to its condition in 2004 and 2000 based on biennial assessments made by MT Department of Environmental Quality and summarized in the Clean Water Act Information Center database. From 2000 to 2004, the percent of …

Montana Kaimin, March 4, 2010, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Spartan Daily March 3, 2010, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 134, Issue 18

March 3, 2010 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.