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This Is ‘Gator Country: The Role Of The American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) In The Livelihood Of Floridians Past, Present And Future, Sarah Denison Jan 2015

This Is ‘Gator Country: The Role Of The American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) In The Livelihood Of Floridians Past, Present And Future, Sarah Denison

Theses & ETDs

In this thesis, I explore the role of the American alligator in the livelihood of Floridians past, present, and future through an examination of historical documents and ethnographic work conducted in Florida’s alligator industry. The American alligator has intrigued Floridians for thousands of years and they have found an astounding number of ways to integrate the alligator into their lives. It has become symbol, totem, mascot, pet, research subject, handbag, main dish, nightmare, and souvenir. Our resident crocodilian has been hunted, photographed, chronicled, managed, farmed, sold, tanned, and eaten. As a result of their dynamic, changing relationship with the alligator …

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Restoring And Re-Storying The Haitian Landscape, Nicolas Scheffer Jan 2015

Restoring And Re-Storying The Haitian Landscape, Nicolas Scheffer

Theses & ETDs

There is a common thread in Western depictions of Haiti that emphasizes a constant state of revolution and crisis, an inherent instability or inability to reconcile the goals and promises of emancipation with the realities of Haiti’s position in the world economy. Rhetoric of failure and crisis permeates Western political discourse and journalism and even into the ranks of Haitian society. Media coverage after the earthquake in January 2010 reinforced these tropes and prompted renewed attention to Haiti’s environmental problems, perpetuating a cycle of de-contextualized narratives that blame the rural peasant for the state of Haiti’s environment. Natural events such …

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Trade Restrictiveness Indices In The Presence Of Externalities: An Application To Non-Tariff Measures, John Christopher Beghin, Anne-Célia Disdier, Stéphan Marette Jan 2015

Trade Restrictiveness Indices In The Presence Of Externalities: An Application To Non-Tariff Measures, John Christopher Beghin, Anne-Célia Disdier, Stéphan Marette

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

We extend the trade restrictiveness indices (TRIs) approach to the case of market failures and domestic regulations addressing them, in presence of arbitrary tariffs and other domestic price policy distortions. We focus on standard-like non-tariff measures (NTMs) affecting cost of production and potentially enhancing domestic demand by increasing product quality or reducing negative externalities. The impact of NTMs on trade is ambiguous depending on the relative strength of the supply cost and demand enhancing effects. We apply the framework to the NTM database of Kee, Nicita, and Olarreaga (2009) and derive ad valorem equivalents for NTMs and other policy distortions. …

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Enst 594.03: Visiting Writer - Environmental Writing - The Parts Of The Whole/ Writing What’S Real, William Debuys Jan 2015

Enst 594.03: Visiting Writer - Environmental Writing - The Parts Of The Whole/ Writing What’S Real, William Debuys

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Enst 594.01: Publishing - The Next Steps, Phil Condon Jan 2015

Enst 594.01: Publishing - The Next Steps, Phil Condon

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Enst 382.01: Environmental Law, Leonard Broberg Jan 2015

Enst 382.01: Environmental Law, Leonard Broberg

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Enst 373a.01: Nature Works, Heather M. Mckee Jan 2015

Enst 373a.01: Nature Works, Heather M. Mckee

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Enst 505.01: Literature Of Nature Writing, Phil Condon Jan 2015

Enst 505.01: Literature Of Nature Writing, Phil Condon

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Ensc 396.00: Supervised Internship (Peas), Joshua H. Slotnick Jan 2015

Ensc 396.00: Supervised Internship (Peas), Joshua H. Slotnick

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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University Of Malaya-Kyoto University Secretariat Newsletter, Issue 12, Volume 5, 2015, Malaysia University Of Malaya Jan 2015

University Of Malaya-Kyoto University Secretariat Newsletter, Issue 12, Volume 5, 2015, Malaysia University Of Malaya

Archival Material (2010s)

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University Of Malaya-Kyoto University Secretariat Newsletter, Issue 14, Volume 5, 2015, Malaysia University Of Malaya Jan 2015

University Of Malaya-Kyoto University Secretariat Newsletter, Issue 14, Volume 5, 2015, Malaysia University Of Malaya

Archival Material (2010s)

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Heffernan, James Oral History Interview, David Fletcher Jan 2015

Heffernan, James Oral History Interview, David Fletcher

Emeriti Society Oral History Collection

Professor of Philosophy (1972-2014) The path to Pacific, contributions including innovations and new courses, Department of Philosophy, student trends, and changes and impact of administration. Changes in Pacific over time including: ethnic make-of students, use of technology, and community involvement.

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Phytoplankton And The Macondo Oil Spill: A Comparison Of The 2010 Phytoplankton Assemblage To Baseline Conditions On The Louisiana Shelf, M L. Parsons, W Morrison, N N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner, M L. Parsons Jan 2015

Phytoplankton And The Macondo Oil Spill: A Comparison Of The 2010 Phytoplankton Assemblage To Baseline Conditions On The Louisiana Shelf, M L. Parsons, W Morrison, N N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner, M L. Parsons

Faculty Publications

The Macondo oil spill was likely the largest oil spill to ever occur in United States territorial waters. We report herein our findings comparing the available baseline phytoplankton data from coastal waters west of the Mississippi River, and samples collected monthly from the same sampling stations, during and after the oil spill (May-October, 2010). Our results indicate that overall, the phytoplankton abundance was 85% lower in 2010 versus the baseline, and that the species composition of the phytoplankton community moved towards diatoms and cyanobacteria and away from ciliates and phytoflagellates. The results of this study reaffirm the view that phytoplankton …

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Cyanobacteria As Biological Drivers Of Lake Nitrogen And Phosphorus Cycling, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Holly A. Ewing, Meredith L. Greer, Cayelan C. Carey, Kathleen C. Weathers Jan 2015

Cyanobacteria As Biological Drivers Of Lake Nitrogen And Phosphorus Cycling, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Holly A. Ewing, Meredith L. Greer, Cayelan C. Carey, Kathleen C. Weathers

All Faculty Scholarship

Here we draw attention to the potential for pelagic bloom‐forming cyanobacteria to have substantial effects on nutrient cycling and ecosystem resilience across a wide range of lakes. Specifically, we hypothesize that cyanobacterial blooms can influence lake nutrient cycling, resilience, and regime shifts by tapping into pools of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) not usually accessible to phytoplankton. The ability of many cyanobacterial taxa to fix dissolved N2 gas is a well‐known potential source of N, but some taxa can also access pools of P in sediments and bottom waters. Both of these nutrients can be released to the water column …

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Using The Past To Restore The Future: Quantifying Historical Vegetation To Assist In Tidal Freshwater Wetland Restoration, Christopher D. Gatens Jan 2015

Using The Past To Restore The Future: Quantifying Historical Vegetation To Assist In Tidal Freshwater Wetland Restoration, Christopher D. Gatens

UROP Posters

Wetlands have been providing humans with critical natural ecosystem services throughout our time on Earth. Nevertheless, these invaluable ecosystems have been habitually altered as a cost of human progression. Two of the most common alterations to wetlands are damming and filling. Both occurred along Kimages Creek in Charles City County, VA during the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2010 the Lake Charles dam was partially removed, restoring the creek’s tidal communication with the James River. Upon the recession of the body of water, numerous woody stumps were revealed. We studied these stump remnants in an attempt to assess …

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Spatial Analysis Of Nest Productivity And Predation In Prothonotary Warblers, Miranda Foster, Lesley P. Bulluck Jan 2015

Spatial Analysis Of Nest Productivity And Predation In Prothonotary Warblers, Miranda Foster, Lesley P. Bulluck

UROP Posters

Generally, statistics are based off the assumption that observations are independent from each other in space. In larger ecological systems however, there can be spatial autocorrelation whereby data collected in nearby areas are not independent of one another which violates the assumption of most statistical tests. It is therefore becoming commonplace for ecological studies to study spatial autocorrelation to both eliminate error (accounting for a nuisance variable that could give false positives) and to better understand the spatial structure of their system of interest. Indeed, the mechanisms that lead to spatial autocorrelation are often associated with behaviors and/or intrinsic characteristics …

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2015 Usd Fact Book, University Of San Diego Jan 2015

2015 Usd Fact Book, University Of San Diego

USD Fact Books (1985- )

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Gettysburg Historical Journal 2015 Jan 2015

Gettysburg Historical Journal 2015

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

No abstract provided.

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An Undiscovered Wilderness--Place And Self: A Digital Curation Of Text And Images, Alana Jane Jajko Jan 2015

An Undiscovered Wilderness--Place And Self: A Digital Curation Of Text And Images, Alana Jane Jajko

Honors Theses

Medieval manuscripts are beautiful compilations of text and image. My work explores this media as a way to celebrate the beauty of the natural world, combining nature writing with marginalia and illustrations that reflect the content of the text. The calligraphy style is modeled after the font used in the Book of Kells, as it too portrays natural imagery throughout its pages. Manuscripts were meant to glorify the text within, and it is my hope to glorify and preserve an appreciation of nature in a world where it is sometimes overlooked. The culmination of this research has grown into a …

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2015 Idea Of Nature Public Lecture Series Schedule (Flyer), Samantha Harvey Jan 2015

2015 Idea Of Nature Public Lecture Series Schedule (Flyer), Samantha Harvey

The Idea of Nature Public Lecture Series

No abstract provided.

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The Administrator, January 2015, Illinois State University College Student Personnel Administration Jan 2015

The Administrator, January 2015, Illinois State University College Student Personnel Administration

The Administrator

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College Student Personnel Administration

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Implementing (Environmental) Justice: Equity And Performance In California's S.B. 535, Meagan Tokunaga Jan 2015

Implementing (Environmental) Justice: Equity And Performance In California's S.B. 535, Meagan Tokunaga

Pomona Senior Theses

This thesis evaluates the equity performance of a recent state environmental justice policy, California’s Senate Bill 535 (S.B. 535). “Environmental justice” refers to the disproportionate environmental harm imposed on low-income and minority communities. S.B. 535 uses competitive grants to provide funding to these communities. The research is centered around two questions: (1) to what extent has S.B. 535 experienced successful implementation in its first year of operation, and (2) how can policy actors improve implementation while balancing performance and equity goals? In regards to the first question, I utilize a case study of the policy’s implementation within 17 local governments …

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Pyrolysis-Gc-Ms For The Rapid Environmental Forensic Screening Of Contaminated Brownfield Soil, Azucena Lara-Gonzalo, Michael A. Kruge, I Lores, B Gutiérrez, José Luis Gallego Jan 2015

Pyrolysis-Gc-Ms For The Rapid Environmental Forensic Screening Of Contaminated Brownfield Soil, Azucena Lara-Gonzalo, Michael A. Kruge, I Lores, B Gutiérrez, José Luis Gallego

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

An abandoned chemical plant in Asturias (Spain) was studied using a multi-faceted molecular fingerprinting approach, demonstrating that it is possible to: (1) carefully unravel tangled evidence resulting from multiple pollution sources, and (2) recognize major contaminants largely ignored by conventional analyses. This methodology employed a battery of GC-MS analyses of liquid chromatographic fractions of soil extracts, plus the pyrolysis products of the soil extract's asphaltene fraction and the whole soil itself. In this example, coal tar distillation and the subsequent production of naphthalene, phenols and polymer resins are responsible for most of the soil contamination. Styrene, naphthalene, indene, and their …

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Anthropogenic Controls On Overwash Deposition: Evidence And Consequences, Laura Rogers, Laura Moore, Evan Goldstein, Christopher Hein, Jorge Lorenzo Trueba, Andrew Ashton Jan 2015

Anthropogenic Controls On Overwash Deposition: Evidence And Consequences, Laura Rogers, Laura Moore, Evan Goldstein, Christopher Hein, Jorge Lorenzo Trueba, Andrew Ashton

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Accelerated sea level rise and the potential for an increase in frequency of the most intense hurricanes due to climate change threaten the vitality and habitability of barrier islands by lowering their relative elevation and altering frequency of overwash. High-density development may further increase island vulnerability by restricting delivery of overwash to the subaerial island. We analyzed pre-Hurricane Sandy and post-Hurricane Sandy (2012) lidar surveys of the New Jersey coast to assess human influence on barrier overwash, comparing natural environments to two developed environments (commercial and residential) using shore-perpendicular topographic profiles. The volumes of overwash delivered to residential and commercial …

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Geology In Environmental Management, Michael A. Kruge Jan 2015

Geology In Environmental Management, Michael A. Kruge

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

From the geological perspective, the two overriding environmental management concerns are the destructive impact of hazardous natural events on human health and property and the deleterious impact of human activity on the natural environment. The knowledge derived from the geological sciences serves as the basis for a more enlightened approach to the reduction of unnecessary risk involved in the siting and construction of buildings and transportation networks, as well as the extraction of natural resources and waste management. Armed with such knowledge along with political sensitivity, environmental managers will have opportunities for positive social impact in negotiating the challenges as …

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Magnetic Mineral Diagenesis In The River‐Dominated Inner Shelf Of The East China Sea, China, Can Ge, Weiguo Zhang, Chenyin Dong, Yan Dong, Jinyan Liu, Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, Huan Feng, Lizhong Yu Jan 2015

Magnetic Mineral Diagenesis In The River‐Dominated Inner Shelf Of The East China Sea, China, Can Ge, Weiguo Zhang, Chenyin Dong, Yan Dong, Jinyan Liu, Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, Huan Feng, Lizhong Yu

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The inner shelf of the East China Sea is a river-dominated margin characterized by fine-grained mud deposits and a rapid sedimentation rate. Three short sediment cores (similar to 2.7m in length) were examined to characterize spatial variations in magnetic mineral diagenesis. The sediment cores were analyzed for sedimentation rates, magnetic properties, particle size distribution, organic carbon, and total sulfur content. The two more proximal cores with higher sedimentation rates (similar to 2.2cm/yr and similar to 0.96cm/yr) do not exhibit obvious effects of reductive dissolution of magnetite with increasing depth, which is consistent with their lower total sulfur content. The offshore …

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A Conjoint Analysis Study Of Preferences And Purchasing Behavior Of Potential Adopters Of The Bureau Of Land Management Wild Horses, Omotoyosi O. Adekunle Jan 2015

A Conjoint Analysis Study Of Preferences And Purchasing Behavior Of Potential Adopters Of The Bureau Of Land Management Wild Horses, Omotoyosi O. Adekunle

Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics

This study uses conjoint analysis to examine the preferences of buyers for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horses based on physical attributes of wild horses and individual characteristics of the buyers. Generalized ordered logit models and multinomial logit models are used to study the impact of the buyers’ demographic characteristics such as age, gender, knowledge about wild horse care, and number of wild horses previously adopted on physical attributes of the horses such as color, age, height, training status, temperament, conformation, and unique markings. Using a choice experiment, taken together, these attributes determine buyer’s preferences for a wild horse. …

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Potential Habitat Of Acropora Spp. On Reefs Of Florida, Puerto Rico, And The Us Virgin Islands, Katherine Wirt Jan 2015

Potential Habitat Of Acropora Spp. On Reefs Of Florida, Puerto Rico, And The Us Virgin Islands, Katherine Wirt

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Elkhorn and staghorn corals (Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis) were listed in 2006 as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The goal of this study was to create model potential-habitat maps for A. palmata and A. cervicornis, while identifying areas for possible re-establishment. These maps were created using a database of reported field observations in combination with existing benthic habitat maps. The mapped coral reef and hardbottom classifications throughout Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Island reef tracts were used to generate potential-habitat polygons using buffers that incorporated 95% and 99% of reported observations of Acropora spp. …

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The Political Correlates Of Sustainable Development: A Case Study Of Winter Park, Fl, Ariella Lvov Jan 2015

The Political Correlates Of Sustainable Development: A Case Study Of Winter Park, Fl, Ariella Lvov

Honors Program Theses

How do cities find the path to sustainable development policy when confronted with constituent opposition? To address this dilemma, a case study of a small, land-locked city in Central Florida was conducted, whose long battle with sustainable development has been, at times, both successful and unsuccessful. Winter Park provides an excellent backdrop for studying which political correlates are requisite for the successful execution of growth policy. This study explores three sustainable development initiatives in Winter Park: (a) light rail, (b) SunRail, and (c) transit-oriented development. The researcher conducted an analysis of both archival research and structured interviews with local elected …

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Fracking Fad: The Morally Ambiguous Method Of Extraction And The Trade Secret Protections Of Its Chemical Formulas, Vince Villio Jan 2015

Fracking Fad: The Morally Ambiguous Method Of Extraction And The Trade Secret Protections Of Its Chemical Formulas, Vince Villio

Journal of Law, Technology, & the Internet

"Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has taken the nation’s political soapbox by storm in the last decade, despite being in practice since the mid-20th century. The recent surge of debate comes from an increasing amount of states passing regulatory schemes for when fracking is used in the extraction of natural gas and other energy producing materials. The regulation of energy extraction has been and continues to be a state issue rather than federal. One of the major concerns of the energy industry with new regulation is the increasing demand for disclosure of the chemicals and processes used in fracking, something the industry …

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