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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

1976

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State Of The Art Of Technology For Rural Water System Development, R. T. Alguire, Joe F. Nix, H. C. Macdonald, Robert E. Babcock Oct 1976

State Of The Art Of Technology For Rural Water System Development, R. T. Alguire, Joe F. Nix, H. C. Macdonald, Robert E. Babcock

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The objective of this study was to review the current state of the art in rural water system technology. This was to be accomplished by a literature review of the Water Resources Scientific Information Center (WRSIC), National Technical Information Service (NTIS), and Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE). This literature search was to be augmented by interviews with consulting engineers, operating system managers and industrial literature. Both groundwater and surface water technology was to be reviewed. The technology was then to be grouped into four classes: (1) current technology, (2) technology which has been developed, but not currently being used, (3) …

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Improving Design Criteria For Septic Tank Systems, Dee Mitchell Aug 1976

Improving Design Criteria For Septic Tank Systems, Dee Mitchell

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The failure of septic tanks in treatment of wastewater has been responsible for causing health hazards due to contamination and pollution of groundwater and surface waters used for drinking water supplies. Most of these failures have been in the absorption field. Little or no actual research has been performed to establish design criteria for septic tank absorption fields to be used by local, state or federal Health Agencies or Pollution Control Agencies. Historically, almost all design criteria has beed based on a percolation test and the number of bedrooms to be served. Both of these methods have repeatedly been shown …

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An Aqueous Environmental Simulation Model For Mid-South Lakes And Reservoirs, Louis J. Thibodeaux Jun 1976

An Aqueous Environmental Simulation Model For Mid-South Lakes And Reservoirs, Louis J. Thibodeaux

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Quantitative relationships and associated computer program has been developed to simulate some of the major physical, chemical and biological processes occuring within the aqueous phase of lakes and reservoirs. The model was developed, in part, to study the eutrophic development of these water bodies. Emphasis is upon lakes in the Mid-South U.S.A. The physical model reflects the general environment in this region and includes a single stratified period. The chemical subsystem includes nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen and carbon. The biological subsystem includes phytoplankton, zooplankton, omnivorous fish, carnivorous fish and aerobic bacteria. The model differential equations are solved numerically with the IBM …

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Buffalo National River Ecosystems - Part Ii, R. E. Babcock, E. E. Dale, H. C. Macdonald, R. L. Meyer, D. G. Parker, E. B. Smith, K. F. Steele Mar 1976

Buffalo National River Ecosystems - Part Ii, R. E. Babcock, E. E. Dale, H. C. Macdonald, R. L. Meyer, D. G. Parker, E. B. Smith, K. F. Steele

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The priorities were established for the Buffalo National River Ecosystem Studies through meetings and correspondence with Mr. Roland Wauer and other personnel of the Office of Natural Sciences, Southwest Region of the National Park Service. These priorities were set forth in the appendix of contract no. CX 700050443 dated May 21, 1975.

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Research For The Development Of Guidelines For Conducting And Analyzing An Environmental Water Quality Study To Determine Statistically Meaningful Results, Melvin D. Springer Mar 1976

Research For The Development Of Guidelines For Conducting And Analyzing An Environmental Water Quality Study To Determine Statistically Meaningful Results, Melvin D. Springer

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This report presents and discusses the basic statistical models and methods which are useful to researchers in the field of water resources research, as well as in other fields. These models and methods are presented from the standpoint of type (parametric and nonparametric - or distribution free) and purpose (e.g., simultaneous comparison of several means, comparison of two or more variances, establishment of a difference between two means with a specified confidence, etc.). The material is presented with emphasis primarily upon methodology, including the necessary assumptions upon which each model is based. No derivations or proofs are given, since these …

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An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System, Volume V - The Effects Upon The Fish Population, Thomas M. Buchanan Jan 1976

An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System, Volume V - The Effects Upon The Fish Population, Thomas M. Buchanan

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The Arkansas River extends for 1,450 miles from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, southeasterly through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, where it enters the Mississippi River in Desha County. The 448 mile navigation channel which was constructed on the lower portion of this river includes portions of two of its major tributaries, the Verdigris River in Oklahoma and the lower White River in Arkansas. The Arkansas portion of this navigation system consists of three different segments: (1) the lower White River, from its confluence with the Mississippi River to 10 miles upstream, (2) the Arkansas Post Canal, …

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An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System, Volume Iv - The Effects Upon The Benthic Associations, Louise Russert Kraemer Jan 1976

An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System, Volume Iv - The Effects Upon The Benthic Associations, Louise Russert Kraemer

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The huge and increasing volume of dredged materials being moved in and from the bottoms of waterways of the U.S. is probably well known to the reader. Lee and Plumb (1974) distinguish between the 2 forms of dredging: (1) mining the bottom sediments (as in shell dredging), and (2) developing and maintaining navigable waterways. They indicate some 380,000,000 cubic yards are dredged annually in this country; maintenance dredging accounting for about 80,000,000 cy, and new construction for about 300,000,000 cy.* These figures (based on 5 yr. averages) do not include dredging by private companies. Smith (1975) comments: "With federal dredging …

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The Fishes Of Washinton County, Arkansas, Donald G. Cloutman, Larry L. Olmsted Jan 1976

The Fishes Of Washinton County, Arkansas, Donald G. Cloutman, Larry L. Olmsted

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No abstract provided.

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Appendices To An Aqueous Environmental Simulation Model For Mid-South Lakes And Reservoirs, Louis J. Thibodeaux Jan 1976

Appendices To An Aqueous Environmental Simulation Model For Mid-South Lakes And Reservoirs, Louis J. Thibodeaux

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The program simulates some of the major physical, chemical and biological processes occuring within the aqueous phase of lakes and reservoirs. The program was developed to study the eutrophic development of these water bodies.

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An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System, Volume Iii-The Effects Upon The Zooplankton Associations, Edgar D. Short, Eugene H. Schmitz Jan 1976

An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System, Volume Iii-The Effects Upon The Zooplankton Associations, Edgar D. Short, Eugene H. Schmitz

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The primary purpose of the zooplankton phase of the coordinated study was to attempt to evaluate the effects of dredging operations on the abundance, distribution, composition and complexity of the zooplankton communities within the aquatic system of the Arkansas River. The other phases of investigation include fish, macroinvertebrates, phytoplankton and some physico-chemical parameters. The lack of baseline data, needed for measurement of previous ecological conditions from which to detect past and future changes, proved to be a major impediment to any evaluation. Although the study involved only about 240 miles of the river in Arkansas, it should serve as an …

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An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System: Volume I - Introduction, Summary And Conclusions, And Recommendations, Myra Mcnutt, T. M. Buchanan, L. R. Kraemer, R. L. Meyer, E. H. Schmitz Jan 1976

An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System: Volume I - Introduction, Summary And Conclusions, And Recommendations, Myra Mcnutt, T. M. Buchanan, L. R. Kraemer, R. L. Meyer, E. H. Schmitz

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The Arkansas River originates in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains near Leadville, Colorado, and extends through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, where it flows into the Mississippi River. The Arkansas River is approximately 1,450 miles in length and drains a total area of 160,500 square miles. The river and its tributaries have been developed for navigation, flood control, and hydro-electric power, as well as recreational purposes under the River and Harbor Act of July 24, 1946. The development of the Arkansas River for recreational use will be completed in the near future. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System was …

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An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System - Volume Ii - Effects Upon The Phytoplankton Associations, Myra Mcnutt, Richard L. Meyer Jan 1976

An Evaluation Of The Effects Of Dredging Within The Arkansas River Navigation System - Volume Ii - Effects Upon The Phytoplankton Associations, Myra Mcnutt, Richard L. Meyer

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Phytoplankton are a major source of primary production in aquatic ecosystems and constitute one of the most important assemblages of the biotic community. These organisms are the basic level of the trophic pyramid upon which other organisms are dependent. The development, maintenance, and environmental influence of phytoplankton in and on the aquatic ecosystem has been a subject of interest and concern for many years. Most of the studies concerning the nature and distribution of phytoplankton have been confined to lacustrine systems. Hutchinson (1967), citing several lake studies, sutmarized various aspects of the physical and chemical factors associated with phytoplankton. These …

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Lower Mississippian Lithostratigraphy, Northern Arkansas, Walter L. Manger, Jack L. Shanks Jan 1976

Lower Mississippian Lithostratigraphy, Northern Arkansas, Walter L. Manger, Jack L. Shanks

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Lower Mississippian lithostratigraphic units in northern Arkansas are (ascending order) the Bachelor, St. Joe, and Boone Formations. These formations disconformably overlie Middle Ordovician to Upper Devonian strata and are overlain disconformably by Meramecan or Chesterian strata. The Bachelor Formation is generally a thin (less than 0.3 m), persistent, orthoquartzitic sandstone with common to abundant phosphatic pebbles overlain by a green silty shale. In northwestern Arkansas, the Bachelor Formation commonly lacks sandstone. The Bachelor Formation has been confused previously with the Sylamore (Upper Devonian) and older sandstone units. Although commonly regarded as a member of the Boone Formation, the St. Joe …

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Regional Carbonate Deposition Of The Pitkin Limestone (Chesterian): Washington And Crawford Counties, Arkansas, Robert E. Tehan Jan 1976

Regional Carbonate Deposition Of The Pitkin Limestone (Chesterian): Washington And Crawford Counties, Arkansas, Robert E. Tehan

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The Pitkin Limestone overlies black shale of the Fayetteville Formation and is the youngest Mississippian unit in the Paleozoic succession of northwest Arkansas. Five major fades have been delineated within the formation by apetrographic examination of samples collected from 17 measured sections: (1) oolith facies, (2) bioclast facies, (3) nodular limestone-shale facies, (4) mudstone facies, and (5) lime mud mound facies. The distribution of these facies in the Pitkin Formation suggests that Fayetteville terrigenous sedimentation was succeeded by the deposition of widespread oolith shoals and skeletal blanket sand bodies across the northern Arkansas structural platform. Sparse accumulations of lime mud …

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Experimental Testing Program In Elementary Chemistry: A Preliminary Report, Billie G. Broach, Howard L. Hodges Jan 1976

Experimental Testing Program In Elementary Chemistry: A Preliminary Report, Billie G. Broach, Howard L. Hodges

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

An experimental testing program is described which utilizes questions that are partly computer composed, in addition to a section composed by the instructor, and a retesting option to the student. Results from a trial of the program for one term indicate that (1) course grades were improved, (2) the student withdrawal failure rate was unaffected, and (3) the employed students took greater advantage of the retest than did the unemployed students.

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1974 Nonflood-Stage Chemical Loads Of The Buffalo River, Arkansas, Kenneth F. Steele, George H. Wagner Jan 1976

1974 Nonflood-Stage Chemical Loads Of The Buffalo River, Arkansas, Kenneth F. Steele, George H. Wagner

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Dissolved Ca, Mg, Na, K, Fe, Mn, and Zn loads of the Buffalo River generally show trends along the river attributable to changes in geology and vary with the season because of concentration by evapotranspiration and dilution by rain. Suspended material element loads show neither seasonal trends nor trends along the river. The Fe load for the river is predominantly in the suspended material, the Mn load is divided approximately evenly between dissolved and suspended material, and Ca, Mg, Na, K, and Zn are predominantly in the dissolved load.

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Semiquantitative Infrared Analysis Of Diketones And Anhydrides In A Reaction Mixture, Dominic T.C. Yang, F. H. Watson Jr., J. O. Lay, R. Getty Jan 1976

Semiquantitative Infrared Analysis Of Diketones And Anhydrides In A Reaction Mixture, Dominic T.C. Yang, F. H. Watson Jr., J. O. Lay, R. Getty

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The ozonolysis of a hydroxymethylene ketone yields a mixture of diketone and anhydride. Treatment of hydroxymethylene camphor with ozone affords, in addition to the expected camphor quinone, a surprisingly large amount of camphoric anhydride (56%) via Baeyer-Villager reaction. Use of infrared absorption to analyze the relative amounts of camphor quinone and camphoric anhydride in a reaction mixture was studied by comparing peak heights of their carbonyl stretching bands.

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Composition Of Arkansas Grapes During Maturation, Cameron Jones, Dominic T.C. Yang, Thomas O. Whitley Jan 1976

Composition Of Arkansas Grapes During Maturation, Cameron Jones, Dominic T.C. Yang, Thomas O. Whitley

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Changes in organic acid and glucose content during maturation and ripening of grapes grown in Arkansas in 1973 are shown for four French hybrid varieties, S5279, S10878, SV23- 657, and S13053, and for four rotundifolia varieties, Scuppernong, Tarheel, Fry, and Magoon. In all varieties the concentrations of malates and tartrates were highest in the early stages of berry growth after veraison. During ripening the titratable acidity decreased and Balling and pH measurements increased. Although varieties reached maturity on different dates, changes in parameters followed similar curves typical for grapes of the species but occurring over a short period (Johnson and …

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Algal-Bryozoan Carbonate Buildups Within The Pitkin Limestone (Mississippian-Chesterian), Northwest Arkansas, Alex T. Warmath Jan 1976

Algal-Bryozoan Carbonate Buildups Within The Pitkin Limestone (Mississippian-Chesterian), Northwest Arkansas, Alex T. Warmath

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

More than 14 biohermal buildups have been recognized within the Pitkin Limestone (Mississippian-Chesterian) in eastern Washington and western Madison Counties, northwest Arkansas. These buildups resemble previously described algal mounds in upper Pennsylvanian strata of the Midcontinent region, but differ in their faunal and floral constituents. The mounds are composed of calcilutite with variable amounts of spar and fossil allochemical grains. Associated flanking facies consist of mixed biosparite near the core, grading outward into oosparite. A few zones of shaly, poorly washed biomicrite containing rounded clasts bearing Archimedes fragments are interbedded with the flanking mixed biosparite facies. These clasts appear to …

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