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Nir-Red Reflectance-Based Algorithms For Chlorophyll-A Estimation In Mesotrophic Inland And Coastal Waters: Lake Kinneret Case Study, Yosef Z. Yacobi, Wesley Moses, Semion Kaganovsky, Benayahu Sulimani, Bryan Leavitt, Anatoly A. Gitelson

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

A variety of models have been developed for estimating chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration in turbid and productive waters. All are based on optical information in a few spectral bands in the red and near-infra-red regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The wavelength locations in the models used were meticulously tuned to provide the highest sensitivity to the presence of Chl-a and minimal sensitivity to other constituents in water. But the caveat in these models is the need for recurrent parameterization and calibration due to changes in the biophysical characteristics of water based on the location and/or time of the year. In this …

Isolation By Distance Explains Genetic Structure Of Buggy Creek Virus, A Bird-Associated Arbovirus, Abinash Padhi, Amy T. Moore, Mary Bomberger Brown, Jerome E. Foster, Martin Pfeffer, Charles R. Brown

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Many of the arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) show extensive genetic variability and are widely distributed over large geographic areas. Understanding how virus genetic structure varies in space may yield insight into how these pathogens are adapted to and dispersed by different hosts or vectors, the relative importance of mutation, drift, or selection in generating genetic variability, and where and when epidemics or epizootics are most likely to occur. However, because most arboviruses tend to be sampled opportunistically and often cannot be isolated in large numbers at a given locale, surprisingly little is known about their spatial genetic structure on the local …

Regional Scale Monitoring Of Methane Production By Dairy Farm Ungulates; A Proposal To The National Science Foundation (Nsf) And The National Ecological Observatory Network (Neon, Inc.), Lindsey Anne Peterson

Biological Sciences

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Factors Of Environmental Sustainability For Africa, Asia, And Latin America, Jacob Converse

Political Science Theses and Capstones

This study incorporates and analyzes several theories in regards to what causes countries to perform in an environmentally sustainable manner. This has been and is becoming an increasingly important and debated topic due to the ever increasing interest and concern about global environmental challenges. This issue has been examined through a variety of different lenses including economic, socio-political, and geographical perspectives and they have an assortment of results. One such existing finding suggests that the best way to improve a country’s environmental sustainability is to first focus on improving the gross domestic product which will eventually allow changes to take …

Factors Affecting Space Use Overlap By White-Tailed Deer In An Urban Landscape, W. David Walter, Jeff Beringer, Lonnie P. Hansen, Justin W. Fischer, Joshua J. Millspaugh, Kurt C. Vercauteren

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Variation in the size and overlap of space use by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) has broad implications for managing deer–human conflicts and disease spread and transmission in urban landscapes. Understanding which factors affect overlap of home range by various segments (i.e., age, sex) of an urban deer population has implications to direct contact between deer on disease epidemiology. We assessed size of home range and overlap of space use using the volume of intersection index (VI) for deer in an urban landscape by sex, age, season, and time of day. We found mean space use was larger for …

Interview With Robert Costanza, Institute For Sustainable Solutions, 2011 (Audio), Robert Costanza

All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories

Interview of Dr. Robert Costanza by Noah Sharpsteen at Portland State University on February 22nd, 2011.

The interview index is available for download.

Final Report: Table Of Contents, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Section 2. A Watershed Approach, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Section 5. Recommendations, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Section 1. Introduction, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Executive Summary, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Section 3. Code Reform Projects, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Report Cover, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Appendix A. Proposed Norton Wetland Protection Bylaw And Regulations, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Appendix B. Recommended Revisions To Lakeville Zoning Code And Subdivision Rules And Regulations, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Section 4. Engineering Demonstration Projects, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Appendix E. Innovative Wastewater Disposal At Ted Williams Park, Lakeville – Supporting Information, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Appendix F. Lid Driveway Retrofit At Ocean Spray Processing Facility, Middleboro – Supporting Information, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Appendix G. Lid Driveway Retrofit And Teaching Tool At Bristol County Agricultural High School, Dighton - Supporting Information, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Example Code Reform And Demonstration Projects. (Full Report, Excluding Appendices), Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Appendix D. Mill River Park And Riverwalk At City Hall, Taunton – Supporting Information, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Appendix H. Lid Parking Lot Retrofit At Belmont Street Soccer Fields, East Bridgewater - Supporting Information, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Appendix C. Lid Parking Lot Design And Teaching Tool At Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater – Supporting Information, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Phase II Final Report

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Final Report: Example Code Reform And Demonstration Projects. (All Appendices), Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

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Slides: Environmental Water In Australia, Chris Arnott

Conversation with Water Management Reps from Colorado and Australia: "Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons Learned from Australia" (February 14)

Presenter: Chris Arnott, Managing Director, Alluvium Consulting

30 slides

Slides: Adapting To Climate Change: Lessons Learnt From The Australian Water Experience, Will Fargher

Conversation with Water Management Reps from Colorado and Australia: "Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons Learned from Australia" (February 14)

Presenter: Will Fargher, National Water Commission, Australian Government

18 slides [4 have titles only and are missing images]

Cellulose- And Xylan-Degrading Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacteria From Biocompost, M. V. Sizova, J. A. Izquierdo, N. S. Panikov, L. R. Lynd

Dartmouth Scholarship

Nine thermophilic cellulolytic clostridial isolates and four other noncellulolytic bacterial isolates were isolated from self-heated biocompost via preliminary enrichment culture on microcrystalline cellulose. All cellulolytic isolates grew vigorously on cellulose, with the formation of either ethanol and acetate or acetate and formate as principal fermentation products as well as lactate and glycerol as minor products. In addition, two out of nine cellulolytic strains were able to utilize xylan and pretreated wood with roughly the same efficiency as for cellulose. The major products of xylan fermentation were acetate and formate, with minor contributions of lactate and ethanol. Phylogenetic analyses of 16S …

River Geomorphology And Fish Barriers Affect On Spatial And Temporal Patterns Of Fish Assemblages In The Niobrara River, Nebraska, Greg A. Wanner, Mark A. Pegg, Steven Schainost, Robert A. Klumb, Dane A. Shuman

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

The Niobrara River in northern Nebraska traverses the heart of the Great Plains with portions of the river protected under the National Wild and Scenic River system managed by the National Park Service. The Niobrara River changes from a narrow, entrenched stream to a wide, highly braided river with four fish barriers and 36 distinct geomorphic segments in the lower 531 river kilometers (rkm). Our objectives were to examine the spatial and temporal patterns of fish assemblages in the Niobrara River related to environmental variables, fish barriers, and river geomorphology. Tote-barge electrofishing occurred monthly from June to September in 2009 …

The Employment Impacts Of Wind Power Development In Maine 2003-2010, Charles S. Colgan

Economic Impact Analysis

The development of wind power in Maine has emerged as a significant economic opportunity in the past several years, providing one of the few growing sectors in the latter half of the last decade. The employment impact of this development has been discussed in regulatory filings before, but has not been examined in detail using post-construction data on actual wind power projects. This report examines the employment impacts of three major wind power projects: Mars Hill in Aroostook County, Stetson Mountain in Washington County, and Kibby Mountain in Franklin County. (Stetson and Kibby were undertaken in two phases.) These projects …

Evaluating Observed And Projected Future Climate Changes For The Arctic Using The Köppen-Trewartha Climate Classification, Song Feng, Chang-Hoi Ho, Qi Hu, Robert Oglesby, Su-Jong Jeong, Baek-Min Kim

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

The ecosystems in the Arctic region are known to be very sensitive to climate changes. The accelerated warming for the past several decades has profoundly influenced the lives of the native populations and ecosystems in the Arc­tic. Given that the Köppen-Trewartha (K-T) climate classifi­cation is based on reliable variations of land-surface types (especially vegetation), this study used the K-T scheme to evaluate climate changes and their impact on vegetation for the Arctic (north of 50°N) by analyzing observations as well as model simulations for the period 1900–2099. The models include 16 fully coupled global climate mod­els from the Intergovernmental Panel …