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Creator:: Davis, Sara Kristin
Abstract:: Previous research suggests a link between litter size in ewes and differential excretion of fecal hormones. An accurate test for fetal number would be useful to sheep producers and a fecal hormone response could be utilized in such a test. Fifteen previously categorized fecal hormones were analyzed within fecal samples...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Creator:: Stick, David A.
Abstract:: The United States Pacific Northwest is well known for its shellfish farming. Historically, commercial harvests were dominated by the native Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida, but over-exploitation, habitat degradation, and competition and predation by non-native species has drastically depleted their densities and extirpated many local populations. As a result, shellfish aquaculture...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my committee members (Mark Camara, Chris Langdon, Michael Banks and Howard Meyer) for their general

Creator:: Rehe, William G., Jr.
Abstract:: This thesis provides the first general description of the natural variation in age structure, growth rates, and survival in headwater populations of coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii from western Oregon, and a subsequent synthesis of these life-history characteristics across the range of the subspecies. Age, growth, and survival were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Ben-Thlija, Abdellaziz
Abstract:: Little is known about cactus nutrients, their proportions in different species and the variability of these proportions with season. In the scant literature available on Opuntia species, no systematic survey has been published to document and compare the nutritional qualities of different species. Also, no studies have been done to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: members Drs. Paul Doescher, Howard Meyer and Neil Forsberg for their constructive criticism and valuable

Creator:: Jaindl, Raymond G.
Abstract:: Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) - white clover (Trifolium repens) hill-land pastures were grazed at different times in the winter to study the effect of time of winter grazing on plant response and forage production. The same pastures were grazed by sheep once in early December, January, February, March, or April...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: provoking and always appreciated. Thanks to my committee members, Drs. Tom Bedell, Howard Meyer, David

Creator:: Dossett, Michael
Abstract:: In recent years, there has been renewed interest in black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis L.) breeding. This has been spurred by an increase in black raspberry consumption due to studies that have shown them to be particularly high in anthocyanin content indicating high levels of antioxidants. Present cultivars are ill adapted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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