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Eastward Routing of Glacial Lake Agassiz Runoff caused the Younger Dryas Cold Event

Creator:

Leydet, David J.

Abstract:

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze an abrupt case of climate change in the past as a means to understand the mechanisms that force climate change. By looking to past analogs of climate change, we hopefully will gain an understanding of these events, which could be used to...

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Masters Thesis

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Applying economic benefit transfer to improve the transfer of ecological estimates in ecosystem services research & policy

Creator:

Errend, Melissa N.

Abstract:

The goal of this thesis is to advance the methodology and thought regarding the transferability of ecological estimates of ecosystem services. Conceptually and in practice, ecological estimate transfer parallels economic benefit transfer in ecosystem services research and policy, yet the literature for benefit transfer predates ecological estimate transfer by several...

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Masters Thesis
A Bayesian approach to marine spatial planning

Creator:

Erhardt, Morgan William

Abstract:

The marine ecosystem provides a broad spectrum of services for a wide array of user groups. Such broad use of marine resources often results in use conflicts between ecosystem elements and human interests. To help mitigate these conflicts, the Bayesian Analysis for Spatial Siting (BASS) tool was developed to incorporate...

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Masters Thesis