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60 years of avian community change in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Curtis, Jenna
Abstract:: Birds perform valuable ecological functions and are useful environmental indicators. Avian distributions and diversity are predicted to change over the next 50 years. Little information exists on the role of local and regional conditions in fluctuations of avian communities over time. Historic datasets present a legacy of information that helps...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A comparative analysis of four Oregon coastal lakes on the basis of description, trophy, and density-dependent functions

Creator:: Kavanagh, Ross C.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A Comparative Study of Foraging Behavior and Disturbance Regimes in Urban Versus Agricultural Habitats used by Cackling Geese Wintering in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Harrington, Erin R.
Abstract:: The Cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii minima) population has increased from a low of 20,000 in 1984 to the current population of 220,000-300,000 (Stehn 2012, Sanders 2013). As the Cackling goose population began to recover in the late 1990s, the majority of the population relocated from wintering in California to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A comparison of early marine residence in hatchery and natural Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Creator:: Claiborne, Andrew M.
Abstract:: The mechanisms of mortality during critical life stages of fish are not well-understood and, for many species, it is not clear if the mechanisms are similar for naturally and artificially propagated individuals. For Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), natural fish potentially face negative interactions, such as competition, and survival disadvantages, such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A comparison of nest site selection and reproductive effort by reticulate sculpin (Cottus perplexus) in two streams of different geologies in the central Coast Range of Oregon

Creator:: Bateman, Douglas S.
Abstract:: Nest sites of reticulate sculpin (Cottus perplexus) were located in two stream reaches, one from a basalt basin and one from a sandstone basin. Stream reaches were similar in gradient, basin area, elevation, climate, and riparian vegetation but differed in biologic community structure and substrate characteristics. An electivity index was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A comparison of the reproductive rates of zooplankton in East and Paulina Lakes

Creator:: Alevras, Ronald Allen
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A conceptual unification and application of biogeoclimatic classification

Creator:: Gregor, Marion Elizabeth
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A dwarfed population of Catostomus rimiculus (Catostomidae: Pisces) in Jenny Creek, Jackson County, Oregon

Creator:: Hohler, David Berry
Abstract:: The population of Catostomus rimiculus from Jenny Creek basin is identified as a dwarfed derivative of the normally much larger C. rimiculus from the Klamath and Rogue River systems. C. rimiculus in Jenny Creek basin are separated from those in the Klamath by a series of 3-10m waterfalls resulting from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A food web analysis of a Mojave Desert geothermal spring system and feeding ecology of Moapa dace (Moapa coriacea)

Creator:: StSaviour, Adam
Abstract:: Understanding food webs is fundamental in conserving endangered species and maintaining healthy ecosystem function, particularly in desert spring systems. We identified dominant energy sources in the Muddy River Warm Springs area, Clark County, NV using carbon and nitrogen natural abundance stable isotope analyses. We examined isotopic signatures of specific macroinvertebrate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A hierarchical stream habitat classification system: development and demonstration

Creator:: Frissell, Christopher A.
Abstract:: Classification of Streams and stream habitats is useful for research involving establishment of monitoring stations, determining local impacts of land use practices, generalization from site-specific data, and assessment of basin-wide, cumulative impacts of human activities on streams and their biota. This thesis presents a framework for a hierarchical classification system,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A mendelian study of Crassostrea gigas

Creator:: Smoker, Janet Van Dusen
Abstract:: The genotype frequencies of one-year-old oyster spat (Crassostrea gigas) from parents of known genotype, are compared to the frequencies expected with Mendelian inheritance. The genotypes are characterized at three enzyme loci, Aspartate amino-transferase (AAT), Phosphohexose isomerase (PHI) and Leucine aminopeptidase (LAP), and a general protein locus. In this study expression...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A model for understanding the influence of selective and nonselective harvest on fish populations

Creator:: Hirai, Takayuki
Abstract:: To understand the influence of selective harvesting on the adaptive capacity of fish populations in changing environments, a computer simulation model was developed. In the model, hypothetical populations were composed of five different life histories, which were genetically determined. Each life history type had its own rate of survival and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A morphometric study of growth and condition in juvenile English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus) relative to environment

Creator:: Weber, Madeleine Demaries
Abstract:: This thesis focuses upon whether stressful aspects of an organism's environment are reflected by that organism's shape. It presents an application of the powerful thin-plate spline and relative warp methods from morphometric analysis to demonstrate the overall utility of morphometrics in detecting environmental stress in an estuarine flatfish, the English...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A multi-trophic level examination of recreational impacts on a national wild and scenic river

Creator:: Wright, Kristopher Keith
Abstract:: Initially, components of an aquatic food web were examined to study impacts of recreational use on the aquatic ecology of Quartzville Creek, Oregon in 1995 and 1996. Measurements of the food web components consisted of observations of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus), visual counts of the larval caddisfly Dicosmoecus gilvipes, benthic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A phenotypic comparison of thirty-eight steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations from coastal Oregon

Creator:: Hatch, Keith Martin
Abstract:: An aspect of the genetic structure of coastal Oregon steelhead was explored and found to gradually change in a north to south pattern for the allelic frequencies of several enzymes. Isocitrate dehydrogenase and superoxide dehydrogenase were the clearest examples of this pattern of variation. This pattern was most evident in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A population study of the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in a Central Oregon stream

Creator:: Osborn, Charles Edwin
Abstract:: The rainbow trout population in Elder Creek, Oregon was studied between June 1965 and November 1966. The physical characteristics of the stream during the summer season were described. Rainbow trout were captured in each of three sections on the stream by electrofishing and were tagged and measured. Population size, mortality,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A preliminary investigation of the spotted owl in Oregon

Creator:: Forsman, Eric D.
Abstract:: Between 1970 and 1974, data were collected on the distribution and biology of the spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) in Oregon. One-hundred and sixteen pairs and seven single birds were located. Spotted owls occurred throughout the mountains of western Oregon and on the east slope of the Cascade Range at least...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A review and key to the apogonid fishes (Pisces: Perciformes) of the Northwestern Arabian Sea and Southern Gulf of Oman, with description of two new species

Creator:: Mee, Jonathan K. L.
Abstract:: Field collections in the Southern Gulf of Oman and the Northwestern Arabian Sea, and examination of museum collections from this study area, yielded 7 genera and 33 species of apogonid fishes. Twenty one species of Apogon, one Archamia, four Cheilodipterus, three Fowleria, one Rhabdamia, two Siphamia, and one Holapogon are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A review of the deep water Liparidae from the coast of Oregon and adjacent waters

Creator:: Stein, David L.
Abstract:: Descriptions and distributions are given of 28 species of Liparidae occurring or possibly occurring below 200 m between San Francisco and northern Vancouver Island, with keys for their identifications. Nine genera are included: Careproctus, Elassodiscus, Lipariscus, Nectoliparis, Rhinoliparis, Acantholiparis, Paraliparis, and two new genera are described, Odontoliparis and Osteodiscus. Eight...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A review of the Gadopsidae, with a description of a new species from Tasmania

Creator:: Parrish, Richard H.
Abstract:: The taxonomic placement of Gadopsidae is discussed and an evaluation of its osteological relationships with related families is given. Similarities to the more primitive genera of the trachinoids, notothenioids, and uranoscopoids are noted and the inclusion of Gadopsidae in the Trachinoidae is recommended. A description of the geological history of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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