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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
Full Text:: not vary significantly between urban (32.0 ± 7.5 g m-2) and agricultural landscapes (22.0 ± 4.2 g m

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
Full Text:: ) AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Andrew M. Claiborne for the degree of Master of Science in

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
Full Text:: wondering. To my father, Alan Andrew Begley, who gave me my mystical soul and lives within me still. To

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
Full Text:: extent originally envisaged; and Dr. Andrew G. Carey, School of Oceano- graphy, Oregon State University

A simulation model of wood dynamics in Pacific Northwest streams

Creator:: Meleason, Mark Alan
Abstract:: Conceptually, the dynamics of wood in streams can be viewed in terms of input and in-channel processes. Input processes are associated with both the riparian (tree fall, bank cutting, windthrow) and upslope forests (mass failures). In-channel processes include log breakage, movement, and decomposition. A mechanistic view of these processes is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: associated with long-term recruitment of wood to stream channels. 4 REFERENCES Beechie, T. J., G. Pess

Addressing Challenges in the Application of Animal Movement Ecology to Aquatic Conservation and Management

Creator:: Ogburn, Matthew B., Mills Flemming, Joanna E., Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Cooke, Steven J., Torres, Leigh G., and Whoriskey, Frederick G.
Abstract:: The dynamic nature of most environments forces many animals to move to meet their fundamental needs. This is especially true in aquatic environments where shifts in spatial ecology (which are a result of movements) are among the first adaptive responses of animals to changes in ecosystems. Changes in the movement...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , 2619–2631. doi: 10.1890/13-0217.1 Vines, T. H., Andrew, R. L., Bock, D. G., Franklin, M. T., Gilbert

Agricultural impacts on amphibian survival, growth, and distributions

Creator:: Baker, Nick J.
Abstract:: The potential impact of chemical contaminants and conservation practices on amphibians in agricultural landscapes is a key research topic globally. Amphibians represent a common group in many freshwater systems and are currently experiencing worldwide population declines. Global amphibian declines may be attributed to a number of causes, including habitat loss,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

All in a DNA's work : conservation genetics and monitoring of the New Zealand endemic Maui's and Hector's dolphins

Creator:: Hamner, Rebecca Marie
Abstract:: The critically endangered Maui's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori maui) and the endangered Hector's dolphin (C. h. hectori) are endemic to the coastal waters of New Zealand, where their primary threat is fisheries-related mortality. The Maui's dolphin is among the most critically endangered cetaceans in the world, with its remnant population primarily...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; Andrew Williams and Dori Dick answering my more specific “how do I…in ArcGIS?”; Andi Stephens and Shawn

Amphibian communities and climate change : Where ecological processes meet evolutionary interactions

Creator:: Thurman, Lindsey L.
Abstract:: Forecasts of the impacts of climate change have traditionally focused on individual species and their phenotypes, phenology, or distribution. However, shifts in species distributions and the resulting reorganization of community composition represent an important violation to the assumption of species acting in isolation. Whereas species may respond individualistically to climate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: communities. By the mid-20th Century, many ecologists, including Robert MacArthur, E. O. Wilson, and G

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

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

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

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

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

A simulation model of wood dynamics in Pacific Northwest streams

Addressing Challenges in the Application of Animal Movement Ecology to Aquatic Conservation and Management

Agricultural impacts on amphibian survival, growth, and distributions

All in a DNA's work : conservation genetics and monitoring of the New Zealand endemic Maui's and Hector's dolphins

Amphibian communities and climate change : Where ecological processes meet evolutionary interactions

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