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Creator:: Chavez Comparan, Juan Carlos
Abstract:: The coastal zone is the area where the land, sea, air meet. It has a unique combination of characteristics which favor human development, trade and industry. "Coastal climates are more moderate and stable than those of the interior of the continents, and are usually associated with sufficient rainfall to sustain...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Submitted to Marine Resource Management Program College of Oceanography Oregon State University in partial

Creator:: Sawyer, Calvin B.
Abstract:: "This report is organized as follows. First, the objectives and methods used are outlined. Background information follows, including what is known about the extent, past alterations, and condition of wetlands in Oregon today; the status of wetland restoration in the U.S. and in Oregon; definitions of important terms; the functions...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: directive, the Oregon Division of State Lands appointed a "wetlands restoration work group" to help prepare

Creator:: Hall, Carrie A.
Abstract:: The product of my internship was a working draft of a land use and master plan for the SPC to review. The draft is to be used for creating a more comprehensive land use and zoning master plan. Attempts were made to incorporate input from federal, state, and local governments,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331 1997 in partial

Creator:: Fuss, J. David
Abstract:: Oregon's estuaries have been significantly altered by human activity, so that many former tidal wetlands no longer provide the functions, such as fish and wildlife habitat, erosion protection from storms, and water quality maintenance, that preserve the integrity of estuarine ecosystems. Oregon has been a leader in wetland protection and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Fall 1999 in partial fulfillment of the requirement for

Creator:: Brown, Mara Arwyn
Abstract:: This paper focuses on the role of natural resources information in Oregon legislative policy-making, based on the two legislative case studies from the 1991 Legislative Session, surveys conducted of state natural resource agency legislative liaisons, and a review of current literature addressing policy-making and the role of science in policy-making....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Marine Resource Management Program College of Oceanography Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Kylstra, Pam
Abstract:: Coral reef ecosystems are the oceanic equivalent of tropical rainforests, in terms of biodiversity. The estimated 1,037,000 square kilometers worldwide of reef provide habitat for over one million species of plants and animals (Hinrichsen, 1997). Coral reefs are important to the economy of coastal nations because of the fisheries and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Presented April 13

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