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  • Sediment accumulation and human impacts in Tillamook Bay, Oregon

    Creator:
    Styllas, Michael N.
    Abstract:
    Tillamook Bay is the second largest estuary on the Oregon coast, and concerns have been raised whether human induced impacts have been responsible for the perceived increase in sedimentation rates during the past century. Major land-use practices within the five watersheds of the Bay include logging, forest fires, the construction...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    western portions of the Bay, which is a result of either periodic breaching or washover of Bayocean Spit

  • Utilization of natural and supplemental biofuels for harvesting energy from marine sediments

    Creator:
    Nielsen, Mark E.
    Abstract:
    A benthic microbial fuel cell (BMFC) is an electrochemical device that generates current from the redox gradient at the sediment-water interface. Early prototypes had anodes buried in anoxic sediments and cathodes in overlying water. The BMFCs described in this dissertation are based on a chamber design that enables the use...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    anode. Results from Yaquina Bay, OR, show that mass transport resistance accounted for at least 93