Recreation opportunity planning, including use of the recreation
opportunity spectrum (ROS), was developed to aid land managers in
inventorying, classifying, and managing outdoor recreation resources
within an overall planning framework. This planning concept, which
combines physical, managerial, and social setting characteristics
into an array of recreation opportunities ranging from primitive...
It has long been observed that stress can increase our
susceptibility to infectious diseases and cancers. Recent
experimental evidence suggests that this increased susceptibility is
due to suppression of immunity. A variety of neuroendocrine products
are released during periods of stress, and a large number of these
are now known...
In higher vertebrates, normal digestion and absorption by the
gastrointestinal tract are dependent on the orderly and controlled
transit of intraluminal contents. A relationship between fluid
passage through the gut and absorption from the gut has yet to be
examined in fish. In marine teleosts, the osmolality and ion concentration...
The biodegradation of five polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by
Hudson River and Silver Lake sediments was studied using gas
chromatography with electron capture detection (GC/ECD) and gas
chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analyses. Methanogenic
sediments from the Hudson River and Silver Lake were used to inoculate
four anaerobic filter reactors. The...
Irrigation is essential for profitable agriculture in the western
United States. It is the largest consumer of water and power in
Oregon. Conflicting uses of water and power and their scarcity demands
judicious planning for allocation of these resources. Creditable
baseline data are not only needed for irrigated crop acreages,...
The early stages of secondary succession of the
McDonald and Paul Dunn State Forests, Corvallis, Oregon,
were grouped into three stages; herb, herb-shrub, and
shrub, based on vegetation types. Flowers of herbaceous
species and residual shrubs dominated in the early years
after clear-cutting. Woody plants became increasing
abundant in the...
Comparisons were made to determine how the uncertainty of initial inventories and projected yields affect harvest schedules for Douglas-fir. Results indicate that short-run harvests are most affected by errors in initial inventory, with the effect being less than the size of the error. Long-run harvests are most affected by yield...