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Low Power Radio : An Antidote for Coastal Visitors Looking but not Seeing!

Creator:: Williams, Erin M.
Abstract:: State parks in Oregon provide important sites for visitor recreation and natural resource education. With the increasing number of visitors to Oregon coastal parks, tide pools and beach areas, there is growing need for site-specific marine education to enhance stewardship, interpretation and safety knowledge. The Oregon Sea Grant Program and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Interannual and interdecadal variability in the timing and strength of the spring transitions along the United States west coast

Creator:: Bilbao, Pablo A.
Abstract:: Past studies of the Oregon and Washington coast have shown a rapid change in the coastal ocean conditions with the onset of upwelling in spring. This process, called the spring transition marks the change from winter to summer conditions along the west coast of Unites States. To examine the interannual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Soil carbon and nitrogen in old-growth forests in western Oregon and Washington

Creator:: Remillard, Suzanne Marie
Abstract:: Soil organic carbon (SOC, kg C m-2) is an important component in evaluating global C stores. The nitrogen (TN, kg N m"2) cycle is closely linked to C and understanding its role is also important. Contents and distributions of SOC and TN in soil profiles, to 1-meter depth, were estimated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An evaluation of the likelihood of successful implementation of the long term coral reef monitoring program on the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

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

Halibut bycatch management implications for Area 2A and evaluation of an informal video

Creator:: Fruh, Erica
Abstract:: Concern over the incidental catch of non-targeted species in commercial and recreational fisheries has greatly increased. Public attention, negative publicity, controversies between differing fisheries and gear groups and the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act have led to an increased awareness of the issue. The Pacific halibut...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Analysis of marine resource conflicts in two North Central Chilean fishing villages

Creator:: Qashu, Susan E.
Abstract:: In 1992, amendments to the Fishing and Aquaculture Law required rural communities to organize into syndicates or cooperatives and to create resource management plans. Once the Chilean Fisheries Service (SERNAP) approves these plans, villages could manage designated subtidal and intertidal areas. In response to these amendments, two villages, Puerto Aldea...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Identifying potential wetland restoration sites for estuary-wide restoration planning in Oregon : A pilot project in the Coos Estuary

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

Analysis of coastal changes along the New River Spit, Bandon Littoral Cell, relevant to an adjustment of the Statutory Vegetation Line on the south coast of Oregon

Creator:: Diaz Mendez, Guillermo M.
Abstract:: Among Oregon's major tourist attractions is the State's beautiful and impressive coastal scenery. Sandy beaches, usually backed by sea-cliffs or dune fields, are regularly disrupted either by the mouths of shallow bays and estuaries, or by massive rocky headlands extending hundreds of meters into the Pacific Ocean. Storm-generated waves, tides,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Nest site characteristics of the Western Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata, at Fern Ridge Reservoir, in West Central Oregon

Creator:: Holte, Deborah Lyn
Abstract:: A census of Western Pond Turtle nest sites was conducted in five nesting areas at Fern Ridge Reservoir, in West Central Oregon. Baseline data about soils, vegetation, landform structure, and hydrological environment were collected through measurement of slope, aspect, straight-line distance from water, soil compaction, overstory cover, percent vegetative ground...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Watershed-level patterns among stream amphibians in the Blue River watershed, West-Central Cascades of Oregon

Creator:: Hunter, Matthew G.
Abstract:: Most recent research on stream amphibians in the Pacific Northwest has focused on associations with reach-level or stand-level environmental features. Little is known about landscape-level distributions of these species or landscape-level aspects of their life-histories. I used a watershed-wide sample and logistic regression to develop models and maps of probability...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Sensitivity of the Coastal Management Framework Within Oregon to Climate Change and Variability

Creator:: Arden, Elizabeth P.
Abstract:: A heightened awareness to climate phenomena such as the El Nino Southern Oscillation, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and global warming has initiated much research concerning the impacts of climate change and variability on coastal resources. These events are perceived to exacerbate existing chronic natural hazards, including beach and dune erosion, sea...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The willingness of Central Oregon irrigators to donate water rights to augment Deschutes River flow

Creator:: Barkley, David, 1972-
Abstract:: This study used contingent valuation techniques to estimate the willingness of central Oregon Irrigators to donate a portion of their water rights to increase Deschutes River flow. This study was different from previous contingent valuation studies in that it used water rights as the payment vehicles instead of dollars -...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Habitat associations of woodpeckers at multiple scales in managed forests of the Southern Oregon Cascades

Creator:: Brett, Tiffany A.
Abstract:: I studied nest-site characteristics and habitat relationships for three species ofprimary cavity-nesting birds--hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus), northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), and red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)-- over spatially heterogeneous landscapes in managed forests of the Southern Oregon Cascades during 1995 and 1996. The study was conducted on the Diamond Lake Ranger...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Characterization of fire effects on forest ecosystems in the Tillamook Forest, Oregon

Creator:: Chen, Shu-Huei
Abstract:: From the 1920's through 1951 several severe fires occurred in the predominantly conifer forest ecosystems of the northern Oregon Coast Range. Of the 211,151 ha. of mapped area, 57 percent was burned. The effects of frequent fires with high severity on forest ecosystems over time at the landscape level is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Length-based fish stock assessment in Senegal

Creator:: Mason, Steve
Abstract:: Global Graduates/Oregon International Internship Program offered an internship position working in Senegal with the Institut Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) and the Natural Resource Based Agricultural Research (NRBAR). The author of this paper was accepted for this internship and lived and worked in Senegal from October 1 through December 15,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Assessing Pohnpei Land Use Plan and Implementation Strategy

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

Analysis of needs-based proposal for a workshop on coastal resources management for specialists from Mexico and the US

Creator:: Hobgood, Nick
Abstract:: Building institutional and human capacity for integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is increasingly recognized as critical to the future of sustainable development in coastal states. Agenda 21 of the UNCED conference has underscored the urgency of capacity building for ICZM as have other international bodies such as the North American...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Implicit value of water rights in rural residential properties : Deschutes County, Oregon

Creator:: Kiest, Loraine W.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Bird communities in 5- to 34- year old managed Douglas-fir stands on the Willamette National Forest, Oregon Cascades

Creator:: Bettinger, Kelly Anne
Abstract:: Breeding bird communities were examined in 18 managed Douglas-fir stands in 6 age classes from 5 to 34 years old in spring and early summer, 1993 on the Detroit Ranger District, Willamette National Forest, Oregon. The range of seral stages included early shrub/sapling, late shrub/sapling, and pole. In general, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

GIS for Local Wetland Inventories

Creator:: Pizarro-Moursund, Sonia
Abstract:: As part of its management strategies for wetlands in Oregon, the Division of State Lands sponsored a Local Wetland Inventory for the city of Tillamook. Wetlands delineation, determination, assessment, and management are the concern of several institutions which worked together to create the 1993 Oregon Freshwater Wetland Assessment Methodology. With...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Interactions between western hemlock mycorrhizal fungi and wood rotting fungi in a system simulating Douglas-fir nurse logs in Pacific Northwest forests

Creator:: Tuininga, Amy R.
Abstract:: Decomposing logs in Douglas-fir - western hemlock forests in the Pacific Northwest are systems in which many organisms interact. Fungi in these systems include both mycorrhizal fungi associated with hemlock seedlings and many species of saprotrophic wood decomposer fungi. It is very likely that these two groups of fungi interact...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

Creator:: Landry, Clay J.
Abstract:: Many parts of the West are experiencing substantial growth pressures that have increased the demand for water. These new demands come at a time when most of the water in the West has been fully appropriated by traditional uses such as agriculture, mining, and industry. Some attempts are being made...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Identification and Distribution of Subtidal and Intertidal Shellfish Populations in Tillamook Bay, Oregon

Creator:: Griffin, Kerry F.
Abstract:: An increase in the commercial and recreational harvest of clams in Tillamook Bay, Oregon, coupled with a general lack of knowledge about the bay's ecology, served as the impetus for a shellfish survey undertaken in the summer of 1995. Commercial clam harvest has increased twelve fold since 1978 (Carter et...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Tillamook : stories from a created forest

Creator:: Wells, Gail Elizabeth
Abstract:: Starting more than 60 years ago, a complex of four forest fires occurring at six-year intervals burned almost 400 square miles of virgin Douglas-fir forest in the northwestern Coast Range of Oregon. The area, which became known as the Tillamook Burn, was the focus of an unprecedented reforestation effort drawing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Report on internship conducted with Yap State Environmental Protection Agency (Federated States of Micronesia)

Creator:: Harrison, Thomas D.
Abstract:: This internship was supported and funded by the Yap State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs, and the University of Oregon Micronesia and South Pacific Technical Assistance Program. What follows in this report is a description of the internship...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Assessing the Repeatability of the Oregon Freshwater Wetland Assessment Methodology

Creator:: Heigh, Lisa F.
Abstract:: This paper presents the results of field tests of the Oregon Freshwater Wetland Assessment Methodology. It begins with a review of the history of wetland assessment techniques, including an in-depth review of some more popular methods. State and federal wetlands legislation are briefly discussed and the utility of regional wetland...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Fire effects on vegetation diversity, structure, and successional dynamics in shrub-steppe and mixed conifer environments of the Hells Canyon, Idaho

Creator:: Havlina, Douglas William
Abstract:: The effects of fire severity on post-fire succession and shrub demography were quantified in shrub-steppe grasslands and subalpine forests in the Hells Canyon of the Payette National Forest, Idaho. Following the 1988 Eagle Bar Fire, species frequency, community diversity, fire adaptations, and stand ages were quantified at 12 plots in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Non-regulatory efforts to combat nonpoint source pollution in Oregon

Creator:: Lindberg, Roberta J.
Abstract:: This report and accompanying program inventory have been prepared in support of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's statewide nonpoint source pollution control efforts and for use in the development of Oregon's new federally mandated Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (CNPCP). When Congress reauthorized the Coastal Zone Management Act in...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Wetland restoration in Oregon : issues, options, and recommendations

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

Working relations and marketing channels in the seafood industry: a multi-sector analysis

Creator:: Anderson, Finlay
Abstract:: With indications that fisheries production has plateued at a global capacity of 85 million metric tons in the 1990's, further exploitation of marine stocks on a sustainable basis is unrealistic. Economic development of coastal and regional economies will benefit from new approaches to maximizing benefits from harvested products that include...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Tree vigor and the susceptibility of Douglas-fir to armillaria root disease

Creator:: Rosso, Pablo H.
Abstract:: The main objective of this thesis was to determine the influence of tree vigor on susceptibility to Armillaria root disease. First, the effect of thinning, fertilizing and pruning on tree vigor of four young Douglas-fir (Pseudo tsuga menziesii var. menziesi,) plantations was explored. Tree vigor was calculated by measuring wood...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Impacts of demographic and economic change in Oregon's coastal communities : Case studies of Newport, Reedsport, and Gold Beach

Creator:: Zamora Arroyo, Jose Francisco
Abstract:: Coastal communities in Oregon have experienced dramatic economic and demographic change during the 1980s. Although the timber and fishing sectors are still important, the economies of coastal communities now rely more on non-earned income and tourism. Non-earned income sources, such as transfer payments and investment earnings, account for over forty...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Basic Concepts to Develop a Marine Pollution Monitoring Program at the Tijuana-Ensenada Corridor, Baja California, Mexico

Creator:: Alvarez-Vazquez, Hector
Abstract:: The development of a Marine Pollution Monitoring Program (MPMP), in any coastal area of the world, requires a precise knowledge of the functioning of the local ecosystem. Because of the differences found in every coastal ecosystem, it is important to recognize and characterize the reservoirs and significant environments that maintain...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Role of Local Governments in the Alaska Coastal Management Program : Local Coastal Management Plans and the State Consistency Review Process

Creator:: Valentine, Christine E.
Abstract:: The Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP) is a networked program, using existing state and local authorities and intended to allow joint state-local management of coastal zone resources and uses. The State of Alaska has outlined broad program goals, and the local governments were to specify how those goals and additional...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Coastal Natural Hazards Policy Working Group: The Move to Update Oregon's Coastal Hazards Management

Creator:: Ansevin-Allen, Andrea C.
Abstract:: This paper will attempt to evaluate the prospects of the PWG's success based on their process so far, using models of policy development and implementation from Kingdon (1984), Putt and Springer (1989), and Sabatier and Mazmanian (1983). Because the PWG's work is not finished, the evaluation may help the group...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Testing the correlation between inundation period and coastal wetland productivity in Carex lyngbyei and Distichlis spicata communities, South Slough National Estuarine Reserve, Oregon

Creator:: Gilman, Eric
Abstract:: I tested the hypothesis that there is a correlation between inundation period and net primary production (NPP) in estuarine salt marshes through an observational experiment at South Slough National Estuarine Reserve, Oregon. I estimated primary production and inundation period for selected monotypic plant communities in (1) a naturally restored wetland...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Recreational Boating on the Mid-Columbia River (St. Helens to the Dalles): Planning for a Network of Public Transient Tie-Up Facilities

Creator:: Burr, Susan
Abstract:: This study is the second of a three-part project to determine potential locations for public transient tie-up facilities along the Columbia River. The goal of the three studies is to identify opportunities for developing a network of facilities, which will enable recreational boaters to safely traverse Oregon's portion of the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Public education as a management strategy for marine protected areas : The case of three arch rocks national wildlife refuge in Oregon

Creator:: Clevenger, Katherine A.
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Assessing the effectiveness of the Kosrae Island Resource Management Program (KIRMP) implementation strategy

Creator:: Phillips, Brady Allen
Abstract:: In summer 1992, I interned as a Technical Assistant with the Kosrae Bureau of Planning and Statistics, Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia (F.S.M). The University of Oregon Micronesia Program sponsored the internship, which proved to be a unique professional and cross-cultural experience. The internship, initiated by Mr. Gerson Jackson, Director...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Towards an approach based on resilience for assessing the potential impacts of sea level rise

Creator:: Scalise, Armando Hector
Abstract:: In this paper, I will analyze the nature of these problems and examine how recent approaches to SLRA have dealt with them. In addition, a framework for assessing the potential impacts of sea level rise is proposed, drawing upon the ecological concept of resilience (Holling 1978, 1984).
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Management techniques for Oregon's territorial sea : Lessons from the U.S. National Marine Sanctuary Program and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Creator:: Kristensen, Anne B.
Abstract:: This paper is organized as follows. First, there is a overview of the U.S. National Marine Sanctuary Program, including program goals, history and present status, and sanctuary locations. Trends in multiple use management, sanctuary size, intergovernmental cooperation, Congressional intervention in program management, public involvement, and the 1992 Congressional reauthorization are...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Hydrology and delineation in four wetlands in the Oregon Cascades

Creator:: MacLeod, Norman A.
Abstract:: Four wetland sites were identified and delineated in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon using procedures outlined in the 1989 Federal Manual for the Identification and Delineation of Jurisdictional Wetlands and subsequently monitored for a ten month period. A network of 225 shallow (32") wells was installed throughout the sites to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Compulsive-addictive buying behavior : exploring effects of chilhood experiences and family types

Creator:: Friese, Susanne, 1967-
Abstract:: This exploratory study investigates the probable causes of compulsive-addictive buying behavior, employs the family system's theory developed by Constantine (1986) as a theoretical framework, and develops an appropriate measuring scale in order to classify individuals according to family types. The purpose of the study is to examine the influence of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Role of Natural Resources Information in Oregon Legislative Policy-Making; Two Case Studies from the 1991 Legislative Session

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

The Oregon placer mineral technical task force : Resources, management, and potential impacts

Creator:: Ross, Susan
Abstract:: In September 1988, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Oregon announced the creation of the joint state-federal Placer Minerals Technical Task Force. The group was charged with performing an analysis of the potential economic and environmental aspects of placer mineral mining in the nearshore waters of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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The application of traditional rights-based fishing systems to contemporary problems in fisheries management : a focus on the Pacific Basin

Creator:: Graham, Tom
Abstract:: Rights-based systems for controlling the use of marine resources developed in many "traditional" societies of the world--notably in the isolated island societies of the Pacific. These "customary marine tenure" systems (CMT) have eroded or collapsed in many societies since the development of economic and other links with outside societies and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Pacific Blue Marlin management in Hawaii: review of the Blue Marlin Fishery and an assessment of the current management needs

Creator:: Mitsuyasu, Mark K.
Abstract:: The Pacific Blue Marlin stock supports both recreational and commercial fisheries throughout their Pacific-wide distribution. The commercial component of the fishery imposes a greater fishing mortality on the stock but the recreational component may be more economically dependent on the continued health of the fishery (Orbach 1989). The recreational or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Analysis and design of bandpass delta-sigma A/D converters

Creator:: Zhai, Dalun
Abstract:: A new approach to oversampled delta-sigma A/D converters ( AZ modulators ) is introduced, where a differential pseudo-Npath filter stage is used as a basic cell. In this band-pass application, the z to -zN transformation is employed to realize a RAM-type pseudo-2-path lossless integrator. The bandpass second-order and 4th-order delta-sigma...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effects of Phellinus weirii on plant community composition and succession of mature and old-growth Douglas-fir forests

Creator:: Holah, Jennifer C.
Abstract:: Disease is often overlooked as a natural disturbance agent in plant communities. This study examines what effects, if any, a disease-mediated disturbance has on the plant community as a whole in old-growth and mature forests of western Oregon. Phellinus weirii (Murrill) Gilbertson (Family: Hymenochaetaceae) is a native root-rotting pathogen that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The role of women in the fisheries of Palau

Creator:: Matthews, Elizabeth
Abstract:: A team of three people at the Republic of Palau Division of Marine Resources interviewed 54 women in seven of Palau's 16 states in a three-month study to determine the role of women in nearshore fisheries. The interviews, which generally lasted over an hour each, found that most of the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

In-service training needs of nutrition field workers and community nutrition technicians in Kiambu District in Kenya

Creator:: Miring'u, Lucy N.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the in-service training needs in selected subject matter areas as perceived by community nutrition educators in Kiambu District in Kenya. The study also sought to determine if there were significant relationships between selected demographic characteristics and the respondents' perceptions regarding in-service training...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Market opportunities for Pacific whiting

Creator:: Peters, Gregory
Abstract:: HIGHLIGHTS HISTORICAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT Headed and gutted (H&G) is the only product form of Pacific whiting which has been successfully developed by the domestic west coast seafood industry. This success is attributed to the development of a production and marketing concept which minimized enzyme and texture related quality problems. Attempts...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Ocean hazards at Bandon, Oregon and scenario for coastal development

Creator:: Torstenson, Roger William
Abstract:: The community of Bandon is located on the southern half of the Oregon coast, 140 kilometers north of the California border and 40 kilometers south of Coos Bay (Figure 1). Part of the city occupies the low-lying (average 3-meter elevation) area along the south bank of the Coquille River, while...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Conflict over public land management : Oregon's Elk River dispute

Creator:: Tressler, Karen D.
Abstract:: Conflict over the management of public lands has increased markedly in the recent past. Forest Service personnel are responsible for making decisions about land allocations that are controversial and engender debate. This is a case study examining a conflict over the management of the Elk River drainage on the Siskiyou...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A crude response : Alyeska Corporation's failure to respond and coast guard oversight of the EXXON VALDEZ oil spill

Creator:: Benson, Ted H.
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Field checking the National Wetlands Inventory at South Slough, Oregon

Creator:: Graves, Jonathan K.
Abstract:: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) was developed to map U.S. wetlands comprehensively, following the Cowardin classification system. Wetlands are mapped by the NWI using small scale aerial photographs, but the inventory is not field checked in detail. The accuracy of this inventory has been questioned....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Impacts of Section 404 permitting requiring compensatory mitigation on wetlands in California

Creator:: Holland, Cindy C.
Abstract:: Data from Section 404 permits, which were issued in California from January 1971 through November 1987 and required compensatory mitigation, were compiled and analyzed to determine patterns and trends in permitting activity and to document the cumulative effects of the associated management decisions. Information was gathered on the project permitted,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Management alternatives for the yellowfin tuna fishery in the Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone

Creator:: Garcia-Martinez, Salvador
Abstract:: Tuna fishery is an important activity worldwide. In the eastern Pacific Ocean the effort applied by the Pacific Ocean fleet to catch tuna fish is considerable. The eastern Pacific tuna fleet harvests throughout the oceans and captures an important fraction of this resource. For instance, in 1980 the total catch...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Analysis and review of policy, decision making and politics regarding finfish aquaculture in Alaska

Creator:: Paine, Brent Conrad
Abstract:: This paper focuses on the explosive and controversial growth in finfish farming in general and salmon aquaculture in particular, and the response of Alaska policy makers to this emerging industry. It seeks to define and analyze why Alaska policy makers chose to prohibit all commercial culture of finfish at a...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Riparian vegetation and abundance of woody debris in streams of southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Ursitti, Victoria L.
Abstract:: Riparian vegetation (trees > 10 cm dbh), woody debris (> 10 cm diam, > 1 m long), channel, and landform characteristics were inventoried in mature (80-150 yrs) and old-growth riparian areas (>250 yrs) selected from small tributaries of the Coos and Coquille River basins in southwestern Oregon. Basal area of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Evaluating design and verifying compliance of wetlands created under section 404 of the Clean Water Act in Oregon

Creator:: Gwin, Stephanie E. and Kentula, Mary E.
Abstract:: Permit specifications, construction plans, and field measurements were used to examine the correlation between design and conditions "as-built" in a population of 11 palustrine emergent marshes created in the metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon, between 1980-1986. The projects ranged from six months to almost seven years in age. Data on...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Beyond oil : Managing hazardous material spills in Puget Sound

Creator:: Heimowitz, P. J. (Paul J.)
Abstract:: Past disasters such as mercury poisoning in Minimata, and new problems such as tributyltin impacts on shellfish have maintained public concern about problems caused by chronic discharges of hazardous materials into marine waters (Clark, 1986; U.S. Congress, 1987). However, hazardous chemical spills in coastal waters typically escape public attention. Unlike...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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