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An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

Creator:: Asson, Danielle
Abstract:: Conservation of natural resources has become a new watchword of the scientific community. While many terrestrial ecosystems are well protected, marine ecosystems have only recently come to the forefront. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been introduced as a means of protecting biodiversity, commercial stocks, and ecosystem services. There are many...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: ). Frequent failures in management and resource decline have led to a high demand for change (Angulo-Valdés

The effects of marine biodiversity loss on coastal economics

Creator:: McAbery, Emma
Abstract:: The oceans are one of humanity’s greatest resources, providing food, raw materials, livelihoods, and protection. More than 3 billion people around the world rely on marine life as a source of protein as well as their livelihood. Seafood is one of the highest traded commodities globally and many major cities...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Microsoft Word - The Effects of Marine Biodiversity Loss on

Marine reserves in The Bahamas and Ecuador : a scientific and socioeconomic perspective

Creator:: Lamb, Robert W.
Abstract:: Marine reserves are known to directly replenish overfished species. However, the community-wide effects of reserves are less clear. I examined the community of coralreef fishes in a large, fully protected marine reserve in The Bahamas: the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. Visual-transect surveys provided estimates and comparisons of the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: natural resource management Corresponding email address: lambr@onid.orst.edu 2

Under the Sea: An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

Creator:: Asson, Danielle C.
Abstract:: Conservation of natural resources has become a new watchword of the scientific community. While many terrestrial ecosystems are well protected, marine ecosystems have only recently come to the forefront. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been introduced as a means of protecting biodiversity, commercial stocks, and ecosystem services. There are many...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: ). Frequent failures in management and resource decline have led to a high demand for change (Angulo-Valdés

Studying the most effective modes of marine science communication on plastic pollution in the oceans

Creator:: Burton, Simone A.
Abstract:: The ocean provides many ecosystems services and yet humans have viewed the ocean as a black hole for trash since the 1950s. With recycling not getting to the source of the problem, smarter consumer choices are being targeted, specifically choices centered around the use of plastic. Thus efficient, useful communication...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: o Flaxen Conway, Professor and Director of the Marine Resource Management program, Oregon State

Social Aspects of Federal Fisheries Management in the Pacific Islands Region : Stakeholder Perspectives and an Informal Gap Analysis of Current Data

Creator:: Pickering, Emily A.
Abstract:: Information about social and economic attributes of fisheries, fishing communities, and fishery participants is important for marine resource management because the focuses of agency efforts are on managing society's impacts to the marine environment. This thesis addresses two questions. First, what are the perspectives of managers, scientists, and commercial and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , fishing communities, and fishery participants is important for marine resource management because the

Interactive Science Learning Program for Elementary School Students at Beazell Memorial Forest in Philomath, OR

Creator:: Sweetkind, Reid Smith
Abstract:: The FOCUS (Forest, Organisms, Creeks yoU Study) field trip program was developed to provide elementary students in Benton County, Oregon with a hands-on, environmental education experience at Beazell Memorial Forest. Students participated in activities dedicated to specific habitats and organisms found at Beazell that built upon their learning at school....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Interactive Science Learning Program for Elementary School

Use of tethered prey for estimating the impact of the invasive European green crab

Creator:: Hauck, Laura L.
Abstract:: Various mollusks, including small bivalves and gastropod snails, are a common food source for intertidal crabs. Prey opening techniques used on hard-shell prey are dependent on claw size and morphology. For example, large, strong claws can crush a snail outright while smaller, weaker claws leave characteristic peels, pulls and upper...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: intertidal snail Littorina sitkana. A multiple linear regression analysis utilizing a statistical program

Evaluation of the Critical Aspects of Sex Education Programs for the Improvement of Student Health and Wellbeing

Creator:: Brown, Juliana D.
Abstract:: Sex education plays a critical role in the development of youth sexual health and wellbeing. An ideal program is taught with honesty in an inclusive and respectful environment where students learn strategies to lower their risk of unwanted sexual outcomes, communication skills to build and navigate relationships, and necessary knowledge...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: health and wellbeing. An ideal program is taught with honesty in an inclusive and respectful

Sensitive Barnacles : A Case Study for Collaborative Sustainable Fishery Development

Creator:: Bingham, Julia
Abstract:: Current human – ocean relationships are dominated by unsustainable extraction of marine resources having both ecological and socio-economic consequences. Sustainable fishery management utilizing stakeholder collaboration must become a proactive strategy to prevent or reduce further long-lasting impacts. In Oregon, USA, a newly developing fishery for gooseneck barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus) presents...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: sustainable marine resource management already exists in Oregon. This makes an interdisciplinary and

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An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

The effects of marine biodiversity loss on coastal economics

Marine reserves in The Bahamas and Ecuador : a scientific and socioeconomic perspective

Under the Sea: An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

Studying the most effective modes of marine science communication on plastic pollution in the oceans

Social Aspects of Federal Fisheries Management in the Pacific Islands Region : Stakeholder Perspectives and an Informal Gap Analysis of Current Data

Interactive Science Learning Program for Elementary School Students at Beazell Memorial Forest in Philomath, OR

Use of tethered prey for estimating the impact of the invasive European green crab

Evaluation of the Critical Aspects of Sex Education Programs for the Improvement of Student Health and Wellbeing

Sensitive Barnacles : A Case Study for Collaborative Sustainable Fishery Development

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