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Ecosystem Functions of Pacific Northwest Estuaries: The Role of Ocean and Watershed Drivers in Eelgrass and Coho Salmon Dynamics

Creator:: Magel, Caitlin L.
Abstract:: Interest is expanding for the potential role of estuaries, particularly seagrass and salt marsh habitats, to sequester carbon, mitigate ocean acidification, and support abundant fisheries. The important functions of estuaries are part of a broader set of ecosystem services, or benefits to humans, which are regulated by ocean and watershed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Caitlin L. Magel for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Drivers of Kelp Forest Responses to Global Change: From Populations to Policies

Creator:: Hamilton, Sara L.
Abstract:: Kelps are large brown algae in the order Laminariales and are foundation species that form the basis of kelp forests. Present across a quarter of the world’s coastlines, kelp forests provide diverse services to coastal communities, as habitat for commercially and culturally important species, as a food source for humans...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Responses to Global Change: From Populations to Policies by Sara L. Hamilton A

Explorations Into Who is Doing Freshwater Science and How We are Altering Waterscapes

Creator:: Abernethy, Erin F.
Abstract:: The United States of America and the world are faced with three massive intertwining challenges at this time: COVID-19, racial inequity, and climate change. As a species, humans must come together and collectively address these challenges to preserve our humanity and make our world a more just and livable place...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Modifications to Rearing Environments as a Method for Reducing Domestication Selection in Hatchery-reared Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Creator:: Obley, Miriam
Abstract:: Since the decline of salmonid populations in the Pacific Northwest, supplementation programs have become frequently implemented by hatcheries as a way to protect and conserve wild stock. However, hatchery-reared fish have lower fitness than wild fish which is likely due to adaptation to the hatchery environment, i.e., domestication selection. Fish...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: V. Abrahams, John R. Post, and Eric A. Parkinson. 2004. “Predators Select against High Growth

Context and Scale Mediate the Impact of Climate on a Widespread Avian Predator

Creator:: Brawner, Michael D.
Abstract:: Anthropogenic climate change is threatening biodiversity as I currently understand it. There is now a large body of work highlighting species responses, globally, to this threat. Importantly, responses at the species level emerge from responses at lower levels of biological organization (individuals and populations) across a species’ geographic range. For...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The Long and Short of it: Dynamic Ways in Which Small Mammals Respond In-Situ to Environmental Gradients in Time and Space

Creator:: Grimes, Juniper E.
Abstract:: In the face of environmental stressors, change is imperative for species to remain in place. The nature and degree of this change is of great interest, as it sheds light into the ways in which species respond to ecological and habitat change and may continue to respond during periods of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to work with! Katrina Dereig and Eric Rickart (Utah Museum of Natural History Department of

Flow Homogenization and Beaver Activity Interact to Degrade Aquatic Invertebrate Community Structure

Creator:: DuBose, David B.
Abstract:: Flow homogenization, the removal of natural flow events such as floods and droughts, can be detrimental to the functioning of riverine habitats. In rivers with beaver (Castor canadensis), flow homogenization can facilitate unchecked beaver dam construction due to lack of dam removal from floods, leading to physical effects such as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , the lab manager. My fellow graduate students: Erin Abernethy, Emily Khazan, Christi Kruse, Eric

Influence of the Environment and Morphology on Physiological and Genomic Homeostasis in a Temperate Cnidarian-microbe Symbiosis

Creator:: Koch, Jack C.
Abstract:: Climate change and other anthropogenic impacts are threatening the existence of millions of species around the globe. On western continental boundaries, the large-scale secondary process of upwelling, which brings low pH, deoxygenated, high nutrient seawater to the surface, is compounded by climate change, that together could drive some species to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Aurora Tivey (Fiddlepink) for your fellowship and fun. Thanks to Eric Cross for keeping my head on

Linking Space, Time, and Elevation through Diet: Stable Isotope Analysis of Functionally Diverse Rodents in the Great Basin

Creator:: Taylor, David S.
Abstract:: Ecology is focused on understanding how organisms interact with each other and their environments, across ecological, spatial, and temporal scales. Thus, understanding how processes and patterns of ecological systems change across space and time is a principle goal for conservation biologist globally. While many approaches exist for investigating the changing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . To Eric Rickart, for his support and encouragement during many hours of specimen sampling, and his

From Microbes to Megafauna: The Ecology of Gut Microbiomes in Wild Herbivores

Creator:: Couch, Claire E.
Abstract:: All mammals host communities of commensal microbes in and on their bodies. Recent technological advances, combined with experimental studies in laboratory animals, are beginning to reveal the ubiquitous links between the gut microbiome and host disease, metabolism, immunity, and numerous other host functions. A new challenge of microbiome research is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Benjamin Wise, Brandon Scurlock, Jared Rogerson, Rebecca Fuda, and Eric Cole assisted with sample

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Ecosystem Functions of Pacific Northwest Estuaries: The Role of Ocean and Watershed Drivers in Eelgrass and Coho Salmon Dynamics

Drivers of Kelp Forest Responses to Global Change: From Populations to Policies

Explorations Into Who is Doing Freshwater Science and How We are Altering Waterscapes

Modifications to Rearing Environments as a Method for Reducing Domestication Selection in Hatchery-reared Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Context and Scale Mediate the Impact of Climate on a Widespread Avian Predator

The Long and Short of it: Dynamic Ways in Which Small Mammals Respond In-Situ to Environmental Gradients in Time and Space

Flow Homogenization and Beaver Activity Interact to Degrade Aquatic Invertebrate Community Structure

Influence of the Environment and Morphology on Physiological and Genomic Homeostasis in a Temperate Cnidarian-microbe Symbiosis

Linking Space, Time, and Elevation through Diet: Stable Isotope Analysis of Functionally Diverse Rodents in the Great Basin

From Microbes to Megafauna: The Ecology of Gut Microbiomes in Wild Herbivores

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