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Creator:: Shaw, Graham R.
Abstract:: Habitat restoration projects are vital for recovering ecosystems, but they can be expensive. One way to help justify the price tag is to value the economic benefits provided by the restored habitat. The issue is that many ecosystem services and the flow of benefits they produce are complex, requiring careful...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , K., & Wyntergreen, P. (2018). (rep.). Southern Flow Corridor Landowner Preferred Alternative

Creator:: Pakenham, Anna
Abstract:: Anecdotal evidence suggests many Pacific Northwest estuaries are filling with sediment due to historical logging activities in upstream watersheds. Using the Siletz River estuary as a case study, this research began by analyzing timber harvest and discharge records of the Siletz River watershed, and found that increased timber harvest coincides...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: many commercially important species at various points in their life cycle, such as salmon (Magnusson

Creator:: Burright, Jeffrey D.
Abstract:: Despite its promise as a potentially beneficial new source of energy, the ocean-based renewable energy industry is still in its infancy, and like any new idea there are many unknowns with the potential to affect both people and our natural environments. A permit for marine renewable energy (MRE) must cut...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1 Quoted language pertains to the National Environmental Policy Act, Magnusson-Stevents Fisheries

Creator:: Klopfenstein, Rachael
Abstract:: As highlighted in this study, shallow-water habitats and the prey they provide are important for juvenile salmon in the Columbia River estuary, but the spread of invasive species and large-scale changes to the estuary influence how these habitats are utilized. Reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) (“PHAR” hereafter) is a highly invasive...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ; Simenstad et al. 1982; Magnusson and Hilborn 2003). In the lower Columbia River estuary, juvenile Chinook

Creator:: Rose, Gordon W.
Abstract:: Chinook salmon returns to the Columbia River basin have declined due to impacts of a growing human population, despite significant mitigation expenditures. Consequently, fisheries managers have become focused on recovery and long-term viability of at-risk populations. A viable population depends, in part, on the connectivity and quality of diverse habitat...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Engineers Contract W66QKZ20374382. Portland, OR. Bottom, D. L., K. K. Jones, T. J. Cornwell, A. Gray, and

Creator:: Burke, Jennifer L.
Abstract:: Pacific Coast estuaries provide important rearing habitats leading to improved growth and survival for juvenile chinook salmon. However, research has suggested that juvenile salmon have little use for estuarine habitats in the Columbia River. To further understand salmonid recovery needs in estuaries, I compared historical and contemporary life history patterns...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: L. Bottom and Kim K. Jones for their support, time, and effort to this project, to the folks at the

Creator:: McCarthy, Maurice M.
Abstract:: The objective of this thesis is to show that by separating the two major anthropogenic changes caused in riverine input to the north shore of the Black Sea, it is possible to describe distinct linkages between ongoing ecological changes in the Black Sea, and 1) flow reduction, and 2) nutrient...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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