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Multiple objective planning procedures in water resource development : the trade-off ratio

Creator:: Lynne, Gary D.
Abstract:: The social and economic objectives of society in the United States are many and varied. All objectives, in turn, cannot be achieved simultaneously because of a finite resource base. The problem of finding an optimum, in some sense, level of achievement for the various objectives is complicated by lack of...
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Full Text:: on development and management of the water resource could not be made until a plan had been

Simulator-Defined MDP Planning with Applications in Natural Resource Management

Creator:: Alkaee Taleghan, Majid
Abstract:: This work is inspired by problems in natural resource management centered on the challenge of invasive species. Computing optimal management policies for maintaining ecosystem sustainable is challenging. Many ecosystem management problems can be formulated as MDP (Markov Decision Process) planning problems. In a simulator-defined MDP, the Markovian dynamics and rewards...
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Full Text:: : Simulator-Defined MDP Planning with Applications in Natural Resource Management Abstract approved: Thomas

Enterprise system implementation projects : a study of the impact of contextual factors on critical success factors

Creator:: Van Scoter, Diane J.
Abstract:: Critical success factors (CSFs) are those things that must be done correctly for a project to be successful; however, CSFs are not sufficient by themselves to guarantee success. CSFs, as identified in the literature, vary from study to study. In addition, previous studies have not typically included contextual details for...
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Full Text:: ) • Resource complexity (scale of project/resources) Xia and Lee (2004) IT/IS Projects • Organizational

Perceptions of international students in a community college-based coordinated studies program

Creator:: Insley, Andrea E.
Abstract:: This study presented an in-depth exploration of international student perceptions of a coordinated studies program (CSP) at Seattle Central Community College. In conducting this research project, a phenomenological research methodology was used. Qualitative data were collected through participant observations, focus group, document review and individual in-depth interviews with nine students....
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Full Text:: - categories and themes were presented with examples of student's statements to illustrate each theme

Oregon's integrated water resource planning : public knowledge, risk perception, and civil society

Creator:: Hubbard, Monica L.
Abstract:: The overall purpose of this research is to assess the Oregon public's capacity to address water resources disturbances through civil society. According to scientists and resource managers, Oregon's water resources are over taxed and at risk, with future projections placing additional stress from climate change and population growth. Oregon's 2009...
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Full Text:: Recent Extreme Droughts in Arizona and Georgia1. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources

Economic efficiency and distributive consequences of interbasin water transfers : a framework for analysis

Creator:: Beattie, Bruce R.
Abstract:: If informed and rational judgments are to be made concerning proposed large scale interbasin water diversions, it is imperative that competent positive analysis be undertaken by scientists of relevant disciplines. It is the primary purpose of this thesis to pull together into a single interrelated package, the economic theory needed...
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Full Text:: review and criticism served to clarify several of the chapters. The Office of Water Resources Research

Advancing marine reserve science : from field experiments to marine conservation planning tools

Creator:: Leslie, Heather M.
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on science relevant to the design and implementation of marine reserves. The chapters explore a range of topics related to among-site variation in population, community, and ecosystem dynamics. My results demonstrate the value and feasibility of integrating this knowledge into more comprehensive conservation and management approaches. While...
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Full Text:: size (1- vs. 100-km2 planning units) and the degree of habitat classification (26 vs. 6 habitat types

Implementation of regional plans in the Pacific Northwest : an analysis of the Northwest Power Planning Council's water budget and model conservation standards 1984-1993

Creator:: Mullens, Jo Beth, 1964-
Abstract:: An innovative regional planning institution, the Northwest Power Planning Council, was created to plan for two conflicting water-related resources, fish and wildlife and electrical power. The Council is responsible for regional planning but implementation of those plans is largely the responsibility of four federal agencies and four state governments. As...
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Development and application of climate risk assessment methods for flood management systems – a study of flexibility, adaptive capacity, and robustness

Creator:: DiFrancesco, Kara N.
Abstract:: Discussions around adapting water management systems to climate change often express the need to increase the flexibility and adaptive capacity of current systems, and to implement robust strategies going forth. While these topics lie at the center of many climate change discussions, transforming adaptation recommendations into tangible tools and information...
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Full Text:: of climate change into on-‐the-‐ground water resources management and

Applications of Soil Science in Forest Landscape Planning : Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century

Creator:: Craigg, Terry Lee
Abstract:: Soils and other resource programs in both public land management agencies and private industry are continually being adapted to the challenges of evolving knowledge and experience in the field of forestry. This dissertation explores new ways of thinking about and using soils information in forest planning and management, with a...
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Full Text:: to apply knowledge of the soil resource in future forest planning and management

Evaluating Biochar for the Sustainable Treatment of Heavy Metals in Stormwater: Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Barriers

Creator:: Burch, Sarah
Abstract:: Heavy metals, such as copper, zinc, and cadmium, are ubiquitous in stormwater and potentially toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations. Removal of heavy metals contamination by conventional treatment is expensive and does not always reduce metals concentrations low enough to ensure safety of all aquatic species. This research seeks...
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Full Text:: DISSERTATION OF Sarah Burch for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Water Resources Engineering

Multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem with resource vacations and task splitting

Creator:: Buddhakulsomsiri, Jirachai
Abstract:: The research presented in this dissertation addresses the Multi-Mode Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (MMRCPSP) in the presence of resource unavailability. This research is motivated by the scheduling of engineering design tasks in automotive product development to minimize the project completion time, but addresses a general scheduling situation that is applicable...
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Full Text:: types. When considering the different resource types and the assigning of tasks to resources, the

Welfare and institutional economics as tools in the anlaysis of an area water resource management problem

Creator:: Sokoloski, Adam Anthony
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Full Text:: ) Title: WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS AS TOOLS IN THE ANALYSIS OF AN AREA WATER RESOURCE

Regional Scale Modeling of Climate, Cryosphere, and Freshwater Discharge in Changing Coastal Mountain Environments

Creator:: Beamer, Jordan P.
Abstract:: The glaciated coastal mountain watersheds that drain into the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) provide a model laboratory to explore the challenges of hydrological modeling and study the impact of climate and glacier cover change on regional hydrology. The region is data-sparse and contains a complex assemblage of topography and land...
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Full Text:: work as director of the Water Resources Graduate Program and for her encouragement and conversation

An investigation of alternative means of achieving water quality objectives

Creator:: Kerri, Kenneth Donald
Abstract:: Storage of water for water quality control is one of the alternative means of achieving water quality objectives. Authorities in the field of water quality management disagree regarding the use of precious water for the dilution of wastes. The costs of achieving water quality objectives by treatment of wastes at...
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Full Text:: objectives. Authorities in the field of water quality management disagree regarding the use of precious

Integrating Resource Planning with Bayesian Optimization

Creator:: Dolatnia, Nima
Abstract:: Bayesian optimization (BO) aims to optimize costly-to-evaluate functions by running a limited number of experiments that each evaluates the function at a selected input. Typical BO formulations assume that experiments are selected sequentially, or in fixed batches. Moreover, these experiments can be executed immediately upon request and have the same...
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Full Text:: with Resource Production and Constraints Nima Dolatnia, Alan Fern and Xiaoli Fern Journal of Machine

Water scarcity and reservoir reliability in basins affected by climate and land use change : impacts of hydrogeology, sensitivities, and uncertainties in the Santiam River Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Mateus, M. Cristina
Abstract:: Multipurpose management of hydrosystems face a number of uncertainties related to hydrologic variability and nonstationarity. Anticipated air temperature increases in the Pacific Northwest region are projected to alter the timing and quantity of streamflow associated with precipitation shifting from snow to rain, including shorter winter runoff periods, earlier spring runoff,...
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Full Text:: and land use change on the future availability of water resources across sub-basins with different

Influence of Limited Water Access on Douglas-fir Seedling Root Systems, Physiology, and Growth

Creator:: Sheridan, Rebecca A.
Abstract:: Nursery-grown seedlings are critical for attaining reforestation and restoration success in many ecosystems, including mixed-conifer forests in the Northwest, which is the native range for Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Seedling establishment after planting depends on coordinated responses in seedling growth, physiology, and hydraulic function. The chapters in this dissertation review growth...
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Full Text:: Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Dean of the Graduate School

The applicability of selected parameters of an input-output model to other similar regions : a comparison of small rural counties

Creator:: Vieth, Gary R.
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Full Text:: 1975 Commencement June 1976 APPROVED: -t^ Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics in

An integrated systems framework for analyzing family business planning

Creator:: Legler, James Richard
Abstract:: The purpose of this research study was to create an integrated systems framework to analyze the planning process in family businesses. The model was developed from a literature review of family study, organizational development, and family business research. Major components of the family business planning process were identified. A systems...
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Full Text:: management referred to management as the "planning for and implementing the use of resources to meet

A model for simulating river and reservoir temperatures with applications for anadromous fish management

Creator:: Currie, James William
Abstract:: A problem confronting the Corps of Engineers and other water resources planners in the Pacific Northwest is the prediction of anadromous fish enhancement benefits that would result from a proposed high dam project. These benefits are expected from augmenting natural streamflows with relatively cold reservoir withdrawals. The resulting increased streamflows...
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Full Text:: and costs by planning agencies remains. 2 An evaluation of a specific water resources project

A longitudinal analysis of single, female labor force participants' net worth : balance sheet in the pre-retirement years

Creator:: Emberson, Heather V.
Abstract:: Being old and female in America often means being alone and poor. To offset this outcome financial preparation for retirement should begin in the pre-retirement years. The purpose of this exploratory study was to assess the financial preparedness of mature, single women as they approach retirement by examining the relationships...
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Full Text:: . Emberson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Family Resource Management presented on August 18, 1987

Predisposing attributes affecting locational preferences upon retirement : a prospective view

Creator:: Mileham, Colleen K.
Abstract:: This research investigated the relationship of predisposing attributes of preretirees to the perceived importance of locational preferences during the first ten years of retirement. Multiple regression analyses and a Chi-square test were used to determine if seven predisposing attributes were related to ten locational preferences. Data were analyzed from a...
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Full Text:: of Doctor of Philosophy in Family Resource Management presented on August 24, 1993. Title

Contemporary forest road management with economic and environmental objectives

Creator:: Thompson, Matthew P.
Abstract:: One of the basic questions facing transportation planners and road managers is how to provide and maintain a road system that provides efficient access to the forest while limiting adverse effects roads can have on water and soil resources. The purpose of this study is to develop decision support models...
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Full Text:: Head of the Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management Dean of the Graduate

Optimizing spatial and temporal aspects of nature reserve design under economic and ecological objectives

Creator:: Nalle, Darek J.
Abstract:: Alteration of natural areas in attempts to support increasing human populations has been a crucial yet less publicized contributor to the fall of many of the world's greatest civilizations, since healthy ecosystems can help maintain stable societies and economies. Given this unhappy fact and the ancient relationship between people and...
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Full Text:: management actions. Chapters 4 and 5 generalize the concept of reserve design by simulating the reactions

The affect [i.e. effect] that expected social and technological changes will have on established occupations with implications for curriculum development

Creator:: Mair, David J.
Abstract:: Although the rate of social and technological change seems to be growing ever faster, and such changes are reflected in new directions for vocational education, the process of developing vocational programs in keeping with probable future contingencies remains unformalized. The purpose of this study was to examine the practicality of...
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Full Text:: processing of data, the making of management decisions and possible other applications. (2) Changes in the

A quantitative method for using an inventory of the soil and water resources of the state of Oregon to determine human population carrying capacities for two acceptable qualities of life

Creator:: Karr, Don John
Abstract:: A method was developed for converting the food producing capabilities of Oregon's soils to numerical data from which state and county carrying capacities for human populations could be calculated. Another method was developed for converting the needs for housing and related support construction to numerical data which would consume cultivated...
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Full Text:: quality of air, land and water resources." (L.C.D.C. Statewide Planning Goals and Guidelines, January 1

The role of near-stream zones on flow, chemistry and isotopic composition at the headwater scale

Creator:: Frentress, Jay
Abstract:: Stream discharge is a key water balance component and important factor in global change evaluations. Nevertheless, the mechanisms for streamflow generation are poorly understood. Near- stream surface saturation during precipitation events is one of the most iconic, visible indicators of rapid runoff production in upland humid catchments around the world....
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Full Text:: Critical Source Areas. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42 (3): 793–804 DOI: 10.1111

The role of strategic planning in the management of fire-prone western Oregon forests for maximizing terrestrial carbon stocks over a 100-year horizon

Creator:: Vanderberg, Michael R.
Abstract:: Current frameworks for analyzing forest carbon offset projects in disturbance-prone western forests often fail to address the dynamic nature of carbon pathways through time. They do not account for the probability of loss due to wildfire, which can influence the prediction of carbon storage at the end of a planning...
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Full Text:: , 2011. Title: The Role of Strategic Planning in the Management of Fire-prone Western Oregon Forests

An econometric structure for cost functions with application to municipal water

Creator:: Dyke, Paul Thomas
Abstract:: In an effort to determine empirical cost functions for municipal water supplies in the United States, the writer found it necessary to specify an acceptable mathematical form to represent the cost equation. A preliminary search yielded no theoretically consistent expression adaptable to the problem. The primary concern in the studstimay...
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Full Text:: of Philosophy in Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on June 21, 1977 TITLE: AN

An assessment of plant community structure, herbivory, soils, and state-and-transition theory on a winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata [Pursh] A.D.J. Meeuse & Smit) ecological site

Creator:: Matney, Casey A.
Abstract:: State-and-transition models (STMs) have been successfully used to describe ecological dynamics in woodlands, shrublands, grasslands, and several other ecosystems. Changes in vegetation and soil are measured to gauge and predict plant community dynamics within ecological states and transitions between alternative ecological states. Ecological states and their boundaries are defined by...
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Full Text:: ’ article in the Journal of Range Management (Dyksterhuis 1949).………... 175 4.2 State-and-transition

Financial management planning styles among selected households of retirement age women living alone : is rehearsal an influence?

Creator:: Rodgers, Ruth-Anne
Abstract:: Financial management planning styles were investigated with original data collected from 180 unmarried, elderly women with a home economics college background and living alone. Deacon and Firebaugh's (1975, 1988) household management systems theory, continuity theory from gerontology, and the construct of anticipatory socialization from sociology framed the study. Three planning...
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Full Text:: Behavior Research 29 Summary of Management and Planning Research 32 Social Sciences Theoretical

Transboundary groundwater : geopolitical consequences, commons sense, and the law of the hidden sea

Creator:: Jarvis, William Todd
Abstract:: With 97% of the world’s freshwater resources stored underground, the connection between groundwater resources to the metrics of space, scale and time common to the geographic study of natural resources has not been extensively investigated by geographers. While nearly 240 transboundary aquifers are mapped across the world, a potential “tragedy”...
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Full Text:: 3 The concept of sustainability and Integrated Water Resources Management were discussed at the

Climate change impacts on mountain snowpack presented in a knowledge to action framework

Creator:: Sproles, Eric A.
Abstract:: Throughout many of the world’s mountain ranges snowpack accumulates during the winter and into the spring, providing a natural reservoir for water. As this reservoir melts, it fills streams and recharges groundwater for over 1 billion people globally. Despite its importance to water resources, our understanding of the storage capacity...
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Full Text:: address the affects of projected climate on snowpack and water resources

Development and experimental evaluation of branch-and-bound algorithms for determining optimum static job-shop production schedules

Creator:: Ramalingam, P. Rama, 1941-
Abstract:: Branch-and-Bound algorithms are developed to optimally schedule static single- and multi-stage job-shop productions. The 'corollary' of the study is to experimentally verify the effectiveness of branch-and-bound algorithms to overcome the "curse of dimensionality" due to the combinatorial nature of job-shop scheduling problems. The static scheduling problem contemplated in this dissertation...
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Full Text:: vary as a result of salesman's delivery promises. These conditions make prior planning diffi- cult and

A conceptual framework for regional recreation planning : with an example from the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Hospodarsky, Denver
Abstract:: The concept of large-scale natural resources planning and management is not new. The idea that resources and their human users occur as systems over large geographic areas has a long established tradition in forest, range, water, and air management sciences. Recent trends in this thinking concern the recognition of the...
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Biogeochemical signals of mountainous forested watersheds' response to disturbance

Creator:: Guerrero-Bolaño Francisco J.
Abstract:: Small mountainous watersheds are disproportionate sources of land-derived particulate organic matter (POM) to long-term sinks like lake bottoms and the ocean. As such, these ecosystems are an essential component of the global carbon cycle. The burial of POM in lacustrine and marine sediments contributes to the drawdown of atmospheric CO2...
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Full Text:: professor, representing Sustainable Forest Management and Water Resources Science Head of the

Managed artificial aquifer recharge and hydrological studies in the Walla Walla Basin to improve river and aquifer conditions

Creator:: Petrides Jiménez, Arístides Crisóstomos
Abstract:: This research project focuses on the Walla Walla River Basin located on the east side of the states of Oregon and Washington, USA. With the support and collaboration of the Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council, this work embraces four research topics. The first topic includes the feasibility study of artificial...
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Full Text:: water resource management influenced by the culture of the area and as manipulated by the

Addressing the future of water in Oregon : a look at the human and institutional factors shaping Oregon water management

Creator:: Wolters, Erika Allen
Abstract:: Oregon is a state with great social and ecological diversity. Unfortunately however, Oregon's water-rich reputation is more rumor than reality. As with many Western states, Oregon struggles with water scarcity, especially during dry summer months. Recent efforts by the state to develop an integrated water resource strategy (IWRS) to manage...
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Full Text:: of the impact” (Mabbott 2006). Until land use planning and water management are inherently linked

AquaFarm : simulation and decision-support software for aquaculture facility design and management planning

Creator:: Ernst, Douglas H.
Abstract:: A simulation and decision-support software product for aquaculture facility design and management planning is described (AquaFarm, Oregon State University©), including comprehensive documentation and applications to practical problems. AquaFarm provides (1) simulation of physical, chemical, and biological unit processes, (2) simulation of facility and fish culture management, (3) compilation of facility...
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Full Text:: Software for Aquaculture Facility Design and Management Planning 1. Introduction A review of global

Three studies on the role of uncertainty in the valuation and management of renewable natural resources

Creator:: Burnes, Ellen Irene
Abstract:: These three papers address uncertainty in the management and valuation of renewable natural resources. The first paper develops a model to integrate both stock and price uncertainty to obtain optimal resource levels. The model is an extension of Reed (1974) and shows by proof and by example that when prices...
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Full Text:: management and valuation of renewable natural resources. The first paper develops a model to integrate both

Essays on land use regulation

Creator:: Hascic, Ivan
Abstract:: This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper focuses on the environmental impacts of land use and their implications for the design on water quality trading policies. The second and third papers address local land use regulations and their impact on land values...
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Full Text:: statewide land use planning regime in Oregon places strict limits on the use of resource lands and

Addressing Data Resolution in Precision Agriculture

Creator:: Kelley, Jason
Abstract:: Irrigated agriculture constitutes the greatest consumptive water use globally, so that irrigation efficiency measures are an important part of global efforts to best utilize this limited resource. However, greater irrigation efficiency must be achieved while simultaneously maintaining or increasing crop yields and farming profitability. Incremental water use decisions are made...
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Full Text:: Kelley for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Water Resource Engineering presented on September 1

Integrating solute transport, metabolism and processing in stream ecosystems

Creator:: González Pinzón, Ricardo A.
Abstract:: After three decades of active research coupling hydrology and stream ecology, the connection among solute transport, metabolism and processing is still unresolved. These knowledge gaps obscure the functioning of stream ecosystems and how those ecosystems interact with other landscape processes. We must resolve these challenges to wisely manage water resources,...
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Full Text:: will be) published in the following journals: Water Resources Research, Journal of Geophysical

The effects of land use on mineral flat wetland hydrologic processes in lowland agricultural catchments

Creator:: Marshall, Sarah M.
Abstract:: Hydrologic processes within mineral flat wetlands, along with their connections to groundwater and downstream surface water in lowland agricultural catchments are poorly understood, particularly under different land uses. In the three field studies included in this thesis, we examined infiltration, wetland hydroperiod, groundwater recharge dynamics, surface runoff generation, and water...
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Full Text:: forest hydrology of wetland-upland ecosystems in Florida. Journal of the American Water Resources

Improving soil water determination in spatially variable field using fiber optic technology and Bayesian decision theory

Creator:: Sayde, Chadi
Abstract:: Achieving and maintaining sustainability in irrigated agriculture production in the era of rapidly increasing stress on our natural resources require, among other essential actions, optimum control and management of the applied water. Thus, a significant upgrade of the currently available soil water monitoring technologies is needed. The primary goal of...
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Full Text:: our natural resources require, among other essential actions, optimum control and management of the

An economic analysis of the municipal demand for water in Kuwait

Creator:: Al-Qunaibet, Mohammad H.
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Full Text:: Water Supplies: Requirements, Resources, and Construction of Works, 4th ed. (Wiley, 1940), Chapter 1

Drivers of plant community dynamics in sagebrush steppe ecosystems : cattle grazing, heat and water stress

Creator:: Reisner, Michael D.
Abstract:: Sagebrush steppe ecosystems are one of the most widespread but endangered ecosystems in North America. A diverse array of human-related stressors has gradually compromised these ecosystems' resilience to disturbance and invasion by Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass). The role of the foundational shrub Artemisia as a driver of herbaceous community structure and...
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Full Text:: -Grouse and Sage-Grouse habitat. Journal of Range Management 57: 2- 19. D'Antonio, C. M. and P. M

Microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment : heavy metal removal, sewage sludge treatment, and its potential application in wastewater reuse in irrigation

Creator:: Abourached, Carole
Abstract:: While water scarcity and energy demand are continuously increasing in the world, alternative sources are needed to meet the requirement of a growing population. Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) is a sustainable technology that converts organic matter in wastewater into electricity, thus it can be a potential alternative source for water...
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Full Text:: the Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering Director of the Water Resources

Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Creator:: Blanchard, Nicholas
Abstract:: By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...
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Full Text:: of domestication from the point of planning the experiments to interpreting the results and how

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