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  • Salmon Management in Southeast Alaska: An Examination of Multi-Dimensional Management

    Creator:
    Chrittenden, Whitney L.
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    Pacific salmon are culturally and economically important species to Southeast Alaska, where there is a history of large wild runs and supplemental production from hatchery programs. Salmon management in Alaska is divided amongst various governmental agencies. Non-governmental organizations also play a pivotal role in salmon management. To fulfill the requirements...
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    programs across Alaska released a total of 1.7 billion salmon in 2019 (Wilson 2020). The commercial

  • The Transfer Student Experience : Sense of Belonging at Four-Year Institutions

    Creator:
    Lee, Melissa A.
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    This study examines the ways in which community college transfer students develop a sense of belonging at the four-year institution. This inquiry was guided by a constructivist epistemology and qualitative methodology. Data was collected through conducting one-on-one interviews and focus groups to gather information on how transfer students develop a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    organizations (Kilgore & Wilson, 2017; Morris, 2016). These efforts certainly renewed a commitment to

  • Efficacy of Empirical Seed Zones: Pseudoroegneria Spicata Reproductive Phenology & Seedling Stage Traits

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    Prive, Kathryn A.
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    Ecological restoration is needed to mitigate losses to biodiversity. Restoration success is enhanced through the use of native plant materials that are genetically diverse and locally adapted. Seed transfer zones have been developed to delineate geographic areas where native seed can be collected and distributed with reduced risk of maladaptation....
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    OF THE THESIS OF Kathryn A. Prive for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Ecosystems and

  • Grassland Restoration and Climate Change: Altar Valley, Arizona Case Study

    Creator:
    Gondor, Anne
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    The Altar Valley is an important working landscape that supports biodiversity and vulnerable species in Pima County, Arizona (Huckelberry 2000). This semi-desert grassland, alluvial valley and 713,807-acre watershed composed of 39 subbasins serves as an aquifer to a portion of southwestern Tucson. This region of Southern Arizona has been identified...
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    Capstone Project
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    watershed composed of 39 subbasins serves as an aquifer to a portion of southwestern Tucson. This region

  • The Evaluation of Cementitious Pore Solution Composition and Electrical Resistivity Using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)

    Creator:
    Tsui Chang, Marisol
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    Interest in performance specifications has been growing in the civil and construction industry in the past decade. One major focus area has been on understanding how to prolong the service life of concrete structures, since repair and rehabilitation of existing infrastructure have cost many trillions of dollars. Deterioration mechanisms such...
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    Masters Thesis
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    life of a structure and are typically determined by the moisture and ionic species ingress into the

  • How to innovate Korean election by emerging technology

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    Lee, Philiph
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    The core element of democracy is elections. Modern elections not only cost a lot of money to conduct elections, but we also bear a lot of social costs when the election is questioned. For this reason, the US and European countries have been considering ways to innovate by introducing IT...
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    World: A Review of Roads and Directions: Robert Krimmer, Stefan Triessnig, and Melanie Volkamer Why

  • The hazards-housing nexus : adaptive capacity wheel analysis of coastal planning institutions

    Creator:
    Patterson, Trisha
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    The Oregon coast faces complex environmental and social challenges, such as the threat of a regionally disastrous Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake and tsunami. Researchers are united in their assertion that the CSZ is new, the region is due for a quake, and to mitigate this hazard society must collaborate...
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    faces complex environmental and social challenges, such as the threat of a regionally disastrous

  • Effects of Secondary Salinization on Three Coastal Breeding Amphibians in Oregon: Taricha granulosa, Hyliola regilla, and Rana aurora

    Creator:
    Goddard, Amanda L.
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    Due to threats of secondary salinization caused by increased saltwater intrusion upstream associated with climate change, this thesis examines how salinity affects the development and oviposition site selection habits of three Oregon coastal breeding amphibians, the Roughskin Newt (Taricha granulosa), the Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) and the Pacific Treefrog...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Pacific Treefrog may have a salt tolerance that falls between 2-5 ppt, and the Northern Red-legged Frog

  • MAN 'aging Water Resources of the Deschutes River Basin

    Creator:
    Taganova, Jahan
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    In the last two decades, there has been an increase in substantial body of work on the inclusion of women in the water management and governance field. However, these scholarly inquiries have mostly focused on cases from the Global South, where women are still underrepresented in decision-making positions in the...
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    decision-making positions in the water resources sector. This study, by focusing on a case study in the