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Filtering by: Subject Bacterial pollution of water -- Oregon -- Benton County Degree Name Master of Science (M.S.)

Quantifying the impacts of riparian cattle grazing at Soap Creek Ranch near Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:

McArthur, Cynthia

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A documented case history of riparian grazing at Oregon State University's Soap Creek Ranch was conducted from 1999 to 2001. Impacts of four different riparian grazing treatments were evaluated. Emphasis was placed on investigating the relationship between riparian cattle use and water quality. Through a series of carefully designed and...

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Masters Thesis

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Benton County, Oregon and represents approximately 6,073 hectares (15,000 acres) of eastern sloping
A descriptive analysis of the waterways in Coos Bay Oregon on the basis of general, ruminant and human Bacteroides-Prevotella 16S rDNA markers

Creator:

Jones, Thomas E., Jr.

Abstract:

We explain a new method of detecting non point source fecal contamination using a PCR based method called Touchdown Polymerase Chain Reaction (TD-PCR). Using genetic markers particular to general, ruminant and human Bacteroides- Prevotella genes, we identified presence in both fresh and salt water environments. Water samples from four sites...

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Masters Thesis

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at its origin and stop the ever looming problem of fecal pollution in our water. 17 Chapter 2 A