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Creator:: Mackereth, Kailan F.
Abstract:: Loss of lowland estuarine and freshwater off-channel habitats along the Pacific Northwest coast has contributed to the decline of salmonid populations. These habitats serve as nursery grounds for juvenile salmonids providing them with food, winter shelter, and a transition zone between freshwater and saltwater. Lowland areas have undergone anthropogenic alterations...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ecotones of Coos Bay, Oregon. Abstract approved

Creator:: Bass, Arthur
Abstract:: Tidal marshlands in the upper estuary ecotone provide essential habitat for juvenile salmonids. In this environment, salmonids grow rapidly and acclimate to saltwater. Worldwide, tidal marshes have been diked and drained to provide agricultural and residential land. Tide gates are one-way doors integrated into dike systems that prevent saltwater flooding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: with a freshwater reservoir. Depending upon the location of a tide gate within a bay or estuary, the

Creator:: Livingstone, Tasha
Abstract:: This thesis combines elements of forestry, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric to describe where residents of Coos Bay and North Bend Oregon obtain information about forests and forest uses, and how they view the credibility of that information. As a qualitative exploratory study, grounded theory methodology was used to develop theme...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Coos Bay/North Bend interviews: “Where did you learn and/or hear about these recreational

Creator:: Currin, Rebecca E.
Abstract:: The showy biennial to short-lived perennial Oenothera wolfii (Munz) Raven, Dietrich & Stubbe (Wolf’s evening primrose) occurs in only a small number of isolated populations on the southern Oregon and northern California coast. This rare species is currently listed as Threatened in Oregon, and is considered a Species of Concern...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , cultivation and transplanting protocols, as well as site selection criteria, were developed or refined

Creator:: Bower, Robert J.
Abstract:: The identification of sources of point and nonpoint fecal pollution is difficult to determine. Understanding the sources of fecal organisms in quality limited waters could greatly enhance our ability to restore and protect the water quality and habitat of these systems. Antibiotic resistance patterns of fecal streptococci bacteria were analyzed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: used to identify sources of fecal pollution in the Tillamook Bay watershed, Oregon. Antibiotic

Creator:: Law, Karen H.
Abstract:: The Olympia oyster is a foundation species that increases habitat structure for associate species in estuarine systems of the Pacific Coast of North America (Kimbro & Grosholz, 2006). This oyster provides ecosystem services in the form of water filtration (zu Ermgassen et al., 2013), habitat for commercially valuable species such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (colored dots), and area where adults were sampled in Yaquina Bay, OR (yellow star

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