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  • The changing roles of environmental interest groups in national policy-making : a marine conservation case study

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    Simler, Brooke S.
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    Interest groups have participated in the American political system since the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Environmental interest groups, a subsection of the American interest group society, have been especially active in national policies since the proliferation of environmental laws and environmental advocacy in the 1960s and 1970s. When environmental...
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    year brought against the United States Forest Service (USFS). In the 1970s there were about 25 court

  • Ocean electric energy extraction opportunities

    Creator:
    Zhang, Heng
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    The world's oceans contain tremendous renewable energy potentials. It is estimated that if 0.2% of the ocean's untapped energy could be harnessed, it could provide power sufficient for the entire world [1]. This thesis provides a comprehensive description of the state-of-the-art of ocean energy extraction technologies and lessons learned from...
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    this tropical zone are portions of two industrial nations-the United States and Australia-as well

  • Evaluation of the performance of a taut-moored dual-body direct-drive waveenergy converter through numerical modeling and physical testing

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    Elwood, David E.
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    With energy prices rising and increasing concern about the influence of fossil fuels on climate change, wave energy systems are on the verge of commercial implementation. These first generation wave energy converters utilize either pneumatics or hydraulics to convert the mechanical energy of waves into electricity. For the last several...
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    , and the Archimedes Wave Swing. In the United States, Ocean Power Technologies 2 (OPT

  • The chronic toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetra-chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) to five selected aquatic organisms

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    Miller, Richard A.
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    Five species of aquatic organisms were exposed to TCDD. Lethal effects of initial exposure to coho salmon of 23.4 nanogram TCDD/gram fish wet weight (23.4 ng/g), or equivalent to 100 nanogram per liter (100 ng/l) TCDD in water, for 24 hours were irreversible; 95% mortality occurred in 60 days. Exposure...
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    Understanding between the United States Forest Service and Oregon State University. TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Changing Storms and Snowpack Fate in the Western United States

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    Hu, Jyun-Yi Michelle
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    Cold-season storms are responsible for generating most of the snow that accumulates in mountainous watersheds across the western United States, but with overwhelming evidence of warming temperature trends, this seasonal snowpack is at risk for melt, The vast majority of snow trend studies utilize undifferentiated air temperature records – these...
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    presented on June 8, 2018. Title: Changing Storms and Snowpack Fate in the Western United States

  • Contending with risk in the seafood processing industry : a bioeconomic portfolio analysis of the Pacific whiting fishery

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    Tuininga, Chris R
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    Since harvest levels of many of the world's fisheries are not likely to increase in the foreseeable future, resource managers and seafood processors need to develop improved strategies to maximize the utilization and benefits of current catches. In addition to increasing utilization and benefits, seafood processors are subject to the...
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    Analysis of the Pacific Whiting Fishery. ert Sylvia Since harvest levels of many of the world's fisheries

  • Public perceptions of wave energy on the Oregon coast

    Creator:
    Hunter, Daniel A.
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    Oregon’s coastal communities grew from the booming logging and fishing industries of the 19th century, but in recent decades have faced not only major declines in both timber and fish resources but also an increasing reliance on tourists and retirees and the resultant glut of seasonal service-sector jobs. As a...
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    The United States Presidential Campaign ..................................................11 Record

  • Low Impact Development in the Ash Creek Watershed, Oregon : Feasibility Study and Implementation Tool Design

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    Chalmers, Douglas R.
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    This study presents potential Low Impact Development (LID) solutions for the Ash Creek watershed and designs several tools to assist localities in implementing the solutions they may choose. Ash Creek is a tributary of the Willamette River flowing through Dallas, Monmouth, and Independence in Polk County, Oregon. Currently, Ash Creek...
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    (WOU, 2017). The Oregon State University Extension Service (OSU Extension) is part of the

  • Predicting deep water breaking wave severity

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    Hovland, Justin
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    Ocean Wave Energy Converters (WECs) operating on the water surface are subject to storms and other extreme events. In particular, high and steep waves, especially breaking waves, are likely the most dangerous to WECs. A method for quantifying the breaking severity of waves is presented and applied to wave data...
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    state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Investigation and comparison of generators for dynamic operation in ocean buoys

    Creator:
    Schacher, Anthony Clinton
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    A significantly untapped renewable energy source exists in the world's oceans. It is estimated that if 0.2% of the ocean's untapped energy could be harnessed, it could provide power sufficient for the entire world. Ocean energy extraction is an old concept, and it is currently seeing the benefit of advancing...
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    Buoys By Anthony Clinton Schacher A THESIS Submitted to Oregon State University In partial