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Creator:: Wright, Kristopher Keith
Abstract:: Initially, components of an aquatic food web were examined to study impacts of recreational use on the aquatic ecology of Quartzville Creek, Oregon in 1995 and 1996. Measurements of the food web components consisted of observations of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus), visual counts of the larval caddisfly Dicosmoecus gilvipes, benthic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Examination of Recreational Impacts on a National Wild and Scenic River. Abstract approved: Judith Lew

Creator:: Wright, Kristopher Keith
Abstract:: The Middle Fork John Day River is composed of low gradient, alluvial valley segments separated by constrained, canyon-like reaches, and has a history of multiple land-uses. These factors can alter the physical and biological structure of streams, and disrupt the longitudinal river continuum. I examined habitat, fish, macroinvertebrates, and primary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Judith Lew Li The Middle Fork John Day River is composed of low gradient, alluvial valley segments

Creator:: Claeson, Shannon M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand the influence of organic material and nutrients from spawning salmon and supplemented salmon carcasses on stream food webs. My study objectives were to examine 1) assimilation of salmon-derived nutrients (SDN) by producers and consumers in the food web, 2) epilithic biofilm productivity,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , backrubs, smiles and generosity. CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Dr. Judith Li contributed to the study design

Creator:: Romero, Nicolas
Abstract:: Current riparian management objectives in the Pacific Northwest promote both retention of existing conifers and conversion of hardwood-dominated areas to conifers. Although understanding of relationships between riparian vegetation and salmonid prey availability is growing, temporal variation in these relationships is poorly understood. Seasonal fluxes in availability of aquatic and terrestrial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Judith L. Li Current riparian management objectives in the Pacific Northwest promote both retention of

Creator:: Beatty, Christopher D.
Abstract:: This thesis explored the distributions and life histories of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the riverine wetlands of the Willamette Valley in western Oregon, USA. Odonate species distributions were characterized over two seasons in the autumn of 2000 and the spring of 2001-at twenty-seven wetlands located throughout the valley....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Dr. Judith L. Li, for their guidance, patience and inspiration. I have become a better scientist

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