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Construction, Degradation, and Restoration of Wet Meadow Ecosystems in Semi-arid Landscapes, Northern Great Basin, USA

Creator:: Nash, Caroline S.
Abstract:: Wet meadow ecosystems are a useful natural laboratory in which to explore feedbacks between biogenic and geologic controls on valley bottom landforms. Characterized by flat valley floors flanked by higher-gradient hillslopes, these meadows are singular both in that they represent depositional features in what is primarily an erosional environment, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DISSERTATION OF Caroline S. Nash for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Water Resources Engineering

CrumpByronCEOASMicrobialGeneAbundance.pdf

Creator:: Fortunato, Caroline S. and Crump, Byron C.
Abstract:: Microbial communities mediate the biogeochemical cycles that drive ecosystems, and it is important to understand how these communities are affected by changing environmental conditions, especially in complex coastal zones. As fresh and marine waters mix in estuaries and river plumes, the salinity, temperature, and nutrient gradients that are generated strongly...
Full Text:: River to Ocean Salinity Gradient Caroline S. Fortunato1*, Byron C. Crump2 1 Josephine Bay Paul Center

Assessing the effectiveness of riparian restoration projects using Landsat and precipitation data from the cloud-computing application ClimateEngine.org

Creator:: Hausner, Mark B., Huntington, Justin L., Nash, Caroline, Morton, Charles, McEvoy, Daniel J., Pilliod, David S., Hegewisch, Katherine C., Daudert, Britta, Abatzoglou, John T., and Grant, Gordon
Abstract:: Riparian vegetation along streams provides a suite of ecosystem services in rangelands and thus is the target of restoration when degraded by over-grazing, erosion, incision, or other disturbances. Assessments of restoration effectiveness depend on defensible monitoring data, which can be both expensive and difficult to collect. We present a method...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: . Hausnera,⁎, Justin L. Huntingtona, Caroline Nashb, Charles Mortonc, Daniel J. McEvoyd, David S. Pilliode

Quantifying the effect of forest age in annual net forest carbon balance

Creator:: Besnard, Simon, Carvalhais, Nuno, Arain, M. Altaf, Black, Andrew, de Bruin, Sytze, Buchmann, Nina, Cescatti, Alessandro, Chen, Jiquan, Clevers, Jan G. P. W., Desai, Ankur R., Gough, Christopher M., Havrankova, Katerina, Herold, Martin, Hortnagl, Lukas, Jung, Martin, Knohl, Alexander, Kruijt, Bart, Krupkova, Lenka, Law, Beverly E., Lindroth, Anders, Noormets, Asko, Roupsard, Olivier, Steinbrecher, Rainer, Varlagin, Andrej, Vincke, Caroline, and Reichstein, Markus
Abstract:: Forests dominate carbon (C) exchanges between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere on land. In the long term, the net carbon flux between forests and the atmosphere has been significantly impacted by changes in forest cover area and structure due to ecological disturbances and management activities. Current empirical approaches for...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: used to analyze the results included the coef- ficient of determination (R2), Nash–Sutcliffe model

The Hanford Laboratories and the growth of environmental research in the Pacific Northwest, 1943 to 1965

Creator:: Ellis, D. Erik
Abstract:: The scientific endeavors that took place at Hanford Engineer Works, beginning in World War II and continuing thereafter, are often overlooked in the literature on the Manhattan Project, the Atomic Energy Commission, and in regional histories. To historians of science, Hanford is described as an industrial facility that illustrates the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: as Gerald Nash, Richard White, and Patricia Limerick, Hanford has functioned as an example of the

2018 Fall OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Other

The Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial as Interpreted by Museums on the Oregon Trail

Creator:: Fackler, Amy E.
Abstract:: This study describes and analyzes Oregon Trail related exhibits of eleven museums and two interpretive centers that are geographically located along the Oregon Trail from Baker City, Oregon to Portland, Oregon. The exhibits were featured at the facilities during the 1993 Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial, a celebration that was initiated and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: generation between 1890 and 1920 is described by Gerald D. Nash as "nostalgic." Americans longed for the

Ecuador's informal sector : an analysis of gender and empowerment programs

Creator:: Ota, Brandy
Abstract:: Over the last 25 years structural adjustment programs have challenged Ecuador's ability to provide adequate social services and employment opportunities. In the wake of these policies, many women have turned to non-governmental agencies for possible solutions and assistance. Empowerment programs as a form of development work in particular have been...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and apparel linen (Nash 1998:65). Caroline Moser maintains, "these attempts of inclusion were often

Beyond the paired-catchment approach : isotope tracing to illuminate stocks, flows, transit time, and scaling

Creator:: Hale, V. Cody
Abstract:: This dissertation integrates a process-based hydrological investigation with an ongoing paired-catchment study to better understand how forest harvest impacts catchment function at multiple scales. We do this by addressing fundamental questions related to the stocks, flows and transit times of water. Isotope tracers are used within a top-down catchment intercomparison...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of my wonderful wife, Caroline. In addition to her love and kindness, she has made many sacrifices

Soil Moisture Encodes Plant Water Use Strategies

Creator:: Bassiouni, Maoya
Abstract:: Resilient water, food, and energy management strategies for an ever-growing population and changing environment depends on our understanding of water and carbon cycles from local to global scales. Fluxes of water and carbon are coupled by photosynthesis and plant transpiration cycles the largest fraction of terrestrial water from the land...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: rainfall. The Nash-Sutcliffe efficiencies of the analytical model’s fit to soil observations ranged from

Unrequired reading; an annotated bibliography for teachers & school administrators

Creator:: Tiedt, Iris M. and Tiedt, Sidney W.
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: that their mother has died. GLYN, CAROLINE. Don't Knock the Corners Off. New York: Coward, 1964

2022 Winter OSU Extended Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Other

Sediment Pulse Behavior in Gravel-bedded Rivers

Creator:: Pace, Kylie M.
Abstract:: As dams approach the end of their useful life, there is need to predict where and how accumulated sediment will move following their removal to estimate impacts on aquatic habitat and infrastructure. Flume studies suggest that sediment pulses disperse in place for most dams, but it is hypothesized that a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: !Melinda! went! above! and! beyond! in! supporting!me! as! a! teaching!assistant.!Jon!Viducich,!Caroline

1994/1995 Annual Report

Creator:: Hatfield Marine Science Center
Abstract:: Report year ends June 30
Resource Type:: Other

Ungulate activity classification : calibrating activity monitor GPS collars for Rocky Mountain elk, mule deer, and cattle

Creator:: Gaylord, Adam J.
Abstract:: Ungulate behavior has been studied extensively but direct observation of free-ranging animals over long periods of time and large geographic areas is often prohibitively difficult. Improved technology, such as GPS collars fitted with motion-sensitive activity monitors, provides researchers with a potential tool to remotely collect fine scale activity and location...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: collection and processing: Nathan Alexander, Michelle Barton, Jonah Belk, Jessica Buskirk, Caroline

2020 Winter OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Other

Counterfactual thinking applied to multiagent systems

Creator:: Zerbel, Nicholas
Abstract:: Multiagent approaches are well suited to designing autonomous solutions for systems that feature complex interactions between many individuals such as in autonomous traffic systems and multi-robot exploration systems. However, creating autonomous agents that function effectively in these systems is a challenging task. In these complex environments, agents need informative reward...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: multiagent systems. Fortunately, many techniques such as joint-action learning [24], Nash Q-Learning [64

Time to listen : an annotated bibliography of environmental readings, featuring Oregon writers, for middle school and high school students

Creator:: Crateau, Carole Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to guide middle school and high school students into critical thinking about environmental issues. Through keen observation of their bioregion and through an integration of interdisciplinary literature which focuses on Oregon writers, students will be challenged to think, write, and discuss current issues...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: an American Environmental Chronology--1626-1989.) Nash, Roderick Frazier, ed. American

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

Creator:: Ellis, Erik
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Providing Informative Feedback for Learning in Tightly Coupled Multiagent Domains

Creator:: Rockefeller, Golden C.
Abstract:: Autonomous agents that sense, decide, act, and coordinate effectively with each other are critical in many real-world domains such as autonomous driving, search and rescue missions, air traffic management, and underwater or deep space exploration. All such domains share a key difficulty: though high-level mission goals are clear to system...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Integrating functional trait frameworks into restoration : the role of seed and seedling traits in recruitment success

Creator:: Larson, Julie E.
Abstract:: Seeding is a vital tool to facilitate recovery of degraded ecosystems, but low seedling recruitment rates limit the utility of this practice in a range of ecosystems across the globe. Plant functional traits impact individual fitness through effects on growth, reproduction and survival. Consequently, seed and seedling trait variation among...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Kelly, Elsa, Kate, Brian, Noelia, Eli, Merilynn, Caroline, to my fellow GSC members, to Lindsay, and

Ecohydrological mediation of water budget partitioning and time scales of subsurface flow in a seasonally semi-arid grassland

Creator:: Pangle, Luke A.
Abstract:: Understanding how the interactions and feedbacks between plant function, climate, and soils ultimately affects the terrestrial water balance and subsurface flow processes is major challenge in scientific hydrology. This dissertation summarizes the findings of a manipulative climate warming experiment, an observational field study that utilized stable-isotope tracers, and associated modeling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: members Cody Hale, Luisa Hopp, Julian Klaus, Tina Garland, Caroline Patrick, Chris Gabrielli, Jay

Temporal and spatial variability of groundwater nitrate in the southern Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: Mutti, Jeffrey Glenn
Abstract:: Groundwater nitrate contamination is a well-documented issue in the Southern Willamette Valley (SWV) of Oregon, as a Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) has recently been declared. As a GWMA, groundwater nitrate monitoring must occur until regional concentrations are below 7 mg/L NO3-N. However, the presence of temporal variability can make it...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ..................... 22 3.1. Calibration and validation Nash Sutcliffe values for surface flow at calibration

2019 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Other

Variation in the timing of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) migration and spawning relative to river discharge and temperature

Creator:: LovellFord, Rachel M.
Abstract:: Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) migration and spawning are unique components of the salmon life cycle because they require synchrony of behavior with other individuals as well as with acceptable fluvial conditions. As with other organisms that exhibit group mating behavior, it is likely that environmental cues trigger coho salmon movement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Caroline Nash, and Nick Legg, thank you for expanding my mind into the world of geology (is it a big

2021 Fall OSU Extended Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Other

Oregon biography index

Creator:: Brandt, Patricia A. and Guilford, Nancy
Abstract:: Oregon Biography Index is intended to serve primarily as a starting point in locating biographies of Oregonians. We have indexed 47 historical volumes which are either entirely devoted to biographies or have large self-contained biographical sections. The profiles in the books vary widely in accuracy and detail. Birth dates of...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: Co., 1927. v. 2-3. Dobbs Dobbs, Caroline Men of Champoeg: a record of the lives of the pioneers who

Harnessing Heterogeneity in Human Gut Microbiome Data

Creator:: Tataru, Christine
Abstract:: The focus of this thesis is to design, characterize, and apply novel computational methods and molecular systems to interrogate heterogeneous human gut microbiome-related phenomena. In Chapter 2, I design, implement, and characterize a method for embedding co-occurrence patterns derived from massive 16s amplicon datasets. I use this method to 1....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

What says your heart: community, learning, and education in a Nahua indigenous village

Creator:: Anderson, Jessica
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to understand the experiences that Nahua children, in rural Mexico, have as they attend schools that are primarily influenced by formal Western education in relation to their own ways of learning and knowing. This research took place over the course of three months within...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Decentralized Multiagent Coordination for Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Routing in Congested Networks

Creator:: Mostafizi, Alireza
Abstract:: In 2017, the cost of congestion in the United States was around 305 billion dollars, and city-dwellers, on average, lost 1400 dollars while sitting 42 hours in traffic jams. Aiming for better mobility and more efficient utilization of the transportation network, emerging connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies and their...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , late-night talks, dinners, movies, and parties. Mehdi, Mohammad, Mostafa, Caroline, Iria, Albetro

Professional Development Training in Ocean Acidification: A Case Study of Marine Resource Managers

Creator:: Moses, Michael L.
Abstract:: Ocean acidification (OA) is the result of increasing concentrations of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, leading to a suite of alterations to specific parameters of ocean chemistry, which can negatively impact many marine organisms and ecosystems. Understanding how to measure and monitor the chemistry of OA will require specialized education...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mueller and his lab members, and a special thanks to Fiona Tomas Nash for her steadfast support and

The Role of Submesoscale Features in Transporting Heat and Salt Across Ocean Fronts

Creator:: Sanchez-Rios, Alejandra
Abstract:: The focus of this dissertation is the analysis of submesoscale and finescale features measured at oceanic fronts and the role they play in the transport of heat and salt. Two different geographical areas were used to analyze this transport: one, an area on the western side of the North Atlantic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Carlos, Carla, Bryn, Morgan, Caroline, Mostafa, Tala and Charlie. These people and many others

Development and Application of Tools for Genetic Analysis of Clonal Populations

Creator:: Kamvar, Zhian N.
Abstract:: Research on the population genetics of microbial organisms requires the use of specialized analyses designed for clonal organisms to avoid violating the assumptions of traditional population genetic models. The tools necessary for performing these analyses existed as a set of unrelated software with non-overlapping capabilities and did not cover all...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: biology of Phytophthora. I also would like to thank Val Fieland, Meg Larsen, Caroline Press, and Karan

Precipitation-snowmelt timing and snowmelt augmentation of large peak flow events, western Cascades, Oregon

Creator:: Jennings, Keith S.
Abstract:: Despite advances in the understanding of rain-on-snow storms and their resulting peak flows, little is understood about the response of snowmelt to precipitation and the relative timing of the two at multiple temporal scales within such events. To address this issue, climate, snowmelt, and streamflow data were analyzed for 26...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Caroline Nash) and Matt Cooper. You could always be counted on for honest, critical feedback

Restructuring of land and community in the remote rural west : the case of Wallowa County, Oregon

Creator:: Abrams, Jesse
Abstract:: Since at least the 1970s, rural areas in the western United States, as elsewhere across the country and world, have been subject to social, economic, and political forces that have resulted in novel demographic and land tenure trends when compared to previous decades. Collectively, these processes of restructuring have created...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Rural ceramic production, consumption, and exchange in late classic Oaxaca, Mexico : a view from Yaasuchi

Creator:: Pink, Jeremias
Abstract:: The Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico was home to one of the most intensively-studied archaic states in the New World. Centered at the hilltop city of Monte Albán, the Zapotec State first arose around 500 BC and eventually encompassed much of the present-day state of Oaxaca. But by the Late Classic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Experiences of medical students on a rural health track : a narrative inquiry

Creator:: Mitchell, Phillip
Abstract:: The shortage of physicians serving rural communities is well documented. To address the rural shortage, medical schools have developed extracurricular programs, called rural health tracks, with an intent to foster medical students’ interest in serving rural communities. While there has been some research about the effects of these tracks, almost...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Controls on Process and Form in Alluvial and Bedrock Meandering Rivers

Creator:: Zunka, John P. P.
Abstract:: Bedrock meandering rivers are sinuous channels that pair steep bedrock outside banks with lower gradient slip-off slopes on the inside of bends. These rivers have the potential to record information on climatic and tectonic “external” forcings in their morphology (e.g., longitudinal profiles, strath terraces, channel and valley dimensions). However, geology...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Rosie Gradoville, Ale Sanchez, Lalo Guerrero, Desiree Tullos, Cristina Mateus, Caroline Nash, Laura

A stratigraphic approach to characterize the deposition and storage of organic matter in reservoir sediments

Creator:: Stratton Garvin, Laurel E.
Abstract:: The relationship between carbon burial and sedimentation in reservoirs is unknown, exposing gaps in our fundamental understanding of the transport, processing, and deposition of sediment and organic matter in fluvial and lacustrine systems and contributing to uncertainty in our understanding of the net impact of dams to the global carbon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Neighborhood emergency networks in Uzhhorod, Ukraine and Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A. : women's neighborhood network and Linn-Benton neighborhood emergency training

Creator:: Weidner, Naomi
Abstract:: This thesis examines two neighborhood emergency preparedness programs: the Linn-Benton Neighborhood Emergency Training (LB NET) program in Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A., and the Women's Neighborhood Networking Program (WNNP) in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. In Corvallis, the LB NET began in 1996, in part out of concerns that in a large disaster the local...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Relationships of in situ spectral absorption, pigment ratios and environmental parameters for phytoplankton assemblages in coastal waters

Creator:: Eisner, Lisa B.
Abstract:: In situ optical measurements of spectral absorption and beam attenuation provide information on the fine scale horizontal and vertical variations in phytoplankton pigments and other measures of phytoplankton photophysiology and ecology in coastal waters. Phytoplankton pigment ratios from discrete sample analyses with High Performance Liquid Chromatography were compared to in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: over the years. I especially want to thank John Lyman, Caroline Broadbent, Dylan and Narra Riggi, Sam

Forestry theses accepted by colleges and universities in the United States : July 1981 - June 1990

Creator:: Fox, M. Anne, 1939-
Abstract:: This is a bibliography of doctoral dissertations and masters' theses in forestry and related topics issued during the period from July 1981 through June 1990. The colleges and universities included are all accredited by the Society of American Foresters. The actual listings were supplied by the individual institutions. Topics covered...
Resource Type:: Book

John Archibald Wheeler : a study of mentoring in modern physics

Creator:: Christensen, Terry M.
Abstract:: This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to determine where best to situate the study of mentoring (i.e. the 'making of scientists') on the landscape of the history of science and science studies. This task is accomplished by establishing mentoring studies as a link between the robust body...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

IIFET 2016 Program and Abstract Booklet

Creator:: International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade
Abstract:: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, held July 11-15, 2016 at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center (AECC), Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
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2020 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Other

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