The primary goal of this study is to assess the impact of a subduction component
added to the mantle wedge beneath the Oregon Cascades to the composition and fO2 of
primitive Cascade basalts. Olivine-hosted melt inclusions from compositionally diverse
basalts across the Cascade arc (~100 km) are utilized in an...
There are well over 200 species of fishes which are known to be venomous, and which are capable of inflicting serious and
potentially fatal wounds. Within this group, less than 5% have been studied even in the most preliminary manner and, to date, the
basic chemical structure of even a...
Morphological, cultural, biochemical and serological characteristics of
33 bacterial strains, thought to be similar to Cytophaga psychrophila, the
causative agent of bacterial cold-water disease were compared. Bacterial
strains identified as C. psychrophila were obtained from diseased salmonids
collected at widely separated geographic locations, and from fish with
pathological signs different...
The purpose of this study was to characterize Cytophaga
psychrophila isolates obtained from coho fingerlings with low temperature
disease collected at selected hatcheries in Oregon. In
addition, cultures thought to be related to this bacterium were
isolated from Siletz Hatchery water, deformed juvenile and spawning
adult coho salmon, rainbow and...
Disturbances are a prevalent and important part of ecosystems. Many landscape patterns that we find today were created, maintained, and changed by natural disturbance regimes. This is especially true for fire, which has historically been a common, natural disturbance in the western U.S forests and grasslands and many other parts...
The widespread introduction of trout to naturally fishless mountain lakes in the western United States has been accompanied by little research. The ecological role of trout populations occurring in 91 lakes of the central Selway Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho, was examined with respect to 1) the sampling variability of biological and...
A new carbohydrate-phenol based resorcinol resin
(CPR resin) was synthesized by end capping a known
carbohydrate-phenol based resole with resorcinol under
basic reaction conditions. Synthetic parameters, such as
duration of cook, pH, and the amount of resorcinol and
formaldehyde were varied to produce resins with molecular
weights (Mw) ranging from...
This study examined the decay resistance of the pine and maple components of wood plastic composites (WPC' s) of varying thicknesses exposed on several culture media to wood decay fungi under laboratory conditions. The ability of malt agar extract (MEA), potato dextrose agar (PDA), amended basal salts, sawdust (maple and...
Heartwood can have properties that are distinct from sapwood,
including resistance to insect and microbial attack. Despite the practical
importance of heartwood formation in trees, a review of the literature revealed
that little was known about the effects of environmental factors on heartwood
quality or how variations in heartwood properties...