The present day vegetation pattern of the Willamette Valley is a result of a long past of human alteration of the landscape. Beginning with aboriginal burning of the grasslands to present day land uses, the vegetation of the valley has been affected by anthropogenic activity. Wet prairie is a vanishing...
The purpose of this study of the life and career of Dr. Carl
Leonard Anderson was to recount his professional contributions to
the field of health and relate these to public health and health education. The major emphasis of this study concerned Dr. Anderson's
professional life.
The accomplishment of the...
Two small adjacent watersheds on the west-central edge of the
Willamette Valley of western Oregon were studied. Information was
gathered on existing conditions to determine the suitability of the two
watersheds for a paired-watershed study design.
A soil survey was conducted using slightly modified soil series
previously established for the...
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The major purpose of this study was to determine if there were statistically significant differences among the opinions of teachercoordinators, administrators, and guidance counselors concerning cooperative vocational education. Specifically the objectives were: (1) to determine if there were differences in the opinions of the three...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the selfconcept by
examining the relationships among self-perception, behavioral understanding,
and teacher performance. The subjects were 53 female
college students enrolled in one of three practicum classes offered by
the Family Life Department of Oregon State University. Subjects in
Group A (n=33)...
This paper evaluates Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 5: Natural Resources and Goal 17
Coastal Shorelands, planning programs and makes recommendations for improvement to the
Oregon members of the Columbia River Estuary Study Task Force (CREST). CREST is a
Council of Governments formed in 1974 which includes the local counties, cities...
Pacific Northwest and California freshwater resources are key elements in the life history and ecology of Pacific salmon and steelhead listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Risk to listed Pacific salmonid species can be assessed by evaluating the spatial and temporal co-occurrence of salmonid species at...
Limnology is undergoing a transition to high-throughput -omic analysis of freshwater
bacterial communities. An important first step in making the transition is to
characterize several genomes that can be used as references to guide metagenome
assembly and analysis. Here I characterize four new freshwater cyanobacterial
genomes, a pair of lake...