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Oil and The Libyan Economy
(2015)Oil is the single most important resource in the Libyan economy. In order to explore the extent to which oil dominates the development of Libyan national income, this study covers the period time from 1990 to 2009. This ... -
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF A LARGE SILICIC CALDERA COMPLEX: VALLES CALDERA AND THE ASSOCIATED UPPER BANDELIER TUFF
(2013)The Jemez Mountains Volcanic Field, New Mexico, has been active for more than 20 Ma and it is a very complex system that has attracted much scientific attention for many decades, but some areas are remain poorly understood. ... -
Population Genetics of Phalaris arundinacea L. In A Western United States Wetland
(2015)Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge (henceforth Refuge) is located in east central Washington State. This area, within the Channeled Scablands, was created by numerous and enormous floods over 15,000 years ago. The refuge ... -
POST-CALDERA VOLCANISM IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: PETROGENESIS OF THE INTRACALDERA UPPER BASIN MEMBER OF THE PLATEAU RHYOLITE AND EXTRA-CALDERA MINGLED MAGMA COMPLEXES
(2011)The Plateau Rhyolite erupted following the last large Yellowstone caldera collapse and may have erupted from a rejuvenating magmatic system. Our preferred model for rhyolite genesis is by assimilation of continental crust ... -
Quantifying Relationships between Ecology and Aesthetics in Agricultural Landscapes
(2013)Biodiversity decline and ecological degradation continue unabated despite accumulation of ecological knowledge, proliferation of sustainability research, and efforts to conserve natural resources. This paradox underscores ... -
Regional Sustainability Assessment: Improving Collaboration And Coordination Across Watershed Plans In The Spokane River Basin
(2013)Local watershed and aquifer planning has come about as a result of the recognition that solutions to local problems needed to be discovered and implemented by those who are most affected. In large basins with multiple ... -
Review report for bio-regenerative solar cells: A sustainable source of energy
(2012-12)Building bio-regenerative solar panels for harnessing energy for deep space research instrumentation is one of the goals being pursued by space research agencies worldwide. Photosynthesis is being employed as the major ... -
REWILDING THE ORGANIZATION: AN EXPLORATION OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH APPLIED TO HUMAN INSTITUTIONS
(2018)From the dawn of humanity, humans have been watching and learning from nature. We are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration, especially in the sciences and engineering where we regularly practice biomimicry and ... -
Social dimensions of urban resilience to climate change
(11/28/2011)<p>Climate change is one of the most crucial challenges worldwide, and especially for local governments, since its potential impacts are felt and have to be dealt with at the local level. Climate change involves uncertainty ... -
SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF USING MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TO MANAGE AN ORNAMENTAL FISHERY IN HAWAII
(2013)Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been implemented across the globe to protect biodiversity and important habitats, enhance fisheries, and manage marine resource users. Several hundred thousand wild caught reef fish are ... -
Spatial and food web dynamics of non-native northern crayfish Orconectes virilis in Buffalo Lake, WA
(2018)Our understanding of the ecological niche freshwater crayfish occupy in aquatic food webs has expanded in recent decades. Numerous studies demonstrate the functional trophic role of crayfish can vary among endemic and ... -
STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS METHODS DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF FOOD WEB DYNAMICS AFTER HYPOLIMNETIC OXYGENATION IN TWIN LAKES, WA
(2017)Line-diffuser hypolimnetic oxygenation was initiated in North Twin Lake, Washington, in 2009 to mitigate reduction in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) fishery habitat due to ... -
Structure of the arc-continent transition in the Riggins region of west-central Idaho
(2012)New U-Pb zircon geochronology from the Riggins region of west-central Idaho refines the timing of synmetamorphic deformation across the Salmon River suture zone, a broad NNE-striking belt (>25 km-wide) of high strain ... -
SURVEY OF WATER QUALITY IN NORTHERN MALAWI, AFRICA, AND COMMUNICATION OF HUMAN HEALTH RISK
(2012)Throughout Malawi, governmental, non-governmental, religious and civic organizations are targeting the human need for water. Diarrheal diseases, often associated with unsafe drinking water, are a leading cause of mortality ...