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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 ... -
SUSTAINABLE FOOD CONSUMPTION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO ETHICALLY MOTIVATED CONSUMERISM
(2013)The UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) identified consumption, mainly in industrialized countries, as a primary driver of environmental degradation. Subsequently, Agenda 21 urges countries to promote ... -
System Dynamics Simulation for Park Management: A Case Study of Glacier National Park, Montana
(2012)National park management encounters the challenge of conserving the park unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. Many national parks in the world are faced with resource degradation due to overcrowding on roads ... -
The Crown Jewel gold skarn deposit
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The Effects of Select Herbicides on Biological Soil Crust in Shrub Steppe Areas of the Columbia Basin, Washington
(2015)The effects of herbicides used on arid lands in the Columbia Basin, Washington State on components of biological soil crusts (BSCs) were investigated. Active ingredients in the herbicides investigated were two synthetic ... -
The Effects of Select Herbicides on the Biological Soil Crust in Shrub Steppe Areas of the Columbia Basin, Washington
(2015-08)The effects of herbicides used on arid lands in the Columbia Basin, Washington State on components of biological soil crusts (BSCs) were investigated. Active ingredients in the herbicides investigated were two synthetic ... -
The Express Influenza A+B Test
(2013-12)We propose a business model based on the application of new antibody technologies that will revolutionize rapid disease diagnostics. Currently, rapid diagnostic tests rely on the production of monoclonal antibodies that ... -
The Role of International Water Law and Supporting Universally Applicable Water Management Principles in the Development of a Model Transboundary Agreement Between Riparians in International River Basins
(2013)International water law, an outgrowth of international law, is a conglomeration of tenets from international conventions and treaties that recognize rules codified by contesting states, customary law, judicial decisions, ... -
TRACKING LONG-DISTANCE DEPOSITION AND ASSIMILATION OF AIRBORNE SMELTER EMISSIONS IN NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON LAKES USING LEAD ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
(2017)Metal pollution from mining and smelting operations into aquatic ecosystems can cause long-term biological impacts. Several studies have addressed the biological effects of both direct discharge of mining slag and diffuse ...