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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Eastern Shore"”.
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Eastern Shore Stories: Technology, Place, and Local Culture
The Eastern Shore of Virginia is a narrow peninsula separating the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Residents of the rural counties of Accomack and Northampton County share a strong sense of cultural identity based on geography, rooted in a distinct communal sense of place reinforced by an …
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Soils and morphology of Carolina bays, Eastern Shore, Virginia
Carolina bay landforms were studied on the Eastern Shore of Virginia using aerial infrared imagery provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Bays were delineated mainly by contrasting soil and vegetation which was enhanced on the imagery and further verified by field …
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The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Civil War
… that "we are in the most danger on the Eastern Shore [of Virginia]." Dix did not exaggerate when he implied that Accomac and Northampton County embodied secessionist sentiment on the Delmarva Peninsula in 1861. Dix knew that the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the most southern region of …
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Revitalization of an Historically Black College: A Maryland Eastern Shore Case
… and development of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), with an emphasis on the leadership of Chancellor William T. Hytche during his tenure from 1975 to 1995. The study takes into account the complex, dynamic, and interrelated internal and external forces that led to the survival …
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Subsurface transport of fertilizer-applied nitrogen on the eastern shore of Virginia
The movement of nitrogen from the surface, where it is applied as fertilizer, to groundwater is of importance due to the health concerns associated with nitrate and potential eutrophication of groundwater impacted surface water. The computer model, PRZM (Pesticide Root Zone Model) was used to …
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Reducing copper and chlorothalonil in staked tomato production on Virginia's Eastern Shore
… with approximately 1,659 hectares on the Eastern Shore. Estimated annual gross value is $30,800,000. Copper and chlorothalonil have long been considered essential to control bacterial and fungal diseases in fresh market tomatoes. High rates of these fungicides on tomatoes grown under …
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Trends in Canine Lyme Disease on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, 2000-2005
Introduction: Lyme disease is caused by the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Research has shown that dogs can be used as sentinels for human infection of Lyme disease. The purpose of this 5-year, retrospective study was to determine if there was any evidence that the incidence of canine …
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The Spatial and Temporal Distribution and Management of Tomato Bacterial Wilt on Virginia's Eastern Shore
… with the majority of production occurring on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (ESV), according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Bacterial wilt of tomato, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith) and Yabucchi et al., is the most devastating disease of tomato on the ESV. Four …
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Analyzing the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Alternatives - the Case of Virginia's Eastern Shore
… in Accomack and Northampton Counties on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. A database of daily terminal price information was created to identify the market windows for specific commodities, their respective high, median and low prices, and their price variability over the last five years. A …
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Monitoring pesticides in the groundwater and submarine groundwater discharge of the Eastern Shore of Virginia
The purpose of the research was to determine if pesticides were being transported from the place of application by the shallow groundwater and discharged into the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean, and quantify the pesticides if they were transported. One reference (undeveloped) and four …
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A geographic information system analysis of submarine groundwater discharge on the eastern shore of Virginia
… determination of SGWD and nutrient loads for the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Computerized data layers including land use, hydraulic gradient and soil permeability were used to create a GIS model of SGWD on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The model was used to predict spatial distribution of SGWD as well …
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The Impacts of External Nutrient Sources on Marine Phytoplankton in an Eastern Shore Sea-Side Estuary
<p>The Eastern Shore of Virginia (Greens Creek) as well as a large portion of the North Atlantic coastline is characterized by estuarine systems not dominated by large river systems. Instead, small freshwater creeks influence many coastal systems yet little information has been documented on their …
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Understand Willingness to Pay for Pollination and User Sense of Place Connections on the Eastern Shore
The global decline of pollinators, insects and animals that assist in pollination and fertilizing plants, poses a great risk to global food supply. This study investigates if people have preferences for a program to abate decline in a region along the East Coast of the United States. A survey is …
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Investigation of salinity and nutrient characteristics of two groundwater based flow systems on Virginia's Eastern Shore
… in an unconfined aquifer on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The Steelman’s Landing study site consisted of a well transect which began in an 800 meter wide upland agricultural field, and proceeded seaward through a 300 meter wide mesic forest, 300 meter wide saltmarsh, and 550 meters offshore …
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Landscape in Peril: A Cultural Assessment of Thomas's Wharf and Woodlands Farm, Northampton County, Eastern Shore, Virginia
… Wharf in Northampton County on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service methodology for historic properties, including cultural landscapes, is used to complete this study. The National Park Service method includes four interrelated steps: (1) …
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Integrated Approach to Understanding Tomato Sour Rot and Improving Disease Management on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
… losses are severe only in some years on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (ESV) and other tomato production regions. Fungicide products and cultural control methods are tested for efficacy utilizing a traditional wounding technique that does not properly reflect natural sour rot infections. A new …
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Recruitment of Blue Crab, <i>Callinectes sapidus,</i> Postlarvae to the Back-Barrier Lagoons of Virginia's Eastern Shore
… 2 days. In contrast, intermolt megalopae held in shore waters appear to delay metamorphosis until estuarine cues are recognized.</p> <p>The results of this study illustrate some of the adaptations that aid blue crab megalopae in the recruitment to coastal habitats. These adaptations include the …
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