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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Grand River"”.
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Evaporation study in Grand River basin
Thesis (B.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, 1935
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Comparative analysis of nitrate load estimation techniques in watersheds with different land-use characteristics
… frequencies using long-term data sets for Maumee River, Cuyahoga River, and Grand River. The land-use patterns in Maumee, Cuyahoga, and Grand River watersheds were agricultural, urban, and forest dominated with mixed land-use respectively. The relationship between the yearly discharge and nitrate …
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A study of the river redhorse, Moxostoma carinatum (Pisces; Catostomidae), in the tributaries of the Ottawa River, near Canada's National Capital and in a tributary of Lake Ontario, the Grand River, near Cayuga, Ontario.
This study provides baseline data on the River Redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum; Moxostomatini: Catostomidae) in Canada. Sampling focussed on the Mississippi and Gatineau Rivers, in the National Capital Region, in 1998 and 1999. Spawning occurred in rocky, shallow (<2m) fast-water sections in May …
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Longhouse and greenhouse : searching for food security in a community-based research project
… food security programs at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in Ontario. The research focuses on factors that affect food security in relation to culture and traditions and examines current community programs at Six Nations to inquire into whether they are bringing historical cultural …
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Two voices (Sylvia Jamieson Sandy, Mohawk, Ontario)
… Mohawk Nation, Six Nations Territory on the Grand River. The thesis employs the methodology of borrowing in which the participants use each other’s gifts and talents; the participants are Sylvia and her urban-raised cousin who has been entrusted by Sylvia to carry her story outside of Six …
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Relation of Missouri river flows to sandbar morphology with implications for selected biota
… flow regulation in historically braided large rivers, have reduced sandbars and associated highly productive habitats for riverine biota. Sandbars are an important interface between aquatic and terrestrial environments, i.e. an aquatic-terrestrial zone (ATTZ), within the main channel of the …
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Social and ecological dimensions of non-native grass management in working landscapes
… this review with three studies conducted in the Grand River Grasslands of southern Iowa and northern Missouri, a region in the Great Plains where non-native grasses are widespread on both nature reserves and private lands. Chapter 2 and 3 are ecological studies conducted in the context of a …
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Envisioning transboundary cooperation zones : en la Frontera de Cd. Juarez-EI Paso/
… El Paso and Ciudad Juarez stretch along the Grand River/Rio Bravo, which mainly through history has delineated the border or la linea between these pair cities. This element stands for a political and militarized boundary that inconsistently also represents a symbolic barrier because of the …
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Development, Growth, and Behavioral Ecology of Walleye as Influenced by Sublethal Exposure to Dietary Selenium
… of dissolved selenium in the Cheyenne River have been higher than in other tributaries used for walleye broodstock collection the last 15 years. To determine whether selenium contributes to problems in the Lake Oahe walleye population, adult walleye were collected from three sites …
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Moving Finite Element Solution of Discontinuous Open Channel Flow
… flood and flood routing problem in the (Ontario) Grand River basin. Sensitivity analysis with very mild sloped channels with topographical features such as sudden expansions and offchannel storage suggest that the Eulerian-Lagrangian mode algorithm provides the missing link between the fluid …
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Enabling sustainable river futures: Exploring institutional interventions
Increasing concern over deteriorating health of river systems has prompted a shift in river management practices from a technocratic ‘command-and-control’ focus towards notions of river repair. Key elements and principles of this emerging approach are encapsulated in ‘sustainable river management’, …
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The State of First Nations Education: Two Conversations About Education Post-CAP
… Nation community in Canada, the Six Nations Grand River Territory, I believe it imperative that any body of work I produce be of direct use to my community as well fill a needed area of research within the field of Ogweho:weh (Original/Indigenous) Education. In order to design a study that …
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Habitat selection and breeding ecology of grassland birds in areas managed with fire and grazing
… for grassland bird habitat management in the Grand River Grasslands of southern Iowa and northern Missouri. Research began on these sites in 2006, but results from the first phase (2007-2009) indicated patch-burning was not increasing heterogeneity as expected, and that birds were not …
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Identification of Physiological and Morphological Traits Governing High Water Use Efficiency in Alfalfa
… in WUE and identified an alfalfa collection, River side (RS), with a greater WUE under drought compared to other ten alfalfa collections. RS is a naturalized alfalfa collected from the Grand River National Grassland in South Dakota. The objective of this study was to identify physiological and …
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Incidence, mechanisms, and consequences of adaptive habitat selection by the dickcissel (Spiza americana)
… success of dickcissels (Spiza americana) in the Grand River Grasslands of southern Iowa. I first tested for signals of adaptive habitat selection, examining whether male and female birds’ preferences among territories and larger habitat patches improve their ability to attract mates, avoid …
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Assessment and prediction of surface water vulnerability from non-point source pollution in Midwestern watersheds
… 35 sub-watersheds were sampled in the Lower Grand Watershed, which is a highly agricultural watershed in northern Missouri/southern Iowa. Statistical analyses were performed to determine which of these parameters were most correlated with water quality, and predictive relationships of water …