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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Mississippi Alluvial Valley"”.
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Biophysical economic analysis of nutrient and sediment management practices in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
… the Cabin-Teele sub-watershed, within the lower Mississippi River Basin. The dissertation had two objectives. The first objective was to examine the economic and environmental impact of tillage and nutrient management practices in reducing agricultural pollutants to meet TMDL requirements. …
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AVIAN COMMUNITIES MONITORED ALONG A SUCCESSIONAL CHRONOSEQUENCE IN BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI ALLUVIAL VALLEY
<p>Bottomland hardwood forests in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley have been extensively reduced due to agriculture conversion and altered hydrology. Remnant forests have undergone further degradation from sources such as a lack of forest management, invasive species, and reduced regeneration …
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Switchgrass and Cottonwood Grown as Bioenergy Crops in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
<p>Marginal land of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) has the potential to be utilized for the production of bioenergy feedstocks. Soil respiration is the gaseous emission of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) from microbes and plant roots in the soil, and these emissions play an important …
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Assessing the impact of greentree reservoir water management on red oak growth and anatomy in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Bottomland hardwood forests in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley have significantly diminished over the past two centuries due to land clearing and hydrologic alteration. To preserve migratory waterfowl habitat, greentree reservoirs (GTRs) were established, providing artificial flooding during …
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Energy, environment, and sustainability: a hierarchical analysis of south Louisiana
… Mexico (GoM) in 2009 and the Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252). I calculated a preliminary Energy Return on Investment (EROI) using a range of energy intensity ratios. The EROFI for ultra-deepwater oil and gas at the wellhead was roughly 0.85 gallons, per dollar. These estimates of …
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Grassland bird associations in a managed agricultural matrix
… to four USDA conservation practices in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Mississippi, including 1) early-succession afforestation blocks, 2) early-succession, 60-m wide riparian forest buffers, 3) diverse-planted, 30-m wide filter strips, and 4) monotypic-planted, 30-m wide filter strips. I …
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The Effects of Commercial Harvest on the Density and Demography of Aquatic Turtles in Arkansas
… and/or habitat loss. Within the US, the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) region represents the second highest turtle species richness, after the Mobile River Basin. The MAV region of Arkansas is one of the least regulated in terms of commercial aquatic turtle harvest and has undergone …
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Shorebird migration in western Kentucky: phenology, habitat use, and possible effects of prey availability
<p>Staging areas along the coasts provide reliable food resources and shorebirds may use the same stopover locations every year. However, shorebirds use sites opportunistically in the interior of North America due to the transient nature of many habitats. Little is known, however, about the use of …