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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Virginia coast"”.
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Plant Assemblage Structure on Barrier Island ‘Pimple’ Dunes at the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Site
<p>The habitats at the VCR LTER that were the focus of the current study are the Hog Island and Parramore Island 'pimples', small, rounded dunes forming along main dune ridges of the barrier islands. There are distinct plant assemblage zones found on pimples, although most of these dunes are 10–20 …
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A site-specific rainfall model for Western Virginia ecosystems
… rainfall values was developed for western Virginia using data from 15 weather stations in that area. This system, called VARAINS for VirginiA RAINfall System, is designed to run on a microcomputer. System programs were created using Borland Pascal, version 7. The system models were …
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Load Testing Deteriorated Spans of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel for Load Rating Recommendations
… in service, the harsh environment along the Virginia coast has taken its toll on the main load carrying girders. Concrete spalling has exposed prestressing strands within the girders allowing corrosion to spread. Some of the more damaged girders have prestressing strands that have completely …
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Groundwater Thresholds for Root Decomposition and the Relation to Barrier Island Ecological State Changes
<p>Barrier islands off the eastern shore of Virginia exhibit distinct habitats that abruptly transition between periodically brackish/freshwater marshes, wooded swales, and sparsely vegetated dunes. There is strong evidence that the plant communities and ecosystem processes occurring in each …
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A guideline for future preservation, management & interpretation of Brownsville Plantation circa 1652 Northampton County, Virginia
… Plantation is located in Northampton County on Virginia's lower Eastern Shore. Brownsville's original 1262 acre parcel of land was first patented in 1652 by English Quakers, John and Ursula Browne. At the time of this research (July, 1995 to March, 1996) the property was held in ownership by The …
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The Role of Nitrogen Availability, Hydroperiod and Litter Quality in Root Decomposition Along a Barrier Island Chronosequence
… study, conducted along a southeastern Atlantic Coast barrier island dune and swale chronosequence (Virginia Coast Reserve Long Term Ecological Research site), addressed how hydroperiod, litter quality and nitrogen availability influenced below ground root decay in response to gradients …
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Phylometagenomics: a new framework for uncovering microbial community diversity
… soil on Hog Island, a barrier island off the Virginia coast, allows for a better characterization of the processes affecting these communities on a much smaller scale. Finally, using 16S data from the Human Vaginal Microbiome Project, gener- ated here at VCU under the umbrella of the overall …
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Analysis of Virginia Barrier Island Shoreline Movement and Correlations to Sea Level, Wave Height Changes, and Teleconnection Patterns
<p>The Virginia barrier islands stretch from Assateague Island in the north to Fisherman’s Island in the south. This string of islands is subject to frequent North Atlantic extra-tropical storm and hurricane influence. In addition, sea level rise has the potential to cause continued shoreline loss …
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North American Tree Bat (Genera: Lasiurus, Lasionycteris) Migration on the Mid-Atlantic Coast—Implications and Discussion for Current and Future Offshore Wind Development
… wind-energy development off the Atlantic Coast. Season, atmospheric conditions, and site-level characteristics such as local habitat features (e.g., forest coverage) have been shown to influence wind turbine collision rates by bats onshore, and similar features may be related to risk …
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Shorebirds in a changing landscape: Assessing the top-down and bottom-up drivers of American oystercatcher (<i>Haematopus palliatus</i>) reproductive success in the Virginia barrier islands
… On the United States (U.S.) Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) is largely managed within a conservation framework that aims to identify and manipulate factors that limit reproductive success. Coordinated research and monitoring across the species' range …