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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"aquarium"”.
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Aquarium Room
through designing an aquarium for my thesis project, i was able to explore the basic ideas of making a room.
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Washington DC Aquarium
This project is about re-establishing Maryland Avenue as a pedestrian corridor. Increasing pedestrian traffic along this axis will physically reconnect the Capitol Building to the Jefferson Memorial and provide the opportunity for commercial and cultural revitalization. Consideration of the urban …
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An aquarium for Boston
Thesis (M.Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1960.
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A new aquarium for Boston
Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1953.
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Living museum of the bay : Chesapeake Bay Aquarium
This thesis is the design of an aquarium in the industrial city of Newport News, Virginia The focus is a living museum that illustrates the diversity beauty and grandeur of a precious yet fragile estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. The thesis proposes by in creasing public awareness of the fragile tenure …
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An Americans with Disabilities Act Policy For Aquarium of the Bay
… the need, benefits and processes for how Aquarium of the Bay (AOTB, founded in 2001), a private nonprofit organization, will be able to serve people with disabilities in their facilities and programs through an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) policy. Prior to ADA law being passed in …
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Incorporating local harvester knowledge to assess vulnerability in the aquarium trade
The aquarium fishery in Calatagan, Batangas is one of many that participate in the global enterprise. This study looked at the aquarium trade from a ground-scale and personal perspective. A mixed methods approach was used to incorporate both literature and fishers’ knowledge to determine the …
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Containers and flows : investigating systems of spatial construction in an aquarium
This thesis focuses on the design of an aquarium on the waterfront of Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong . The aquarium serves as a public 'event' which aims to educate and inform the visitor about regional environmental conditions and their effects on global ecological systems. The design incorporates …
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Policy, practice and perceptions : understanding governance of aquarium fishing in the Philippines
… the largest exporters of wild reef fish for the aquarium trade. As such, it provides livelihoods across the country. However, there are concerns that its overharvest and damaging fishing techniques have irreversible effects on ecosystems. Accordingly, there have been attempts to introduce …
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A quantitative evaluation of environmental enrichment for stream fish at the Tennessee Aquarium
… as environmental enrichment in the Tennessee Aquarium’s Ridges to Rivers stream tank. I quantified behaviors of tangerine darters and Tennessee dace in response to increasing temperature. If seasonal mimicking functions as environmental enrichment, I expected both species to exhibit behaviors …
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An investigation of the microbial population in aquarium water, using next generation sequencing
… of a bacterial community in a freshwater aquarium were analysed using next-generation sequencing (Ion PGM). Sequencing reads were trimmed using CLC genomics workbench. De novo assembly was performed using MetaVelvet and CLC genomics workbench. SILVA NGS, Ion Reporter, and MG RAST were used …
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Washington D.C. Aquarium: An Exploration of Shaping the Water: Building Sculpture Along the Existing Landscape
The proposed aquarium is located in South East Washington D.C. The design creates an interactive walkway along the river. The movement of the water is redirected to stimulate the enjoyable atmospere for the people. The aquarium's shape is highly designed to reflect the fish movement. This project …
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A study of the distribution of algae in the Two Oceans Aquarium, Kelp Tank, Cape Town
Five years have passed since the Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town, opened its doors for the first time in November 1995. Since then, a seaweed community has established itself in the Kelp tank. The seaweeds were brought in as either epiphytes on mature macro algae or as epiphytes on boulders that …
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Invasion risk and impacts of a popular aquarium trade fish and the implications for policy and conservation management
… and community-level impacts of a popular aquarium trade fish (Hemichromis guttatus Günther, 1862) in an endemic hotspot, Cuatro Ciénegas, in Coahuila, México and discusses the policy and conservation management implications of these findings. In Chapter 1, the problem of invasive species, …
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Chatting about science : a qualitative study on increasing the number and depth of science-based conversations among aquarium visitor groups
<p>Informal science education centers, including aquariums, are often tasked with educating the general public on conservation issues, natural environments, and general science topics. The public tends to see these centers as entertaining leisure destinations in which they have the opportunity to …
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Design for education and environment: Jacksonville Estuarine Research Center
The relatively recent success of the aquarium as a tourist destination has promoted a National interest in marine life. In the past twenty years cities have built aquariums that draw millions annually to various locations, justifying financial maintenance of delicate underwater life systems and …
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Siting amenities and the public review process : the Kennedy Library in Cambridge and New England Aquarium in the Charlestown Navy Yard
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.
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The processes for determining the risk factors involved with the morbidity and mortality of the Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana, at an aquarium
To view the abstract, please see the full text of the document.
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A Study of the Effects of Pet Ownership on Mental Health among Community-Dwelling Senior Citizens in Northeast Tennessee.
… and evaluated the impact of the placement of an aquarium into a regional senior center. General health, depression, social support, pet attitudes, pet attachment, pet relationships, and attitudes about the aquarium were assessed among 104 members of a senior center.</p><p>Symptoms of depression …
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