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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"ecological assessment"”.
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Ecological assessment of salt ponds on St. John, USVI
Salt ponds serve several valuable ecological functions in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), although they have traditionally been undervalued and poorly understood. This thesis describes an ecological assessment performed to provide baseline information on salt ponds on St. John, U.S. Virgin …
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An assessment for religious contexts: An ecological assessment tool for church environments
The Assessment of Religious Contexts (ARC) is a research instrument that seeks to measure the environment of a local church. The development of the ARC and initial studies of its reliability and validity comprise the present thesis. At the outset, the relevance and importance of the study are …
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An Ecological Assessment of Restoration Efforts Developed to Recover an Intensively Mined Appalachian Watershed
<p>Assessments of watershed-based restoration efforts are rare. Monitoring of projects pre- and post-treatment are essential for the science of stream restoration ecology to advance. We took an experimental approach, following adaptive watershed management principles, to evaluate the effectiveness …
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A HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE YELLOWSTONE LAKE BASIN, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
… Yellowstone Lake Basin is constantly undergoing ecological transformations in response to disturbances in the climate. Shifts in climate may have had significant impacts on the distribution and compositions of vegetative zones that in turn affected the quality and production of resource patches. …
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A HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE YELLOWSTONE LAKE BASIN, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
… Yellowstone Lake Basin is constantly undergoing ecological transformations in response to disturbances in the climate. Shifts in climate may have had significant impacts on the distribution and compositions of vegetative zones that in turn affected the quality and production of resource patches. …
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The ethno-ecological assessment of Cassia abbreviata Oliv. at Matsa village, Limpopo province, South Africa
Since time immemorial plants have traditionally been used for various purposes in many parts of the world including Vhembe district, Limpopo province of South Africa. The use of C. abbreviata plants at Matsa village of Vhembe district also contributes significantly to the livelihood of the …
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Kōura (Paranephrops planifrons) populations in the Te Arawa lakes: An ecological assessment using the traditional Māori tau kōura harvesting method and recommendations for sustainable management
… biota in many aquatic systems. They have various ecological functions, acting as shredders, detritivores and predators which in turn influence other macroinvertebrate fauna. Furthermore, freshwater crayfish are increasingly used as indicator species because of the important role they play in …
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Adequação da metodologia de avaliação ecológica rápida para unidades de conservação marinhas
… between research institutions. The Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) consists of a flexible process to collect biological and ecological data increasingly. Through the integration of multiple levels, of informative data ecological maps that describe flora and fauna, as well as the human …
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Oceanic storm surges in the outer Mackenzie Delta, NWT Canada: Remote Sensing of tundra disturbance and restoration from saline intrusion
… has provided the data needed to perform an ecological assessment distinctive from almost all vegetation-based studies conducted within the Circumpolar Arctic to date. Completed within this thesis is a land cover map time series with close to annual coverage between 1972 and 2010 of the …
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Šiaulių miesto paviršinių vandens telkinių ekologinės būklės įvertinimas /
… theme of Bachelor thesis – Surface water bodies ecological assessment of Šiauliai city. The aim of the research – evaluate ecological status of Rekyva, Talksa, Ginkunai lakes and Prudelis pond. This work analyzes the main European Union and national legislation on the protection of water. The …
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Vegetative Community and Health Assessment of a Constructed Juncus-Dominated Salt Marsh in The Northern Gulf Of Mexico
… S. patens, </em>and <em>Panicum amarum</em>. Ecological assessment and monitoring of this restoration project was completed by measuring elevation, soil condition, vascular plant diversity, biomass, and the stable isotopes δ<sup>13 </sup>C and δ<sup>15 </sup>N from <em>Spartina alterniflora …
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The impact of environmental change on the Tualatin River cleanup — a case study of policy responses to climate change
… water quality protection in many ways, previous assessments of performance lack a strong framework to assess effects on ecosystem services and human well-being. This research explores the how an assessment of these factors can improve watershed management through a case study of twenty years of …
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Examining the Validity of the Preschool Kitchen Task Assessment
… participation in young children. However, few ecologically valid assessments are available to detect potential executive function deficits in preschool aged children. The Preschool Kitchen Task Assessment (PKTA) is a new tool that measures EF in preschool aged children. The PKTA was adapted …
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Clustering Response-Stressor Relationships in Ecological Studies
… encountered in water quality monitoring and ecological assessment. One concern for researchers and watershed resource managers is how the biological community in a watershed is affected by human activities. The conventional single model approach based on regression and logistic regression …
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Vegetation-Based Metrics Of Biotic Integrity For Assessing The Ecological Condition Of Wetlands Of Kentucky
… to halt this dramatic decline and to restore the ecological integrity of waters of the United States. To enforce the Clean Water Act, a number of ecological assessment techniques have been developed to quantify the ecological quality of the waters of the United States. Kentucky recently adopted a …
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Modelling and prediction of the evolution of fish farm networks under aquatic disease spread
… a thematic taxonomy covering disease control, ecological assessment, genetic analysis, and production flows. The review revealed three key gaps: (i) the lack of dynamic models that capture changes in the network, (ii) limited use of predictive algorithms accompanied by rigorous evaluation …
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Strategic revegetation planning in an agricultural landscape: A spatial information technology approach
… techniques are used in environmental modelling, ecological assessment and in setting geographic priorities for strategic revegetation planning in the Mt. Lofty Ranges in South Australia. This is one of the first assessments of the adequacy and representativeness of remnants in an agricultural …
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Šiaulių miesto urbanizuotų teritorijų poveikio Vijolės upelio ekologinei būklei vertinimas /
… sewage discharges is severely altering the ecological status of the stream, which is deteriorating due to the input of excess nutrients into the stream water, as well as eutrophication processes and the emergence of pollution tolerant macrophytes. As a result, a study was carried out to …
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