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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"southeast Louisiana"”.
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Levees, Urbanization and Public Perception: Implications for Southeast Louisiana Wetlands
The wetlands of Louisiana have provided protection against floods and storms for thousands of years. With the construction of the Mississippi River levees and increased urbanization the wetlands are quickly disappearing, thus leaving the area vulnerable to hurricane storm surge. Since Hurricane …
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Fluctuations in resistivity in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, southwest Mississippi and southeast Louisiana
… Marine Shale in southwest Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana's Florida Parishes has become an unconventional target for the exploration and production of oil. Spurred by early estimates of over 7 billion barrels of oil in place, the target region for this production is the basal portion of …
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Ecosystem metabolism in coastal plain streams of southeast Louisiana : environmental and watershed effects
… ecosystem metabolism in coastal plain streams of southeast Louisiana are described. These systems behave similarly to previous studies and provide more evidence that the use of ecosystem metabolism as a metric for stream health is beneficial. Recommendations for future studies include the …
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Environmental equity in southeast Louisiana: oil, people, policy, and the geography of industrial hazards
… issues and concepts underlying the creation of Louisiana’s rural-industrial petrochemical complex as they relate to environmental equity and industrial development’s deleterious consequences. Cumulative hazards models examine the distribution of technological hazards associated with petroleum …
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Social Vulnerability in the Wake of 2010 BP Oil Spill: The Case of Southeast Louisiana
… BP Deepwater Horizon (BP-DH) oil spill in South Louisiana. The coastal region affected by this disaster is made up of rural communities whose residents rely on the Gulf of Mexico and its resources for their livelihoods. Understanding how this disaster has impacted the general quality of life in …
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The influence of the use of recommended management practices on milk production in southeast Louisiana
The dairy industry in Southeast Louisiana is one of the largest agricultural industries, with a gross farm value of over 74 million dollars. Much of the economy of Southeast Louisiana parishes depends on the dairy industry. Therefore, improvements in production efficiency and/or effectiveness would …
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Relationship between Land Use and Surface Water Quality in a Rapidly Developing Watershed in Southeast Louisiana
… Parish/County) in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin (southeastern Louisiana) are experiencing rapid urbanization, particularly in the wake of the 2005 hurricane season. To document the impact of land use on water quality, thirty sites were monitored for surface water physiochemical, geochemical, and …
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Thirty Years of Change: How Subdivisions on Stilts have Altered A Southeast Louisiana Parish's Coast, Landscape and People
In thirty years, the number of second homes for recreation fishers in coastal Terrebonne Parish has grown from 244 in the late 1970s to an estimated 2,500 in 2005. This thesis considers the ramifications of the tourism boom along the parish's historically isolated and undeveloped coastline. Four …
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SEISMIC INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE ETOUFFEE RESERVOIR SANDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN TERREBONNE PARISH, SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
<p>The western Terrebonne Parish area in South Louisiana contains various amounts of geologic features and processes. Slumping, growth faulting, anticlines, and salt tectonics are only a few that are present here. One of the largest oil and gas discoveries during the 1990’s in South Louisiana was …
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Interactions of insect herbivory and multiple abiotic stress agents on two wetland tree species in southeast Louisiana swamps
Forested wetlands in Louisiana are hydrologically isolated from the Mississippi River, impounded by manmade structures, impacted by saltwater intrusion, and are sinking, resulting in more frequent flooding for longer periods. Additionally, defoliation of the two dominant trees, baldcypress …
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Welcome to America?: The Perceptions of Discrimination Experienced by International Students
… of international students studying in Southeast Louisiana. This qualitative study seeks to answer the questions of where and how international students perceive discrimination, and how discrimination affects a student's overall experience as a foreign student in the United States. The …
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Short and Long-term Changes in the Fish Assemblages of Bayou Lacombe, Louisiana
… In 2005, the impact of Hurricane Katrina on southeast Louisiana presented me with a unique opportunity to explore the effects of a catastrophic storm on the Bayou. I explored the effects of natural and human disturbances on the Bayou's fish assemblage by electrofishing six historically …
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Flood Mitigation Decision Tool for Target Repetitive Loss Properties in Jefferson Parish
For decades Louisiana, especially Jefferson and Orleans parishes, has been affected severely by floods. These two parishes have experienced fifteen significant flood events in twenty six years from 1978 to 2004, either due to tropical weather or strong rainfall events. Those floods have resulted in …
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Existing without permission: a visual rhetorical analysis on Banksy's NOLA children and the betrayal of authority
… children when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Southeast Louisiana.</p>
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The perceptions of effects of a study skills course, "Dynamics of Effective Study," on the academic achievement of African American students at a dedicated academic magnet high school
… other high schools in the school district in southeast Louisiana. Data were also collected from written documents from the school systems. Perceptions of students, teachers, and administrators of the effectiveness of the study skills course, "Dynamics of Effective Study," on the academic …
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Perceptions of College Readiness and Social Capital of GED completers in entry-level college courses
… entry-level courses at two community colleges in Southeast Louisiana; specifically, in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes. The study was framed by the social capital theoretical perspective.</p> <p>The study used quantitative methodology, with a descriptive, cross-sectional research design. Specific …
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Effects of coastal dynamics on colonization of Louisiana wetland plants by fungal endophytes
… and composition in obligate wetland plants in southeast Louisiana. I explored two types of endophytes: root and foliar. Each of these groups is known to live within apparently healthy host plants without causing symptoms of disease; therefore, plants are thought to benefit from this …
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Flooding as Remembering: A Trickster’s Guide to Fugitive Ecology, Revolutionary Recall, and Speculative Worldbuilding Beyond the Plantationocene
… In the Bas de Fleuve swamps (today known as the Louisiana Central Wetlands), self-emancipated fugitives that had escaped enslavement formed autonomous inner worlds in the unenclosed territories between the Mississippi River and Lake Borgne. Known as Maroons, they were led by a leader named Juan …
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Feasibility of the Use of Two Spent blast Materials as Aggregate in Hot Mix Asphalt in Louisiana Post-Katrina
… waste has benefits that are even important in southeast Louisiana, where massive amounts of hurricane debris and construction-related wastes require vast landfill space for disposal. This thesis is concerned with recycling the spent abrasive materials that are generated at two shipyards in New …