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Reducing Sediment in Stroubles Creek, Blacksburg, VA
(2017-04-30)Upstream urbanization, stream channelization, and livestock access have resulted in significant sediment loading to Stroubles Creek, resulting in a benthic macroinvertebrate community impairment. Developed in 2006, the ... -
Combined statistical and spatially distributed hydrological model for evaluating future drought indices in Virginia
(Elsevier, 2017-06-06)Study region: Virginia, United States. Study focus: Climate change is expected to impact the intensity and severity of droughts; therefore, it is necessary to simulate future drought conditions using temperature and ... -
Managing Muskellunge in the New River, Virginia: Effective Regulations and Predation on Smallmouth Bass
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-21)Potential predation between fishes of recreational interest has incited many bitter conflicts between angler groups. Large predators, such as esocids, are often at the center of these conflicts because of their capacity ... -
Evolution of transient topography on passive margins: A study of landscape disequilibrium in the southern Appalachian Mountains
(Virginia Tech, 2011-04-22)The mechanism through which the Appalachian Mountains have maintained moderate relief some ~300 Myr after the cessation of mountain building has long puzzled geomorphologists. As recent studies have shown that Appalachian ... -
Genetic evaluation of walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) stock structure and recruitment in Claytor Lake, Virginia
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An integrated approach to pollution control
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Alteration and recovery of a stream macroinvertebrate community exposed to fly ash effluent and an analysis of the causative factors
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Ecology and energetics of an aquatic detritivore, Pteronarcys proteus (Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae)
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Thermal pollution modeling of the New River
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Studies of Mountain Lake, Virginia with particular reference to physical limnology and profundal bottom fauna
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Time and duration of spawning by smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui) in the New River drainage
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Stream aufwuchs accumulation
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1981)I investigated the Aufwuchs accumulation process on glass slides (chlorophyll, adenosine triphosphate, and diatoms) in experimental streams near Glen Lyn VA (Phase I) and in Stroubles Creek near Blacksburg VA (Phase ... -
Aufwuchs communities of lotic systems : nontaxonomic structure and function
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Reproductive biology and comparative growth rates of selected species of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the New and Greenbrier Rivers, Virginia and West Virginia
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Seasonal population levels, breeding and hunting of waterfowl on the New River, Virginia
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Blacksburg Freshwater Heritage: A Conceptual Plan to Highlight History, Heritage and Environmental Stewardship at Owens Street, Spout Springs, and Five Chimneys Park
(Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2009-06)The Community Design Assistance Center worked with a team of project stakeholders to develop conceptual master plans for three town-owned properties: Spout Spring Park, Five Chimneys Park, and Owens Park. Each site contains ... -
Contesting Risk, Expertise, and Environmental Justice on the Fenceline: The Cases of the Navajo Nation, Radford Arsenal, and Camp Minden
(Virginia Tech, 2016-09-14)This dissertation examines the contestations over the politics of knowledge, risk, and environmental justice in three fenceline sites. Mobilizing the fenceline standpoint to study risk strengthens our objective understanding ... -
Trophic ecology of an introduced, land-locked alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) population and assessment of alewife impact on resident sportfish and crustacean zooplankton communities in Claytor Lake, Virginia
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The treatment of a munitions manufacturing waste with lime, chlorine and permanganate
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Chemical limnology, algal growth potential, and nutrient limitation factors of the Upper New River, Virginia, and predictions concerning trophic status for the proposed Blue Ridge reservoirs
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1976)