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Uggla, C. E. "The evolutionary ecology of health-related behaviours." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2015. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1462450/.
Full textWolfson, Mariel Louise. "The Ecology of a Healthy Home: Energy, Health, and Housing in America, 1960-1985." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10592.
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Roznere, Ieva. "Health assessment of freshwater mussels using metabolomics." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461065547.
Full textVance, Lyle R. "Relationships Between Health Information Behaviors and Health Status in the Context of Urban Ecology." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277961/.
Full textWoo, Chunho Anthony, and 鄔俊豪. "Molecular ecology and public health risks of urban bio-aerosols." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49617680.
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Akley, Korbla Edwin. "Impacts of cropping systems on soil health and microbial ecology." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/20357.
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Charles W. Rice
Declining soil health is the underlying cause of decreasing agricultural productivity and environmental degradation. To address this challenge, research was conducted to determine how: (1) cover crops affect soil health in Kansas, USA and (2) direct seeding mulch–based cropping (DMC) systems affect soil health in Nyankpala, Ghana. Soil health indicators assessed include: biomass yield (kg ha[superscript]-1), soil microbial respiration (SMR), soil microbial C and N (MBC & MBN), potentially mineralizable N (PMN), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), soil organic C (SOC), soil total nitrogen (TN), phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA), water stable aggregate (WSA), bulk density, pH, N, P, K, Ca and Mg. DMC systems from Ghana yielded significantly greater biomass compared to the control. High biomass produced by DMC systems did not increase SOC and PMN relative to the control. Fertilizer application had a significant impact on biomass production, which resulted in a significant increase in SOC and PMN in the 0-5 cm soil layer. Soil pH was significantly reduced by cropping systems and fertilizer in the 0-5 cm soil layer. Microbial biomass N, TN, SMR, N, P, Ca and Mg were not affected by the DMC cropping systems. Application of mineral fertilizer increased SMR, MBN, TN, N, and P. Soil K was also significantly affected by cropping systems and mineral fertilizer. The combination of mineral fertilizer and plant residues would be needed to improve soil health and increase crop productivity in the Guinea Savanna Zone of Ghana. Liming would be required to address low soil pH. In the USA, of all the soil health indicators examined, actinomycetes, gram-positive bacteria, fungi-bacteria ratio (F:B), SMR, MBN and WSA, were those significantly influenced by cover crops. The interactive effect of cover cops and N fertilizer also affected gram-positive bacteria, total PLFA, MBN, F:B ratio and WSA. Cover crop residues contributed to the observed differences in these indicators. The low response of soil health indicators suggest further evaluations are needed to determine the effectiveness of the indicators.
Labinskyy, O. "Economy of health and ecology in the Polish-Ukrainian relations." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2004. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/23019.
Full textBouchon, Marika. "'Nexial-topology' situation modelling : health ecology and other general perspectives." Thesis, View thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:3698.
Full textBouchon, Marika. "'Nexial-topology' situation modelling health ecology and other general perspectives /." View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/28676.
Full textA thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, Centre for Social Ecology Research in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Social ecology). Includes bibliographical references.
Ackermann, Rau Sabine. "Einblicke in die "Ecology of Medical Care" in der Schweiz : Anrufgründe in einem medizinischen Call Center /." Zürich, 2007. http://www.public-health-edu.ch/new/Abstracts/ARS_04.03.08.pdf.
Full textGardner, David P. "Effects of abundance, diversity, and health of native pollinators in urban forest fragments." Thesis, University of Delaware, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1596851.
Full textBees are essential for crop pollination services; however, the ecosystem services they provide by pollinating native plants are crucial for maintaining biodiversity in natural systems. This study analyzed bee community changes within, on the edge, and outside of forest fragments. Phenological variation over two seasons and modeling to predict bee abundance associated with forest characteristics was performed. Finally the genetic diversity of two species of Bombus was analyzed. Bowl traps and aerial sweep netting in and near forest patches were used to sample bee communities in northern Delaware between March and August, 2013 and 2014. Bee phenology stayed consistent between field seasons, but fewer bees were collected in 2014 compared to 2013. Abundance modeling (R: unmarked) predicted that bee abundance was negatively impacted primarily by agriculture surrounding the forest patch. Analyses using microsatellites revealed that B. impatiens lacked overt population genetic structure while B. bimaculatus showed two genetically distinct populations. Pesticide analysis revealed 17 pesticides observed on adult bees from seven urban and suburban forest patches. Further studies investigating natural bee fluctuations in response to multiple field seasons, floral diversity, and chronic pesticide exposure are crucial in order to assess native pollinator health.
Driessen, Jennifer Petronella 1973. "Microbial populations as indicators of river 'health'." Monash University, Dept. of Chemistry, 2000. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8780.
Full textRahman, Md Khalilur. "Fish-based assessment of ecological health of English lowland rivers." Thesis, University of Hull, 2001. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11842.
Full textGarcia, Hernandez Jacqueline. "Aspects of ecosystem health in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279931.
Full textSnow, Richard. "Ecology, Economy and Ecotourism: Sustaining People and the Environment." TopSCHOLAR®, 1996. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/819.
Full textYani, Vuyolwethu Veronica. "Ecosystem health of the Nelson Mandela Bay sandy beaches." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1075.
Full textLawlor, Emma J. "Kidneys, Chemicals, and Clinics: A Political Ecology of Health in Rural Central America." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595976.
Full textThomas, Nicola Jane Reid. "Restoring ecosystem health : - can science communication make a difference? /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18548.pdf.
Full textGilfillan, Dennis A. "The Ecology of Fecal Indicators." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3521.
Full textLind, Jason D. "The political ecology of intestinal parasites among Nicaraguan immigrants in Monteverde, Costa Rica." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0003271.
Full textHudgens, Faith Victoria. "AN ASSESSMENT OF STREAM QUALITY IN RELATION TO POPULATION HEALTH OF PLANTAGO CORDATA." OpenSIUC, 2021. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2887.
Full textMiller, Travis John. "Evaluating riparian health assessment methods for perennial streams in Montana." Thesis, Montana State University, 2005. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2005/miller/MillerT0805.pdf.
Full textShaver, David. "Rossmere Golf & Country Club, improving ecological health by applying principles of landscape ecology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2216.
Full textAl-Amin, Mona. "Organizational Ecology and the Proliferation of Specialty Hospitals." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/49933.
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This dissertation examines the proliferation of specialty hospitals in the United States. Since the 1990s specialty hospitals increased in number and stirred much controversy, given that most are for-profit and physician-owned. They are examined here according to the Organizational Ecology Theory, a theoretical framework used in many industries to explain the founding of new organizational forms. Given that general hospitals have been the dominant organizational form in the hospital industry, the emergence of specialty hospitals is explained in this dissertation by applying organizational ecology theories: resource partitioning, density dependence and niche formation. Moreover, I examine the effect environmental and institutional variables have on the variations in specialty hospital proliferation between different states in the United States. The data used in this dissertation are mainly derived from the American Hospital Association Annual Database and the Area Resource File. The Negative Binomial Generalized Estimating Equations method is used to test the models in Stata 9. The findings from this dissertation provide support to both the density dependence, niche formation, and resource partitioning theories. The volume of surgical procedures seems to have a positive effect on the number of new specialty hospitals in a state. Specialty hospitals founding rates also seems to be positively related to the closure rate of general hospitals. Moreover, specialty hospitals founding rate was significantly affected by the intra-population density of specialty hospitals in the area they were founded. As for environmental and institutional factors, the presence of a Certificate of Need program negatively affects the founding rate of specialty hospitals in a state when specialty hospital density is not accounted for in the model. Economical variables, on the other hand, were significant in all the models. Specialty hospitals were positively related to state per capita income and negatively related to unemployment rate. One of the interesting findings of this study is that specialty hospitals founding rate is negatively related to physician expenditures. Thus, less income might be inducing physicians to open their hospitals to recoup financial losses. This dissertation is not just important due to its contribution to organizational ecology, it is also important because it explains to policy makers the reasons that lead to the proliferation of specialty hospitals and the future of these new entrants into the health care arena.
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Seltz, Jennifer. "Embodying nature : health, place, and identity in nineteenth-century America /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10433.
Full textWong, Oi-ling Irene. "Medical ecology of inpatient service utilization in Hong Kong a population survey /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31971337.
Full textTaylor, Tina M. "The Ecology of the Availability and Access to Healthy Food in Atlanta, Georgia." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/121.
Full textIglar, A. F., and Phillip R. Scheuerman. "Computer Aided Instruction in the Environmental Health Curricula." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1988. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2884.
Full textSimpson, Lunden A. "Carcinonemertes conanobrieni| A Nemertean Parasite Infecting the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus| Species Description, Host-Use, and Effect on Host Reproductive Health." Thesis, Clemson University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10816034.
Full textMarine ecosystems are one of the world’s most heavily used and valuable natural systems. However, over the past decades, they have seen changes in the oceans’ pH, temperature, salinity, and other abiotic factors - all of which appear to have impacted the health of these systems, and there seems to be a global trend indicating that diseases in marine environments are emerging at an increased rate. Infection by a disease can result in a variety of negative effects on the health of a host, all of which are especially relevant in instances where commercially important hosts are infected. Disease can lead to changes in growth, longevity, reproduction, embryo survival, and marketability of a host. One ecologically and commercially important species that appears to have been impacted by this trend of increased disease emergence is the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Panulirus argus plays host to a number of previously described and newly emergent pathogens. However, here, a new species of nemertean worm belonging to the genus Carcinonemertes is described from egg masses of P. argus from the Florida Keys, Florida, USA. Though P. argus ranges throughout the Caribbean, this worm has thus far only been observed infecting gravid female lobsters in the Florida Keys. This is the first species of Carcinonemertes reported to infect P. argus or any other lobster species in the greater Caribbean and western Atlantic Ocean. To determine the host use, infection prevalence, and infection intensity of this new parasite on P. argus , male, non-gravid female, and gravid female lobsters were captured along the Florida Key reef tract from and examined for infection. Furthermore, infected gravid females were also used in estimating the impact that infection by this nemertean had on three levels of reproductive performance (reproductive output, fecundity, and brood mortality).
Teague, Jimmie Lee III. "Assessment of Entomological Risk for Lyme Borreliosis along a North-to-South Gradient from Southern Virginia into North Carolina." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10787075.
Full textLyme disease (LD) has become the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the United States and the sixth Nationally Notifiable disease. Surveillance of Lyme disease from the 1992-2016 has shown a sustained documented expansion of LD moving south into the border of Virginia and North Carolina, west into West Virginia, Tennessee, northwest into North Dakota, and North into Canada. This expansion of LD seems to be associated with expansion of the disease vector Ixodes scapularis, with newly established populations in the southwestern Appalachian and Piedmont regions of Virginia. The goal of the study was to characterize the entomological risk of the spread of LD from VA into NC. To determine the distribution and infection prevalence of I. scapularis along a northeastern-to-southwestern gradient from VA to NC, tick-flagging and hunter-harvested deer tick collecting approaches were used with samples tested by the CDC for infection. Flagging was comprised of periodic sampling sessions from October 2015 to July 2017, conducted at Fairy Stone, Mayo River, Hanging Rock, Pilot Mountain, Yadkin Island Park, and Lake Norman State Parks. Hunted deer processing stations Hilltop Farms (Walnut Cove, NC) and Game Butchers (Troutman, NC), were used for collecting ticks from hunter-harvested deer covering counties for the northern, central and southern North Carolina Piedmont regions.
Ticks collected by flagging were suggestive of a north-to-south trend with no significant difference among the northernmost State Parks and a significant difference in abundance between the northern and southernmost State Parks. The highest number of I. scapularis ticks (0.7 per 100m) was collected from the north-most Virginia’s Fairy Stone and Hanging Rock State Parks, but no I. scapularis were collected from the southernmost Lake Norman location. Infection prevalence of ticks collected by flagging exhibited a general north-to-south declining trend. Though not statistically significant with highest infection rate approximately 25% at the north-most Fairy Stone State Park. For deer collected ticks, there was a significant north-to-south decrease in tick burden per deer, with the northern region located on the VA-NC border having the highest number of I. scapularis (6.0 per deer), followed by the central and the southern regions of NC. Infection prevalence of sampled ticks from deer are suggestive of a declining trend although not significant, with the northern region having the highest (17%), followed by the central region (11%), and no infection present in the southern region. Ixodes scapularis results collected from flagging, and hunter-harvested deer are highly suggestive of a north-to-south gradient in I. scapularis densities with Alexander and Iredell being the south-most I. scapularis positive counties. Borrelia burgdorferi infection results also suggest a north-to-south distribution, with B. burgdorferi appearing to have only made it as far south as the central counties of Yadkin and Forsyth. Entomological risk estimates for density of infected nymphs (DIN) and adults (DIA) of flagging and hunted deer also showed a north-to-south trend with Fairy Stone State Park having the highest (0.033) DIN and northern NC region having the highest (0.808) DIA. The results are consistent with first the spread of the vector followed by the pathogen.
Cochran, Abigail Lynn. "The Urban Ecology of Gila Topminnow: A Case Study of Population Health in Built Environments." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/319988.
Full textTseng, Michelle. "Virulence ecology and evolution in a mosquito and its protozoan parasite." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3204298.
Full textSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: B, page: 0059. Adviser: Curtis Lively. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed Feb. 21, 2007)."
Gilchrist, Tiffany. "Reproductive and endocrine health of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) exposed to historical and current-use flame retardant chemicals in wastewater treatment plant effluent." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110668.
Full textLes ignifugeants sont des produits chimiques omniprésents, dont certains peuvent persister dans l'environnement et peuvent s'accumuler dans la faune sauvage. L'objectif global de cette étude était d'étudier la fréquence et l'effet possible sur la reproduction et sur le système endocrinien de l'utilisation historique et actuelle des produits chimiques ignifugeants dans les oiseaux libres à l'aide de l'hirondelle bicolore (Tachycineta bicolor) en tant que modèle. Des colonies d'élevage de l'hirondelle bicolore ont été installées sur un site de référence et deux sites de stations d'épuration (WWTP); avec l'effluent d'un WWTP (c.-à-d. la WWTP près de Kitchener, Ontario: KWWTP) étant plus fortement contaminée par des ignifugeants que l'autre (c.-à-d. près de Hamilton, Ontario: WAWWTP). De 2007 à 2010, les œufs fraîchement pondus ont été recueillis auprès de chaque nid et analysés pour les concentrations d'ignifugeants; ces mêmes nids ont été surveillés régulièrement et des mesures de reproduction ont été enregistrées, et l'apparition de la perturbation endocrinienne fut évaluée dans un sous échantillon d'hirondelles bicolores adultes. À travers les sites, les éthers suivant: Le BDE-47, le BDE-99, le BDE-100, le BDE-153, et le BDE-154 ont été trouvés à des concentrations les plus élevées dans les œufs hirondelles bicolores, et d'autres PBDE congénères et ignifugeants furent quantifiés à des niveaux beaucoup plus faibles. Les hirondelles bicolores sur le site KWWTP ont eu des couvées significativement plus petites que celles sur le site WAWWTP, et le volume d'œufs a été positivement corrélé avec des niveaux de BDE-209, HBCD, et BB-101 in ovo. Le succès d'éclosion, de naissante et d'élevage des hirondelles bicolores était significativement différent entre les sites bien qu'il n'y avait pas de liens statistiquement significatifs entre ces mesures et les concentrations d'ignifugeants in ovo. On a également noté que la date d'initiation d'une couvée de poussins, la prédation des œufs et les oisillons, l'âge des femelles et des températures ambiantes ont différée sensiblement entre les sites. L'analyse de régression non paramétrique a montré que la date d'initiation d'une couvée de poussins et de la prédation des œufs était les meilleures valeurs prédictives de la réussite de la reproduction à travers les sites, mais pas les ignifugeants mesurés à l'heure actuelle à des concentrations in ovo. De 2009 à 2010, des échantillons fécaux ont été prélevés à partir des hirondelles adultes bicolores nicheuses, mâles et femelles pendant les phases de séduction/nid établissement et d'incubation; ces échantillons ont ensuite été analysés pour les niveaux de métabolites d'estradiol (E2), la testostérone (T), triiodothyronine (T3), et de la thyroxine (T4) dans les matières fécales. En 2011, les dosages immunologiques ont été biologiquement validés pour les hirondelles bicolores adultes en utilisant des hirondelles bicolores nichées comme contrôles négatifs. Pour les adultes hirondelles bicolores femelles, fécales T4 niveaux de métabolites étaient significativement et positivement associée à des concentrations BDE-209 in ovo. Pour les oiseaux mâles, il y avait des associations significatives et négatives entre les taux de T métabolites fécaux et des concentrations de BDE-47 et BDE-153 in ovo. Les résultats de cette étude indiquent que les passerines en liberté peuvent être moins sensible aux effets des ignifugeants à la reproduction à des concentrations actuellement mesurées in ovo par rapport des espèces supérieures de niveau trophique aviaire, et que de multiples facteurs peuvent influencer le succès de la reproduction des hirondelles bicolores à ces sites d'étude particulière. Cependant, les résultats de cette étude suggèrent également que les hirondelles bicolores peuvent être sensibles aux concentrations environnementales actuelles des ignifugeants sur le plan de fonction endocrinienne. Une recherche plus approfondie est justifiée et souhaitable.
Södergren, Carin. "How stimuli by toys affect pigs growth, health and welfare." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-731.
Full textWeidhuner, Amanda Marie. "Vineyard Floor Management Analysis Using Nematode Communities as a Bioindicator of Soil Health." OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2402.
Full textLindsey-Robbins, Josephine C. "Effects of Detritivores on Nutrient Dynamics and Corn Biomass in Agroecosystems." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1561588059374285.
Full textMasefield, Vincent Antony. "A preliminary assessment linking altered catchment land-cover to the health of four temporarily open/closed South African estuaries." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013096.
Full textFranklin, Joshua C. "Improving Urban Watershed Health Through Suburban Infill Design and Development." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43713.
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Styers, Diane Marie Chappelka Arthur H. "Urban sprawl and atmospheric pollution effects on forests in the Georgia Piedmont." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/Forestry_and_Wildlife_Sciences/Dissertation/Styers_Diane_43.pdf.
Full textAceves, Esperanza Monica. "Food Is a Right| Student Perceptions of College Food Access Programming at a California State University." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10839607.
Full textThe problem of food insecurity among students in higher education, specifically students who belong to historically marginalized populations, is a serious national problem that is under researched. While data are not being collected universally, higher education institutions are beginning to report on this issue. Research reflects that 1 in 5 California State University students is experiencing chronic food insecurity and 1 in 10 is reporting experiences of homelessness. Higher education colleges are beginning to address this problem by casting a net of resources like food pantries, meal donations on student cards from other students, emergency funds through grants, CalFresh outreach and enrollment (federally funded program known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), and other campus-unique programming to serve hard-to-reach, vulnerable students. This study explores such services at a public California State University-Hispanic Serving Institution with the goal of understanding students’ lived experiences related to accessibility of food programming and resources in higher education. By exploring the perceptions of four students that are female who were food insecure related to their utilization of food programs directed at ensuring student food security, this study intends: (1) to explore students’ satisfaction with campus food programming, (2) to describe the participants’ knowledge of campus food programs and healthy food options, and (3) to explore the relationship between food programming and policies and the lived experiences of students. This study is important because oftentimes research is missing the unheard voices of students. By embracing students’ stories, researchers can learn of their real-life experiences. This allows for a greater understanding of the significance of food insecurity and its impact on students using food programs in higher education settings.
Geisz, Heidi N. C. "Persistent Organic Pollutants(POPs) as Tracers of Environmental Change and Antarctic Seabird Ecology." W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616664.
Full textJosé, Ricardo Miguel Cruz. "Processo ecológico de construção do habitat humano : projeto experimental na Tapada D. Fernando II, Sintra (Potugal)." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/8927.
Full textRodriguez-Palacios, Alexander. "Ecology and Epidemiology of Human Pathogen Clostridium difficile in Foods, Food Animals and Wildlife." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1313582304.
Full textLett, Kevin S. J. "The Pharmacist Supply in the United States, 1994-2009: A Population Ecology Perspective." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2885.
Full textBrierley, Liam. "The ecology of emerging diseases : virulence and transmissibility of human RNA viruses." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22067.
Full textSatbhai, Kruuttika Milind. "Individual and Combined Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Phenanthrene and Dibenzothiophene on Reproductive Behavior in the Amphipod Hyalella azteca." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1585872.
Full textPredicting impact of oil spills on aquatic life requires a better understanding of effects on aquatic organisms, both for single hydrocarbons and for their interactions. In this study, the individual and combined effects of petroleum hydrocarbons phenanthrene (Phen) and dibenzothiophene (DBT) were assessed on the reproductive behavior of the freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca. Following a 24-h exposure to single PAHs, or an equimolar mixture of Phen-DBT, mate-guarding behavior was assessed at the end of the exposure and during a subsequent 10 min behavioral observation period with the animals in clean water. The endpoints of the study during the behavior observation period were—time taken to initiate mate-guarding (TIMG), and proportion of time spent in amplexus (PTA). The study demonstrated that the exposure to Phen and DBT reduced the incidence of mate-guarding during the actual exposure period, but not during the observation period. However, whether or not pairs were involved in mate-guarding at the end of the exposure period did affect both TIMG and PTA during the observation period. Thus, the effects of Phen and DBT on amplexus status at the end of the exposure period indirectly affected TIMG and PTA during the observation period. The interaction between Phen and DBT with respect to their effects on mate-guarding varied among the mate-guarding measures. For the amplexus status at the end of the exposure period and for the effect on TIMG, the interaction did not deviate statistically from an additive effect. For PTA, the overall interaction was a synergistic one. This study's findings point out that assessments of hydrocarbon toxicity need to take into account that subtle reproductive behaviors (that may play an important role in population persistence) may be negatively affected. The results also show that the general assumption of additive effects among different PAHs may be an oversimplification.
Sherriff, Graeme. "The human ecology of urban food : understanding environmental justice through participative research in community projects." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2005. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:123547.
Full textCHIU, Mei Lan Mandy. "The concept of healthy ageing in Hong Kong." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2002. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/soc_etd/15.
Full textAlduhishy, Anas Mohmmad. "Effects of a 10,000 steps per day and a social ecology intervention in health parameters in overweight men." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3593/.
Full textHyde, Nate. "Towards national estuarine modeling and characterization/classification systems : a pilot study for Coos Bay /." Full text open access at:, 2007. http://content.ohsu.edu/u?/etd,233.
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