Browsing by Subject "salinity"
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(1997)Three tows were taken at Galveston Bay, Tx on November 3rd and 4th, 1996 and were evaluated for abundance, with respect to the physical parameters: salinity, temperature, tide stage, and diel stage. These tows yielded a ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is able to survive relatively large levels of both water and salinity stress. The objective of this study was to evaluate cotton lint production and soil salinization under a conjunctive use ...
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(2017-08-21)Arable land for crop production is increasingly affected by soil salinization, including the irrigated land in western and southwestern regions of the United States. The primary water source for irrigated cotton in the ...
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(Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1909)
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(2011-08-08)Salinity is a major determinant of where and how water resources are used worldwide. Natural salt pollution severely constrains the beneficial use of large amounts of water in Texas and neighboring states. High salinity ...
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(2018-05-01)Due to their ultra-low permeability and extremely heterogeneous formations, unconventional liquids-rich reservoirs (ULR) need a support of an effective hydraulic fracturing for economic and commercial oil production. In ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Many species of caridean shrimp are protandrous hermaphrodites, maturing initially as males but developing into females as they age and grow. A unique sexual system was recently discovered in the peppermint shrimp, Lysmata ...
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(2016-08-05)The Gulf of Mexico has 39 estuaries, in which most of them are characterized as bar-built, shallow bay estuaries. Located at the northwest Gulf of Mexico, the Mission Aransas Estuarine Research Reserve is an area with 750 ...
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(2021-07-12)American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) inhabit freshwater wetlands but are vulnerable to salt stress during storm surges and droughts. Anthropogenic alterations to freshwater system hydrology, runoff of coal mine ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Saltcedar is an invasive shrub that has moved into western United States riparian areas and is continuing to spread. Saltcedar is a phreatophyte that can utilize a saturated water table for moisture once established and ...
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(2010-07-14)Benthic microalgal community composition on an ephemerally submerged sandflat at East Beach, Galveston Island, Texas was studied to determine the spatial and temporal variability of total biomass and community composition ...
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Responses of Coastal Wetland Vegetation to a Large-Scale Tidal Restoration on the Texas Upper Coast (2022-04-22)Coastal wetlands are often modified by climate- and human-driven events of various frequency, intensity, and duration. These alterations may result in substantial changes to ecosystem structure and function. For example, ...
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(2019-12-03)Sargassum fluitans and sargassum natans have been impacting and inundating coastal communities in massive bloom events along the Caribbean Islands and the Yucatan Peninsula, the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa, creating a ...
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(2014-08-25)Although algae is much more productive per area of cultivation compared to first-generation biofuel feedstocks, algae production may not be economically sustainable without high value coproducts. One of many possible ...
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(2012-10-19)In September 2008 Hurricane Ike hit the Texas Gulf Coast with a force stronger than the category 2 storm at which it was rated. With a 3.8 m (12.5 ft) storm surge, the agricultural industry in the area was devastated. The ...
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(2012-07-16)Increasing salinity has been a growing concern for users of waters from the Pecos River and the reservoirs it feeds in the Texas portion of the River's watershed. Irrigation water diverted from the river in the northern ...