Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Department "Environmental Programs in Geosciences"
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(2014-09-18)Seamounts play key roles in the ecology of deep-sea fauna acting as sites of high speciation and hence endemism, oases of biomass and biodiversity. Central to biodiversity are deep-sea corals (DSC), important habitat-forming ...
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Characterization of Throughfall Heterogeneity in a Tropical Pre-Montane Could Forest in Costa Rica (2013-09-26)Understanding the water budget in tropical forests is essential because of its role in ecosystem health, drinking water supply, land, and resource management. Throughfall, the amount of precipitation reaching the forest ...
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(2013-02-04)Microbial processes in the sea are an essential component of the Earth’s biosphere. Planktonic microorganisms constitute the majority of photosynthetic primary producers in the ocean in terms of both abundance and biomass. ...
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(2019-04-26)Studies on the complex flow dynamics of fluvial systems have benefited from recent advancements in hydroacoustic technology and post-processing and visualization software. The Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT) is one such ...
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This project covers the impacts of climate change on the West African Monsoon system using observations and simulations from a set of climate models. We focus on three variables that characterize the wet season: date of ...
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Environmental justice (EJ) is used to discuss how racially minoritized and low-income populations are disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards and has become an important consideration when evaluating environmental ...
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(2013-02-04)Understanding the hydrology of a watershed is essential for both water resource management and public safety, especially flood prevention and mitigation. Both climate change and urbanization have been shown to increase ...
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(2013-02-04)Observations of salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO), chlorophyll-a, and CDOM fluorescence were collected using an Acrobat (Sea Sciences Inc.) undulating towed vehicle during an oceanographic survey in June 2012. These observations ...
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(2014-09-24)The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Hypoxia Glider Experiment was designed to test the feasibility of using ocean glider technology in the coastal hypoxic zone of the northern Gulf of Mexico between 10 July and 1 October 2014. The ...
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(2017-05-03)Pyrite survived extensive redox weathering in the Archean (4.0-2.5 Ga) due to lack of readily available atmospheric oxygen in coastal, shallow-water environments. However, instances of oxidized detrital pyrite are still ...
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(2019-05-03)This research aims to identify the climate change and air pollution emissions impact on renewable energy resources, specifically for solar energy availability. We analyzed meteorological reanalysis data of solar radiation ...
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Vegetation in riparian zones of southern Texas largely consist of woody trees, shrubs, and vines that grow densely within a short distance from the river. The rich and productive nature of these environments provides ...
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(2019-04-18)Peatlands have been utilized as sources for paleoclimate data for many years. Previous studies have established that peatland cores can be used as archives of a region’s climate through analysis of carbon, oxygen, and ...
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The Southern Great Plains is a critical area of study due to its climatic variability and resulting socio-economic importance. Little is known about the paleoclimate of the region, particularly hydrologic changes. Paleoclimate ...
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(2019-04-22)Minerotrophic peatlands found in mountain regions of the world are relatively widespread ecosystems that could be used as paleoecological and paleoclimatic archives. However, they have received much less attention than ...
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(2018-04-24)Testate amoebae are a group of protozoa that live in aquatic environments such as peatlands, estuaries, and lakes, and their shells are often well-preserved in the sediments of these environments. These organisms are useful ...