Browsing by Subject "watershed"
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(2015-08-10)One land condition shown to affect storm runoff/discharge and sediment exports is bare ground. High sediment exports in runoff indicate erosion is taking place within a watershed. Precipitation drives runoff and sediment ...
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(2016-06-01)Urban development can cause increased nutrient loads in nearby streams and rivers. Understanding how the pattern of urban development affects the level of nutrients, specifically phosphorus, within the Galveston Bay Estuary ...
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(2019-04-05)Rapidly increasing population along with episodes of drought puts a substantial strain on water resources in parts of the state of Texas. Thus, sustainable and long-term management of the future of water supply has become ...
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(2012-02-14)Sedimentation rates for many Texas reservoirs may be skewed by overstated estimates of design capacity and assumptions perpetuated through subsequent volumetric surveys. Multi-frequency reservoir surveys offer the means ...
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(2014-04-24)Costa Rican tropical premontane rainforests are among the world's most valuable ecosystems in terms of diversity of animals, plants, and natural resources. These environments are dependent on water resources which fluctuate ...
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(2022-01-21)Prairie restoration is widely viewed as beneficial because it can restore natural ecological and hydrologic function. Modeling of prairie restoration is essential to quantify the benefits of prairie lands. The accurate ...
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(2016-12-07)Deforestation and forest fragmentation continue unabated in many parts of the world. Scholars point to the expansion of the agricultural frontier as a driver of forest and biodiversity loss. Government agencies and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)A drip type rainfall simulator and an existing watershed study were used to assess relationships between runoff, infiltration, erosion and associated risk thresholds on a range watershed in Brazos County, Texas. The focus ...