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The environmental chemistry of selenium in the San Bernard River
(1977)
Samples from the lower San Bernard River, located on the Texas Coastal Plain, were analyzed for selenium by the latest techniques of atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Concentrations as high as 50 ug/l soluble, 20 ug/l ...
Life history and susceptibility of fishes in Galveston Bay, Texas to power-plant cooling-water operations
(1977)
Seasonal occurrence, abundance and susceptibility to cooling-water operations were determined for 89 species of fish occurring in intake and discharge canals of the P. H. Robinson Generating Station on Galveston Bay, Texas ...
The role of community schools in the society of the future, as perceived by opinion leaders in selected Texas communities
(1977)
This study was designed to generate information which might be used by school districts in Texas in planning and designing community education programs for the future. The purpose of the study was to determine the role ...
Cooperative education as perceived by administrators and teaching faculty of technical programs in Texas public two-year postsecondary educational institutions
(1977)
The central problem of the study was to determine the attitudes of program administrators and instructors at public two-year postsecondary institutions in Texas toward cooperative education and to establish the extent to ...
Culture of selected estuarine organisms and monitoring of water quality in flow-through tanks receiving power-plant effluent
(1977)
Twenty-three species (2 molluscs, 4 crustaceans and 17 fishes) were screened for their maricultural potential. These 23 species and 22 other species (1 mullusc, 2 crustaceans, 16 fishes and 3 turtles) were also used as ...
Cow-calf production and marketing decisions in East Texas : application of risk constrained linear programming and statistical decision theory
(1977)
Beef cattle production is the most important agricultural enterprise in Texas. Much of the state's land resources are devoted to the production of forage for raising calves and feed grains for fattening them. Yet, as in ...
Annual wood increment of slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) in relation to soil water deficits in East Texas
(1977)
The relationship of annual height, radial and volume increment to phenologically selected water deficits were tested and examined for consistency across a climatic gradient in East Texas. Increments were determined by stem ...
The influence of prescribed burning on nutrition in white-tailed deer on the coastal plain of Texas
(1977)
An isolated area of approximately 2,025 ha of thicketized live oak (Quercus virginiana) savannah was experimentally burned during a 2-year study on the Texas Coastal Plain. Two fall burns (October 1974 and 1975) and a ...
An assessment of the nature of changes caused by the implementation of the quarter system during the 1975-76 academic year in the public high schools of Texas : a dissertation
(1977)
The purpose of this investigation was the determination of the status of the quarter system after its first year of mandatory implementation in the public high schools of Texas. Impetus for initiating this assessment evolved ...
A forecast of the negotiability of selected educational policy items and the impact of this negotiability on education in the public schools of Texas
(1977)
The purpose of this study was to forecast a future scope of bargaining for collective negotiations between teacher organizations and school boards in Texas public schools. The study also sought to identify areas of agreement ...