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Barriers to Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation in Ohio
Miller, Ariel ( 2013-05 )Home gardening is increasingly being used as a strategy for improving food quality, reducing food insecurity, saving money, and building a more sustainable food system. However, very few studies have been conducted to ... -
Behavioral Spillover Across Health and Environmental Domains
Tippett, Emma ( 2018-05 )Existing research on behavioral spillover reveals that an intervention targeting one behavior has the potential to increase or decrease the motivation to engage in other related behaviors. Given the focus of prior spillover ... -
Bioturbation by the Invasive Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) Affects Turbidity and Nutrients: Implications for Harmful Algal Blooms
Welch, Chloe ( 2014-05 )Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms (HABs) are serious anthropogenic stressors impacting water quality and aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Although anthropogenic nutrient loading is a primary factor driving the rise ... -
Breeding success in relation to nestling physiological stress in Prothonotary Warblers at Hoover Reservoir in Delaware County, Ohio
Edic, Kira ( 2017-05 )Prothonotary Warblers (Prothonotaria citrea) are a neotropical migratory songbird that inhabit wooded swamp areas and have slowly been declining¬¬ in numbers across their range. Using a population of these birds at Hoover ... -
Centering Indigenous Politics in Collaborative Conservation: Towards Just and Resilient Environmental Governance at the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area
Shutkin, Tal ( 2019-05 )This research examines the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area (MKMA), a collaborative conservation initiative in northeast British Columbia (BC). Established in 1998, the MKMA is a 6.4-million-hectare wilderness with abundant ... -
Changes in Composition and Diversity of an Urban Bottomland Forest over Time
Kaiser, Michelle ( 2016-05 )The loss of biodiversity has been major conservation concern around the world as a result of urbanization, increasing deforestation, and agriculture use. This project aims to inventory and assess the vegetative diversity ... -
Consistent individual differences in boldness of an African cichlid fish (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor).
Oldham, Richard ( 2015-05 )Recent research in animal behavior acknowledges that in many species, individuals exhibit consistent differences in behavior across time and ecological contexts (known as behavioral syndromes or animal personalities). ... -
Correlating Sediments and Microorganisms in Three Ohio Watersheds
Sheban, Caitie ( 2015-08 )Counties in Eastern Ohio within the Utica-Point Pleasant shale formation have experienced increased development of shale oil and gas. These operations have created areas of bare soil and dirt roads with high volumes of ... -
Crude Injustice: A Multiscalar Spatial Configuration of Oil Trains and Environmental Justice
Fredericks, Maria ( 2019-05 )The increase of Bakken oil extraction and production in the United States in the last decade has sparked the expansion of crude-by-rail (CBR) transport. The accelerating need for CBR transport has not come without consequence, ... -
Cultivating Community and Identity: Urban Gardening in the Bhutanese-Nepali Refugee Community of Columbus, Ohio
Zavon, Jennifer ( 2020-08 )The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact that participating in community gardening has on the Bhutanese-Nepali refugee community of northeastern Columbus, Ohio. Studies have shown that gardening is correlated ... -
Current Composition and Structure of a Disjunct Eastern Hemlock Ecosystem in Northwestern Alabama and Modeling Potential Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation
Denney, Robert ( 2016-05 )Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) is a coniferous tree species native to a large portion of the eastern United States, and it is important in its role as a foundation species and in its contribution to landscape ... -
The Current Zoning Situation and its Seismic Resilience in Quito, Ecuador
Newman, Ian ( 2019-05 )This study of zoning structures and effectiveness in Quito, Ecuador, addresses the readiness of the city to prepare for and ultimately respond to the events of seismic catastrophes. It was shown that Quito is at significant ... -
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AXENIC SYSTEM, AND THE SURVIVAL, GROWTH, AND BASELINE MICROBIAL LOAD OF THE REARING ENVIRONMENT, FOOD SOURCE AND INTERNAL MICROBIOTA OF A CICHLID FISH
Hayes, Jeffry ( 2017-05 )A novel axenic apparatus was designed and constructed for use as a research platform in germ-free fish larvae culture and the development of antibiotic alternatives. The system contains many innovations to the systems most ... -
Developing the Content for a Sustainability Curriculum at The Ohio State University
Bullock, Clair E. ( 2014-05 )As one of the largest universities in the nation, The Ohio State University (OSU) has recently been recognized for several achievements in sustainability. Despite its national recognition, a recent annual OSU sustainability ... -
Developing Youth Leadership through Community Gardening: Opportunities and Outcomes
Beres, Michelle ( 2013-05 )Community gardens exist throughout Ohio and are associated with a variety of organizations. Little prior research has looked at youth involvement and leadership in these gardens. This study examined leadership opportunities ... -
The Effect of Acclimation to Hypoxia on Fish Sensitivity to Ammonia
Medberry, Robert ( 2014-12 )Aquaculture is a rapidly growing field that has potential to help solve world issues such as food shortages and agricultural sustainability. Winterkill is a naturally occurring event in which ice accumulation on shallow ... -
The effect of Lake Erie algal blooms on Emerald Shiner (Notropis atherinoides) visual morphology
Bertolini, Elizabeth ( 2017-05 )Due to recent increases in agricultural runoff, Lake Erie has been experiencing harmful algal blooms (HABs) with rising severity. The runoff carries excess Phosphorus which is a limiting nutrient in freshwater and a main ... -
The Effect of the Lead Water Crisis as a Focusing Event on Cooperation and Conflict Among Actors in Sebring, Ohio
Satterfield, Jennifer ( 2017-12 )At the same time the Flint water crisis made national news in late 2015 and early 2016, a local lead water crisis was taking place in Sebring, Ohio. This lead water crisis in Sebring was a focusing event that opened a ... -
Effects of aquatic habitat degradation on hybridization between two species of Sunfish: Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
Wittman, Jacob ( 2016-05 )Stream habitat degradation includes factors such as as increased turbidity and excessive sedimentation of the streambed resulting from surrounding urban land use and development. It is hypothesized that these two physical ... -
Effects of burning season on recorded fire temperature and the regeneration of oak species
Nadler, Elisabeth ( 2014-05 )The composition of eastern deciduous forests has changed within the last 100 years as a result of decreased natural fire disturbances. The presence of oak (Quercus spp.) has greatly declined, and has been increasingly ...