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Valuing weather information in irrigated agriculture
(uga, 2010-05)
Agricultural production is risky because it depends on weather which can vary from day to day. Thus, the risk associated with agricultural production can potentially be reduced by using historic weather data for a particular ...
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping of groundwater contamination at the Savannah River Site (SRS)
(uga, 2002-05)
This thesis presents methodologies for mapping groundwater contamination at the Savannah River Site using a Geographic Information System and measurements of groundwater chemistry. The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a US ...
Surface water quality assessment of a proposed southwest Georgia lake site
(uga, 2014-05)
Clean and cheap freshwater is an increasingly limited resource and humans continue to engineer systems to utilize available water resources. In some instances, the construction of dams and creation of lakes has caused ...
Impacts of storm-driven surface runoff and landscape characteristics on Salmonella in farm irrigation ponds in south Georgia, USA
(uga, 2014-05)
The prevalence of Salmonella in waterways of the southeastern U.S. and elsewhere raises questions about the potential role of contaminated agricultural irrigation water in foodborne illness. This thesis provides background ...
Modeling ecosystem functions to prioritize potential wetland mitigation sites in Georgia
(uga, 2008-05)
Compensatory wetland mitigation in the United States has been used as a means to achieve no-net-loss of wetland acreage and functions resulting from impacts to wetlands. Current methods employed in mitigation site selection ...
Tools for remotely assessing riparian buffers protecting streams from sediment pollution
(uga, 2007-08)
The study evaluated tools for remotely assessing the impact of riparian buffers protecting streams from sediment pollution by integrating Google Earth Pro and USLE to predict site specific soil erosion and integrating GIS, ...
An integrated GIS-spatial analysis of Atlanta's urban structure and urban space
(uga, 2007-08)
This is an interdisciplinary study to examine Atlanta’s urban structure and urban space by integrating GIS and spatial analysis. This dissertation is comprised of three separated topics. First, in terms of urban structure, ...
Reproductive ecology of the american oystercatcher (haematopus palliatus) in georgia
(uga, 2002-08)
This study was initiated in 1999 with the objective of providing the first detailed breeding data for American Oystercatchers nesting at numerous sites and habitats along the Georgia coast. Surveys for oystercatcher clutches ...
Local and watershed influences on stream fish biotic integrity in the upper Oconee watershed, Georgia, USA
(uga, 2001-08)
This thesis examined the influences of both watershed and local environmental variables on fish diversity, richness, abundance, and an Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) in the upper Oconee watershed. Local geomorphology, ...
A parallel approach to searching for nearest neighbors with minimal interprocess communication
(uga, 2000-08)
This research exploited a classic sequential method for nearest neighbor searching in order to develop a parallel search approach. This approach was implemented in an inverse distance weighting routine in order to demonstrate ...