This master’s project is the beginning of a 5-year investigative effort by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Mote Marine Lab studying the harmful effects of red tides. This paper investigates the resilience of coastal ...

The purpose of this masters project is to estimate the social net value of a non-lethal, wolf-depredation management strategy in central Idaho. The strategy was developed by Defenders of Wildlife to reduce sheep depredation ...

The marine transportation sector stands as a major component of the global economy, delivering goods from major producing markets in Asia and the Pacific region to major consumer markets in Europe and North America. The ...

Safe and adequate access to energy and water, the two natural resources driving the production of all other critical human needs, is key to economic development, public health, and military security. The availability of ...

Purpose: Research shows evidence of associations between the built environment (BE)—housing, commercial buildings, community resources, and infrastructure—and health outcomes. However, there is less research describing ...

Guam, the largest and most populated island in Micronesia, is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef that supports important cultural, subsistence and economic activities. However, this reef system is under immense pressure ...

Eastern North Carolina’s expansive aquatic environment, with large lagoonal sounds tapering into winding inland waterways, maximizes the number of residents with direct influence on our coastal waters. Such a system creates ...

In international water management, “virtual water” analysis has been a useful tool for discussing the flow of water resource benefits amongst nations. Conceptually, an analogy can be made with “commute shed” research – ...

California recently passed a bill that will allow the partial decommissioning of oil and gas platforms in place, with the lower half retained to function as an artificial reef. This policy overrides previously existing ...

The groundfish fisheries of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the US are valuable economically and ecologically. The industries in the two locations have faced depleted stocks and increased regulations by the New England ...