Browsing by Subject "Alaska"
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A Citizen Science Program for the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
(2008-08-26)The purpose of this Masters Project is to implement an intertidal monitoring program that emphasizes Citizen Science for the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies (CACS). CACS is a small non-profit organization based out of ... -
A Comparison of Values around Cruise Tax in Iceland and Alaska
Cruise ships pose many environmental harms: they emit more black carbon and CO₂ per passenger-mile than any other vehicle, discharge untreated sewage and wastewater into the open ocean, carry large quantities of heavy fuel ... -
An Evaluation of GIS Prioritizations for Selecting Wetland Mitigation Sites: Cook Inlet Case Study
(2011-04-25)Recent scientific research has demonstrated the multitude of ecosystem services and functions provided by wetlands. Despite the astronomical cost that would be required to replace these vital services with manmade mechanisms, ... -
Caring for Alaska Native prostate cancer survivors in primary care: a survey of Alaska Tribal Health System providers.
(Int J Circumpolar Health, 2014)BACKGROUND: Little is known about the constraints of optimizing health care for prostate cancer survivors in Alaska primary care. OBJECTIVE: To describe the experiences and attitudes of primary care providers within the ... -
Fine-Scale Foraging Behavior of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Southeast Alaska
(2017)Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are one of the biggest animals on the planet and thus require large quantities of dense prey to meet their energetic requirements. They feed using discrete lunges and filtration to ... -
Mapping Past and Future Permafrost Extent on the North Slope Borough, Alaska
(2008-04-25)The proportion of the Earth's land area that is underlain by permafrost, currently about 25%, is widely anticipated to shrink in response to climate change. Numerous models have been employed to project potential permafrost ... -
Right-of-Way: Equal Employment Opportunity on the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline, 1968-1977
(2015)This dissertation compares four programs to create equal employment opportunity on the trans Alaska oil pipeline construction project in order to demonstrate the ruptures and continuities between manpower programs to end ... -
SELECTION OF HAUL-OUT SUBSTRATE BY HARBOR SEALS (PHOCA VITULINA) ASSOCIATED WITH TIDEWATER GLACIERS IN KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA.
(2011-04-28)In Alaska, 10-15% of harbor seals use glacial ice as a haulout substrate on which to rest, molt, and care for young. Some glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park are receding at a staggering rate which could reduce the habitat ... -
UNITIZATION OF OIL RESERVES IN ALASKA AND THE SUPPLY ELASTICITY OF A COMMON POOL RESOURCE
(2012-04-16)Unitization, a common but not omnipresent policy that is lauded in both the economics and environmental worlds for its efficiency, attempts to solve the “tragedy of the commons” common pool failure of oil production by creating ...
