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Return-on-investment frameworks can increase the efficiency of restoration efforts to improve freshwater connectivity
(2017-05-13)
With global declines in biodiversity and limited budgets, many conservation organizations are trying to increase the efficiency of conservation efforts. One method is the use of a return-on-investment (ROI) framework, which ...
Importance of Weather Monitoring Information for Decision Making in Agricultural Production
(2016)
Extreme weather events and climate variability are among the most significant factors negatively affecting agricultural production in the United States. Approximately 8 out of every 10 acres in Oklahoma is used for ...
WATER USE TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BASIN: CASE STUDIES IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO
(2017-05)
The Rio Grande River Basin spanning over Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico presents a big challenge in terms of efficient water management. Water is allocated by a wide range of relatively autonomous water authorities ...
Future Impact on the Low-Level Jet and its Effects on Wind Energy Generation in Oklahoma
(2019-05-11)
Future increases of wind energy density for the United States’ South-Central Plains region have been projected by several previous research examples. The Central Plains’ low-level jet has been projected to become faster ...
A review of the application of databases in freshwater fisheries management and the effect of water quality on the mean relative weight of largemouth bass, crappie, and channel catfish in Oklahoma lakes.
(2018-05-12)
The subject of this thesis is the development and use of databases for use in fisheries management. The thesis consists of two chapters. The first is a literature review of fisheries databases and an overview of my work ...
Our squirrels will have elephant ears : indigenous perspectives on climate change in the south central United States
(2015)
As climate change impacts areas around the world Indigenous communities are being impacted disproportionately. In the US a number of tribes are in differing levels of response and adaptation. In the south central U.S. there ...