Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Urban Sprawl and Atmospheric Pollution Effects on Forests in the Georgia Piedmont
(2008-05-15)
Current and projected population pressures on natural lands in the South have resulted in extensive amounts of rural forests being converted to human-modified urban uses. Such substantial loss of forest land and wildlife ...
Effects of sedimentation on productivity, nutrient cycling, and community composition in riparian forests associated with ephemeral streams at Ft. Benning, GA, USA
(2008-05-15)
The societal value of riparian forests in improving water quality by trapping sediments and pollutants is well understood. However, it is not clear how sedimentation impacts the overall integrity of riparian systems. In ...
Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics of Southern United States in Response to Changes in Climate, Atmosphere, and Land-Use/Land Cover from 1895 to 2005
(2008-05-15)
Historical human activities and environmental changes have strongly modified the global carbon cycle, which can lead to both an energy shortage and environmental problems such as global warming due to elevated atmospheric ...
Esnifando mentiras: La critica social en Historias del Kronen y Mensaka de José Ángel Mañas
(2008-05-15)
Esta tesis pretende mostrar por qué se consideran las novelas Historias del Kronen y Mensaka una crítica social y la fidelidad del mensaje de Mañas en el paso de estas novelas al cine. Caben destacar estas dos novelas como ...
Effects of striped bass stocking on largemouth bass and spotted bass in Lewis Smith Lake, Alabama
(2008-05-15)
Striped bass Morone saxatilis have been introduced into over 100 USA reservoirs over the last several decades to provide additional sport fishing opportunities and to control abundant shad, Dorosoma spp. populations. ...
Age determination through shape analysis and validation of otolith annular increments in red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus
(2008-05-15)
The periodicity and timing of otolith growth rings in red snapper was examined through a mark-and-recapture study and with known-age, hatchery-reared fish. In 2005 through 2008, red snapper (n = 265) were caught hook-and-line, ...
Use of Primary Nursery Ponds for Red Snapper Larvae Culture and Associated Zooplankton Dynamics
(2008-05-15)
The challenge with red snapper aquaculture has centered around meeting the food requirements for larvae at the time of exogenous feeding. Snapper larvae demand sufficient quantities of small prey organisms at the onset ...
Evaluation of the Commercially-Available Probiotic Lymnozyme as an Effective Control of Bacterial Infections in Channel Catfish
(2008-05-15)
A major problem of commercially-cultured channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in the S. E. United States is disease-related mortality. Probiotics may reduce diseases. A series of pond and challenge studies were conducted ...
A Comparison of Fish and Epibenthic Assemblages on Artificial Reefs With and Without Copper-Based Anti-Fouling Paint
(2008-05-15)
Artificial reefs attract fish, but whether or not actual production occurs remains
unclear. To examine this question, fish and epibenthic assemblages were compared
between reefs with and without copper-based anti-fouling ...
Developing Alternatives to Methyl Bromide: A Focus on Acrolein (2-Propenal)
(2008-05-15)
Methyl bromide, a soil fumigant with biocidal action, is used in agriculture to control weeds, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and arthropods. Due to methyl bromide’s active role in atmospheric ozone depletion, its usage will ...
Discovery, Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Specific for Edwardsiella ictaluri
(2008-05-15)
Two novel bacteriophages that infect Edwardsiella ictaluri, the causative agent of enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC), were isolated from aquaculture pond water and from a diseased channel catfish. Both phages (FeiDWF and ...
Studies on the Biology and Host Location Behavior of Pteromalus cerealellae (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), A Parasitoid of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
(2008-05-15)
Pteromalus cerealellae is an ectoparasitoid of several pests of stored products. Information on several aspects of its biology and life history strategy is grossly lacking. My dissertation focuses on some aspects of the ...
A Real Reflection of How I Write: Young Adult Female Authors Seizing Agency Through Fan Fiction
(2008-05-15)
This research project examines 'fan fiction' (stories based upon existing texts such as movies, books, and video games) written by a young adult female and posted online for others to read. The research was conducted in ...
Identifying Tutor Teaching Strategies: A Case Study of Questioning, Scaffolding and Instruction in the English Center
(2008-05-15)
The field of cognitive science has provided us with a large quantity of research concerning one-to-one teaching strategies used by tutors in multiple fields. However, writing centers have been slow to research these ...
Hearts of San Francisco
(2008-05-15)
This thesis is comprised of a critical introduction and three short stories. The introduction explores my writing process and the struggles and frustrations I encountered and overcame when writing these stories. In the ...
'A Participant in the World': Identity, Change, and the Closet in Angels in America
(2008-05-15)
Tony Kushner’s Angels in America consists of two plays that examine the lives of a group of gay men living in New York City during the mid-1980s. Kushner revised Perestroika, the second play, in 1995, and made further ...
'And Yet God Has Not Said a Word': the Dramatic Monologue as Inverted and Secularized Prayer
(2008-05-15)
Nearly a decade ago, Dennis Taylor identified certain practical applications of religious criticism as a gap within the critical discourses of academia. This gap alarmed me as I read Robert Browning’s “Soliloquy of the ...
The Importance of the Ancient Greek Blood Ritual to the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
(2008-05-15)
This thesis contends that in several of Poe’s seminal short stories the author inserted as a common theme the ancient Greek sacrifice gone wrong. Uncovering these symbolic rituals will help us to understand Poe as a writer ...
Getting Hair 'Fixed': Black Power, Transvaluation, and Hair Politics
(2008-05-15)
The afros that emerged during the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s boldly proclaimed that hair is both important and political. The afro directly challenged the traditional ideal of beauty that devalued natural ...
The Role of United States Foreign Policy in the Global Adoption of Democratic Governance
(2005-05-15)
The role of democracy in the foreign policy of the United States is a prominent
one. Presidents from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush have named democracy as
motivating factor for military actions around the world. This ...