Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Hydrology and Water Chemistry in Weeks Bay, Alabama: Implications for Mercury Bioaccumulation
(2007-08-15)
Recent studies within Weeks Bay, an estuary of Mobile Bay, have revealed that both water and fish are contaminated by mercury (Hg), an element known to be extremely toxic to wildlife and humans. Seasonal variations of ...
Stratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Context of the Ingersoll Shale, An Upper Cretaceous Conservation Lagerstatte, Eutaw Formation, Eastern Alabama
(2007-08-15)
The Ingersoll shale, a thin (<1 m) clay-dominated lens within the Upper Cretaceous Eutaw Formation exposed in Russell County, Alabama, contains an exceptionally well-preserved, primarily terrestrial biota that includes a ...
Mineralogical and geochemical profiling of arsenic-contaminated alluvial aquifers in the Ganges-Brahmaputra floodplain Manikganj, Bangladesh
(2007-08-15)
The present study investigated three major components – groundwater, sediment and minerals of arsenic-affected Quaternary alluvial aquifers in Manikganj town, which is located in one of the As-hotspots in central Bangladesh. ...
Biotic Composition and Taphonomy of an Upper Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstätte: The Ingersoll Shale, Eutaw Formation, Eastern Alabama
(2007-08-15)
The Ingersoll shale is a thin (<1m), laterally restricted clay lens within the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Eutaw Formation, Russell County, eastern Alabama. The clay lens represents abandoned tidal creek fill within an ...
Fluctuating Asymmetry of White-Tailed Deer Antlers
(2007-08-15)
Fluctuating asymmetry has been proposed as an indirect indicator of individual quality. Sexually selected traits, such as deer antlers, are expected to exhibit patterns of decreasing level of fluctuating asymmetry with ...
A satellite derived map of Ecological Systems in the East Gulf Coastal Plain, USA
(2007-08-15)
Land cover mapping via remote sensing is an important tool for conservation and land management. A critical component to land cover mapping is defining the classification. A classification scheme must be sufficiently ...
The Impacts of Human Spatial Concentration, Economic Freedom, and Corruption on Species Imperilment
(2007-08-15)
Advocates of certain public policies believe that alternative spatial distributions of a fixed-size human population have different environmental consequences. Specifically, a more concentrated human population has a ...
Phage-coupled Piezoelectric Biodetector for Salmonella typhimurium
(2005-08-15)
Salmonella typhimurium is a leading cause of foodborne illness and a critical threat agent for potential bioterrorism. Current rapid detection initiatives include biosensors that routinely incorporate antibodies for ...
Trade Adjustments to Exchange Rates in Regional Economic Integration: Argentina and Brazil
(2005-12-15)
Currency devaluation is one of the most commonly used economic policies when a country faces a trade imbalance. By making exports more competitive in world markets and imports more expensive in terms of local currency, ...
Built-In Self Test for Regular Structure Embedded Cores in System-on-Chip
(2005-05-15)
Miniaturization and integration of different cores onto a single chip are increasing
the complexity of VLSI chips. To ensure that these chips operate as desired, they
have to be tested at various phases of their development. ...
Aerodynamics of Wrap-Around Fins in Supersonic Flow
(2005-12-15)
Existing supersonic fin theory has been modified to compute the pressure distribution over a wrap-around fin. Evvard’s theory has been used to calculate the pressure loading due to angle-of-attack on a wrap-around fin by ...
Influence of dams on stream fish biodiversity across a diverse Georgia landscape
(2007-08-15)
The composition of a stream fish assemblage is strongly influenced by the drainage basin, physiographic region, and the stream order it occurs in. It is also well known that anthropogenic disturbances can dramatically ...
In vitro and in vivo cold shock response in Vibrio vulnificus
(2007-08-15)
Vibrio vulnificus is a serious food-borne pathogen associated with the consumption of raw oysters. The Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) recommends refrigeration of Gulf Coast oysters after harvesting to ...
Genetic Effects on the Production of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Female X Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) Male Hybrid Fry
(2007-08-15)
The hybrid from the mating of a female channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) with a male blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) exhibits heterosis for various performance traits which would make it attractive to the commercial ...
Brood stock nutrition: enhancement of egg quality for the production of hybrid catfish
(2007-08-15)
The catfish industry is one of the largest and best developed aquaculture segments in the United States. The development of technological solutions to maintain a competitive level in the market is key to this success. The ...
Resource Use and Waste Production at a Semi-Intensive Black Tiger Prawn Penaeus Monodon Farm
(2007-08-15)
A study of resource use and waste production was conducted at the Aqualma shrimp farm in Madagascar . This farm has 685 ha of grow-out ponds where black tiger prawn Peneaus monodon are produced by semi-intensive production ...
Total sulfur amino acid requirement and its application to practical diets for juvenile tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
(2007-08-15)
Tilapia have become one of the most important fish species for aquaculture and play an increasing role in the international aquatic food trade. Therefore, the development of cost-effective feeds using inexpensive and locally ...
Physical Map Construction and Physical Characterization of Channel Catfish Genome
(2007-08-15)
Catfish is the major aquaculture species in the United States. To enhance genome studies involving linkage mapping, comparative mapping and linkage map and physical map integration, over 20,000 Bacterial Artificial Chromosome ...
Molecular characterization of Edwardsiella spp. and Flavobacterium columnare
(2007-08-15)
Bacterial diseases are responsible for large economic losses in aquaculture around the world. Flavobacterium columnare and Edwardsiella spp. negatively impact the channel catfish industry in southern USA. However, limited ...
Fat Bob
(2007-08-15)
This is a fiction writing thesis consisting of four short stories. Each short story was originally conceived of by the author during the graduate fiction writing classes taken at Auburn University during the spring and ...