Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Essays of Forestry Investments in the US and Stumpage Market in the US South
(2007-05-15)
In 2005, nearly $30 billion of American forest land in the hands of institutional investors may suggest that timberland is a good portfolio diversifier. However, this statement may be overstated because forestry investments ...
Effects of Anoxia on Histology, Bacteriology, Condition Index, Glycogen Levels, and Fecundity in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica
(2007-05-15)
The eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is well known for its commercial and ecological roles in Mobile Bay, AL. During summer months oysters may be exposed to hypoxic and occasionally anoxic conditions which in turn ...
Health of Fish Impinged on Cooling-Water Intake Screens
(2007-05-15)
Fish health evaluations were made between impinged and reference fish collected at and in the vicinity of Plant Barry (Mobile River, Mobile County, Alabama) from April 19, 2005, until May 19, 2005, and again from September ...
Genomic Approaches to Characterization of the Innate Immune Response of Catfish to Bacterial Infection
(2007-05-15)
Genetic selection for disease resistance encoded in the genomes of blue catfish and channel catfish continues to hold the greatest potential for long-term solutions to aquaculture-based disease outbreaks. Progress towards ...
Distribution and Population Dynamics of the Asian Cockroach (Blattella asahinia Mizukubo) in Southern Alabama and Georgia
(2007-05-15)
In 1986, a new species of cockroach, the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai Mizukubo, was introduced into Florida. The Asian cockroach is very similar in appearance to the German cockroach, B. germanica (L.), but differs ...
A Comparative Investigation of Streptococcus Agalactiae Isolates from Fish and Cattle
(2007-05-15)
Streptococcus agalactiae is the causative bacterium of streptococcosis and causes severe economic losses in wild and cultured fish and cattle, worldwide. In fish, infection can result in septicemia with hemorrhages on the ...
'Unstable Subjects': Gender and Agency in Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9
(2007-05-15)
The work of Judith Butler raises important questions about subjectivity, and calls for a reconception of the subject as unstable. This instability is the result of the disruption of the sequence of desire following from ...
Surviving the Storm: The Representation of African Americans from Gee's Bend to Hurricane Katrina
(2007-05-15)
The representation of African Americans has been a difficult subject to discuss and a difficult problem to solve. Different ways of approaching the representation of African Americans are shown in news feeds, newspapers, ...
Stitching Individuality Through Conformity: Reading Samplers from the Sarah Stivours Embroidery School
(2007-05-15)
From the years 1778 to 1794 Sarah Stivours taught Salem, Massachusetts girls the art of sampler-making. Sent to the school to hone their embroidery skills, these affluent young women created needleworks that are wholly ...
'That Minds Are Not Alike': Implications of Gendered Literacy and Education in Revolutionary America
(2007-05-15)
In its most basic form, literacy is just a knowledge of letters; it was (and remains today) a basic goal of primary education. The early American educational system is intriguing because of its subtle ways of reinforcing ...
Renal Allograft Histopathology in Dog Leukocyte Antigen (DLA) Mismatched Dogs Following Renal Transplantation
(2005-08-15)
Chronic renal failure (CRF) is the most common disease of the kidney in dogs.1 It can result from congenital abnormalities, toxic and infectious insults, metabolic alterations, and age related pathology. Replacement of ...
Bioconversion of Corn Stover into Value-Added Chemicals: Dilute Sulfuric Acid Pretreatment, Xylo-Oligosaccharides Production, and Lactic Acid Fermentation
(2005-12-15)
In the first part of this dissertation, dilute-acid pretreatment of corn stover was investigated under high-solids condition using a percolation reactor. High-solids condition in a pretreatment process can lead to high ...
Applying Social Science Data Tools to Criminal Justice Politics, Administration, and Research: The Case of Alabama
(2005-12-15)
Information from a variety of criminal justice and demographic sources can be merged to create a data file useful for a variety of audiences. Politicians, administrators, and academics would be beneficiaries of analyses ...
Nanoparticles and Nanofibers Production Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
(2005-12-15)
This dissertation deals with the production of nanostructured organic, inorganic and biopolymer materials using supercritical carbon dioxide. Over the past decade, supercritical fluids (SCFs) have emerged for particle ...
Evaluation of Fabrea Salina and Other Ciliates as Alternative Live Foods for First-Feeding Red Snapper, Lutjanus Campechanus, Larvae
(2005-08-15)
One of the major challenges with the culture of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus is providing an appropriate food source at the onset of feeding. At first-feeding the larvae has limited endogenous reserves and within hours ...
Assessing Persistence of Two Rare Darter Species Using Population Viability Analysis Models
(2005-08-15)
The objective of this study was to assess whether results predicted from population viability analysis (PVA) models resemble historical and current presence/absence data for Etheostoma boschungi and Etheostoma brevirostrum. ...
Improving Tolerance to Hypoxia in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica
(2005-08-15)
The loss of oyster reefs is attributed to a variety of causes including over fishing, disease, and periodic hypoxia. Hypoxia, as well as brief periods of anoxia, is a problem in Mobile Bay, in particular. Development of ...
Disruption of Embryonic Development in Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus, Using 'Sterile-Feral' Gene Constructs
(2005-08-15)
Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, embryos were electroporated with a sterile feral 3 (SF3), sterile feral 4 (SF4), glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) or CAB constructs and a blank control. Doxycycline was applied to some ...
The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Alabama
(2005-08-15)
This thesis presents the first statewide survey of the ant fauna of Alabama in over seventy years. Since the first state survey by L.C. Murphree (in the 1930’s) to present, 154 species have been reported. Fifty-nine of the ...
Effects of Toxicants, Temperature, and Resistance on Metabolism and Gas Exchange Patterns of the Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), and the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica (Linnaeus)
(2005-08-15)
Components of the respiratory physiology and water relations of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1C resistant and susceptible beet armyworms, Spodoptera exigua, and pyrethroid resistant and susceptible German cockroaches, Blattella ...