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Broadened Horizons: Nature Walks and Reflective Thinking in the Context of Scarcity
Title
Broadened Horizons: Nature Walks and Reflective Thinking in the Context of Scarcity
Author
Azra-Lewis, Paisley
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Psychology
Description
Walking in nature has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on cognitive and emotional wellbeing by restoring attention and increasing positive affect. Both of these factors are in turn linked to increases in flexible, reflective thinking ("...
Evaluating invertebrate community diversity using eDNA for biomonitoring in freshwater ecosystems.
Title
Evaluating invertebrate community diversity using eDNA for biomonitoring in freshwater ecosystems.
Author
Rowe, Rachael
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Aquatic sciences, Ecology, Environmental sciences
Description
Traditional invertebrate biomonitoring has low taxonomic resolution, low accuracy, and is plagued with human error and biases. Molecular monitoring, using environmental DNA (eDNA), is a practical alternative due to the high accuracy, lack of human...
Impervious Cover Thresholds of the North Carolina Piedmont Fish Assemblage
Title
Impervious Cover Thresholds of the North Carolina Piedmont Fish Assemblage
Author
Webster, Patrick
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Geodesy, Ecology, Natural resources--Management
Description
Researchers have placed emphasis on quantifying and identifying ecological thresholds to study biological responses to urbanization. As watersheds become urbanized, they exhibit a systemic pattern of degradation that disrupts the natural biogeoche...
Phenotypic Plasticity and Genetic Variation in Two Diverse Groups of Mollusks
Title
Phenotypic Plasticity and Genetic Variation in Two Diverse Groups of Mollusks
Author
Furr, Denise
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Natural history--Classification, Physiology, Zoology
Description
Mollusks are a highly diverse phylum with some of the most extremes of body forms from wormlike Aplacophora to tentacled cephalopods. The relationship between phenotype and phylogeny is studied here in two very different groups of mollusks, the bi...
Place co-creation in death care: Opportunities to overcome obstacles to green burial in the United States
Title
Place co-creation in death care: Opportunities to overcome obstacles to green burial in the United States
Author
Palko, Hannah
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Geography
Description
Green burial places are cemeteries and funeral homes that embrace green burial practices by providing green burial funeral services and educating their clients about green burial options. A green burial place within a cemetery may be a part or who...
Recovery of macroinvertebrate communities following flood disturbance in urban restored streams, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Title
Recovery of macroinvertebrate communities following flood disturbance in urban restored streams, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Author
Henderson, Sara
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Ecology, Human ecology--Study and teaching, Environmental management
Description
Flooding is an important disturbance structuring stream communities. Understanding macroinvertebrate post flood dynamics is critical for informing key ecosystem processes such as food web dynamics and organic matter processing in these systems. Wh...
TISSUE SPECIFIC RESPONSES OF THE ESTUARINE BIVALVE SPECIES CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA AND GEUKENSIA DEMISSA TO HYPOXIA
Title
TISSUE SPECIFIC RESPONSES OF THE ESTUARINE BIVALVE SPECIES CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA AND GEUKENSIA DEMISSA TO HYPOXIA
Author
Khan, Bushra
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Biology
Description
Aquatic ecosystems are exposed to multiple stressors simultaneously. Many estuarine sites which show diurnal dissolved oxygen (DO) and pH fluctuations are also exposed to metals which can be toxic to marine organisms. Bivalve mollusks serve as goo...
The Butterfly Highway: Connecting People and Nature
Title
The Butterfly Highway: Connecting People and Nature
Author
Hjarding, Angelique
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Geography, City planning, Conservation biology
Description
Many residents in African American neighborhoods in Charlotte, NC, struggle to meet basic needs and lack the capacity to address other quality of life issues such as beautification, social capital, and environmental justice. Urban wildlife, includ...
The Impact of Stream Restoration on Macroinvertebrate Communities in an Urban Forested Watershed
Title
The Impact of Stream Restoration on Macroinvertebrate Communities in an Urban Forested Watershed
Author
Hartman, Jacqueline
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Environmental sciences
Description
Stream restoration can lead to improved habitat quality, increased macroinvertebrate abundance and diversity, and reduced concentrations of nutrients and contaminants. Macroinvertebrates are vital in connecting the food web and breaking down organ...