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- Title
- Characterization of microtopography and its impact on carbon dynamics in coastal wetlands using close-range remote sensing
- Author
- Shukla, Tarini
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Remote sensing, Environmental sciences, Biogeochemistry
- Description
- The spatial heterogeneity of microtopography where variation in elevation is less than a meter plays a significant role in ecological, hydrological, and biogeochemical processes. The microtopography can be categorized into microtopographic feature...
- Title
- Development of a Methanotrophic Alternative Daily Cover to Reduce Early Landfill Methane Emissions
- Author
- Adams, Bryn
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Microbiology, Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
- Description
- Final covers, especially when supplemented with gas collection, are highly engineered systems to prevent landfill methane release into the atmosphere. However, some methane production begins even before open cells are covered and often well before...
- Title
- ENHANCED REMOVAL OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-SIZED MICROSPHERES FROM RECREATIONAL WATER THROUGH FILTRATION
- Author
- Lu, Ping
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
- Description
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Cryptosporidium species are the cause of cryptosporidiosis, which has symptoms such as watery diarrhea, dehydration, fever, nausea, body fatigue, and abdominal cramps. Infants, the elderly, and people with severely compromised immune systems are m...
- Title
- HYDROLOGICAL AND WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A RAPIDLY URBANIZING SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT WATERSHED
- Author
- Gagrani, Vijaya
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, Human ecology--Study and teaching
- Description
- The purpose of this dissertation research was to assess the change in hydrological and watershed processes influencing water quality in a rapidly urbanizing SE Piedmont watershed. Specifically, this dissertation research assessed the effectiveness...
- Title
- IMPROVEMENTS IN MICROBE RECOVERY AND DETECTION IN WATER SAMPLES: MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO METHOD OPTIMIZATION
- Author
- Kimble, Gina
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
- Description
- The accurate recovery and detection of microbes from water samples is important for the protection of public health. However, not all microbes behave similarly, not all water samples have comparable physical properties, and the constituents presen...
- Title
- Impacts of urbanization and landscape change on native plant diversity and the distribution of exotic forest invaders
- Author
- Davis, Amy
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Environmental sciences, Ecology
- Description
- This dissertation addresses three questions focused on enhancing our understanding of the impacts of urbanization and land cover change on patterns of native biodiversity, the distribution of exotic plant species in forests, and the resistance of ...
- Title
- MICRO- TO MACROSCALE MODELING OF DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
- Author
- Polaczyk, Amy
- Date Created
- 2010
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
- Description
- Models are valuable tools that can provide quantitative insight into a process or system, but must to be kept simple to remain meaningful. In this dissertation, three separate drinking water research projects were completed using numerical modelin...
- Title
- Polystyrene particle uptake and their potential to act as a trojan horse to oysters (Crassostrea virginica)
- Author
- Gaspar, Tamara
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental sciences, Ecology, Cytology
- Description
- The global annual usage of plastics has increased dramatically over the last decade. Polystyrene is the fourth most common plastic material produced annually due to its many versatile applications. Consequently, there has been a coinciding increas...
- Title
- SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELING OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS CONSTITUENTS ON NATURAL HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDE
- Author
- Willoughby, Austin
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, Geochemistry
- Description
- Coal ash impoundments, along with other industrial and natural processes, can be sources of constituents of concern (COCs) to human health including arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), selenium (Se), and vanadium (V). Attempts to model the fate and trans...
- Title
- The Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita): A Prospective Pelagic and Estuarine Bioindicator
- Author
- Lowder, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Biology, Environmental sciences, Toxicology
- Description
- Due in part to the complexity of scyphozoan life histories, slight changes in environmental factors can have an effect on fecundity, growth & development and population fluctuations. Anthropogenic activities have been suggested as a major cause of...
- Title
- The Relationship between School Built Environment and Student Achievement in Pakistan
- Author
- Begum, Nahida
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental sciences, Ecology, Education and state
- Description
- Schools in Pakistan face many challenges, ranging from lack of qualified teachers to insufficient teaching resources. Another obstacle is the low quality of school built environment. Some important built environment factors include an available wa...
- Title
- WATER-ROCK INTERACTIONS IN THE DEEP RIVER BASIN, NORTH CAROLINA: A CANDIDATE BASIN FOR SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT
- Author
- Stone, Amanda
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental sciences, Geology
- Description
- As a result of the rapid expansion of shale gas development in the United States, the public has become increasingly concerned about the proper management of hydraulic fracturing wastewater also referred to as produced water. Adverse environmental...