Thesis (D. Min.)--Logos Evangelical Seminary, 2007. / Vita. Description based on Microfiche version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 280-290).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Logos Evangelical Seminary, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 280-290).

The breeding ecology of Piping Plovers (Charadrius me/odus) was examined on the central barrier islands of Long Island, N.Y. during the 1992 and 1993 breeding seasons. The estimated breeding populations were 79 pairs in 1992 and 82 pairs in 1993. Productivity was 1.08 chicks fledged per pair. The population appeared stable, but below carrying capacity. Predation was the leading cause of nest loss (300/0), and crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos and/or C. ossifragus) accounted for 71% of nests lost to predation. Probability of survival was greater for nests with predator exclosures than for nests without (64% vs. 20%). Evidence supported the hypothesis that ephemeral pools were of greater quality for brood-rearing than other ocean beach habitats (intertidal zone, intertidal zone wrack, berm, berm wrack, and open vegetation). Broods with access to ephemeral pools spent more time in them, and when in them had greater foraging rates and were exposed to greater arthropod abundances than in other ocean beach habitats. In 1992 (though not 1993), survival was greater for broods with access to ephemeral pools than for those without. On beaches without ephemeral pools and bay habitats, intertidal zone wrack and open vegetation were important brood foraging habitats. A non-nesting beach in 1992 was breached in winter 1993; a recurved sandspit and mudflats formed on the bay side west of the new inlet. Five pairs nested near the mudflats. Brood-rearing quality of bay mudflats appeared greater than that of ocean intertidalal zone wrack (and other ocean beach habitats) based on colonization by adults and on use by broods, but similar to ocean intertidal zone wrack based on foraging rates, arthropod abundance, and survival. Pedestrian disturbance probably contributed to low brood survival in 2 locations, and off-road vehicles killed 2 chicks. Effects of predation on brood survival could not be quantified and may have confounded effects of foraging habitat quality and disturbance. A logistic regression model for Jones Beach indicated that the probability of plover nesting diminished with increasing pedestrian disturbance. A model of Fire Island and Westhampton Beach indicated that the probability of plover nesting increased with increasing open vegetation width. Beaches with suitable brood-rearing habitat (the storm-maintained habitats of open vegetation, ephemeral pools, breaches, and overwash fans) were scarce on Fire Island National Seashore. Frequency of overwashes and breaches on Fire Island has decreased since 1939, apparently due to anthropogenic barrier island stabilization. / Master of Science

This creative project is a field and laboratory guide major to the study of Marine Ecology in Long Island Sound, Connecticut. It provides students with basic instructions for collecting, preserving, testing, and analyzing data from field and laboratory investigations. The guide is designed as an open-ended investigative approach to the examination of the ecological aspects of the marine environment. It is arranged to incorporate the five ecosystems of the marine environment: salt marsh, estuary, rocky shore, open ocean, and sandy beach ecosystems. Included are techniques for thorough examination of the physical, chemical, and biological portions of these ecosystems.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 23-30).

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland. / Bibliography : leaves [138]-140. Also available online.

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This thesis introduces <em>Interstitial Urbanity</em> as a strategy for addressing issues of urbanity and place within New York's peripheral developments. Driven primarily by market forces, these developer led office and condominium complexes are currently being constructed along the post-industrial shorelines of New York's outer boroughs. Interstitial urbanity proposes an urban centre: a fragment of place within a non-place settlement. The theory is manifested in the design of an interstice that sits within the Queens West development on the Long Island City waterfront. Taking the form of a multi-layered public space, the interstice is comprised of a waterfront market square flanked by a commuter train terminal and an arts centre housed in a turn of the century power plant.

This thesis introduces <em>Interstitial Urbanity</em> as a strategy for addressing issues of urbanity and place within New York's peripheral developments. Driven primarily by market forces, these developer led office and condominium complexes are currently being constructed along the post-industrial shorelines of New York's outer boroughs. Interstitial urbanity proposes an urban centre: a fragment of place within a non-place settlement. The theory is manifested in the design of an interstice that sits within the Queens West development on the Long Island City waterfront. Taking the form of a multi-layered public space, the interstice is comprised of a waterfront market square flanked by a commuter train terminal and an arts centre housed in a turn of the century power plant.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND LINDGREN. / Vita. / Bibliography: leaves 255-261. / by Neal Robert Pettigrew. / Ph.D.