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1	Climate Change and Mountaintop Removal Mining: A MaxEnt Assessment of the Potential Dual Threat to West Virginia Fishes Hendrick, Lindsey R F 01 January 2018 (has links) Accounts of species’ range shifts in response to climate change, most often as latitudinal shifts towards the poles or upslope shifts to higher elevations, are rapidly accumulating. These range shifts are often attributed to species ‘tracking’ their thermal niches as temperatures in their native ranges increase. Our objective was to estimate the degree to which climate change-driven shifts in water temperature may increase the exposure of West Virginia’s native freshwater fishes to mountaintop removal surface coal mining. Mid-century shifts in habitat suitability for nine non-game West Virginia fishes were projected via Maximum Entropy species distribution modeling, using a combination of physical habitat, historical climate conditions, and future climate data. Modeling projections for a high-emissions scenario (Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5) predict that habitat suitability will increase in high elevation streams for eight of nine species, with marginal increases in habitat suitability ranging from 46-418%. We conclude that many West Virginia fishes will be at risk of increased exposure to mountaintop removal surface coal mining if climate change continues at a rapid pace. species distribution model Maximum Entropy WorldClim Ohio River Basin non-game fishes data visualization Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
2	Techniques to Evaluate the Modifier Process of National Weather Service Flood Forecasts Zhu, Zhipeng January 2020 (has links) No description available. Environmental Engineering National Weather Service Flood forecast Ohio River Basin Operational hydrology
3	Evaluating Ohio River Basin Waters: A Water Quality and Water Resources Internship with the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Defenbaugh, Angela Lynn 10 January 2014 (has links) No description available. Environmental Science Biology Chemistry Water Resource Management ORSANCO Ohio River Ohio River Basin biological monitoring fish tissue macroinvertebrates water quality bacteria sampling water resources climate change Clean Water Act National Aquatic Resource Survey National Rivers and Streams Assessment

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