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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
21

Diversity and Function of Algal Biofilms in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Katona, Leon R. 08 June 2021 (has links)
No description available.
22

Characteristics of the Unionid Community and Habitat in a Power Plant Thermal Plume in Western Lake Erie

Bryan, Nicholas Joseph 22 August 2013 (has links)
No description available.
23

Spatial Correlation and Facilitation Between <i>Dreissena</i> and <i>Hexagenia</i>: Possible Food-Web Disruption?

DeVanna, Kristen M. January 2011 (has links)
No description available.
24

Ecological modeling of the lower trophic levels of Lake Erie

Zhang, Hongyan 21 November 2006 (has links)
No description available.
25

Utilisation de biomarqueurs cellulaires chez plusieurs espèces d'invertébrés pour l'évaluation de la contamination des milieux dulçaquicoles.

Guerlet, Edwige 12 October 2007 (has links) (PDF)
Pour valider une suite de biomarqueurs cellulaires en milieu dulçaquicole, nous avons étudié la structure des systèmes lysosomal et peroxysomal et les variations de contenus en lipofuscines et lipides neutres insaturés dans les tissus digestifs de plusieurs invertébrés, à travers une approche couplant histochimie et analyse d'images. Les expérimentations in situ et bioessais à plus ou moins long terme ont montré la pertinence des réponses cellulaires étudiées pour la mise en évidence de gradients de contamination. Les profils de réponse les plus communs chez les mollusques incluent un gonflement lysosomal, des déplétions de lipides neutres insaturés, une accumulation de lipofuscines et/ou un système peroxysomal plus volumineux. Ces réponses cellulaires précoces peuvent être associées, au niveau individuel, à une désynchronisation de la reproduction entre individus ou à une diminution de l'indice de condition. L'étude mensuelle à long terme a souligné l'absence de niveaux de base saisonniers de ces biomarqueurs et l'influence importante de la disponibilité trophique sur les contenus tissulaires en lipides neutres. Une mise en dépuration de 15 jours du bivalve, Dreissena polymorpha, sur son site d'origine, n'a pas montré de réversibilité du profil des réponses cellulaires à un gradient de contamination in situ, mais elle a tout de même de limité la déplétion des lipides neutres. Les réponses cellulaires les plus précoces et discriminatives sont le gonflement lysosomal et la déplétion en lipides neutres. Une comparaison d'outils d'analyse intégrative a montré le pouvoir discriminatif accru de la suite de biomarqueur entière, par rapport aux réponses individuelles.
26

Ultrastructural and Histochemical Characterization of the Zebra Mussel Adhesive Apparatus

Farsad, Nikrooz 06 April 2010 (has links)
Since their accidental introduction into the Great Lakes in mid- to late-1980s, the freshwater zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, have colonized most lakes and waterways across eastern North America. Their rapid spread is partly attributed to their ability to tenaciously attach to hard substrates via an adhesive apparatus called the byssus, resulting in serious environmental and economic impacts. A detailed ultrastructural study of the bysuss revealed a 10 nm adhesive layer at the attachment interface. Distributions of the main adhesive amino acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), and its oxidizing (cross-linking) enzyme, catechol oxidase, were determined histochemically. It was found that, upon aging, DOPA levels remained high in the portion of the byssus closest to the interface, consistent with an adhesive role. In contrast, reduced levels of DOPA corresponded well with high levels of catechol oxidase in the load-bearing component of the byssus, presumably forming cross-links and increasing the cohesive strength.
27

Ultrastructural and Histochemical Characterization of the Zebra Mussel Adhesive Apparatus

Farsad, Nikrooz 06 April 2010 (has links)
Since their accidental introduction into the Great Lakes in mid- to late-1980s, the freshwater zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, have colonized most lakes and waterways across eastern North America. Their rapid spread is partly attributed to their ability to tenaciously attach to hard substrates via an adhesive apparatus called the byssus, resulting in serious environmental and economic impacts. A detailed ultrastructural study of the bysuss revealed a 10 nm adhesive layer at the attachment interface. Distributions of the main adhesive amino acid, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), and its oxidizing (cross-linking) enzyme, catechol oxidase, were determined histochemically. It was found that, upon aging, DOPA levels remained high in the portion of the byssus closest to the interface, consistent with an adhesive role. In contrast, reduced levels of DOPA corresponded well with high levels of catechol oxidase in the load-bearing component of the byssus, presumably forming cross-links and increasing the cohesive strength.
28

Nutrient sources for excessive growth of benthic algae in Lake Ontario as inferred by the distribution of SRP

Martin, Grace Marion January 2010 (has links)
Total phosphorus concentrations in the open waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes are currently at or beneath target concentrations set by international agreement. Despite the success of phosphorus loading controls in remediating nearshore eutrophication problems in the past, nuisance growth of Cladophora has recently returned to the lower Great Lakes. This thesis examines soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) in a northwestern segment of Lake Ontario to assess whether allochthonous or autochthonous sources of phosphate lead to localized areas of PO43- enrichment that may help to explain the seemingly paradoxical resurgence of Cladophora. As SRP is often an overestimate of PO43- in P-limited waters, measures of SRP made with the standard method were compared with measures of SRP made with modified methods (i.e., using dialysis and magnesium-induced co-precipitation) designed to more accurately measure phosphate when it was expected to be at low concentrations. Measures of SRP made with standard and modified methods did not differ, however, SRP was 1 to 3 orders of magnitude higher than a more sensitive steady-state radiobioassay for PO43- used for comparison in offshore waters. Although the utility of SRP is limited when phosphate concentrations are very low, SRP is useful to measure localized areas of phosphate enrichment, and its relative concentrations can be compared in time and space. To quantify the degree to which allochthonous inputs and dreissenids contribute to PO43- concentrations that permit Cladophora growth, intensive sampling for SRP was carried out prior to, during and following the Cladophora growing season. SRP was higher in the nearshore than offshore and near the mouth of a large tributary and a treated wastewater outfall than in samples from other locations along the shoreline, but only in the spring and autumn. Phosphate turnover times indicated lower P-limitation in the nearshore and near local inputs versus the offshore. Higher concentrations of SRP were measured in samples taken 15 cm and 50 cm above dreissenid mussel-beds than in those obtained at corresponding depths over other substrata and from higher up in the water column through the Cladophora growing season, while Chl a concentrations displayed the reverse trend. These results suggest that PO43- excreted by dreissenids could be more important in time and space than external inputs in supporting nuisance Cladophora growth in the current nearshore environment. Continued research and monitoring of P dynamics in the nearshore combined with model approaches should better predict whether more stringent P controls would be effective in managing Cladophora growth.
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Nutrient sources for excessive growth of benthic algae in Lake Ontario as inferred by the distribution of SRP

Martin, Grace Marion January 2010 (has links)
Total phosphorus concentrations in the open waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes are currently at or beneath target concentrations set by international agreement. Despite the success of phosphorus loading controls in remediating nearshore eutrophication problems in the past, nuisance growth of Cladophora has recently returned to the lower Great Lakes. This thesis examines soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) in a northwestern segment of Lake Ontario to assess whether allochthonous or autochthonous sources of phosphate lead to localized areas of PO43- enrichment that may help to explain the seemingly paradoxical resurgence of Cladophora. As SRP is often an overestimate of PO43- in P-limited waters, measures of SRP made with the standard method were compared with measures of SRP made with modified methods (i.e., using dialysis and magnesium-induced co-precipitation) designed to more accurately measure phosphate when it was expected to be at low concentrations. Measures of SRP made with standard and modified methods did not differ, however, SRP was 1 to 3 orders of magnitude higher than a more sensitive steady-state radiobioassay for PO43- used for comparison in offshore waters. Although the utility of SRP is limited when phosphate concentrations are very low, SRP is useful to measure localized areas of phosphate enrichment, and its relative concentrations can be compared in time and space. To quantify the degree to which allochthonous inputs and dreissenids contribute to PO43- concentrations that permit Cladophora growth, intensive sampling for SRP was carried out prior to, during and following the Cladophora growing season. SRP was higher in the nearshore than offshore and near the mouth of a large tributary and a treated wastewater outfall than in samples from other locations along the shoreline, but only in the spring and autumn. Phosphate turnover times indicated lower P-limitation in the nearshore and near local inputs versus the offshore. Higher concentrations of SRP were measured in samples taken 15 cm and 50 cm above dreissenid mussel-beds than in those obtained at corresponding depths over other substrata and from higher up in the water column through the Cladophora growing season, while Chl a concentrations displayed the reverse trend. These results suggest that PO43- excreted by dreissenids could be more important in time and space than external inputs in supporting nuisance Cladophora growth in the current nearshore environment. Continued research and monitoring of P dynamics in the nearshore combined with model approaches should better predict whether more stringent P controls would be effective in managing Cladophora growth.

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