Thesis (M.S.)--Washington State University, May 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-62).

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-113). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 306-325).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2001. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 27, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-113). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Aquatic vegetation management and fisheries management are inseparable, however conflicts are often perceived between the two. We investigated the impact of biological, chemical, and no vegetation control on the ecology of private impoundments stocked with largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish. The primary purpose of this study was to determine if aquatic vegetation management had significant impact on pond ecology. A secondary purpose of this study was to collect data for a separate descriptive study on the impact of vegetation management on plankton populations. Nine 0.10 acre ponds were obtained at the Aquaculture Research and Teaching Facility of Texas A and M University in the fall of 2005. Southern naiad (Najas guadalupenis) was transplanted into each pond at a stocking rate of one ton per surface acre. One of three treatments was then randomly assigned to each pond. The treatments were replicated three times and consisted of: an herbicide treatment using Reward and Cutrine, a triploid grass carp treatment, and a control treatment. Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas), bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus), and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) fingerlings were stocked in each pond. The treatments were initiated on May 31, 2006. Prior to the initiation of the treatments, sampling of each pond occurred for hardness, total phosphorus, nitrite, nitrate, ammonia-nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, pH, and temperature. Macroinvertebrate samples were collected from each pond. Post-treatment sampling was conducted on the herbicide treatment and the control at day 2, day 7, day 14, day 28, and monthly thereafter. Posttreatment sampling on the triploid grass carp treatment was conducted at day 14, day 28, and monthly thereafter. One-way ANOVA tests were conducted on the data using SPSS 15.0, and multivariate analysis was conducted using CANOCO software. Significant differences between treatments were found for the parameters turbidity, macrophyte percent coverage, macroinvertebrate species richness, largemouth bass mean weight, and largemouth mean length. Herbicide application and grass scarp stocking significantly decreased the percent coverage of macrophytes in the ponds. Turbidity was significantly increased in the herbicide and grass carp treatments. Largemouth bass mean weight and length were significantly higher in the grass carp ponds. No significant relationships were found in the multivariate analysis; however, there appeared to be several trends within the multivariate analysis that provide insight into potential ecological relationships between the various parameters. The results of this study provide great insight into the impact that various aquatic vegetation management strategies have on the ecology of small impoundments and will help private pond owners and managers conduct better pond management when dealing with aquatic vegetation problems.

Thesis (M. Env. St.)--University of Adelaide, Mawson Graduate Centre for Environmental Studies, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-71).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rhodes University, 2000. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 9, 2006). Includes bibliographical references.

Abstract This thesis operates at two levels of ecological research, describing the effects of withdrawal and re-introduction of management on grasslands. The aim of the community-level survey was to explore the effects of abandonment, mowing and grazing on semi-natural meadows in northern Finland. At the species level, the aim was to evaluate the responses of three monocarpic meadow species to various degrees of simulated grazing under natural growth conditions. The community-level studies suggest that strongly competitive grass species with rapid vegetative growth, especially those forming tussocks, are able to retain or increase their cover in abandoned meadows. However, most species are able to persist in a meadow for a long time after abandonment, even when a group of immigrants arrive. This leads to a temporary increase in species diversity, and it may therefore be used as an indicator of ongoing succession. Nevertheless, abandonment is harmful for the rare archaeophytic species in the long run. Late mowing does not have extensive short-term impacts on grass-dominated semi-natural meadows. Therefore, it is neither an efficient nor a substitutional way of management when the goal is to restore a formerly grazed pasture. Mowing executed early in the season may, however, be a more appropriate way of inducing changes in species composition and enhancing species richness. According to the results of the species-level studies, Erysimum strictum and Rhinanthus minor tolerate well minor apical damage, while more severe damage has a detrimental impact on the performance of both species. The observed differences in regrowth responses between the two species are presumably due to their different habitat requirements in relation to competition. The species-level experiment with two late-flowering populations of field gentian Gentianella campestris ssp. campestris revealed that the southern, Swedish population that has been regularly grazed and mown overcompensated for the intermediate (50%) damage level, whereas the northern, Finnish field gentians growing in unmanaged habitats showed at best partial or full compensation. Regular grazing and mowing have presumably favoured grazing-tolerant plant species, i.e. species with a good regrowth capacity. Herbivory reshapes grassland plant communities in two ways: directly by affecting the survival and reproductive success of individual plants and indirectly by changing the competitive environment. Tall and competitive perennial species suffer relatively more from damage than true grassland species, i.e. small herbs and grasses, which are better able to tolerate regular tissue losses and respond to damage within the ongoing growing season. As a result, certain species benefit from grazing and mowing in the sense that they may gain more through competitive relaxation than they lose in defoliation.