Despite our growing awareness of the vital role they play in the global environment, wetlands remain among the most endangered ecosystems on Earth and are still being destroyed and degraded at an alarming rate. This much-needed publication, which includes contributions from lead…
This study analyzed the Christian Church in Kandhamal following the 2008 riot against Christians with recommendations for the restoration of the church. Though riots and persecution against Christians are frequent in India, the 2008 riot was one of the worst riots that India has…
While all four biblical passion narratives recount the episode of the attack on the high priest’s servant, Malchus, Luke alone describes his healing; this thesis will show that this often-overlooked account of Jesus’ final miracle before the cross both reflects back to Israel’s …
The impacts of Superstorm Sandy on coastal resources of the eastern United States have brought the importance of resilient sand dune systems into focus. While dunes are primarily dominated by American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata), a host of other native species commonly …
This thesis examines an intertidal area and surrounding shoreline along a portion of eastern Bayonne, New Jersey covering approximately 75.4-acres. The site is surrounded by Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, the new redevelopment zone along the north, Upper New York Bay along the eas…
This dissertation focuses on the Cold War Era biologists and ecologists who monitored and tested nuclear animals at central Washington’s Hanford Nuclear Site, the place that produced plutonium for atomic bombs during World War II and the Cold War. It tells stories about familiar…
Flood events occur annually causing damage to communities and transportation networks. A loss of performance can greatly affect populations socioeconomically many years post-event. Restoring these damages as efficiently and effectively as possible is imperative. Quality asset ma…
Practitioners of ecological restoration are faced with making sense of a wide range of information and generating conclusions about recovery potential that can inform effort and planning. In this thesis I use resilience theory to provide a framework for generating insights about…
The strategic release of captive-bred organisms is one of the most popular methods to restore species, but concerns exist regarding genetic impacts on natural populations over the long-term. Slow recovery of depleted eastern oyster C. virginica populations in the Chesapeake Bay …
