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This thesis discusses the invasion and capture during mid-1944 of Biak Island, off the coast of New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific, by Allied forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. Conduct of the Biak operation was the responsibility of the Hurricane Task Force,…

Hurricanes have affected the waters of the east coast of the United States throughout the region’s history. These storms cause changes in water quality through mechanisms such as damage to infrastructure, excessive precipitation, and storm surges. We attempt to conduct a regiona…

There is an overwhelming amount of evidence indicating declines and local extinctions of amphibian populations as a direct effect of global climate shifts (Stuart et al. 2005, Mendelson et al. 2006). Recently, a review suggested that amphibians are the least studied vertebrate t…