... funds comes back to taxpayers in the form ofthe value of public library services and the direct economic contribution of public libraries tothe state economy. In addition tothe measurable ... CHAPTER 2: The Economic Contribution of Public Library Spending tothe Wisconsin Economy 17 CHAPTER 3: The Economic Contribution of Public Library Services tothe Wisconsin Economy 23 ... libraries in the state can acquire them from the Milwaukee library. The specific economic value of these library materials is especially significant to a small part of the millions of Wisconsin...
... occurrence ofthe crown -of- thorns starfish, and of itsadverse impact on hard corals ofthe GBR, grew dramatically in the late 1960s andearly 1970s. The then Premier of Queensland and other politicians ... funds was allocated — deliberately — to GBR projects. THE RELEVANCE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TO THE MANAGEMENT OFTHE GBRIn the introductory words, I referred tothe presentations in this publication ... resented the introduction of anynew or competitive effort into the area. The establishment, in 1961, ofthe Townsville-based University College (whichgrew to become James Cook University of North...
... spots” of larvae varies with the size ofthe fish. To protect against the ultimate failure ofcoral reef fisheries, managers haveadvocated the introduction of marine fisheries reserves. For these ... in the outer barrier ofthe northern GBR are strong enough at spring tides to cause Bernoulli upwelling from below the thermocline in the adjacent Coral Sea.12 Oceanographic Processes ofCoral ... 60 m deep. The windward reef slope isvery steep. At the lee side ofthe reef and in the lagoonthere are numerous small coral outcrops reaching all the way tothe surface from depths of typically...
... What separates the Northeast Australianexperience from the rest ofthe country, large areas of Southeast Asia, and most of Europe and the U.S.A., is that such a large proportion of these losses ... terms ofthe total catchment area delivering to the GBRMP, the current rate of woody vegetation change is small. They indicate, how-ever, that the rate of change from woody vegetation to agriculture ... quality ofthe Herbert River. While the focus ofthe chapter is not on the impacts of these changes per se, we discuss sig-nificant issues that are central tothe maintenance and function of estuarine...
... 3% ofthe total GBR catchment area, 22% ofthe total freshwater runoff isderived from them.Discharge from the monsoonal catchments of Cape York (e.g., Normanby River)and the dry catchments of ... over the course of the wet seasons, nitrate exports from the South Johnstone catchment account for 37% of the total N exports and 60% ofthe dissolved N exports.â 2001 by CRC Press LLC Runoff of ... volumes of runoff com-prise approximately 4% ofthe volume of seawater inshore ofthe 20-m isobath.Because of lateral resistance to flow, Coriolis steering of buoyancy currents, and the event-based...
... esti-mate of flow (discharge) for the peak rainfall month.RESPONSES OF MANGROVES TO SILTATIONSiltation is of primary importance in the development of mangroves. In deltas along the coasts of Southeast ... Porites), however, werefound to recover within a month of exposure. The effects of sedimentation on growth and productivity ofcoralreefs may bemanifested at the levels ofthe colony, population, ... 1999). The result ofthe optimization process gives insights into the most cost-effective means to protect reefs under different reef quality targets.104 Oceanographic Processes ofCoral Reefs â...
... levels of sediments and nutrients. The graph at the top shows the time course of algal and coral abundance; the glyph (bar) tothe right of the graph shows the relative abundances ofcoral (blue)and ... — tothe public, to policymakers, and to each other.Even the preliminary applications ofthe model in this chapter demonstrate the utility of this approach as an exploratory and explanatory tool ... uniformacross the shelf. The effect ofthe flood plumes aresimulated by brief “nutrient pulses” of decreasingstrength tothe north ofthe mouth ofthe Herbert River,simultaneous with disturbances. The...
... brought the notion of body language and eye contact back tothe attention of language teachers, but largely in the context of providing clues tothe nature ofthe learner rather than in terms of ... room. ã Talk to your learners, not tothe book, the board or the screen. ã Eyes can set the tone of a lesson. As the lesson starts, walk around the room looking to check whether the learners ... TheImportanceof Eye Contact in the ClassroomTeachers often complain about discipline, about lack of attention, about the use of L2 in the classroom and many other problems, many of which...
... possible. And the provision of just such a conception is one ofthe principaltasks of metaphysics.3 The point of these remarks is to emphasise there cannotbe progress either in the philosophy of mind ... philosophical analysis of the concept of seeing: but each will have more credibility to the extent that it is consistent with the other.METAPHYSICS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND The philosophy of mind is not ... TOTHE REST OF THIS BOOKI have organised the contents of this book so as to begin,in chapter 2, with some fundamental metaphysical problemsconcerning the ontological status of subjects of...
... order to achieve the aims ofthe thesis and answers tothe above research questions, the participants ofthe study include: a group of 3 teachers of English at Ke Sat High School. All of them ... stage they often have to answer some easy questions, which aim to introduce them tothe topic ofthe text. However, 53 ofthe students find Post - reading difficult because they are asked to retell ... aware of their purpose of reading When the students have a purpose in mind, they know how to channel their energy in the right direction, thus, helping the students to identify the purpose of the...