... Coordinate System, Mainland Zone 1 2 3 4 MILES KILOMETERS Figure TheAssabetRiver Basin, subbasins, streamflow- gaging stations, and long- termobservation well, easternMassachusetts Simulation ... along the main stem AssabetRiverand near the southeastern boundary of thebasinThe most rapidly growing towns, however, were in the headwaters and along the northwestern upland parts of the ... Monthly and daily average water levels at long- termobservationwell ACW158, AssabetRiver Basin, easternMassachusetts Characteristics and water levels at long- termobservation wells near the Assabet...
... Polluting the Mississippi RiverBasin s Small Streams and Wetlands Chapter Headwaters and Wetlands: Their Function and Prevalence in the Mississippi RiverBasin S mall streams and wetlands are ... proof that wetlands throughout thebasin have a “significant nexus” to theriverandthe gulf and are therefore covered by the law The small streams and associated wetlands in the Mississippi ... which then flows to the Ohio Riverand on to the Mississippi The researchers have monitored the water quality of the incoming and outgoing water flows over time and have found that the wetland’s...
... reflects the willingness and commitment of the provincial authorities and people to carefully balance interests with respect to the protection andthe use of coastal resources and environment for the ... fisheries and aquaculture Impacts on the coastal zone Changes in the flow regime will affect the itinerary of fishing boats and other ships and fish migration/spawning routes Changes in the natural ... to changes of biodiversity, the behavior of fauna and flora and change of their genetic diversity The coastal zone accounts for 30% of the area and more than 30% of the human population of Thua...
... larvae and juveniles of some common fish species from the Mekong RiverBasin China Myanmar Figure x Map of the Lower Mekong RiverBasin Introduction The Mekong River originates in China in the ... upper Mekong Basin, then flows through five other countries (Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam) in the Lower Mekong Basin to discharge to the South China Sea It is one of the world’s ... begins when the eye is fully pigmented andthe mouth and anus are open andthe fish begins to feed on external prey In pre-larvae, the vertebral column terminates in a urostyle, a long unsegmented...
... biodiversity and ecosystem function Rivers transfer water from upland areas, through lowlands, to the sea Nutrients are picked up from the surrounding land and move along with the water These nutrients ... large plants and then by various animals feeding upon them Through complex food webs, the nutrients and energy are transferred amongst animals and plants within theriver When they die, the nutrients ... in the Mekong is not the fishery, nor rice, but the water itself Sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin, which encompasses sustaining the aquatic habitats andthe biodiversity they...
... environmental setting of the McKenzie Riverbasinand a discussion of sampling sites in thebasin have been previously reported in McCarthy and others (2009) and Kelly and others (2012) Sample Collection, ... (SPMD) andthe polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS)—are being used to address these particular challenges Both the SPMD (Huckins and others, 2006) and POCIS (Alvarez and others, ... Laboratory Methods, and Quality Assurance The methods used to collect, prepare, and analyze samples and to assure the quality of the data are presented in detail in McCarthy and others (2009) Methods...
... northern part of the Red Riverbasin In the northern part of the Red River basin, margin deltas have developed eastward from the borehole 103-TH-1X They are composed of river mouth bars and delta front ... In the northern part of the Red River basin, during the Miocene, margin deltas have developed eastward from the plot N0103 These margin deltas were formed and developed at the end of the lowstand ... fluctuation and formation of margin deltas in the northern part of the Red Riverbasin A study result on the Red Riverbasin has revealed transgression/regression cycles during the Miocene There are...
... with the USBR After the listing of suckers in 1988 and coho in 1997, the USBR was required to assess the potential impairment of these fishes in the Klamath RiverBasin by operations of the Klamath ... independently review the scientific and technical validity of the government's biological opinions and their RPAs The NRC Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath RiverBasin was formed ... science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal...
... its toll on the health of the Sesan and Srepok basins in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and downstream in northeastern Cambodia Despite the harm these projects have had on the rivers’ biodiversity, ... of many of these planned projects to the Mekong Riverandthe important role the 3S rivers play in maintaining the Mekong River s abundant sheries and nutrient rich sediment ows, the impacts ... 3SRivers Under Threat Introduction The Sesan, Srepok and Sekong (3S) rivers basin is a major tributary and watershed of the Mekong Riverand is located in the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia and...
... Mekong RiverBasin Distribution and Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong RiverBasin Distribution and Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong RiverBasin ... Distribution and Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong RiverBasin Distribution and Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong RiverBasin Summary The fishery ... Distribution and Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong RiverBasin 11 Distribution and Ecology of Some Important Riverine Fish Species of the Mekong RiverBasin 12 Distribution and...
... term of percentage) than the areas below Kratie and in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta The 2000 estimated irrigation water demand in the Mekong RiverBasin parts of Thailand and Laos was only 30% of the ... planning and development (3, 13, 21) The main source of major future impacts, both positive and negative, on the communities and natural resources of the Mekong RiverBasin is the development and ... FOOD DEMAND GROWTH PROJECTION IN THE MEKONG RIVERBASIN Selecting a Method for Projecting Food Demand Figure Mekong River key monitoring stations (27) RiverBasin population growth rate from the...
... map the land cover of the period 1998 - 2003 The images captured the study site in the dry season, once in May 1998 andthe other in April 2003 All images were co-registered into each other and ... in row i and column i, and Xi+ and X+i are the marginal totals for row i and column i, respectively, and N is the total number of observations The land cover mapping was performed in the ENVI ... cover, and their driving forces in the Ca RiverBasin This study’s aim, therefore, is to investigate the implications of the region’s biophysical conditions, its socio-economic context, and the...
... Dam and its fragmented river landscapes in Min Riverbasin Before construction of the dam, the Min River maintained connectivity between six river landscapes After the dam constructed in 1978, the ... dams on river connectivity andriver landscape fragmentation at thebasinand sub -basin scales; IV quantify the cumulative impacts of numerous small dams on flow regulation andriver landscape ... Xiang, Zi, Yuan, andthe Li rivers, flow into the Dongting Lake which converges into the Yangtze at Chenglingji; the Gan, Fu, Xiu and Xin rivers are the four major tributaries of the Poyang Lake...
... Scope of the study Subjects and scope of the dissertation are a system of reservoirs (Ka Nak, An Khe, Ayun Ha, H'nang, Ba Ha and Hinh) andthe flood flow regime on the Ba RiverbasinThe thesis ... of the system CHAPTER DEVELOPEMENT OF INTER-RESERVOIR OPERATION PROCEDURES FOR FLOOD CONTROL IN THE BA RIVERBASIN 2.1 Meteo-hydrological characteristics of the Ba riverbasinThe Ba riverbasin ... December, the late storms from the East Sea are weakened by the Truong Son range from tropical depressions and then combine with the northeast monsoon that causes heavy rain in the upper of the Ba river...
... Us is the short -term unemployment rate and Ul is the long- term unemployment rate The value of α will be determined by the estimation For the purpose of this paper, the duration version of the Phillips ... beyond their indirect effect via long- term unemployment On the other hand, unemployment benefits duration and labor market policies only affect the weights via their impact on long- term unemployment The ... rate, and π t is inflation over the past year t Ugap takes two possible values: The first value is the gap between the unemployment rate ˜ ˜ andthe standard NAIRU The second is the gap between U and...
... than the effect of long- term incentives The results support this 19 hypothesis as well In step 2, the coefficient for bonuses was larger than the coefficient for longterm incentives, andthe ... greater than the coefficient for both the bonus plan (p < 001) and long- term incentives (p < 0001) Because of the restrictions on long- term incentives, Hypothesis predicted that the effect of ... of the specified grids For the bonus pay plan, the company set targets, which were based on the pay band of the employee at the beginning of the year The company paid bonuses which reflected the...
... Osaka, Japan) The RNA was reverse-transcribed using SuperScript II (Invitrogen) and used for cloning the SV40T Ag cDNA The cDNA encoding the wild-type SV40T Ag andthe 3¢ portion of the tsA58T Ag ... antibodies against the pan-EC marker, CD31, the lymphatic endothelial and liver sinusoidal endothelial marker Lyve-1 (lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor-1) [28–32] and SV40T Ag Immunostaining ... lipoproteins (LDLs) The cell populations derived from the brain, lung, heart, liver and uterus stained positive for CD31 (Fig 3B for the brain, liver and uterus; data not shown for the lung and heart),...
... 283 “Health and Long- Term Care” PROVIDING LONG- TERM CARE 78 4.1 Experience with long- term health care .78 4.2 Paying for the long- term care of a parent 85 RECEIVING LONG- TERM CARE ... In the final part we focus specifically on long- term care andthe care of the elderly We firstly examine Europeans’ views about the provision of longterm care: the appropriateness and costs and ... the future, how they expect and prefer to be taken care of should the need arise and how they think they will finance their future long- term care In the last chapter, we look at the extent to which...
... causing farmers to evacuate and in some cases abandon farms, the agronomic and social impacts of the evacuation, the rationale and execution of livestock evacuation, andthe factors that encouraged ... impacts from the ashfall and ash storms resulted in evacuations out of the area in the short andlongtermThe following types of responses were identified from interviews: • Short -term (