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Impact of Climate Variability on Streamflow and Water Quality in the North Central United States
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Long-term precipitation, temperature, and streamflow records were used to compare
changes in precipitation and potential evapotranspiration to changes in runoff within 25 stream basins. Historical changes in the region ...
Northern Leopard Frogs in North Dakota: Assessing the Conservation Status of a Widespread Amphibian Species
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
North Dakota’s midcontinent location within the Prairie Pothole Region is widely known
for the dense wetlands. These highly productive wetlands are mixed within an agricultural
mosaic which places increased pressure on ...
The "Fathead Minnow Factory": Exploring How a Changing Climate Has Influenced Fish and Salamander Communities in the Prairie Pothole Region
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Global climate change has been linked to changing many ecosystem processes. Early
literature on climate change and biological systems predominately focused on individual species
responses to temperature gradients. However, ...
Characterization of Road Dust in Western North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Samples were collected during summer 2014, at three locations: along 15th St. SW near agricultural test plots, along an access road leading to a newly built oil drilling pad, and adjacent to the pad. MiniVol™ TAS Samplers ...
Life History and Interspecific Co-Persistence of Native Imperiled Fishes in Single Species and Multi-Species Ex Situ Refuges
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Like many imperiled fishes, the endangered Pahrump Poolfish (Empetrichthys latos latos) is managed in ex situ refuges. I investigated life history characteristics of females from two such populations at Lake Harriet and ...
OSL Dating of High-Elevation Alluvial Sediments: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
High-elevation alluvial fans in the McMurdo Dry Valleys are a record of short-term, occasional melting events along the margins of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Sediment samples were dated from five fans using Optically ...
Ecology of Cryptosporidium Parasites in Wild Rodent Populations
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Cryptosporidium is a genus of ubiquitous parasites that have been detected worldwide in nearly 500 species of amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles. Most research has focused on the Cryptosporidium species and ...
Impact of Artificial Aeration on Nutrients in a Small Eutrophic Lake
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The Heinrich- Martin Dam Impoundment (HMDI), located in northcentral LaMoure County, North Dakota, is an important water body for fishing, boating, and other recreational activities. To eliminate the thermal stratification ...