@mastersthesis {83210, title = {Carbon Storage in U.S. Pacific Northwest Coastal Dunes: the Role of Invasive Beachgrasses and Sand Supply}, year = {2023}, note = {Despite intense interest in global warming, the carbon storage capacity of coastal dunes, which take up much of the Pacific coastline, had not been well studied {\textendash} until now. In this Master{\textquoteright}s thesis, the author {\textquotedblleft}measured the carbon storage capacity of coastal foredunes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, where dunes occur on roughly 45\% of the coastline. . .{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract). Carbon storage of two introduced beachgrass species is contrasted with that of the native dunegrass. This is an interesting look at an often overlooked ecosystem. Sally D. Hacker was the major professor.}, pages = {135 p.}, school = {Oregon State University}, type = {Masters Thesis}, edition = {M.S.}, chapter = {Dept. of Integrative Biology}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {American beachgrass = Ammophila breviligulata, American dunegrass = Leymus mollis, carbon, Clatsop Plains, climate, European marram grass = Ammophila arenaria, introduced species, Nehalem Bay, Pacific City (Or.), Sand Lake, Siltcoos Dunes, Siuslaw River, Snowy plover = Charadrius nivosus, South Beach (Or.), terrestrial vegetation, Umpqua Dunes}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/3n2046910 }, author = {Stepanek, John} } @mastersthesis {83181, title = {Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Seagrass and Coral Microbiomes}, year = {2020}, note = {Coral reefs and seagrass beds provide important habitats and perform vital ecosystem services to a variety of ocean life. Unfortunately, corals and seagrasses are both suffering population declines due to human-derived stressors. In this wide-ranging doctoral dissertation, the author examines how anthropogenic changes stress the microbiomes surrounding seagrasses and corals. {\textquotedblleft}This body of work utilized 16S rRNA amplicon and metagenome sequencing to characterize changes in the taxonomic composition and functional potential of seagrass and coral microbiomes under varying environmental stressors. This work was done to gain fuller understanding of seagrass and coral holobiont responses to the changing oceans{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract). Ryan S. Mueller was the major professor.}, month = {2020}, pages = {227 p.}, school = {Oregon State university}, type = {Doctoral Dissertation}, edition = {Ph. D.}, chapter = {Dept. of Microbiology}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {carbon, climate, eelgrass = Zostera marina, eutrophication, Florida Keys, genetics, human impacts, Ischia, Italy, Massive starlet coral = Siderastrea sidereal, Microbes, nitrogen, ocean acidification, water temperature, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/nv9359526 }, author = {Wang, Lu} } @mastersthesis {83176, title = {Influence of Soil Texture on Carbon Storage of PNW Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems}, year = {2020}, note = {Interest in carbon sequestration has risen as concern about climate change has increased. {\textquotedblleft}Blue carbon{\textquotedblright} refers to carbon captured by the oceans and intertidal areas adjoining the oceans. It is necessary to understand the dynamics of blue carbon storage in order to understand the world{\textquoteright}s carbon budget. In this Honors Bachelor of Science thesis, the author examines the relationship between soil texture and carbon storage at multiple West Coast sites. The advisor was J. Boone Kauffman.}, pages = {36 p.}, school = {Oregon State University}, type = {Bachelors Thesis (Honors)}, edition = {Honors B.S.}, chapter = {Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {carbon, Carbon sequestration, Columbia River, Coos Bay, Grays Harbor (Wash.), Humboldt Bay (Calif.), Nehalem Bay, Padilla Bay (Wash.), salt marsh, sediments, Skagit River (Wash.), Snohomish Estuary (Wash.), wetland vegetation, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/honors_college_theses/qn59q9717}, author = {Fox, Conner S.} } @mastersthesis {83174, title = {The Influence of Microbial Communities on Spatiotemporal Elemental Cycling in Coastal Margins Revealed by Community- and Population-level Genomics and Proteomics}, year = {2019}, note = {If we want to understand carbon and nutrient cycling in our rivers and on our coastal margins, then we need to understand what is happening at the smallest levels, i.e., with microbes. This masterful doctoral dissertation examines the roles microbes play in carbon and nutrient cycling in Yaquina Bay, the Yaquina River plume, and nearby coastal margins. The author generated and interpreted several datasets for this work. The major professor was Ryan S. Mueller.}, pages = {242 p.}, school = {Oregon State University}, type = {Doctoral Dissertation}, edition = {Ph. D.}, chapter = {Dept. of Microbiology}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {bacteria, carbon, Microbes, nitrogen, nutrient cycles, Phages, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/7d279004w }, author = {Kieft, Brandon P.} } @article {54801, title = {Comparison of photosynthetic characteristics of the seagrass congeners Zostera marina L. and Zostera japonica Ascher. \& Graeb.}, journal = {Aquatic Botany }, volume = {112}, year = {2014}, note = {{\textquotedblleft}On the Pacific coast of North America two seagrass species in the genus Zostera co-exist; the native species, Zostera marina, and an introduced species, Zostera japonica. These two species typically occupy separate tidal elevations, with Z. marina occupying the lower intertidal and shallow subtidal zones, and Z. japonica occupying the mid- to upper intertidal zone. This study was designed to compare the photosynthetic characteristics of Z. japonica and Z. marina after exposure to high and low light. . . . {\textquotedblleft}}, month = {2014, Jan.}, pages = {p.91-97}, keywords = {aquatic plants, carbon, eelgrass = Zostera marina, habitats, Idaho Flats, introduced species, Japanese eelgrass = Zostera japonica, natural resource management, oxygen, Yaquina Bay, zonal distribution}, doi = {10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.09.002}, author = {Shafer, Deborah J. and Kaldy, James E.} } @article {76331, title = {Differential drivers of benthic foraminiferal and molluscan community composition from a multivariate record of early Miocene environmental change}, journal = {Paleobiology}, volume = {40 }, year = {2014}, note = {This is a study of the early Miocene Newport member of the Astoria Formation. The Newport Member was deposited about 20.26-18 million years ago. It offers an approximately 2 million year {\textquotedblleft}time series of benthic foraminifera and molluscs from continental shelf depths, allowing investigation of both groups in the same record.{\textquotedblright} (p.399) Since there was an interval of global warming in this time period, the authors wondered what the sediments would tell researchers about how marine environments reacted to climate change. The answer is {\textellipsis} complicated. As the authors observe, {\textquotedblleft}Environmental changes are multivariate in nature.{\textquotedblright} (p.414) A most interesting look at a complex subject.}, month = {2014, Summer}, pages = {p. 398-416}, keywords = {aquatic invertebrates, Beverly Beach State Park, bivalves, carbon, climate change, foraminifera, geology, Jump-Off Joe, molluscs, Moolach Beach, oxygen, paleontology, paleosciences, primary productivity, Schooner Point, sediments, temperature, Wade Creek, Yaquina Head}, doi = {10.1666/13019}, author = {Belanger, Christina L. and Villarosa Garcia, Marites} } @article {49771, title = {In situ13C tracer experiments elucidate carbon translocation rates and allocation patterns in eelgrass Zostera marina}, journal = {Marine Ecology Progress Series}, volume = {487}, year = {2013}, note = {In this project, native seagrass was studied in summer and in winter using carbon-13 as a tracer to monitor changes in carbon uptake. {\textquotedblleft}The results provide important estimates of carbon uptake and translocation that can be used to better understand whole plant carbon budgets as well as the transfer of seagrass-derived carbon to other trophic communities.{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract)}, pages = {p.27-39}, keywords = {carbon, eelgrass = Zostera marina, isotopes, Yaquina Bay}, doi = {10.3354/meps10354}, url = {https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2013/487/m487p027.pdf}, author = {Kaldy, James E. and Brown, Cheryl A. and Andersen, Christian P.} } @article {80341, title = {Economic Benefits of Conservation Natural Lands: Case Study: Yaquina Bay Conservation Opportunity Area, Oregon}, year = {2008}, note = {If you have ever wondered what undeveloped land in estuaries is worth, this publication might be of interest. This study, based on 2004 data, wasn{\textquoteright}t able to quantify the value of every service performed by undeveloped land and open spaces, but does a good job of detailing what is possible to quantify. {\textquotedblleft}Recreational fishing is the activity that generates the single largest value, followed by commercial crabbing and oyster harvests. Carbon sequestration, the only ecosystem service included in our analysis, generates substantial economic value as well, although the current uncertainties surrounding access and credit prices on emerging carbon markets make this estimate somewhat less reliable than those for the other uses we examine.{\textquotedblright} (p.1-2)}, pages = {39 p.}, institution = {Defenders of Wildlife}, address = {Washington, D.C.}, keywords = {agriculture, carbon, commercial fisheries - groundfish, economics, education, forestry, Hatfield Marine Science Center, human impacts, recreation, recreational fisheries {\textendash} groundfish, salmon, shellfish, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/8s45q9195}, author = {Kroeger, Timm and McMurray, Anna} } @article {34116, title = {Ecological Condition of the Estuaries of Oregon and Washington}, volume = {EPA-910-R-06-001}, year = {2006}, note = {For the layperson, this is an overview that does not go into any detail on specific estuaries. Problem locations are marked with colored dots on a map and are not labeled. This deliberate lack of specificity on EPA{\textquoteright}s part is baffling and disappointing.}, pages = {73 p.}, institution = {U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Office of Environmental Assessment}, address = {Seattle, Wa.}, keywords = {biodegradation, carbon, dissolved oxygen, ecosystem health, estuaries, heavy metals, hydrocarbons, invasive species, nitrogen, pesticides, phosphorus, sediments, species composition, species list, toxicity, water pollution, water quality}, url = {https://archive.epa.gov/emap/archive-emap/web/html/eceow.html}, author = {United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region X, and United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region X. Office of Environmental Assessment,} } @mastersthesis {77196, title = {The Effects of Temperature and Food Availability on Energy Partitioning and Growth in the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg)}, year = {1977}, note = {In this doctoral dissertation, the author contrasted experimental open and closed systems for culturing Pacific oysters. Raw Yaquina Bay water was pumped into the {\textquotedblleft}open system.{\textquotedblright} Carbon and nitrogen-bearing particles were monitored for two years to indicate natural seasonal fluctuations in nutrients. This data was contrasted with experiments in a {\textquotedblleft}closed system{\textquotedblright} that permitted control of water flow, water temperature, and food availability. The author discusses these experiments, an energy budget for the Pacific oyster, water temperature ranges for greatest growth, other factors affecting culture of this animal, and possible implications for research. Major professor was Charles E. Warren.}, pages = {135 p.}, school = {Oregon State University}, type = {Doctoral Dissertation}, edition = {Ph. D.}, chapter = {Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {aquaculture, aquatic invertebrates, bivalves, carbon, feeding behavior, Hatfield Marine Science Center, mollusks, nitrogen, nutrition, oysters, Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas, shellfish, water temperature, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/5q47rr990}, author = {Malouf, Robert Edward} } @mastersthesis {29741, title = {Factors That Influence Sulfide Production in an Estuarine Environment}, year = {1974}, note = {Major professor was Dr. Arthur Anderson. Masters thesis.}, pages = {97 p.}, school = {Oregon State University}, type = {Masters Thesis}, edition = {M.S.}, chapter = {Dept. of Microbiology}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {bacteria, carbon, chemical, Coos Bay, dissolved oxygen, estuarine dynamics, hydrology, sediments, sulphate, sulphide, theses, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/2b88qg89m}, author = {Peterson, Paul E.} }