Riparian seeps have been recognized for their contributions to stream flow in headwater catchments, but there is limited data on how seeps affect stream water quality. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of seeps on the variability of stream NO3-N concentrations in FD36 and RS, two agricultural catchments in Pennsylvania. Stream samples were collected at 10-m intervals over re...

Aquatic plants anchored in streams are under pressure from various constraints linked to the water flow and display strategies to prevent their damage or destruction. We assume that the responses of aquatic plants to fast-water flow are a manifestation of a trade-off consisting in either maximizing the resistance to damage (tolerance strategy) in minimizing the hydrodynamic forces (avoidance st...

Introduction The tremendous growth of activity in the composites industry continues to create a need for materials that meet the tough demands for environmental compliance and high performance at an economical cost. Much of this activity has been focused on composite systems based on unsaturated polyester resins (UPRs) and vinyl esters (VEs) utilized in laminating, gel coat and free-flowing mol...

Fast flowing ice streams and outlet glaciers provide the major avenues for ice flow from past and present ice sheets. These ice streams move faster than the surrounding ice sheet by a factor of one hundred or more. Several mechanisms for fast ice stream flow have been identified, leading to a spectrum of different ice stream types. In this paper we discuss the two end members of this spectrum, ...

Numerous studies of population genetics in salmonids and other anadromous fishes have revealed that population structure is generally organized into geographic hierarchies (isolation by distance), but significant structure can exist in proximate populations due to varying selective pressures (isolation by adaptation). In Chignik Lakes, Alaska, anadromous Dolly Varden char (Salvelinus malma) spa...

Design Automation for Streaming Systems by Eylon Caspi Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science University of California, Berkeley Professor John Wawrzynek, Chair RTL design methodologies are struggling to meet the challenges of modern, large system design. Their reliance on manually timed design with fully exposed device resources is laborious, restricts reuse, and is increasingly ineffective ...

-The effects of woody debris on anadromous salmonid habitat in eight streams on Prince of Wales Island, southeast Alaska, were investigated by comparing low-gradient (1-9%) firstor second-order streams flowing through either spruce-hemlock forests or 6-10-year-old clearcuts, and by observing changes after debris was selectively removed from clear-cut reaches. Woody debris decreased the rate of ...

A study of misfit streams and meandering depressions developed in ground moraine deposits near Dayton, Ohio has indicated that streams are re-establishing old stream courses, which persist as buried channels previously carved into bedrock. The erosion of deep meandering channels in bedrock appears consistent with melt-water streams let down through glacial ice. Such channels would subsequently ...

This paper reviews various impacts of urbanization on rivers and streams, which lead to symptoms summarized by the general term “urban stream syndrome”. Growing areas of impervious surfaces cause deterioration of water recipients flowing through urban areas. The symptoms of deterioration usually include altered chemical parameters of water and sediment, accumulation of priority pollutants in aq...