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Enhancing Understanding of Effects of Riparian Buffers on Aquatic Ecosystems through Development of Environmental Outreach Tools
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999-03)
Environmental outreach is an important element in the protection of riparian and aquatic environments. Scientists can play a key role in helping stakeholders understand the role of riparian zones in the ecology of both ...
A Conceptual Framework and Benefit Transfer for Valuation of Select Ecosystem Goods and Services Provided by the Wetlands of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-04)
The USFWS manages the National Wildlife Refuge System, which is the world’s premier example of public lands designated for their wildlife habitat value. We examine the feasibility of estimating the economic value of ecosystem ...
Back to Odum: Using Ecosystem Functional Measures in Stream Ecosystem Management
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-03)
Ecosystem management, fast developing as a conceptual framework for modern resource management, presents an opportunity to develop and implement new tools to measure resource condition. Stream ecosystem ecologists have ...
Bacterial Source Tracking in the Vernon River Watershed
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-03)
The Vernon River basin drains 16,000 acres of densely populated, urbanized area that includes portions of the City of Savannah and Chatham County and all of the City of Vernonburg. The upper reaches of the basin are comprised ...
Porous Pavements in Georgia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-03)
Porous pavements can contribute to the solution of urban stormwater management problems at the source. Georgia has been acquiring experience in porous pavement installations which elucidate the care that is necessary in ...
Delineating Karst Features Underlying Lake Seminole, Southwestern Georgia, Using Historical Aerial Photographs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04)
Historical aerial photographs, taken prior to impoundment of Lake Seminole in 1957, were scanned and then rectified using a geographic information system so that karst features could be delineated (Fig. 1). Fifty-three ...
Financial Risks of Developing New Water Supply Reservoirs in the Southeast, and Elements of a Prudent Path to Securing Water Supplies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)
This paper is based on our July 2012 report documenting the financial and water resource risks tied to developing new water supply reservoirs in the Southeast. Many local governments throughout Georgia are consider-ing ...
Concentration/Discharge Hysteresis Analysis of Storm Events at the Panola Mountain Research Watershed, Georgia, USA
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-03)
The relationship between discharge and solute concentration was investigated at the Panola Mountain Research Watershed (PMRW), near Atlanta, Georgia, between the water years 1986-2002. Applying previous work by Evans and ...
Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Development in Southern Georgia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-03)
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Total Maximum
Daily Loads (TMDLs) were developed for 99 impaired
stream segments in the southern Georgia 4 river basins
include the Ochlockonee, Suwannee, Satilla, and St.
Marys Rivers. The 4 ...
Regional Effect of Pumping Ground Water from Deep Fracture Systems in the Conyers Area, Rockdale County, Georgia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-03)
A 72-hour aquifer test was conducted to investigate the yield and interconnectivity of deep fracture systems in the City of Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia. Wells tapping the deep fracture systems in the underlying ...