61 Matching Results

Search Results

Advanced search parameters have been applied.
in subjects: "South Carolina"  
Results: 1 - 24 next
open access

Transplanting native dominant plants to facilitate community development in restored coastal plain wetlands.

Description: Abstract: Drained depressional wetlands are typically restored by plugging ditches or breaking drainage tiles to allow recovery of natural ponding regimes, while relying on passive recolonization from seed banks and dispersal to establish emergent vegetation. However, in restored depressions of the southeastern United States Coastal Plain, certain characteristic rhizomatous graminoid species may not recolonize because they are dispersal-limited and uncommon or absent in the seed banks of distur… more
Date: December 1, 2007
Creator: De Steven, Diane & Sharitz, Rebecca R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Effect of habitat and foraging height on bat activity in the coastal plain of South Carolina.

Description: A comparison of bat activity levels in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina among 5 habitat types: forested riparian areas, clearcuts, young pine plantations, mature pine plantations and pine savannas, using time expansion radio-microphones and integrated detectors to simultaneously monitor bat activity at three heights in each habitat type.
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Menzel, Jennifer, M.; Menzel, Michael A.; Kilgo, John C.; Ford, W. Mark; Edwards, John W. & McCracken, Gary F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Environmental Biosciences Program Quarterly Report

Description: Current research projects have focused Environmental Biosciences Program (EBP) talent and resources on providing the scientific basis for risk-based standards, risk-based decision making and the accelerated clean-up of widespread environmental hazards. These hazards include trichloroethylene, low-dose ionizing radiation (gamma and neutron) and alpha radiation from plutonium. Trichloroethylene research has been conducted as a joint collaborative effort with the University of Georgia. Work on the… more
Date: January 30, 2009
Creator: Mohr, Lawrence C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Habitat associations of saproxylic beetles in the southeastern United States: A comparison of forest types, tree species and wood postures.

Description: Saproxylic beetles are highly sensitive to forest management practices that reduce the abundance and variety of dead wood. However, this diverse fauna continues to receive little attention in the southeastern United States even though this region supports some of the most diverse, productive and intensively managed forests in North America. In this replicated three-way factorial experiment, we investigated the habitat associations of saproxylic beetles on the coastal plain of South Carolina. Th… more
Date: September 1, 2008
Creator: Ulyshen, Michael, D. & Hanula, James, L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

UTILIZING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN-UP, SAVAHHAH RIVER SITE

Description: The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a 310-square-mile United States Department of Energy nuclear facility located along the Savannah River near Aiken, South Carolina. During operations, which started in 1951, hazardous substances (chemicals and radionuclides) were released to the environment. The releases occurred as a result of inadvertent spills and waste disposal in unlined pits and basins which was common practice before environmental regulations existed. The hazardous substances have migrated… more
Date: January 7, 2009
Creator: Bergren, C
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Implications of home-range estimation in the management of red-cockaded woodpeckers in South Carolina

Description: I undertook a behavioral study to determine red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) home-range size at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, USA. In this location, because much of the timber was harvested in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the available habitat largely consisted of younger trees (e.g., less than 45 years old), not generally considered prime habitat for this species. From 1992 to 1995, I observed seven groups of red-cockaded woodpeckers to determine year-round home-range … more
Date: March 1, 2006
Creator: Franzreb, Kathleen, E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Use and selection of bridges as day roosts by Rafinesque's Big Eared Bats.

Description: ABSTRACT.—Rafinesque’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) use bridges as day roosts in parts of their range, but information on bridge use across their range is lacking. From May to Aug. 2002 we surveyed 1129 bridges (12.5%) within all 46 counties of South Carolina to determine use and selection of bridges as day roosts by big-eared bats and to document their distribution across the state. During summer 2003, we visited 235 bridges in previously occupied areas of the state to evaluate sh… more
Date: March 1, 2008
Creator: Bennett, Frances, M.; Loeb, Susan, C.; Bunch, Mary, S. & Bowerman, William, W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Shirt with image and slogan]

Description: Photograph of a shirt worn by an attendee of the 40th anniversary Church and Synagogue Library Association conference held at the Inn at Valley Forge in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The shirt reads "Congregational Collections Carolina Connections" and has the image of a bridge with the shape of South Carolina behind it.
Date: [2007-07-14..2007-07-17]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 40.101286 -75.383553
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
open access

Double contingency controls in the pit disassembly and conversion facility

Description: A Pit Disassembly and Conversion Facility (PDCF) will be built and operated at DOE'S Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina. The facility will process over three metric tons of plutonium per year. There will be a significant amount of special nuclear material (SNM) moving through the various processing modules in the facility, and this will obviously require well-designed engineering controls to prevent criticality accidents. The PDCF control system will interlock glovebox entry doors clos… more
Date: January 1, 2002
Creator: Christensen, L. (Lowell) & Brady-Raap, M. (Michaele)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Ice damage in loblolly pine: Understanding the factors that influence susceptibility.

Description: Abstract: Winter ice storms frequently occur in the southeastern United States and can severely damage softwood plantations. In January 2004, a severe storm deposited approximately 2 cm of ice on an intensively managed 4-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation in South Carolina. Existing irrigation and fertilization treatments presented an opportunity to examine the effects of resource amendments on initial ice damage and subsequent recovery. Fertilized treatments showed more individ… more
Date: April 1, 2007
Creator: Aubrey, Doug, P.; Coleman, Mark, D. & Coyle, David, R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

High Performance Electrolyzers for Hybrid Thermochemical Cycles

Description: Extensive electrolyzer testing was performed at the University of South Carolina (USC). Emphasis was given to understanding water transport under various operating (i.e., temperature, membrane pressure differential and current density) and design (i.e., membrane thickness) conditions when it became apparent that water transport plays a deciding role in cell voltage. A mathematical model was developed to further understand the mechanisms of water and SO2 transport, and to predict the effect of o… more
Date: May 10, 2009
Creator: Weidner, Dr. John W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

The Savannah River National Laboratory's Response to the Graniteville, SC Train Accident

Description: The Savannah River National Laboratory's (SRNL) Weather INformation and Display (WIND) System was used to provide meteorological and atmospheric modeling/consequence assessment support to state and local agencies following the collision of two Norfolk Southern freight trains on the morning of January 6, 2005. This collision resulted in the release of several toxic chemicals to the environment, including chlorine. The dense and highly toxic cloud of chlorine gas that formed in the vicinity of th… more
Date: October 21, 2005
Creator: Hunter, C. H.; Parker, M. J.; Buckley, R. L.; Weber, A. H. & Addis, R. P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Central Energy System Modernization at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Description: An evaluation of technology options was conducted for the central energy systems at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. There were two objectives in conducting this study. From a broader viewpoint, the Army would like to develop a systematic approach to management of its central energy systems and selected Fort Jackson for this ''pilot'' study for a prospective Central Energy System Modernization Program. From a site-specific perspective, the objective was to identify the lowest life-cycle cost energ… more
Date: November 29, 2006
Creator: Brown, Daryl R.; Chvala, William D. & Dirks, James A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

PILOT PEAT-BED TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR NPDES OUTFALL H-12

Description: A National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit was issued to the Savannah River Site (SRS) by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) and became effective on December 1, 2003. The new permit contained revised limits for copper and zinc derived by adjusting the South Carolina aquatic life water quality standards in accordance with dissolved metals criteria. The new copper and zinc limits are very low and may not be met consistently at Outfall … more
Date: October 22, 2007
Creator: Halverson, N; Ralph Nichols, R & Topher Berry, T
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

SALTSTONE 3QCY08 TCLP RESULTS

Description: A Saltstone waste form was prepared in the Savannah River National Laboratory from a Tank 50H sample and Z-Area premix material for the third quarter of calendar year 2008 (3QCY08). After the prescribed 28 day cure, samples of the saltstone were collected, and the waste form was shown to meet the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Regulations (SCHWMR) R.61-79.261.24 and R.61-79.268.48(a) requirements for a nonhazardous waste form with respect to RCRA metals and underlying hazardous const… more
Date: April 21, 2009
Creator: Cozzi, A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Fine-scale genetic structure and social organization in female white-tailed deer.

Description: Abstract: Social behavior of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) can have important management implications. The formation of matrilineal social groups among female deer has been documented and management strategies have been proposed based on this well-developed social structure. Using radiocollared (n = 17) and hunter or vehicle-killed (n = 21) does, we examined spatial and genetic structure in white-tailed deer on a 7,000-ha portion of the Savannah River Site in the upper Coastal Plai… more
Date: July 1, 2005
Creator: Comer, Christopher E.; Kilgo, John C.; D'Angelo, Gino J.; Glenn, Travis C. & Miller, Karl V.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Notes on breeding sharp-shinned hawks and Cooper’s hawks in Barnwell County, South Carolina.

Description: Abstract - Breeding records of Accipiter striatus (Sharp-shinned Hawks) in the southeastern US are scattered and isolated. We documented a Sharp-shinned Hawk and Accipiter cooperii (Cooper’s Hawk) nest while conducting a telemetry study on Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Red-headed Woodpeckers) in Barnwell County, SC in 2006 and 2007. We report the first known nest of a Sharp-shinned Hawk in Barnwell County, SC and the first report of Sharp-shinned Hawks preying upon Red-headed Woodpeckers. Thirtee… more
Date: July 1, 2009
Creator: Vukovich, Mark & Kilgo, John, C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Nesting ecology of wood thrush (Turdidae: Passeriformes) in hardwood forests of South Carolina

Description: The nesting success of the Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) in bottomland and upland forests in South Carolina. Twenty-one of 26 nests were located in bottomland sites, and 76.2% of these nests were in narrow (<150-m wide) bottomland corridors. No nests were found in upland sites enclosed by fields. The Mayfield success rate for 20 nests was 35.3%. All nest failures were attributed to predation, no nests were parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater). Nest sites were characteri… more
Date: January 1, 2003
Creator: Sargent, Robert, A.; Kilgo, John, C.; Chapman, Brian, R. & Miller, Karl, V.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

The distribution and contaminant exposure of Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bats in South Carolina with an emphasis on bridge surveys.

Description: Rafinesque's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), an insectivorous mammal indigenous to the southern United States, has long been referred to as one of the least known bats in North America. Although there has been a moderate increase in the number of peer-reviewed articles published on this species in the past 6 years, the basic ecology and status of Rafinesque's big-eared bat remains largely obscure. Prior to 1996, when the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) discontinued the… more
Date: October 23, 2003
Creator: Bennett, F.M.; Loeb, S.C. & Bowerman, W.W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Environmental Biosciences Program Third Quarter Report

Description: In May 2002, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) signed Assistance Instrument Number DE-FC09-02CH11109 with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to support the Environmental Biosciences Program (EBP). This funding instrument replaces DOE Assistance Instrument Number DE-FC02-98CH10902. EBP is an integrated, multidisciplinary scientific research program, employing a range of research initiatives to identify, study and resolve environmental health risks. These initiatives are c… more
Date: March 31, 2004
Creator: Mohr, Lawrence C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Effects of controlled dog hunting on movements of female white-tailed deer.

Description: D'Angelo, Gino, J., John C. Kilgo, Christopher E. Comer, Cory D. Drennan, David A. Osborn, and Karl V. Miller. 2003. Effects of controlled dog hunting on movements of female white-tailed deer. In: Proceedings of the Annu. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Fish and Wildl. Agencies. 57:317-325. This article explores the relationship between controlled dog hunting and the movements of female white tailed deer at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. The data suggests that short term, controlled dog hunti… more
Date: December 31, 2003
Creator: D'Angelo, Gino, J.; Kilgo, John, C.; Comer, Christopher, E.; Drennan, Cory, D.; Osborn, David, A. & Miller, Karl, V.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Irrigation and fertilization effects on Nantucket Pine Tip Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Damage levels and pupal weight in an intensively-managed pine plantation.

Description: The widespread application of intensive forest management practices throughout the southeastern U.S. has increased loblolly pine, Pinus taeda L., yields and shortened conventional rotation lengths. Fluctuations in Nantucket pine tip moth, Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock), population density and subsequent damage levels have been linked to variations in management intensity. We examined the effects of two practices, irrigation and fertilization, on R. frustrana damage levels and pupal weights in … more
Date: October 1, 2003
Creator: Coyle, David, R.; Nowak, John, T. & Fettig, Christopher, J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Application of EPA wetland research program approach to a floodplain wetland restoration assessment.

Description: Kolka, R.K., C.C. Trettin, E.A. Nelson, C.D. Barton, and D.E. Fletcher. 2002. Application of the EPA Wetland Research Program Approach to a floodplain wetland restoration assessment. J. Env. Monitoring & Restoration 1(1):37-51. Forested wetland restoration assessment is difficult because of the timeframe necessary for the development of a forest ecosystem. The development of a forested wetland ecosystem includes the recovery of hydrology, soils, vegetation, and faunal communities. To assess for… more
Date: January 1, 2002
Creator: Kolka, R. K.; Trettin, C. C.; Nelson, E. A.; Barton, C. D. & Fletcher, D. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
open access

Point and Fixed Plot Sampling Inventory Estimates at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina.

Description: This report provides calculation of systematic point sampling volume estimates for trees greater than or equal to 5 inches diameter breast height (dbh) and fixed radius plot volume estimates for trees < 5 inches dbh at the Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken County, South Carolina. The inventory of 622 plots was started in March 1999 and completed in January 2002 (Figure 1). Estimates are given in cubic foot volume. The analyses are presented in a series of Tables and Figures. In addition, a pr… more
Date: February 1, 2004
Creator: Parresol, Bernard, R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Back to Top of Screen