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- 1Vargas Sepulveda, Hector Mauricio
- 1Bork, Edward (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 1Bressler, David (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 1Case, Rebecca (Biological Sciences)
- 1Chang, Scott ( Department of Renewable Resources)
- 1Douglass Jacobs (Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University)
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Fall 2018
The physical and chemical properties associated with different soil materials are arguably the most important factor affecting early seedling growth and survival as they determine the amount of rooting space, nutrients and water available to planted seedlings. The likelihood of successful...
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Fall 2018
Surface colonization is ubiquitous in marine environments, and bacteria are one of the first, or primary colonizers, to attach to newly formed surfaces. Marine algae are host to a plethora of such bacterial colonizers, one of the most abundant being roseobacters. Most of known pathogenic or...
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The effects of biochar-manure on crop yield, greenhouse gases, and organic matter stability in an Orthic Gray Luvisol
DownloadSpring 2023
Cattle production contributes to the largest portion of livestock agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada, mainly in the form of methane (CH4). Therefore, there is interest in the modification of livestock diet composition to try and reduce the emission of CH4, resulting in a...
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Spring 2023
Coral reefs are essential to the marine ecosystem, and provide some of the most diverse habitats in the world. Coral reef fisheries contribute 6.8 billion to the economy a year globally. However, coral reefs are under significant threat because of human activities such as overfishing, ocean...
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Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Ascophyllum nodosum for the Co-Production of Biofuels and Value-Added Products
DownloadSpring 2019
Vargas Sepulveda, Hector Mauricio
There has been an increasing interest in the use of biorefining feedstocks for the production of value-added products. Seaweeds are of special interest, due to the fact that they do not compete for land use with food crops, have low to no lignin content, and can be grown in waste water or at sea,...
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Fall 2019
Canada is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to mitigate the effects of global warming. A major source of GHG emissions is coal-based power generation. Replacing (fossil) coal with biomass-based feedstocks for the generation of electricity could help reduce these emissions....
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Characterization of Soil Spatial Heterogeneity and Improvement of Capping Materials for Oil Sands Mine Reclamation
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Surface mining in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR), Alberta, Canada creates a large-scale ecosystem disturbance requiring ‘land reclamation’. Mining approvals require that land reclamation returns the sites to an equivalent land capability class, but this goal has proven challenging to...
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Assessing Algal Community Structure and Nutrient Uptake Kinetics Across a Nutrient Gradient in Agricultural Streams
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Streams provide important ecosystem services, such as the transformation of organic matter and water purification, while transporting water from headwaters to larger receiving waterbodies downstream. Excess nutrients introduced through anthropogenic land use put stress on aquatic ecosystems and...
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Agroforestry and Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation: Carbon Storage, Soil Carbon Cycling, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Agroforestry systems (AFS) and the application of organic amendments in croplands can contribute to carbon (C) sequestration and reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural lands. However, previously understudied differences among AFS and organic amendments may underestimate...