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The Influence of Culture on Environmental Education in a Rural School in Paraguay
Despite the need for international data regarding environmental education (EE), published research regarding this topic in Paraguay is non-existent. The context of a culturally diverse community necessitates a thorough ... -
DEPTH-DEPENDENT TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR SURVIVAL OF THE COLD-WATER GORGONIAN OCTOCORAL <i>Adelogorgia phyllosclera</i>
Water temperature is an important determinant of cold-water coral distribution as these taxa are adapted to stenothermal conditions. In recent years, several marine heatwave events have impacted marine ecosystems, including ... -
THE SOUTHERN NEGRO YOUTH CONGRESS: LEGACIES OF SNYC AND THE SOUTHERN RADICAL TRADITION
Postwar anticommunist rhetoric decimated the American left; however, the Southern Negro Youth Congress (SNYC) continued to shape the post-war political climate through organizational partnerships. This thesis examines ... -
CIRRAL ACTIVITY AND FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF A LAB RAISED SEA TURTLE COMMENSAL <i>Chelonibia testudinaria</i> IN VARIABLE FLOW AND IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE FOOD
Barnacles are sessile suspension feeders whose feeding efficiency and behavior is largely determined by the movement of water through their environment. In low flow environments, where particle capture is difficult, barnacles ... -
DEVELOPING FLOOD MAPS FOR COASTAL RESILIENCE IN CHARLESTON COUNTY AND IN NORTH CHARLESTON NEIGHBORHOODS
Charleston County and the City of North Charleston will experience increasingly severe flooding due to climate change in the coming century. Modeling potential flooding extents caused by sea level rise, riverine flooding, ... -
WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR WEDDING FLOWERS: WHAT PREMIUM WOULD CHARLESTON, SC BRIDES AND GROOMS PAY FOR LOCAL VERSUS FAIR-TRADE, CARBON OFFSETTING, OR ORGANICALLY PRODUCED FLOWERS?
This research investigated the willingness to pay for wedding flowers. Data were collected in Charleston, SC, a major wedding destination, from couples planning their wedding. The marginal willingness to pay (MWTP) of six ... -
A Public Opinion Study on Climate Change Denial and the Use of Renewable Energy
Climate change is a complex, environmental issue, and an issue in which the effects are intensifying and becoming more politically polarized. The public’s support is necessary for the implementation of climate change ... -
STREAMLINING BIG DATA PROCESSING PIPELINES VIA UNIX MEMORY TOOLS, PERSISTENT SPARK DATASETS, AND THE APACHE IGNITE IN-MEMORY FILE SYSTEM
Modern big data processing pipelines speed up individual applications by executing them in extremely fast in-memory frameworks like Apache Spark that run atop distributed disk systems like Apache Hadoop. Many big-data ... -
Acoustic Tracking of Southern Flounder (<i>Paralichthys lethostigma</i>) Released in the Charleston Harbor Estuarine System, South Carolina
Southern flounder is an economically important fish in the southern U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal regions, but population numbers are declining. Genetic and morphometric studies have shown that the Atlantic ... -
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES IN FISH BIODIVERSITY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES
There is increasing concern over biodiversity loss during this age of rapid global change, an issue referred to as a global biodiversity crisis. Though most studies find that global species richness is declining, studies ... -
Microplastic Debris in Charleston Harbor: Identifying Sources and Assessing Effects on Grass Shrimp (<i>Palaemonetes pugio</i>) Immune Function
Microplastics are ubiquitous in the marine environment and are comprised of heterogeneous small plastic particles (<5 mm). Previous research determined that Charleston Harbor contains 414±77 microplastics/m<sup>2</sup> in ... -
Characterization of Growth Anomalies in Finger Coral (<i>Porites compressa</i>) Using Metabolomics and Trace Elemental Analysis
Coral growth anomalies (GAs) are tumor-like coral lesions, generally characterized by localized increased skeletal growth resulting in an abnormal protuberant mass on a coral colony. There are competing hypotheses of ... -
On Coorbital Moons
In 1980, spacecraft Voyager I discovered two new moons around Saturn, Janus and Epimetheus. Because their orbits are so close together, these two moons are called coorbital. Counterintuitively, whenever these two moons get ... -
QUANTIFYING THE DEMOGRAPHICS, HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS, AND FOUNDATION SPECIES ROLE OF THE RIBBED MUSSEL (<i>Geukensia demissa</i>) IN SOUTH CAROLINA SALT MARSHES
<i>Geukensia demissa</i>, the ribbed mussel, is a mytilid bivalve that inhabits salt marshes along the East Coast of North America. It is an important ecosystem engineer, contributing to salt marsh species diversity and ... -
What Are The Factors Affecting Trip Satisfaction in the For-Hire Industry in South Carolina in Relation to the Black Sea Bass Bag Limit?
The for-hire industry is an economically important recreational activity that thrives in tourist destinations in coastal areas. While there has been much research on factors contributing to trip satisfaction for freshwater ... -
An Assessment of Southeast United States Headwater Tidal Creek Sediment Contamination and the Macrobenthic Community over a Twenty-Year Period in Relation to Coastal Development
Salt marshes and the tidal creeks that drain them are essential ecosystems along the southeastern coastline as they provide nursery, feeding, and protective habitat for many coastal organisms. Headwater tidal creeks are ... -
Chairwork
This is a poetry collection by Josh Lowder that represents the culmination of work he performed toward the Masters of Fine Arts degree at The Graduate School of the University of Charleston, South Carolina at the College ... -
What After Grows
As its title suggests, <i>What After Grows</i> is a collection of poetry concerned with time and how we respond to the internal and external transformations that accompany the passage of time. In these poems, time is at ... -
TOGETHER AS ONE: STORIES OF YOUTH
<i>Together as One: Stories of Youth</i> is a collection of works covering the beginnings of a novel, multiple short stories, and flash fiction. It is designed to showcase the author’s knowledge of craft elements in the ... -
"An Interesting But Blighted Area": The Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project in the Postwar Preservation Movement
Historic preservation is synonymous with Charleston’s twentieth century history. Yet, most scholars focus on the preservation efforts from the interwar preservation movement, completely ignoring the postwar preservation ...
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