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Evaluation of the bonus fishery created by the low-density stocking of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in Bull Shoals Lake
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Bull Shoals Lake is a large impoundment of the White River system in Missouri- Arkansas. Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis; STB) have been experimentally stocked into Bull Shoals since 2013 to create a low-density trophy fishery. We addressed...
Cotton seed and cotton-seed products as feeds for live stock
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The purpose of this work was to get together the results of the different experiments with cotton seed and cotton seed products in order that comparisons might be made of the feeding values of the different products with ...
Social capital and membership in dairy cooperatives in Kenya
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
Dairy cooperatives in Kenya have been promoted for over 50 years as an important mechanism for providing collective bargaining power for the rural poor (Dobrin, 1970; Musalia, et al, 2007). The cooperative business model is meant to be democratic...
Resolving space-time strain paths of the Panamint and Cottonwood Mountains, eastern California, through bedrock thermochronology and detrital geochronology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
exhumation from [approximately] 8-4 Ma. Zircon He (ZHe) data from the same transect preserve a zircon He partial retention zone (PRZ). In the southern part of the range, AHe ages from Goler Canyon record rapid exhumation at 4 Ma and an AHe PRZ. ZHe data from...
Knickerbockers west : how three playwrights shaped the image of the American west
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The American West has remained a compelling force in films, literature and the modern stage, but little research has been directed towards the emergence of the West on the early American stage. The three earliest plays to ...
Regional site response and uppermost mantle seismic structure of central and eastern united states
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
measured. The result shows regions of high velocity such as southern Georgia, eastern South Carolina and NMSZ and low Q[subscript Sn] values. The V[subscript Pn]/V[subscript Sn] ratio shows values higher than the average in regions such as the Mississippi...
Elementary agriculture for city high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The experience of teaching Agriculture in the high school for a number of years has impressed upon the writer the need of a more careful selection of material than is indicated by most of the text book in Elementary ...
A quarterly econometric model of the United States beef sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
The United States beef sector has been modeled in many studies, perhaps, because beef represents a large proportion of the consumer food dollar and agriculture’s income. The predictive performance of these models has been, ...
The biosystematics of the Lupinus sparsiflorus complex and allies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"The genus Lupinus officially dates back to Linnaeus (1753) and Tourenfourt is credited with originating the name in prelinnean work; however, a species had been illustrated in an Old World herbal back to the time of the ...
The investment horizon issue in user-owned organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
studies helped inform the member survey design. Multivariate analysis of the data generated from the member surveys of four agricultural cooperatives inform to what degree the investment horizon problem exists in the selected cooperatives by evaluating...
Effective cooperation between rural school patrons and the schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
emphasize in this partial solution of the problem - the cooperation of rural school patrons and the schools. Of the county superintendents who reported on the most pressing educational needs of their counties, 33 percent answered directly that cooperation...
Pluton source varition over two magmatic pulses in the white-inyo range, central-eastern California : implications for paleozoic and mesozoic tectonic reconstructions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation uses compositions of plutons in the White-Inyo Range (WIR) of central-eastern California, which is an important tectonic boundary as ...
Structural geology and tectonics of the paleoproterozoic rocks of the Mount Rushmore Quadangle, Black Hills, Souh Dakota
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
and the western edge of the southern projection of the Trans-Hudson orogen (THO). Precambrian rocks of the Black Hills uplift record multiple deformational and metamorphic events related to three orogenic events between 1̃780 and 1690 Ma. Previous workers ascribed...
Seismic tomography and anisotropy : studies of intraplate seismic zones
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Both body and surface wave tomography has been applied to some significant intraplate seismic zones to explore the cause of intraplate earthquakes. Pn tomography in the Central and Eastern United States reveals that the ...
Phytoplankton response to water quality threats in Midwest reservoirs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms and invasive species threaten water quality. These threats are expected to worsen in the future, emphasizing the need for creative management solutions and a thorough understanding of their ...
Mixed up in the making : Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, and the images of their movements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Although his movement was a labor movement that targeted only a small portion of Mexican Americans, Cesar Chavez has often been compared to Martin Luther King, Jr., and has been portrayed as a civil rights leader on the ...
Middle and late woodland period cultural transmission, residential mobility, and aggregation in the deep South
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This research attempts to reconstruct the extent of prehistoric human interaction within the lower Chattahoochee-Apalachicola River valley and neighboring Gulf Coast for the period spanning 200 B.C. to A.D. 1000. Using ...
Improving information use through public health informatics systems & human resource capacity building
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The District Health Information System (DHIS) has been installed to a number of Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) to collect health records at a district level and share the data nationally. While data collection ...
Three essays on price risk mitigation, market barriers and livelihood strategies of smallholder farmers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The three essays in this dissertation offer perspectives on different elements of agricultural markets and the obstacles encountered by small farmers in Nicaragua, Missouri, and Michigan. While ...