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A Study of the Watershed Management in the Headwaters of the Hocking River: Environmental Communication in the City

Snuffer, Moira Calligan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1597266102553851

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2020, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Environmental Studies (Voinovich).
Urban stormwater runoff has become of increasing concern as urban sprawl has increased over decades. With more impervious surfaces, stormwater quickly passes into freshwater ecosystems with little to no water percolating into the soil. Even if there are not impervious surfaces, stormwater may pass over agricultural lands where nitrogen and phosphorus are easily available to flow into aquatic environments. Management plans are now using different strategies to filter out sediment and nutrients before they enter lotic or large lentic ecosystems. These small ponds or constructed wetlands have larger pieces of sediment settle before they have an opportunity to flow into a larger water body. While this has shown to be a successful and useful tool to filter out materials, horizontal (lateral) movement of water during flood events has become a concern. Species in a wetland can migrate in and out of the wetland into a lentic or lotic ecosystem, returning for refuge and breeding habits. If the wetland and larger water body become cut off they develop their own line of succession. The purpose of this study is to understand and characterize the water quality between an urban stormwater wetland and the headwaters of the Hocking River. Evaluate differences of biotic assemblages in the two water bodies and present information to the neighboring AHA! A Hands-On Adventure A Children’s Museum. These goals are done by conducting: fish, invertebrate, crayfish and field parameter tests.
Natalie Kruse Daniels (Advisor)
Nancy Stevens (Advisor)
Kelly Johnson (Committee Chair)
101 p.
Agricultural Education; Animal Sciences; Aquaculture; Aquatic Sciences; Art Education; Arts Management; Biology; Chemistry; Climate Change; Communication; Early Childhood Education; Earth; Ecology; Education; Entomology; Environmental Education; Environmental Studies; Hydrology; Industrial Arts Education; Multimedia Communications; Museum Studies; Museums; Pedagogy; Physical Education; Sustainability; Teacher Education; Teaching; Technical Communication; Urban Planning
Watershed; Management; Fish; Macroinvertebrates; Lancaster, Ohio; Midwest; Museum; Children; Education; City; Communication; Runoff; Crayfish; Parameter; Trail Signage; Wetland; River; Hocking River; Urban; Agriculture

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  • Snuffer, M. C. (2020). A Study of the Watershed Management in the Headwaters of the Hocking River: Environmental Communication in the City [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1597266102553851

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Snuffer, Moira. A Study of the Watershed Management in the Headwaters of the Hocking River: Environmental Communication in the City. 2020. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1597266102553851.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Snuffer, Moira. "A Study of the Watershed Management in the Headwaters of the Hocking River: Environmental Communication in the City." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1597266102553851

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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