Environmental Science & Technology Theses and Dissertations
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NATIVE PLANTING IN TIDAL WETLANDS FOR PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS MANAGEMENT: FIELD AND MESOCOSM EXPERIMENTS
(2022)Efforts have been made in U.S. wetlands to eradicate the invasive grass Phragmites australis. But eradication of Phragmites does not always lead to the return of native plants. This research investigated native vegetation ... -
DISTRIBUTION AND VARIABILITY OF CARBON STOCKS IN MID-ATLANTIC TIDAL MARSH SOILS
(2022)Tidal marsh wetlands have the capacity to store disproportionately large quantities of Cdespite their small areal extent. Good estimations of this “blue C” are now more critical than ever due to implications for the global ... -
SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURAL WATER REUSE: APPLICATION OF A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
(2022)The water crisis caused by climate change, population growth, high urbanization rate, lifestyle changes, and industrialization has decreased global access to safe freshwater resources. As the primary food-producing and the ... -
Decentralizing Stormwater Management: Shifting Infrastructure and Evolving Hydrosocial Relationships
(2022)Stormwater management has historically remained in the technocratic realm of engineers and scientists disconnecting society from stormwater to protect public and environmental health. Despite incremental improvements, state ... -
Biosolids and Compost For Urban Soil Restoration and Forestry
(2022)Elements of urban soil quality such as compaction and low organic matter are underexamined, important challenges to urban afforestation. In this Beltsville, Maryland field experiment, I examined biosolids and compost as ...