Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems (E-Journal - Dnipro National University)
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Site Visit Reports - Palacios, 1992-1995
No full textPalacios - 877-3156US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Texas General Land Office (GLO), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and in collaboration and following the standards of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Map of Downtown Corpus Christi
No full textMap of Downtown Corpus Christi showing street layout and "T" Head
Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance–Improving Conservation Outcomes
No full textThe Ramsar Convention (or the Convention on Wetlands), signed in 1971, was one of the first international conservation agreements, promoting global wise use of wetlands. It has three primary objectives: national designation and management of wetlands of international importance; general wise use of wetlands; and international cooperation. We examined lessons learnt for improving wetland conservation after Ramsar’s nearly five decades of operation. The number of wetlands in the Ramsar Site Network has grown over time (2,391 Ramsar Sites, 2.5 million km2, as at 2020-06-09) but unevenly around the world, with decreasing rate of growth in recent decades. Ramsar Sites are concentrated in countries with a high Gross Domestic Product and human pressure (e.g., western Europe) but, in contrast, Ramsar Sites with the largest wetland extent are in central-west Africa and South America. We identified three key challenges for improving effectiveness of the Ramsar Site Network: increasing number of sites and wetland area, improved representation (functional, geographical and biological); and effective management and reporting. Increasing the number of sites and area in the Ramsar network could benefit from targets, implemented at national scales. Knowledge of representativeness is inadequate, requiring analyses of functional ecotypes, geographical and biological representativeness. Finally, most countries have inadequate management planning and reporting on the ecological character of their Ramsar Sites, requiring more focused attention on a vision and objectives, with regular reporting of key indicators to guide management. There are increasing opportunities to rigorously track ecological character, utilizing new tools and available indicators (e.g., remote sensing). It is critical that the world protect its wetlands, with an effective Ramsar Convention or the Convention on Wetlands at the core
Site Visit Reports - Pier 21 Galveston, 1996-2016
No full textPier 21 Galveston - 877-1450US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Texas General Land Office (GLO), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and in collaboration and following the standards of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
View of the Top of the Christmas Tree Display
No full textView of the Top of the Christmas Tree Display on the side of a busines
Level Abstract Reports - Sabine Offshore, 1996
No full textSabine Offshore - 877-1081US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Texas General Land Office (GLO), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and in collaboration and following the standards of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Site Visits Reports - Greens Bayou, 2012
No full textGreens Bayou - 877-0553US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Texas General Land Office (GLO), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and in collaboration and following the standards of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Arturo Vasquez with Alicia and Amador Garcia.
No full textArturo Vasquez with Alicia and Amador Garcia
Land subsidence in coastal Texas: Locations, rates, triggers, and consequences
No full textLand subsidence and sea level rise are well-known ongoing problems that are negatively impacting the entire Texas coast. While ground-based monitoring techniques using Global Positioning System (GPS) provide accurate subsidence rates, they are labor intensive, expensive, time consuming, and spatially limited (e.g., point measurements). In this study, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) techniques were used to map locations and quantify rates of land subsidence in the Texas Costal Bend region during the period from October 2016 to July 2019. InSAR-derived land subsidence rates were validated against GPS-derived rates. Factors controlling the observed land subsidence rates and locations were also investigated. Consequences of increased land subsidence rates in Texas Costal Bend region were examined. Results indicate: (1) land subsidence rates in the Coastal Bend exhibit both spatial and temporal variabilities, (2) some areas experienced a localized subsidence as high as -21 mm/yr and other areas show a land uplift with rate of > 10 mm/yr, (3) InSAR-derived land subsidence rates were consistent with GPS derived deformation rates, (4) Seven regions (e.g., Victoria, George West, Refugio, Falfurrias, Karnes City, McAllen, and Nueces Bay/Corpus Christi) were observed to experience significant land subsidence rates along Texas Costal Bend region during the investigated period, (5) land subsidence in Coastal Texas is attributed mainly to oil and ground water extraction as well as vertical movements along growth faults, and (6) land subsidence increased both flood frequency and severity in Coastal Texas. Our results provide valuable information regarding not only land deformation rates in the Texas Coastal Bend region, but alsothe effectiveness of interferometric techniques in other coastal rural areas around the world that lack significant GPS coverage. Mapping land subsidence rates and locations in coastal Texas significantly improve the current understanding of factors controlling the variability in land deformation in coastal areas by providing a high-resolution spatial and temporal dataset that is currently not available on this detailed scale.Physical and Environmental SciencesCollege of Science and Engineerin
Map of Corpus Christi Counties and Bay
No full textMap of Corpus Christi and Counties ( Line Created Map