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Wright, Karen Louise. "Seaforms /." Online version of thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10412.
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Ross, Jason. "An investigation of the distribution patterns of aquatic vertebrates across four sites in the upper Parramatta River catchment /." View thesis View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030429.115844/index.html.
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Thesis (M.Sc. (Hons.)) -- University of Western Sydney, 2000.<br>"A thesis submitted in part-fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Honours)" Bibliography : leaves 131-152.
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Stanley, Jacob K. "Laboratory and field studies of cadmium effects on Hyalella azteca in effluent dominated systems." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4291/.
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Laboratory single-species toxicity tests are used to assess the effects of contaminants on aquatic biota. Questions remain as to how accurately these controlled toxicity tests predict sitespecific bioavailability and effects of metals. Concurrent 42-day Hyalella azteca exposures were performed with cadmium and final treated municipal effluent in the laboratory and at the University of North Texas Stream Research Facility. Further laboratory testing in reconstituted hard water was also conducted. Endpoints evaluated include survival, growth, reproduction, and Cd body burden. My results demonstrate that laboratory toxicity tests may overestimate toxicity responses to cadmium when compared to effluent dominated stream exposures. Discrepancies between endpoints in the three tests likely resulted from increased food sources and decreased cadmium bioavailability in stream mesocosms
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Pulliam, Lauren. "Biodiversity and Genetic Structure of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Along an Altitudinal Gradient: A Comparison of the Windhond and Róbalo River Communities on Navarino Island, Chile." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849782/.
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Altitudinal gradients in Sub-Antarctic freshwater systems present unique opportunities to study the effect of distinct environmental gradients on benthic macroinvertebrate community composition and dispersal. This study investigates patterns in biodiversity, dispersal and population genetic structure of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna across an altitudinal gradient between two watersheds on Navarino Island in southern Chile. Patterns in diversity, density, evenness and functional feeding groups were not significantly different across the altitudinal gradient in both the Windhond and Róbalo Rivers. Taxa richness in both rivers generally increased from the headwaters of the river to the mouth, and functional feeding group patterns were consistent with the predictions of the River Continuum Concept.
Population genetic structure and gene flow was investigated by sampling the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene in two invertebrate species with different dispersal strategies. Hyalella simplex (Amphipoda) is an obligate aquatic species, and Meridialaris chiloeense (Ephemeroptera) is an aquatic larvae and a terrestrial winged adult. Contrasting patterns of population genetic structure were observed. Results for Hyalella simplex indicate significant differentiation in genetic structure in the Amphipod populations between watersheds and lower genetic diversity in the Róbalo River samples, which may be a result of instream dispersal barriers. Meridialaris chiloeense exhibited weak population structure but higher genetic diversity, which suggests this species is able to disperse widely as a winged adult.
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Damiri, Basma. "Risk characterization for boron and aquatic plants and animals." Connect to this title online, 2007. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1202498572/.
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Bartlett, Heidi Kristen. "Animals be we." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2014. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4571.
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Drawing from interdisciplinary sources my work is focused on site-specificity, process, and how we orient ourselves within our landscape. Often searching to locate myself, I look to the potential of environments as conduits for performance and sculptural interventions. The outcome of my research varies from performance and installation, to sound, video, and drawing. Enticed by the relationship between the body and its surroundings, I utilize marks, light, movement, and ritual. Absurdity and fantasy often enter the work, through my unseen labor and created personas, creating a dialog between our symbolic and animal selves.
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King, Chad Eric. "Addressing State Funding Assistance Through the Arizona State Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan: An Exercise in Policy Writing." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2002. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu_etd_hy0003_m_sip1_w.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Wright, David A. "A multifactorial approach to trace bioaccumulation and survival in estuarine organisms." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248473.
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Moore, Matthew. "If Animals Could Talk." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/40.
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This paper is an investigation of the ideas and philosophies that have played a role in the creation of my thesis exhibition entitled If Animals Could Talk. While my research into the subject of animals and more specifically human/animal interaction has covered a wide spectrum, this paper focuses on several texts including, “Why Look at Animals,” by John Berger and “Simulation and Simulacra” by Jean Baudrillard as being influential in the development of my artwork. This paper also analyzes the work of several artists dealing with human/animal relations. Those artists include Sanna Kannisto, Neeta Madahar and Douglas Gordon.
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King, Chad Eric. "Application of the Hillslope Erosion Model to predict annual sediment yield in Southwest New Mexico." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2002. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu_etd_hy0003_m_sip1_w.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Delannoy, Christian M. J. "Host adaptation of aquatic Streptococcus agalactiae." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/17259.
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Streptococcus agalactiae is a pathogen of multiple hosts. The bacterium, an aetiological agent of septicaemia and meningo-encephalitis in freshwater and saltwater fish species, is considered a major threat to the aquaculture industry, particularly for tilapia. Cattle and humans are however the main known reservoirs for S. agalactiae. In humans, the bacterium (commonly referred to as Group B Streptococcus or GBS) is a member of the commensal microflora of the intestinal and genito-urinary tracts, but it is also a major cause of neonatal invasive disease and an emerging pathogen in adults. In cattle, S. agalactiae is a well-recognized causative agent of mastitis. Numerous studies focusing on S. agalactiae from human and bovine origins have provided insight into the population structure of the bacterium, as well as the genome content and pathogenic mechanisms through identification of virulence determinants. Concerning S. agalactiae from aquatic origins, scientific information mainly focused on case reporting and/or experimental challenges, with a limited or absence of information in terms of pathogenesis, virulence determinants and genotypes of the strains involved. The objective of this study was to enhance our understanding of the molecular epidemiology, host-adaptation and pathogenicity of S. agalactiae in aquatic species, with particular emphasis on tilapia. Firstly, a collection of 33 piscine, amphibian and sea mammal isolates originating from several countries and continents was assembled, with the aim of exploring the population structure and potential host specificity of aquatic S. agalactiae. Isolates were characterised using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), and a standardised 3-set genotyping system comprising molecular serotypes, surface protein gene profiles and mobile genetic element profiles. Two major subpopulations were identified in fish. The first subpopulation consisted of non-haemolytic isolates that belonged to sequence type (ST) 260 or 261, which are STs that have been reported only from teleosts. These isolates exhibited a low level of genetic diversity by PFGE and clustered with other STs that have been reported only in fish. Another common feature was the absence of all surface protein genes or mobile genetic elements targeted as part of the 3-set genotyping and that are usually found in human or bovine isolates. The second subpopulation consisted of β-haemolytic isolates recovered from fish, frogs and sea mammals, and that exhibited medium to high genetic diversity by PFGE. STs identified among these isolates have previously been identified from strains associated with asymptomatic carriage and invasive disease in humans. The human pathogenic strain ST7 serotype Ia was detected in fish from Asia. Moreover, ST283 serotype III-4 and its novel single locus variant ST491 detected in fish from Southeast Asia shared a 3-set genotype identical to that of an emerging ST283 clone associated with invasive disease of adult humans in Asia. These observations suggested that some strains of aquatic S. agalactiae may present a zoonotic or anthroponotic hazard. STs found among the seal isolates (ST23) have also been reported from humans and numerous other host species, but never from teleosts. This work provided an excellent basis for exploration of the virulence of selected strains in experimental challenges. The virulence of two strains of S. agalactiae was experimentally investigated by intra-peritoneal infection of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), using an isolate originally recovered from fish and belonging to ST260, and an isolate originating from a grey seal and belonging to ST23. The clinical signs, the in vivo distribution of viable bacteria and bacterial antigens, and the gross and histopathological lesions that developed during the time course of the infection were investigated. The ST260 strain was highly virulent, whereas no major clinical sign or mortalities occurred in the fish challenged with the ST23 strain. After injection, both strains however gained access to the bloodstream and viable bacteria were recovered from all organs under investigation. During the early stages of infection, bacteria were mostly found within the reticulo-endothelial system of the spleen and kidney. Thereafter, the ST260 demonstrated a particular tropism for the brain and the heart, but granulomatous inflammation and associated necrotic lesions were observed in all organs. ST23 was responsible for a mixed inflammatory response associated with the presence of bacteria in the choroid rete and in the pancreatic tissue only. After 7 days post-challenge and for both strain, the formation or containment of bacteria within granulomata or other encapsulated structures appeared to be a major component of the fish response. However, the load of viable bacteria remained high within organs of fish infected with ST260, suggesting that, unlike ST23, this strain is able to survive within macrophages and/or to evade the immune system of the fish. This work demonstrates that the lack of report of ST23 strains in fish is possibly not due to a lack of exposure but to a lack of virulence in this host. The two strains, which differ in prevalence and virulence in fish, provide an excellent basis to investigate genomic differences underlying the host-association of distinct S. agalactiae subpopulations. The genome of the ST260 strain used in challenge studies was sequenced. We therefore provided the first description for the genome sequence of a non-haemolytic S. agalactiae isolated from tilapia (strain STIR-CD-17) and that belongs by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) to clonal complex (CC) 552, which corresponds to a presumptive fish-adapted subgroup of S. agalactiae. The genome was compared to 13 S. agalactiae genomes of human (n=7), bovine (n=2), fish (n=3) and unknown (n=1) origins. Phylogenetic analysis based on the core genome identified isolates of CC552 as the most diverged of all S. agalactiae studied. Conversely, genomes from β-haemolytic isolates of CC7 recovered from fish were found to cluster with human isolates of CC7, further supporting the possibility that some strains may represent a zoonotic or anthroponotic hazard. Comparative analysis of the accessory genome enabled the identification of a cluster of genes uniquely shared between CC7 and CC552, which encode proteins that may provide enhanced fitness in specific niches. Other genes identified were specific to STIR-CD-17 or to CC552 based on genomic comparisons; however the extension of this analysis through the PCR screening of a larger population of S. agalactiae suggested that some of these genes may occasionally be present in isolates belonging to CC7. Some of these genes, occurring in clusters, exhibited typical signatures of mobile genetic elements, suggesting their acquisition through horizontal gene transfer. It is not possible to date to determine whether these genes were acquired through intraspecies transfer or through interspecies transfer from the aquatic environment. Finally, general features of STIR-CD-17 highlighted a distinctive genome characterised by an absence of well conserved insertion sequences, an abundance of pseudogenes, a smaller genomic size than normally observed among human or bovine S. agalactiae, and an apparent loss of metabolic functions considered conserved within the bacterial species, indicating that the fish-adapted subgroup of isolates (CC552) has undergone niche restriction. Finally, genes encoding recognised virulence factors in human S. agalactiae were selected and their presence and structural conservation was evaluated within the genome of STIR-CD-17.
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Koep, Karin Sarah Coles. "Production of salami from meat of aquatic and terrestrial mammals." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1073.
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Patullo, Blair. "Sensory biology of aquatic Australian crustaceans." Connect to thesis, 2010. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/8393.
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Sensory biology of animals is studied throughout the world for the insight it provides to understanding ecosystems and improving how we manage species. In this research, I designed experiments to investigate the sensory biology and behaviour of two Australian species of freshwater crayfish from the genus Cherax, the yabby (Cherax destructor) and redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). Experimental apparatus were constructed and tailored to test specific questions on physiology, tactile (touch) sensitivity, observation techniques, aggressive behaviour and responses to electrical fields. The outcomes were:<br>• abdominal muscle mass was positively correlated to the size of the electrical fields produced by swimming crayfish,<br>• behaviour changed in response to contact with different structures and textures of wall surfaces,<br>• computer analysis of underwater behaviour was similar to that scored by a human observer,<br>• the level of aggression in groups of crayfish changed as group size increased, and<br>• two species of crayfish responded to electrical fields in the water by decreasing their locomotory movement.<br>These results reveal a way in which physiology relates to behaviour, how crayfish and other crustaceans may sense the invisible and behave in aquaculture ponds, as well as documenting methodology to further investigate these areas in the future.
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Lymer, Kenneth J. "Animals, art and society : rock art and material culture in ancient Central Asia." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400540.
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Wong, Pui Yin Marianne. "The 'siling' (four cardinal animals) in Han pictorial art." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2006. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28946/.
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The term siling in this thesis, literally "four divine creatures", refers to this group of four animal spirits with directional significance commonly represented in the Han Dynasty and later periods, namely, the qinglong of the East, baihu of the West, zhuque of the South, and the xuanwu of the North. My thesis will explore the place occupied by the second group of four animal symbols in various pictorial art forms among the material remains of the Han, aiming to trace the emergence and spread of the visual representations of the siling. This study argues that, although individual animal images of the siling did not appear simultaneously, and although all four had much more ancient origins and associations with the cardinal directions, it was in the Western Han dynasty and in the neighbourhood of the capital Chang'an that the images of the four animals first emerged in a consistent iconography. The major concern of this research project is the meaning and usage and of the set of siling symbols, mainly in Han funerary contexts, taking into account relevant textual sources and the association of the siling with Han cosmological thought and some of the intellectual ideas that were predominant during the Han dynasty. By means of a comprehensive study of the set of siling representations, I aim to contribute to the knowledge of Han period archaeology and provide a new channel for the understanding of Han dynasty culture and beliefs.
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Edwards, Peggy Ann. "Portmanteau." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2003. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=3227.
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Thesis (M.F.A.)--West Virginia University, 2003.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 12 p. : ill. (some col.) Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 4).
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Stephen, Alastair B. "Genetic studies in Scottish brown trout (Salmo trutta L.)." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2142.
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The Scottish brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) is identified as an important resource which requires responsible and continual management. This study was divided into two parts; an electrophoretic survey of wild trout populations in Scotland, and a quantitative assessment of the genetic component to growth rate in various stocks, grown under hatchery and farm conditions. Sixty wild populations were sampled by various methods. All fish were typed using brain, eye, heart, liver and muscle tissue and starch gel electrophoresis for thirty four enzyme loci, thirteen of which were found to be polymorphic. Gene diversity analysis was conducted on the data collected, 33% of the diversity being attributed to differences between populations, much of the variation was thought to be due to founder effects. Evidence is presented to support a hypothesis that the trout in Scotland are derived from two main post glacial invasion stocks. Future management strategies for wild stocks of Scottish brown trout are discussed. Growth trials were conducted at Howietoun fish farm in order to calculate heritability estimates for growth rate. Hierarchical and factoral crossing schemes were employed, using broodstock from three stocks. Heritability estimates for growth rate were found to be high and it was concluded, significant genetic gains could be achieved if growth rate was the only trait of commercial interest and truncated mass selection was adopted. Attempts were made to investigate the relationship between heterozygosity and growth rate in the hatchery populations. It was concluded that more data were required to make a meaningful assessment, but from this study little evidence exists for a positive correlation between heterozygosity and growth rate. Correlations between early life cycle stages and subsequent growth are discussed.
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Garcia, Jessica. "The Effects of Microcystin from Harmful Algal Blooms on the Immune Functioning of Aquatic Turtles and Tadpoles." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo154720353177829.
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Gross, Lee M. "Long-term assessment of predatory fish removal on a pond-breeding amphibian community in central Illinois /." View online, 2009. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131565136.pdf.
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McLenaghan, Natalie Ann. "Benthic macroinvertebrate diversity in a shallow estuary : controls on nutrient and algal dynamics /." Online version of thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/9704.
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Hall, Colin Mark. "Some aspects of the ecological structure of a segmented barrier lagoon system with particular reference to the distribution of fishes." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004936.
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The Wilderness lakes system represents a segmented barrier lagoon and comprises three interconnected lakes; Rondevlei, Langvlei and Eilandvlei. The latter is further linked by the Serpentine channel to the Touw river and Wilderness lagoon. The role of these channels, as well as a sluice in the Serpentine, in structuring certain aspects of the ecology of the system was investigated. An analysis of the salt budget of the lakes suggests that the Serpentine dampens tidaI processes to such an extent that they play only a minor role in the overall budget. Furthermore, the channel between Eilandvlei and Langvlei prevents any tidal salt input to the upper lakes. Their estuarine environments are however maintained by salt inputs which occur when the mouth is closed. This unusual phenemenon means that the sluice may have a minimal effect on the salt budget of the system because it is only closed when the mouth of the lagoon is open. Environmental conditions in each of the lakes, the Touw river and Wilderness lagoon were compared in terms of their physico-chemical characteristics and submerged macrophyte communities. A principal components analysis suggests that the physico-chemical environment of each lake is similar. The Touw river however has a very different environment, whilst that of Wilderness lagoon has some similarities to both the lakes and the river. During the study macrophyte communities recovered from a major recession which occurred between 1979 and 1981 . Biomasses in excess of 1000g m⁻² were recorded in both Langvlei and Eilandvlei. In the latter however, macrophyte growth was less prolific than in the former, as some areas of the littoral supported no growth at all. Macrophyte encroachment in the channels is a major factor inhibiting water flow between the lakes. This encroachment is most severe in the Eilandvlei/Langvlei channel where macrophytes covered 80% of the channel's area.The dominant fish fauna throughout the system is composed of a marine/estuarine migratory component. In the lakes the Mugilidae and Sparidae are the most common families, whilst in the lagoon and Touw river predators such as Lichia amia and Argyrosomus hololepidotus also commonly occur. Eilandvlei serves as the initial nursery area for most migratory species. An estimated 52000 fish migrated up the Serpentine towards Eilandvlei during February 1984 . Most fish do not penetrate as far as Langvlei, and this can be related to macrophyte encroachment in the Eilandvlei/Langvlei channel. However, it is argued that should this channel be dredged and the macrophytes removed, the nursery potential of the system would not be greatly enhanced . This is because environmental heterogeneity, in association with an abundance of food in Eilandvlei, make this lake the most attractive nursery area to juvenile marine/estuarine fish.
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Boochard, Bonnie K. Foss. "The Company of Animals: a Nontoxic Approach." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2001. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-0402101-122123/unrestricted/boochard0419.pdf.
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Indarjani. "Infaunal communities in South Australian temperate mangrove systems." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37950.
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South Australian mangroves consist of only one single species Avicennia marina (Fosk.) Vierh.var australasica (Walp) Moldenke, 1960. They are distributed discontinuously within St. Vincent Gulf and Spencer Gulf and provide significant valuable habitat both in economical and ecological terms. The Fisheries Act 1971-1982 protected the existence of mangroves and the Harbour Act 1936-1981 controlled removal of mangrove areas in coastal development. To date very few ecological studies have been conducted in the South Australian mangroves, particularly on the infaunal organisms that have an important role in maintaining the ecological dynamic within the estuaries systems. As this is the first study on infaunal mangrove communities in the inverse estuaries of South Australia, there was no prior data for ecological comparison. The study was conducted at three mangroves location (Garden Island, Middle Beach and Saint Kilda) close to Adelaide in May 2000 and 2001. Overall the study has reported that the infaunal mangrove assemblages of South Australian mangroves were comparable to other temperate mangroves. The infaunal communities were characterised by lower diversity and abundance compared to the tropical or subtropical mangroves. The infaunal zonation related to the tidal gradient and habitat variation was detected. Most infauna organisms occupied the surface layers and substantially decreased towards the deeper layers. The study also suggested that sediment structure of mangrove systems were complex and infaunal communities responded differently to the change of environmental conditions both in small scale and larger scale. Thus, assessing the infaunal communities structure in mangrove systems should be based on ecological characteristics rather than geographical positions. The examination of dominant polychaetes families showed that different species have different responses to the environmental cues within mangrove systems. The study did not find that any polychaete species was restricted to mangroves only as they all were also found in the habitat adjacent mangrove forest.<br>Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2003.
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Frank, Sabrina Nadine [Verfasser], Bernd [Akademischer Betreuer] Sures, and Werner [Akademischer Betreuer] Kloas. "Influence of parasites on biomarkers in aquatic animals / Sabrina Nadine Frank. Gutachter: Werner Kloas. Betreuer: Bernd Sures." Duisburg, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1016172680/34.
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De, Moor Irene J. "Methods for assessing the susceptibility of freshwater ecosystems in Southern Africa to invasion by alien aquatic animals." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005145.
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Two methods for predicting regions susceptible to invasion by alien aquatic animals were developed for southern Africa (excluding Zimbabwe and Mozambique). In the "traditional" (data-poor) approach, distributions of three categories of alien "indicator" species (warm mesothermal, cold stenothermal and eurytopic) were compared to seven existing biogeographical models of distribution patterns of various animals in southern Africa. On the basis of these comparisons a synthesis model was developed which divided southern Africa into seven regions characterised by their susceptibility to invasion by alien aquatic animals with particular habitat requirements. In the "data-rich," geographic information systems (GIS) approach, the distribution of trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss and Salmo trutta) in selected "sampled regions" was related to elevation (as a surrogate of water temperature) and median annual rainfall (MAR) (as a surrogate of water availability). Using concentration analysis, optimum conditions for trout were identified. Regions within a larger "predictive area" which satisfied these conditions, were plotted as a digital map using the IDRISI package. Using this method seven models of potential trout distribution were generated for the following regions: northern Natal (two); southern Natal/Lesotho/Transkei (three), eastern Cape (two) and western Cape (two). Since two of the models were used to refine the methods, only five models were considered for the final assessment. In a modification of the GIS method, another model of potential trout distribution, based on mean monthly July minimum air temperature and MAR parameters, was developed for the region bounded by 29º - 34º S and 26 º - 32°E. This model showed marked similarities to another model, developed for the region bounded by 29 º - 32°S and 26º - 32°E, which was based on elevation and MAR parameters. The validity of the models developed was assessed by independent experts. Of the six models considered, four received favourable judgements, one was equivocal and one was judged to be poor. Based on these assessments it was concluded that the GIS method has credibility and could be used to develop a "data-rich" model of the susceptibility of southern Africa to invasion by alien aquatic animals. This method represents an alternative to the bioclimatic matching approach developed by scientists in Australia. The GIS method has a number of advantages over the "traditional" method: it is more amenable to testing, has greater flexibility, stores more information, produces images of a finer resolution, and can be easily updated. The traditional method has the advantage of being less expensive and requiring a less extensive database.
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Islam, Faruk-Ul A. T. M. "Self-recruiting species (SRS) in aquaculture : their role in rural livelihoods in two areas of Bangladesh." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/206.
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Self-recruiting species (SRS) are the aquatic animals that do not require repeated stocking in farmer managed aquatic systems (FMAS) and can be of indigenous or exotic origin (Little, 2002). Current concept of conventional aquaculture greatly underestimated the contribution of SRS to the livelihoods and particularly nutritional security of the poor. The present study examines the role of SRS in poverty focused aquaculture. The role of SRS in aquaculture was evaluated from the perspective of people dependent on them in terms of well-being, gender, resource access and broader livelihoods in the northwest and south-central region of Bangladesh. SRS management practices, already an existing component of aquaculture in FMAS, were explored to define sustainable management strategies that benefited poor. The thesis uses a livelihoods framework within a methodological context of participatory action research at household, community and national level. The process begins with a Participatory Community Appraisal (PCA) in 18 communities with 360 participants which then directs further investigation at household level through survey, longitudinal study farmer and farmer participatory action research over a systematic 4 year investigation from 2001 to 2004. At the PCA stage, the context of livelihoods, importance of popular aquatic animals and their different sources were examined. The more frequently mentioned and higher scored SRS by the communities were Clarias batrachus, Anabas testudineus, Macrobrachium sp., Puntius sp., Heteropneustes fossilis, Channa punctatus, Mystus vittatus, Amblypharyngodon mola, Channa striata, Macrognathus puncalus. The sources of these aquatic animals provided a better understanding of the diverse typology of farmer managed aquatic systems (FMAS) and showed the importance of both FMAS and open systems to sustain a self-supporting population of aquatic animals for nutritional security of the poor. Rice and other crop farming, fish culture, livestock and poultry rearing, service and business were found to be common occupations among better off households where as share-cropping, petty trade, fishing, selling agricultural and non-agricultural labour were of greater importance to poorer households. Both gender and well-being affected livelihoods with significant differences in involvement of the better off and poorer. PCA findings were later validated at a national level stakeholder workshop with 138 government, non-government officials, researchers and academics which established a broader understanding of the prospects and constraints of SRS culture and conservation. The baseline survey with 119 households further examined the characteristics and access of key farmers to managed aquatic systems, livelihood assets, vulnerability and the behaviours of households managing SRS. Access to FMAS and SRS are of much greater importance to poorer than to the rich. Positive, negative and neutral attitudes towards managing SRS were not significantly affected by well-being. Access to appropriate types of FMAS, SRS management knowledge, traditional taste, greater involvement in non-farm activities, family need were all associated with the SRS positive attitude. Results from the year round longitudinal study with 50 households focused on the seasonal dynamics of food consumption and its connection to livelihoods in terms of sources, income and expenditure. Aquatic animals are the 3rd most important contributor to the rural Bangladeshi diet after cereal and vegetables by weight and the 2nd most important contributor by price after cereal. FMASs are important source of aquatic animals compared to other sources such as open system, market and given sources (free from neighbours and relatives). SRS were accounts for 52% of the total aquatic animal consumption. Even among some very low income vulnerable groups such as day labourers and rickshaw pullers, SRS was found important in their diet. Poorer households rely significantly more on SRS than richer households. The total amount of SRS consumed by thenhosueholds over the year was strongly correlated with total number of SRS species consumed per year and further emphasised the significance of maintaining biodiversity. The pre monsoon dry period as April and May were low consumption periods in both zones. Rainy and post rainy season July to October were the peak consumption months in the northwest zone and June to November in south-central zone. The year round farmer participatory trial with 29 farmers confirmed the value of SRS within culture systems with lack of any major conflicts in the husbandry of non-stocked species with popular carps in the system which, in the past regarded as weed fish and have been generally excluded from formal aquaculture. The study found a range of species of both commercial and non-commercial SRS have greater significance to the poor than to the richer households particularly in terms of household consumption, income and social value. More deliberate attention towards avoidance of negative actions towards SRS in aquaculture in the lean season may also expand niche benefits for non-pond owners and vulnerable social groups such as fishers. Current investigations also revealed the complementarities of stocked fish particularly during dry months when SRS are less available. In spite of the poor having limited access to ponds, the seasonal scarcity of water in dry seasons and habitat degradation, SRS remains an important and valuable food item for the poor in low income vegetable scarce months. The study recommends future emphasis on the management and conservation of both commercial and non-commercial (mainly for consumption) SRS in FMAS particularly during the lean season and also to maintain the integrity of the permeable nature of FMAS and its linkage with the broader open systems for the sustained availability of such self-recruiting population. Finally the study greatly influenced the perception of utilising both stocked and non-stocked species in formal aquaculture. It is necessary to take urgent steps to avoid negative actions to damage SRS and formulate an integrated approach to water, agriculture, environment and fisheries management to sustain them for current and future nutritional and livelihoods security of the poor.
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Nagata, Camila. "All Animals Will Get Along in Heaven." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3634.
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My final thesis exhibition is directed towards children and parents. My goal is to create a connection between parent and child, and their past, present, and future through memory. Such a connection is accomplished through the implementation of these three different ideas in the artwork: 1) creating different layers of understanding, 2) producing everlasting memories, 3) connecting adult viewers to their past. In addition, I use principles as the foundation for each piece, such as the principles of kindness and learning. These principles are presented to the viewer through parables of current social and political issues, illustrated through my own cultural and artistic backgrounds. I am interested in planting good principles in the memories of the children and incentivizing parents to think about the impact the world around us has on their children.
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Noda, Takuji. "Development of a gyroscope data logger and data mining technique for fine-scale analysis of aquatic animals' behavior." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/160974.
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Winch, Lauren. "Metabolism, mythology, magic or metaphor? : animals in the rock art of Thailand." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.658567.
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A common feature of many rock art corpora is the inclusion of animals, both naturalistic and fantastical. For a long time it was assumed that animals in the art simply related to actual or desired prey species. In recent decades, however, research has increasingly revealed rock art to be full of subtle nuances, mythological phenomena, multifaceted magic and potency, and metaphorical references to various aspects of society and culture. In line with this burgeoning interest in the multiplicities inherent within rock art, the central aim of this thesis is to examine which animals feature in the rock art of Thailand and why. Evidence outlined in this thesis suggests that the rock art of Thailand was created almost exclusively within the last 4000 years and consists of anthropomorphic figures, wild animal species, domesticated animals, geometrics and boats. This thesis explores the specific social and environmental contexts of rock art in Thailand alongside considerations gleaned from rock art research in other parts of the world, and uses this in the analysis of data gathered during primary fieldwork in May-July 2011. Fieldwork was conducted in two study regions: the southern peninsula and inland mountains. The key conclusion of this research project is that metabolic, mythological, magical and metaphorical considerations all played a part in the inception of prehistoric rock art in Thailand in different and often complimentary ways. Another important deduction is that the notions of personal and collective identity permeate both the inland and peninsula datasets, albeit idiosyncratically manifested through alternative methods of literal and metaphorical representation. Fieldwork findings and secondary sources suggest that the rock art was most likely produced by communities who were predominantly hunter-gatherer-fishers who may have also practiced a certain degree of mixed subsistence strategies. Domesticated animals appear to be absent from the painted record of the peninsula region yet dominate the faunal repertoire of the inland sites; alongside archaeological evidence from the two regions from the period between 5,000-2,000 BP I therefore conclude that the peninsula painting communities had a subsistence economy which continued to be more strongly centred on hunter-gatherer lifeways than their inland counterparts in the face of expanding agricultural practices in Southeast Asia.
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Mitchell, Amy L. Mitchell. "Ethics and the Use of Animals in Art: How Art Can Progress the Discussion of Human-Animal Relations." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1469656441.
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Amaning, Kwarteng. "Streamwater and sediment chemistry of Ohio's Western Allegheny Plateau ecoregion and their relation to aquatic life." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1153757100.
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Bruno, Elsa L. "Exemplary Equines: Gazes and Gesture of Bovine Animals in Trecento Fresco." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/383.
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Horses were high status animals in the middle ages. Strong, costly, and used in war, they symbolized power and wealth. Yet in some Trecento Italian frescos, horses take on another role. Particularly through their eyes, ears, and body positioning they seem to communicate with each other regarding the religious scenes at hand. Additionally, horses are often the only beings paying attention to Jesus or God, or are the sole beings who break the fourth wall of an image to engage with the viewer. While the revolutionary use of gesture and eye movement has been examined in humans in these frescoes, horses (and other bovine animals) have been left out of the conversation. Why are these animals seemingly the most aware and mentally active beings? Particularly remarkable frescos incorporate horses in this way in Florence, Padua, and Assisi, and San Gimignano. Giotto di Bondone, Pietro Lorenzetti, Taddeo Gaddi, Andrea di Bonaiuto, Altichiero da Zevio, Lippo Memmi (and their schools and assistants), completed large scale fresco cycles in churches in these cities that retain their importance and magnificence today. Eight panels from these cycles will be examined for their treatment of horses as a vehicle for emotional communication, in chronological order.
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Ann, Jessica. "Intentional Entanglement: The Art of Living on a Dying Planet." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461073161.
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Bennett, Jewel Kay. "Bioassessment of irrigation drainwater effects on aquatic resources in the Klamath Basin of California and Oregon /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5476.
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Ndlovu, Ndukuyakhe. "A comparative analysis of rock art in southern Africa : animals and cosmological models." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.613627.
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This dissertation examines the animal pattern derived from the detailed statistical analysis I carried out of the published rock art data, the data from Brandberg/Daureb region, and fieldwork I conducted in the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. This study, which highlights the value of quantitative analysis and attempts to find alternative interpretations for animal representation in rock art, is the first overview of the distribution of animal in southern African rock art. It provides an opportunity to explain an aspect of the art that has not previously received much attention in southern African rock art studies. While it has been previously noted by different rock art researchers that there is animal variation in terms of which animals are dominant species throughout southern Africa, this study provides the quantitative extent information on how far into which such variation exist. In attempting to provide an explanation for for variation in the representation of animals animal variation in southern African rock art, I use two main approaches: (i) correlation between most represented animals in the art and the ten vegetation biomes of southern Africa, and (ii) the application of the an adapted four-cell matrix model aimed at assessing alternative interpretations of rock art, in particular, the totemic and secular interpretations. Through the first approach, I show that there is a reasonable correlation between the areas where each of the four animals (eland, giraffe, kudu, and springbok) dominates (eland, giraffe, kudu, and springbok) and their known natural distribution. This is confirmed by their historically recorded natural distribution and the by faunal records. By applying the modified four-cell matrix model to rock art data from six regions, I establish that one animal in each takes the central predominance in each. This is a characteristic of shamanic communities. However, the major deviation is that the four-cell derived interpretation does not overly emphasise the dominance of eland to the exclusion of other animals that are well represented in the art.
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Nauen, Jennifer Claire. "Biomechanics of two aquatic defense systems : 1. The scaling of tail-flip kinematics and force production by the California spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus : 2. Shear sensitivity and interspecific variation in flow-stimulated dinoflagellate bioluminescence /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9823710.
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Yoo, Doo-Sung. "Organ-machine Hybrids (Artificial Animals)." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1281418915.
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Scheidecker, Elizabeth M. "Wavelet analysis of bioacoustic scattering and marine mammal vocalizations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FScheidecker.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2005.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): D. Benjamin Reeder, John A. Colosi. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-97). Also available online.
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Kim, Gene Wook. "Trophic transfer of energy and polychlorinated biphenyls by native and exotic fish in Lake Erie." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1174664048.
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Macleod, Adrian K. A. "The role of marine renewable energy structures and biofouling communities in promoting self-sustaining populations of non-native species." Thesis, University of the Highlands and Islands, 2013. https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/the-role-of-marine-renewable-energy-structures-and-biofouling-communities-in-promoting-selfsustaining-populations-of-nonnative-species(0c7f0d89-74e8-4468-83c9-4216e4f2b1a8).html.
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Novel environments and biological communities created by the large-scale deployment of Marine Renewable Energy Devices (MREDs) have the potential to promote the spread of non-native species (NNS). Knowledge of how community composition resident on MREDs is shaped by geography, local hydrodynamics and the duration of deployment, will clarify how these technologies will interact with natural habitats, including the provision of suitable habitat for NNS. A network of navigation buoys was used to study biofouling communities in areas proposed for MRED deployment. Significant differences in community structure were observed in different geographic areas. A significant reduction in number of taxa present and community wet-weight was observed where buoys were deployed in greater tidal flow rates. However, overall community composition was not significantly different between ‘high’ (>1 ms-1) and ‘low’ (<1 ms-1) flow areas and for buoys deployed for different time durations (1-7 years). These finding have important implications for the longevity of devices and their interaction with natural habitats, including proposed ‘artificial reef’ effects. In total five non-native species were identified on the buoys sampled, supporting the need to monitor MREDs as the industry grows. Hydrodynamic and biotic features of the epibenthic communities were used to predict the presence of the most prevalent NNS, the amphipod Caprella mutica, in addition to other native amphipod species. Caprella mutica presence was found to be significantly affected by increasing flow speed compared with the native amphipod Jassa herdmani. Behavioural flume studies investigating flow-related processes governing the presence of non-native amphipods supported these findings. This study details how the hydrodynamic and biological environments created by MREDs determine their suitability for the establishment of self-sustaining populations, and therefore their dispersal potential for NNS. These findings inform design criteria and management options to minimise the biosecurity risk that these structures will pose as the industry expands.
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Rolet, Alain. "Regard des hommes et représentations animalières /." Thèse, Chicoutimi : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992. http://theses.uqac.ca.
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Mémoire(M.A.)-- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992.<br>Ce travail de recherche a été réalisé à l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi dans le cadre du programme de maîtrise en arts plastiques extensionné de l'Université du Québec à Montréal à l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. CaQCU Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU
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Hill, Jennifer Marie. "Predator biomass and habitat characteristics affect the magnitude of consumptive and non-consumptive effects (NCEs): experiments between blue crabs, mud crabs, and oyster prey." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41172.
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Recent research has focused on the non-lethal effects of predator intimidation and fear, dubbed non-consumptive effects (NCEs), in which prey actively change their behavior and habitat use in response to predator chemical cues. Although NCEs can have large impacts on community structure, many studies have ignored differences in predator population structure and properties of the natural environment that may modify the magnitude and importance of NCEs. Here, I investigated the roles of predator size and density (i.e. biomass), as well as habitat characteristics, on predator risk assessment and the magnitude of consumptive and NCEs using blue crabs, mud crabs, and oyster prey as a model system. Predation experiments between blue crabs and mud crabs demonstrated that blue crabs consume mud crabs; however, the consumptive effects were dependent upon blue crab body size and habitat type. When mud crabs were exposed to chemical cues from differing biomasses of blue crabs in laboratory mesocosms, mud crab activity and predation on oysters was decreased in response to high biomass treatments (i.e. large and multiple small blue crabs), but not to low biomass predators (i.e single small blue crab), suggesting that risk associated with predator size is perceptible via chemical cues and is based on predator biomass. Further experiments showed that the perception of risk and the magnitude of the NCEs were affected by the sensory cues available and the diet of the blue crab predator. The NCE based on blue crab biomass was also demonstrated in the field where water flow can disperse cues necessary for propagating NCEs. Properties of water flow were measured within the experimental design and during the experiment and confirmed cage environments were representative of natural conditions and that patterns in NCEs were not associated with flow characteristics. These results affect species conservation and commercial fisheries management and demonstrate that we cannot successfully predict NCEs without considering predator size structure and the contexts under which we determine predator risk.
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Garibo, Ruiz Diana. "Assays and biosensors for the detection of toxins from aquatic media." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/283268.
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L’objectiu general de la tesis ha estat el desenvolupament d’assajos i biosensors per a la detecció de toxines que estan presents en el medi aquàtic i l’estudi de la seva aplicabilitat a l’anàlisi de mostres reals. Per tal d’assolir aquest objectiu, s’han caracteritzat proteïnes fosfatases recombinants en quan a activitat, emmagatzematge i estabilitat operacional, així com també la capacitat de ser inhibides per toxines marines (àcid okadaic i els seus anàlegs) i d’aigua dolça (microcistines). S’han establert factors equivalents d’inhibició per a l`àcid okadaic i els seus anàlegs i diverses variants de microcistines, contribuint així a entendre millor la complexitat de perfils multi-toxines en mostres naturals. D’altra banda, s’han explotat l’ús de partícules magnètiques com a suports d’immobilització d’anticossos i enzims en biosensors electroquímics i com a transportadors d’anticossos en immunosensors òptics. Finalment, s’ha avaluat l’aplicabilitat dels assajos i biosensors per a l’anàlisis de mostres de marisc i cianobactèries, correlacionant els resultats amb altres tècniques d’anàlisis establertes.<br>El objetivo general de esta tesis ha sido el desarrollo de ensayos y biosensores para la detección de toxinas que están presentes en el medio acuático y el estudio de su aplicabilidad al análisis de muestras reales. Para lograr este objetivo, se han caracterizado proteínas fosfatasas recombinantes en términos de actividad, almacenaje y estabilidad operacional, así como la capacidad para ser inhibidas por toxinas marinas (ácido okadaico y sus análogos) y de agua dulce (microcistinas). Se han establecido factores equivalentes de inhibición para el ácido okadaico y sus análogos y varias variantes de microcistinas, contribuyendo a entender mejor la complexidad de perfiles multi-toxinas en muestras naturales. Port otra parte, se ha explotado el uso de partículas magnéticas como soportes de inmovilización de anticuerpos y enzimas en biosensores electroquímicos y como transportadores de anticuerpos en imunosensores ópticos. Finalmente, se ha evaluado la aplicabilidad de los ensayos y biosensores para el análisis de muestras de marisco y cianobacterias, correlacionando los resultados con otras técnicas de análisis establecidas.<br>The general objective of this thesis has been to develop assays and biosensors for the detection of toxins from aquatic media and to study their applicability to the analysis of samples. To achieve this goal, recombinant protein phosphatases have been characterised in terms of activity, storage and operational stability, as well as ability to be inhibited by marine (okadaic acid and its analogues) and freshwater (microcystins) toxins. Inhibition equivalency factors (IEFs) for the okadaic acid analogues and several microcystin variants have been established, contributing to better understand the complexity of multi-toxin profiles in natural samples. Moreover, magnetic particles have been exploited as antibody and enzyme immobilisation supports in electrochemical biosensors and as antibody carriers in optical immunosensors. Finally, the applicability of assays and biosensors to the analysis of shellfish and cyanobacteria samples has been evaluated, and correlations with other analysis techniques have been established.
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Keller, Alison E. ""And a little child shall lead them" romanticism and Quakerism in Edward Hicks' Peaceable Kingdoms /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2007. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5537.
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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2007.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 100 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100).
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Osborne, Katelyn. "Kindred." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3047.
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Kindred, an MFA exhibition held at the Tipton Gallery located in downtown Johnson City from Feburary 22nd to March 4th. Kindred presents two bodies of work, which are a collection of drawings, etchings, monoprints, and lithographs, that center around a personal mythology and symbolism of self-identity and discovery. These works explore the physical and spiritual connection behind being a fraternal twin through the metaphorical use of animal imagery.
The ideas discussed in this paper center around the process of creating a personal mythology and symbolism through my observations of animals and how I relate that experience to other mythologies that inspire me. This process of creating narratives and iconography coincide with the writings of Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung. This paper also includes the inspiration of other artists, such as Beth Cavener and Dennis McNett, who also use animal imagery to explain a kind of kinship.
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Girard, Catherine. "Rococo Massacres: Hunting in Eighteenth-Century French Painting." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11521.
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My dissertation is a study of paintings with hunting subjects made in France between the 1730s and 1750s, concomitantly with the escalation of Louis XV's (r. 1715- 1774) obsession with hunting. It concentrates on up-close depictions of dying and dead animals by prominent artists such as Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755), François Boucher (1703-1770), and Jean-François De Troy (1679-1752). Particular attention is paid to how the moments that surrounded the kill of the prey by royal hunters--the hallali and the curée--were conjured up by these painters, and how their canvases were integrated into interiors, particularly those dedicated to the king's after-hunt gatherings. These painted drops of blood, hanging tongues, dislocated bodies, and tortured carcasses complicate the lack of seriousness and alleged playfulness of the discursively and ideologically determined category of the Rococo.<br>History of Art and Architecture
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Lecomte, Vincent. "Un penser animal à l'oeuvre." Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSES043.
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Évoquer ou convoquer l’animal en art met en perspective et accroît l’œuvre humaine jusque dans les excès et les incohérences qu’elle peut manifester, mais rend également possible un accès à ce qui est extérieur au domaine humain. Les artistes s’inspirent de la symbolique à laquelle donne corps l’animal, de sa morphologie aussi bien que des modes d’expressions qu’il invente et déploie. Il leur arrive même de se laisser tenter par le mimétisme. Les créateurs et les poètes ne disposent-ils pas d’autres outils que les penseurs ou les scientifiques pour atteindre cette étrangeté qui semble pourtant souvent si familière ? Qu’il s’agisse d’œuvres plastiques, de performances, de créations musicales ou scéniques, y convier l’animal offre une matrice infinie de figurations et de reconfigurations. L’expression de ce répertoire corporel et comportemental s’articule comme un véritable langage structuré. Au-delà d'une transposition qui permet de donner à entrevoir l’humanité de l'homme, les artistes peuvent aussi tenter la percée vers la réalité d’autres êtres vivants. Entre confrontation, dialogue et transfert, les pratiques artistiques reflètent la diversité, le polymorphisme même du rapport humain aux animaux, et l’histoire d’une attitude foncièrement ambivalente, prise entre empathie et exploitation. L’expérience de l’animal, voire l’expérience animale, donne lieu à un partage de territoire(s) et de conscience(s), ouvrant sur le dévoilement d’un penser en images<br>To evoke or to summon the animal in art puts in perspective the work of mankind, increases its excesses and its inconsistencies as well as it makes possible to open up the door to what is outside the human reach. Artists inspire themselves from the symbolic to which the animal is giving flesh, its morphology up to the ways of communication it creates and deploys. Artists may even be tempted by mimicry. Don’t creators and poets dispose of no other means than this one to address that strangeness that seems however so familiar to them ?To invite the animal in art work, could it be plastic arts, performances, musicals works or on stage, is to offer an infinite matrix for figuring or reconfiguring. The expression of its physical and behavioral repertory is articulated as a structured language. Beyond a transposition that allows a glimpse at human kind’s humanity, artists can also try to break through the reality of other living beings. Half way through confrontation, dialogue and transference, artistic practices mirror the diversity of human relationships with animals and even its polymorphism, as well as they reflect on the history of a human attitude fundamentally ambivalent, torn between empathy and exploitation. The animal experience, the animalistic experiment even, gives rise to a territory and consciousness sharing, opening up to the unveiling of a thinking through images
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Cooper, Simon George Art College of Fine Arts UNSW. "Mutant manifesto: a response to the symbolic positions of evolution and genetic engineering within self perception." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Art, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/44255.
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Believing that ideas about evolution and genetics are playing an increasing role in popular conceptions of who we are and what it means to be human, I sought ways to express this through my art. In particular I tried to articulate these notions through figurative sculpture. As the role of figurative sculpture in expressing current ideas about being human has declined in the West, I saw this as a challenge. It was the intent of my Masters program to reposition the sculpted body back within contemporary western cultural contexts. For an understanding of those contexts I relied heavily on my own culturally embedded experience and observations. I took as background my readings of evolutionary inspired literature and linked it with my interpretations of the genetic mythologies so prevalent in recent movies. The result was an image of contemporary humans as multifaceted, yet subservient to their genes. These genes appear to be easily manipulated and the product of technological intervention as much as, if not more than, inherited characteristics. As part of developing a sculptural form able to manifest this, I investigated some non-western traditions. I used field trips and residencies to research Buddhist and Hindu sculptures of the body and developed an interest in the spatial and conceptual relationships between those bodies. Through making figurative work in the studio, I came to realise the figures' inadequacy in expressing temporal relationships. As temporal change is a fundamental element of evolution and genetics, I needed to explore this element. The result was a number of series; groups of works that create their own context of relationships. Not all these groups use sculptures of the body but they evoke the notion of bodies, naturally or technologically hybridised, mutating, transforming, evolving and related to each other generationaly through time.
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Thomas, Caitlin B. "Survival and Growth Responses of Lithobates Pipiens Tadpoles to anHerbicide and an Algaecide used to Control Aquatic Invasive Plants." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1435688702.
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Harmsen, Corlia. "Shape me into your idea of home : representations of longing in contemporary photography and video practice." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6578.
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Thesis (MA (Visual Arts))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>Includes bibliography.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is motivated by an interest in a host of idiosyncratically interrelated phenomena that can
be understood, in my view, as symptomatic of a primary interest in representing experiences of
affect, loss, alienation and objectification of an “other”, which in turn, necessitates a critical
interrogation of the notion of self. These phenomena include notions of the body (animal and
human), private and public spaces, voyeurism, transgression, desire, fetishization, sentimentality
and most critically, nostalgia as understood through experiences of homesickness and heimwee.
My focus is on the affective potential of contemporary lens-based (photographic and video) art. I
approach this study by way of three central ideas: the longing for home (the relationship between
self/space); the longing for the body (the relationship between body/self); and the longing for the
other (the relationship between self/other). I make use of psychoanalytic and feminist theory, as
well as theoretical interpretations of photography and screen-based media, in the broader context
of visual art and culture, to frame my discussion. As such, this study draws on the theoretical work of
Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag to introduce basic concepts such as the relationship between
photography and memory, and develops these to include ideas of the gaze, self and alientation from
the self read through Judith Butler and Jacques Lacan’s image of the mirror phase; home and
homesickness read through Martin Heidegger, Sigmund Freud’s notion of das unheimlich (uncanny)
and Julia Kristeva’s notion of abjection; and Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s objectification of the
animal-other.
This study is intimately linked with, and critically informed by my personal artistic practice, which
focuses specifically on the photographic or filmic representation (projection) of separation,
displacement and longing for an absent other (home, partner & domestic animal). I discuss my own
work relation to selected examples by artists including Shizuka Yokomizo, Sophie Calle, Penny Siopis
and Jo Ractliffe, among others, framing the art object and related processes as cathartic, mnemonic
and talismanic; acknowledging the paradoxical aspect of photography as simultaneously distancing
and acting as a trace of the real; and analysing the evocative (metaphorical or conceptual) allusions
made possible by lens-based processes and their presentation as print and projection, image and
screen.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: My navorsing is gemotiveer deur ʼn belangstelling in ʼn menigte idiosinkratiese onderling verbonde
verskynsels wat myns insiens beskou kan word as simptomaties van ʼn primêre belangstelling daarin
om ervarings van affek, verlies, aliënasie en objektivering van ʼn “ander” weer te gee. My fokus sal op
die verband tussen kontemporêre kuns en affek wees.
Hierdie onderling verbonde verskynsels sluit in: die self en nosies van “die ander”/aliënasie,
identiteit, die liggaam, die verbeelding; veiligheid, die huis, huishoudelike
ruimte/plek/ontheemdheid; beheer, grense, oortreding, voyeurisme en geweld; verlange, nostalgie
(heimwee), misnoegdheid; verlies, gemis, rou, woede, depressie met inbegrip van melancholie;
liefde, romanse, sentimentaliteit, kitsch, besit; begeerte, obsessie, objektivering, tot fetisj maak (met
inbegrip van objektivering van die huisdier). Ek benader ʼn bespreking van bogenoemde verskynsel
deur diskoerse van psigoanalise en feminisme binne die raamwerk van my navorsing.
Ek beoog om, met behulp van psigoanalitiese teoretiese verwysings, in hierdie verhandeling die
verlange na die huis (die verband tussen self/ruimte, hoofstuk een), die verlange na die liggaam (die
verband tussen liggaam/self, hoofstuk twee) en die verlange na die ander (die verband tussen
self/ander, hoofstuk drie) te verken. Ek sal voorbeelde van kontemporêre fotografie en videokuns,
asook voorbeelde bespreek om kontekstuele verwysing na ʼn bespreking van die uitoefening van my
eie kreatiewe kuns te verskaf. Ek sal die uitbeelding (projeksie) van skeiding, ontheemding en
verlange na ʼn afwesige ander (huis, maat en huisdier) bespreek.
Die veld van my teoretiese ondersoek sal put uit sleutelteorieë van Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag,
Sigmund Freud, JaquesLacan, Julia Kristeva, Gilles Deleuze en Felix Guattari, Martin Heidegger en
Judith Butler ten einde basiese begrippe in gebruik te kan neem soos die verband tussen fotografie
en geheue (die kunsvoorwerp/proses as suiweringsmiddel, mnemoniek en besitter van bonatuurlike,
veral beskermende magte), paradokse in fotografie, uitbeelding en verlange/aliënasie, huis en
heimwee (die bonatuurlike, ellende), kontemporêre kuns en affek, die starende blik en die
objektivering van die dier-ander en die stemmingsvolle (metafories of konseptueel) sinspelings wat
deur fotografiese prosesse en aanbieding (druk en projeksie, afbeelding en skerm) moontlik gemaak
word.