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Cox, Benjamin Samuel. "Assessment of an invasive lake trout population in Swan Lake, Montana." Thesis, Montana State University, 2010. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2010/cox/CoxB0810.pdf.
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The recent invasion of lake trout into the Swan River drainage in Northwest Montana threatens one of the last remaining recreational bull trout fisheries in the USA. An inter-agency group is implementing an experimental lake trout suppression program on Swan Lake. The objectives of this study were to establish a baseline data set on the lake trout population in Swan Lake concurrently with the experimental removal effort, simulate alternative management scenarios using matrix models and identify spawning locations of lake trout to target adult fish and embryos. A commercial gill-net sampling effort provided data to estimate abundance, size structure, age structure, growth, condition, maturity, fecundity, and mortality of lake trout in Swan Lake. Lake trout in Swan Lake grew rapidly, attained large sizes, and were in high condition. The size and age structure of lake trout sampled was skewed towards juvenile lake trout, indicating the population was growing rapidly. Matrix-model simulations also indicated the lake trout population would continue to grow with no suppression efforts, but suppression efforts could reduce the population growth rate. Population growth was particularly sensitive to changes in age-0 survival in population models. Elasticity analysis of matrix simulations indicated survival from birth to sexual maturity, followed by survival of adult fish contributed most to population growth. Lake trout spawning locations were identified using ultrasonic telemetry, short-set gill nets, and in-situ egg nets. Spawning locations identified with acoustic telemetry were confirmed by capturing gravid lake trout in gill nets and lake trout eggs in the substrate. These results suggest that the inter-agency group should focus removal efforts on sub-adult and adult lake trout at if extirpation of the population is the goal. Given the uncertainty in the vital rates and the potential bias in exploitation rates used to model suppression scenarios, annual suppression efforts should be increased from the 2008 level to ensure a decline in the lake trout population.
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Midgelow, Vida. "Reworking the ballet : re-figuring the body and 'Swan Lake'." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2003. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/849747/.
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Reworking the ballet: Refiguring the body and 'Swan Lake' illuminates the choreographic praxis, context and politics of reworkings of classic ballets. Dance reworkings can be seen as unruly acts framed within the status quo of the canon and are positioned as examples of canonical counter-discourse. Deconstructing the canon through processes of demythologisation and the strategies of intertextuality, reworkings have the potential to resist the nostalgic and the authoritative frame of the canon. Revealing gaps and omissions, elucidating assumptions and privileges, and exposing gender and ethnic specificities, these dances evoke difference and diversity, and bring the partial and the provisional to the fore. Through close readings and using feminist/postfeminist and postcolonial perspectives particular attention is given to the revision of gender within these dances. Gender is shown to be especially fictive within reworkings due to the explicit reappropriation, and reinscription, of the body within these dances. The ways in which three radical reworkings of Swan Lake by Susan Foster, Shakti and myself refigure the female body and the erotic forms the main focus of the thesis. These dance makers rework the already highly gendered body of the ballerina - reclaiming the body and the erotic as a force for women, such that they have the potential to enjoy the power and pleasure of their own sexuality without recourse to dominant orthodoxies. Reworkings assert the simultaneous habitation of multiple and overlapping formulations. As hybrid, intertextual works these dances activate, at the very least, a bi-directional gaze - simultaneously challenging and evoking their source texts. Through this 'double gesture' these dances have the potential to reconfigure their source texts, and the bodies therein, in such a manner as to operate beyond binary oppositions of canon/counter-canon.
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Grulkowski, Darin. "MACROINVERTEBRATE AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS IN A REHABILITATED ILLINOIS RIVER FLOODPLAIN: SWAN LAKE, ILLINOIS." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/314.
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Anthropogenic impacts have degraded the function of many large river-floodplain ecosystems. Habitat rehabilitation/management, in the form of water level management, often emphasize the promotion of wetland vegetation. Wetland management is believed to enhance macroinvertebrate populations. To test this assumption, I evaluated macroinvertebrate response to habitat rehabilitation, habitat type, and vegetation density in Swan Lake, an Illinois River floodplain lake located in Calhoun County, Illinois. Results indicated wetland rehabilitation generally enhanced macroinvertebrate availability for spring migrating waterfowl. Results comparing habitats available at Swan Lake indicated moist soil habitats provided greater abundance and biomass of water column macroinvertebrates in the fall season, while spring was more variable. In addition, benthic macroinvertebrate communities indicated inconsistent differences between habitat types. Fall estimates indicated inundation can be an effective mechanism for controlling the timing of water column macroinvertebrate colonization. Vegetation manipulations did not consistently impact macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional groups, but results indicated some specific taxonomic groups were influenced by vegetation presence/absence and were correlated (positively or negatively) with coarse organic matter. This research supported the principle that management of habitat and hydrologic regime can be effective tools for improving macroinvertebrate populations in order to optimize nutritional resources for waterfowl.
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Hicks, Jocelyn Lorene. "Oxbow Lakes as Geological Archives of Historical Changes in Channel Substrate; Swan Creek Metropark, Toledo, Ohio." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1510273054292742.
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Warrington, Monique A. "Secondary porosity as a play concept in the Cooper Basin, Australia : examples from the Swan Lake and Crowsnest Fields /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2004. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SB/09sbw2954.pdf.
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Dibling, David R. "Development And Validation Of A High-Resolution, Nearshore Model For Lake Erie." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354052794.
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Smith, Randolph V. "Evaluation of waterfowl habitat and spring food selection by mallard and lesser scaup on the Swan Lake, Illinois Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project /." Available to subscribers only, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1400953611&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Smith, Jacqueline Nichole. "Fairy Tales en pointe: Fairy Brides, Ballerinas, and Ballets that Made the Tale." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8968.
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The relationship between ballet and fairy tale is by no means a new or unique discovery—to either dance history or literary studies. However, aside from relatively brief mentions of ballets as examples of fairy-tale adaptation, ballet's relevance to fairy-tale studies has been somewhat undervalued. While scholars often relegate ballet to a smaller part in fairy tale's influence through the performing arts, fairy-tale ballet deserves to have its own, independent academic conversation because ballet contributes uniquely to both fairy-tale history and canon. Ballet can be credited with both giving new life to an old tale and creating a brand new one through an amalgamation of formalistic fairy-tale motifs and figures—particularly when it comes to female figures. Through an analysis of nineteenth-century Romanticism, fairy-tale form, and the narratives created by three of the most famous fairy bride ballets--La Sylphide, Giselle, and Swan Lake--we can distinguish how Romantic ballet affects fairy-tale studies because of the special conditions this "feminized" art placed on narrative and character. The pervasion of the fairy bride character and motif in ballet indicates a potentially unique tale type, and these three fairy brides together reveal a different dimension to our view of female fairy-tale characters by actively shaping their own stories according to Romantic values that place them outside of traditional fairy-tale roles. Thus, fairy-tale ballets significantly substantiate Romantic imagination beyond the bounds of literary form, and therefore both emphasize and nuance the fairy-tale female paradigm by making unique contributions to the fairy-tale canon.
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Bulut, Elif. "Assessment Of Management Policies For Lake Uluabat Basin Using Avswat." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606794/index.pdf.
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This thesis assesses phosphorus loads and management practices to control nutrient transport to Lake Uluabat. It analyzes nonpoint sources of pollution, especially agricultural pollution, throughout Uluabat Basin (watershed). AVSWAT (ArcviewTM Interface of Soil and Water Assessment Tool 2000) was used in determination of phosphorus and sediment loads to Lake Uluabat. Contribution of soluble phosphorus (SOLP) loads from agricultural sites was discussed. Seven scenarios were applied through watershed area to see effects of fertilizer and irrigation application rates, landuse changes, point source and watershed inlet loads on phosphorus loads.
Calibration of the model was performed annually due to lack of data. First stream flow, next sediment and finally nutrient (SOLP) was calibrated at two gages. At the first gage, simulation results were satisfactory in terms of Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (ENS) and percentage deviation between observation and simulation values (Dv). ENS values for stream, sediment and SOLP were >=0.99. Dv values for stream, sediment and SOLP were <
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sediment - ENS=0.71, Dv=25%
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20%. It was concluded that agricultural sites were among major contributors of phosphorus load to Lake Uluabat. SOLP load to lake was about 4.0 gP/m2/year, greater than the target value of 1.0 gP/m2/year (DHKD, 2002). Scenario results showed that removing agricultural lands around Lake Uluabat and decreasing fertilizer application rates were necessary to reduce SOLP loads to lake. Moreover, phosphorus load from Emet and Orhaneli Watersheds seemed significant.
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Gentner, Tiffany M. "Climate Impacts on Nutrient Loading in Lake Erie." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1525281661690821.
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Kemp, Annabeth S. "Freshwater cyanoprokaryota blooms in the Swan Coastal Plain wetlands: ecology, taxonomy and toxicology." Curtin University of Technology, Division of Science and Engineering, Department of Environmental Biology, 2009. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=129384.
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Relatively little published information on cyanoprokaryote (blue-green algal) blooms in the freshwater wetlands in Western Australia is available. There has been little research on the urban lakes and rivers, examining the relationship between environmental conditions and toxin-producing blooms. In this project the ecology, morphology and toxicity of cyanoprokaryota blooms in 27 metropolitan lakes and sumplands, as well as three major rivers, from 2000 to 2003, on the Swan Coastal Plain (SCP) in the southwest of Western Australia were investigated.A total of 24 species were identified and described, of which nine species had not been previously documented in the area. This included the potentially toxic species Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, Aphanizomenon ovalisporum and Anabaena bergii var. limnetica. An illustrated guide to the common bloom-forming species was generated using conventional taxonomic criteria.
Microcystis flos-aquae and Microcystis aeruginosa were the dominant bloom-forming cyanoprokaryotes, widespread in their distribution. Anabaena circinalis, A. bergii var. limnetica and Anabaenopsis elenkinii were the common filamentous species. Anabaena circinalis was common to certain freshwater sites, while A. bergii var. limnetica and A. elenkinii occurred in salinity ranging from fresh (< 1ppt) to hyposaline (3-10 ppt). Sites with similar species assemblages were identified using two-way indicator species analysis and clustering analysis. From this, a distinct distribution pattern emerged, which was defined by the main genera observed in the lakes – Microcystis, Anabaena, Aphanizomenon and Anabaenopsis.
The spatial and temporal distribution of the common bloom-forming cyanoprokaryote species was examined in conjunction with spring-summer physico-chemical data using principal component analysis. It was found that pH, water temperature and electrical conductivity/salinity accounted for variations among the lakes, with electrical conductivity the variable explaining the greatest variation. Lakes located on the coast, or further inland at the base of the Darling Scarp, were more hyposaline to saline, and the remaining lakes were fresh. Although the SCP lakes form consanguineous groups based on geochemistry and hydrology, no similarities among them were found in terms of water quality.
The relationship between nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations (total and dissolved inorganic) and cyanoprokaryote community structure (N-fixing versus non-N-fixing species) was investigated in five selected lakes; Yangebup Lake, Bibra Lake, Blue Gum Lake, Tomato Lake and Emu Lake. The lakes ranged from mesotrophic to eutrophic and supported spring-summer blooms containing multiple species. Overall an inverse relationship between cyanoprokaryote abundance and total ambient nutrient concentrations at the time of the blooms was evident. No transition in dominance in the community was observed in Yangebup Lake, Emu Lake and Bibra Lake, as they were dominated by non-heterocytic species (M. aeruginosa and M. flos-aquae) throughout spring and summer. For Yangebup Lake and Bibra Lake, the abundance of non-heterocytic species decreased concomitantly with decreasing dissolved inorganic N. In contrast, heterocytic species (A. circinalis) dominated the spring community in Tomato Lake, and summer community in Blue Gum Lake, when N and P concentrations were at their highest.
The presence of microcystins in Microcystis dominated blooms was examined using high performance chromatography. A total of 32 natural bloom samples, representing 13 lakes, were analysed for microcystin variants; -LR, -RR and -YR. Twenty-eight samples proved to be toxic with the highest total microcystin concentration from 1645 to 8428.6 µg L[superscript]-1, the lowest concentrations were less than 10 µg L[superscript]-1 with some below the detection limit. Microcystis aeruginosa and M. flos-aquae were associated with these microcystin-containing blooms, although M. flos-aquae appear to be less toxic. The presence of Nodularia spumigena in the Lake Yangebup was associated with high concentrations of nodularin (1664 µg L[superscript]-1).
Employing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for microcystins and the brine shrimp (Artemia) bioassays allowed a greater number of lake samples to be analysed and provided a rapid assessment of toxicity. The three methods for cyanotoxin detection verified Yangebup Lake, Herdsman Lake, Hyde Park, Jackadder Lake and Emu Lake as highly toxic sites. Low toxicity was demonstrated in samples from Lake Goollelal, Lake Joondalup, Lake Claremont, Blue Gum Lake and North Lake. These results provided the first evidence of cyanotoxin producing blooms in urban lakes of the SCP.
A comparative study on cyanoprokaryota blooms in Swan River estuary, upper Canning River and upper Serpentine River found that these sites, although hyposaline to saline, contained species that were common in the freshwater lakes. Sampling the river systems showed M. aeruginosa, M. flos-aquae, A. circinalis, A. elenkinii and Planktothrix planctonica to be cosmopolitan in distribution, present in SCP wetlands of varied salinity. Similarities between the upper Canning River and lakes in environmental conditions and species assemblage were demonstrated using multivariate analyses.
Toxin analysis of bloom samples from the Swan River and upper Canning River revealed microcystin concentrations were less than that of the surrounding lakes (1.05-124.16 µg L[superscript]-1). Similarly, nodularin concentrations were higher in Yangebup Lake than the upper Serpentine River. However, the dominance of Anabaena in Canning River samples, and the highly toxic result from the Artemia bioassay suggests microcystin is not the predominant cyanotoxin in this wetland.
This study has produced an overview of the distribution and morphology of cyanotoxin-producing cyanoprokaryotes in the SCP wetlands. The data presented provide the basis for further cyanoprokaryote research in Western Australia, in particular the molecular characterisation of bloom-forming toxic species.
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Khadka, Pravakar. "Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modeling to Analyze Salinity Interaction of Coastal Marshland with a Lake: A Case Study of Mentor Marsh near Lake Erie, Ohio." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1596468029655531.
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Mollenkamp, Lorinda Larae. "Demonstrating an approach for modeling crop growth and hydrology using SWAT 2009 in Kanopolis Lake Watershed, Kansas." Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16307.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Kyle R. Douglas-Mankin
Aleksey Y. Sheshukov
According the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website, our planet is at risk of global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions. The earth’s average temperature has been reported to have risen by 1.4°F over the last century. This seemingly small increase in average planetary temperature has been linked to devastating floods, severe heat waves, and dangerous and unpredictable shifts in our climate (US EPA, 2013a). In the 2012 report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that bioenergy has the potential to significantly mitigate greenhouse gases as long as this is produced in a sustainable manner (Chum, et al., 2011). In light of these facts, research into the sustainable production of bioenergy sources in the United States is currently underway. To ensure that the correct biofuel crop is selected for a given region and to investigate any secondary effects of changing our nation’s agricultural practices to include biofuels, computer models can be very useful. The Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a robust, continuous time step model that was developed by the USDA Agricultural Resource Service that can simulate changes in land use and land management and the effect this has on erosion, water quality, and other important factors. This paper describes the preliminary work to create a model of the Kanopolis Lake Watershed that is part of the Kansas River Basin using SWAT 2009. Data pertaining to weather, topography, land use, management, stream flow, and reservoirs was gathered and incorporated into the SWAT model. This was then simulated to obtain the uncalibrated data. SWAT produced unacceptable statistics for both crop yields and for stream flow using the Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency equation and using percent bias. This suggests that the model must be calibrated to be of use in understanding both the current and future land use scenarios. Once the model is calibrated and validated, it can be used to simulate different biofuel cropping scenarios.
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Setegn, Shimelis Gebriye. "Modelling Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Vattendragsteknik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-12024.
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Lake Tana Basin is of significant importance to Ethiopia concerning water resources aspects and the ecological balance of the area. The growing high demands in utilizing the high potentials of water resource of the Lake to its maximal limit, pictures a disturbing future for the Lake. The objective of this study was to assess the influence of topography, soil, land use and climatic varia-bility on the hydrological and hydrodynamic processes of the Lake Tana Basin. The physically based SWAT model was successfully calibrated and validated for flow and sediment yield. Se-quential uncertainty fitting (SUFI-2), parameter solution (ParaSol) and generalized likelihood un-certainty estimation (GLUE) calibration and uncertainty analysis methods were compared and used for the set-up of the SWAT model. There is a good agreement between the measured and simulated flows and sediment yields. SWAT and GIS based decision support system that uses multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) was used to identify the most vulnerable areas to soil erosion in the basin. The results indicated that 12 to 30.5% of the watershed is high erosion potential. Pro-jected changes in precipitation and temperature in the basin for two seasons were analyzed using outputs from fifteen global climate models (GCMs). A historical-modification procedure was used to downscale large scale outputs from GCM models to watershed-scale climate data. The results showed significant changes in streamflow and other hydrological parameters in the period between 2045-2100. SWAT was combined with a three dimensional hydrodynamic model, GEMSS to investigate the flow structure, stratification, the flushing time, lake water balance and finally the Lake‘s water level response to planned water removal. We have found an alarming and dramatic fall of the water levels in Lake Tana as response to the planned water withdrawal. The combination of the two models can be used as a decision support tools to better understand and manage land and water resources in watersheds and waterbodies. The study showed that the Lake Tana Basin may experience a negative change in water balance in the forthcoming decades due to climate change as well as over abstraction of water resources.QC 20100720
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Banks, Tara Renee. "Effects of land use changes on trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) use of lakes in the Grande Prairie region of Alberta." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40027.pdf.
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Kast, Jeffrey Benjamin. "Manure Management in the Maumee River Watershed and Watershed Modeling to Assess Impacts on Lake Erie's Water Quality." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1532009053900119.
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Setegn, Shimelis Gebriye. "Hydrological and sediment Yield modelling in Lake Tana Basin, Blue Nile Ethiopia." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm : Mark- och vattenteknik, Land and Water Resource Engineering, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4796.
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Dile, Yihun. "Intensifying Agricultural Water Management in the Tropics : A cause of water shortage or a source of resilience?" Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-102878.
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Frequent climatic shocks have presented challenges for rainfed agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Appropriate water management practices are among the solutions to the challenges. The role of water harvesting in achieving sustainable agricultural intensification and specified resilience was explored. Suitable areas for water harvesting in the Upper Blue Nile basin were identified. The usefulness of the Curve Number method for surface runoff estimation was evaluated, and was found to perform satisfactorily. The impact of climate change in the Lake Tana sub-basin was studied. A decision support system was developed for locating and sizing of water harvesting ponds in the SWAT model. Methodological developments enabled analysis of the implications of water harvesting intensification in a meso-scale watershed in the Lake Tana sub-basin. Results suggest that water harvesting can increase agricultural productivity, sustain ecosystems and build specified resilience, and thereby contribute to sustainable agricultural intensification. There is considerable potential for water harvesting in the Upper Blue Nile Basin. Rainfall may increase in the Lake Tana sub-basin due to climate change. Supplementary irrigation from water harvesting ponds and better nutrient application increased staple crop production by up to three-fold. Moreover, a substantial amount of cash crop was produced using dry seasonal irrigation. Water harvesting altered the streamflow regime, and reduced sediment loss from the watershed. Water harvesting can play an important role in food security. It showed potential to buffer climatic variability. In the watershed studied, water harvesting will not compromise the environmental water requirements. Instead, increased low flows, and reduced flooding and sediment loss may benefit the social-ecological systems. The adverse effects of disturbance of the natural flow variability and sediment influx to certain riverine ecosystems warrant detailed investigation.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 5: Epub ahead of print. Paper 6: Manuscript.
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Boyce, Liel Y. "Knightly Bird Vows: A Case Study in Late Medieval Courtly Culture." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3134.
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In the late Middle Ages, there was a series of instances wherein knights vowed upon birds. Two of these, the first and the last, are historical events: The Feast of the Swans with Edward I in England on 22 May 1306 and the Feast of the Pheasant with Philip the Good in the duchy of Burgundy on 17 February 1454. Edward I held the Feast of the Swans as part of his son's dubbing ceremony, including the entire court taking vows on two swans. The Feast of the Pheasant was an elaborate banquet that Philip the Good used to gather support for a crusade. The other three are literary texts: the Voeux du paon, the Voeux de l’épervier, and the Voeux du héron. The Voeux du Paon contains an account of a group of nobility connected to Alexander the Great at a truce banquet. One of the prisoners accidentally kills a lady's peacock and the group decides to take vows on it before recommencing battle. The Voeux de l’épervier concerns Henry VII of Luxembourg en route to Italy to claim the title of Holy Roman Emperor. One of his knights accidentally kills a sparrowhawk and they decide, as a court, to take vows on it. Lastly, the Voeux du héron depicts Robert d' Artois inciting Edward III to initiate the Hundred Years' War over a heron. Each of these instances creates a sub-set, the bird vow cycle, within medieval vowing tradition. The origin of the bird vow cycle lies within that vowing tradition. John L. Grigsby has declared these instances as a crystallization of the gab convention of medieval literature. However, Grigsby ignored the Feast of the Swans and the Feast of the Pheasant since he was concentrated on defining a literary genre. This thesis attempts to show the bird vow cycle as connected this this literary tradition, but also a crystallization of the courtly culture that had developped in the late Middle Ages. It also attempts to show the origins of this cycle—it not only came out of a vowing tradition, but also is tied to King Arthur traditions. The culture of the late Middle Ages was nostalgic and looking back towards an idealistic version of the past—whether in legends like Arthur or historical figures like Alexander. Thus, the knightly bird vow cycle was a particular example of that fantasy in their culture. In conclusion, this thesis not only gathers together what literature there is on the knightly bird vow cycle, but it places it within a literary and historical context. The knightly bird vow cycle would not have been possible without a culture obsessed with fantasy and idealistic courtly culture.
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Shen, Chai-Ju, and 沈家如. "Re-investigating the Role of Odile in Swan Lake." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51488569561447418508.
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Ballet as a classical art form has become a target of feminist discourse, stating that patriarchy instills an ideal image of women throughout the presentation of ballet. Other than the tool of feminism which is used in Taiwan scholarly discourse, perhaps an alternative broader understanding of dance and society may be proposed. A higher altitude to view history of ballet would be reached. Putting aside the gender issue- the dichotomy of sylphs and sirens, we observe ballet as an epitome of culture. Hopefully, the deeper knowledge of ballet itself will allow critical thinking in dance within general education in Taiwan. Based on dance history research, this essay will focus on the outstanding ballet: Swan Lake (1895). Through the narrative, 19th century’s cultural thought will also be discussed. After the analyses of the character and her body movements, ways of Lacanian psychoanalysis（Zizek）as well as reading female body are incorporated in order to provide a contemporary perspective of the female ballet subjectivity and body.
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MA, CHIN-HSIN, and 馬沁心. "Gesamtkunstwerk Characteristics of Matthew Bourne’s Dance Work Swan Lake." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nh5557.
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碩士國立臺灣藝術大學
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This research focuses on dance work Swan Lake created by British choreographer Matthew Bourne (1960-) and explores its interdisciplinary characteristics. Considering concept of "Gesamtkunstwerk" proposed by 19th century German musician Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the researcher analyzes Matthew Bourne’s adaption of classical ballet Swan Lake (a new dance theatre creation) performed by Adventures in Motion Pictures and recorded in the dance company’s 1996 DVD. Firstly, data are collected by applying historical method (historiography and collection of historical source materials). Written, visual and aural source materials on Gesamtkunstwerk, Matthew Bourne’s choreography and Swan Lake (classical ballet and dance theatre versions) are analyzed according to their historical contest. It is discovered, before the appearance of interdisciplinary studies, the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk had existed in the field of dance and drama during 1970s in Taiwan. Dance theatre itself is an interdisciplinary preforming arts form integrating different medium. The concept of integration (Gesamtkunstwerk) generates assimilation between different theatrical elementes within dance theatre and creates new performing forms. Bourne’s Swan Lake displays characteristics of tradition and invention. It moves beyond movement-centered choreography, and integrates contemporary issues, popular culture, dance vocabulary, performing body, theatre design and music. It demonstrations features of interdisciplinary practice of Gesamtkunstwerk, and revolutionized the style and spectrum of dance theatre. Secondly, a new method Gesamtkunstwerk-structural analysis is developed by integrating method of macro-structural analysis (deriving form Choreological studies) and Wagner’s concept of Gesamtkunstwerk. It is used to record features of five strands on Gesamtkunstwerk (Architecture, Settings, Plots, Performers and Sounds) in Bourne’s Swan Lake. The researcher discovers that Bourne interweaves and coordinates the five strands forming complex nexus of connections. Finally, the researcher selects the first scene of the first act of the dance (3:17-6:09), and analyze its music structure and dance structure. Music-dance structural comparison chart and Music-dance micro-structural analysis chart are created by integrating method of micro-structural analysis and music analysis. This leads to the discovery of the close relationship between music and dance. This case study applies interdisciplinary approach by combining music, drama and dance source materials, as well as integrating research methods of history, music and dance. It reveals Bourne’s dance theatre work Swan Lake, is a composite interdisciplinary integration. Bourne’s creative traits are innovative and diverse, demonstrating Gesamtkunstwerk characteristics of new generation.
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Mbadugha, Marie Cecile Esclanda. "Indigenous planning: process and development of a community housing plan for Swan Lake First Nation." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/15796.
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This practicum examined Indigenous planning as the theoretical framework and foundation of this project. Literature reviews on First Nations on-reserve housing conditions were examined to understand the struggles Indigenous communities face when it comes to housing. Based on the literature reviews, it was determined that housing has been an issue in many First Nation communities, perpetuating a demand for planning to explore remedies to minimize or eradicate this social concern. From understanding Indigenous planning practices, the practicum explored the Indigenous community of Swan Lake First Nation (SLFN) and the housing challenges they experience. Through planning with SLFN community members to determine methods that would address the housing challenges, the development of a community housing plan was suggested. The process and development of SLFN community housing plan was documented in this practicum.
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Chun, Chang Yu, and 張育鈞. "A Study on Picture Books with Musical Tale as the Subject Matter --- Taking〝Swan Lake〞as an example." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/g74k76.
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Mack, Beverly Jane. "Sedimentology and subaerial exposure surfaces of the Middle Devonian Snipe Lake reef complex, Swan Hills Formation, west-central Alberta." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/20905.
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Townsend, Lise. "Urban watershed health and resilience, evaluated through land use history and eco-hydrology in Swan Lake watershed (Saanich, B.C.)." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1741.
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Swan Lake watershed, a sub-catchment of the salmonid bearing Colquitz Creek
watershed located in the municipality of Saanich, on southern Vancouver Island, British
Columbia, Canada, was studied to characterise the linkages between urbanisation and
ecological health and resilience. Although rarely applied in watershed ecology, resilience
(the ability to absorb disturbances without the loss of ecosystem identity) offers a useful
construct in this case study to understand the effects of urban development over the past
150 years, and to outline some principles for integrated, watershed-scale management. Baseline landscape characteristics and processes of historical land-use were determined
using paleoecology (pollen analysis) and historical records. Watershed health was
assessed using: a Proper Functioning Condition assessment of riparian-wetland and
stream channels; vegetation community mapping; vegetation plots; surface flow
hydrology; and water quality analyses. Vegetation and lake hydrographs were compared
with less disturbed reference ecosystems. Findings are discussed in terms of alternative
stable state models and energy dissipation at the site and landscape scale. Analysis of the data revealed that over the past 150 years, forest clearing, agriculture,
transportation infrastructure, and non-point source pollution have transformed the
landscape and substantially altered the water and energy balance. Impervious surfaces
and cleared land (covering 25% and 35% of the watershed, respectively) are inferred to have reduced latent heat dissipation of solar energy, an important landscape-scale process
affecting resilience to climate change. Degraded stream channels represent reduced
ecosystem services and lost social/economic value. The stream/lake hydrographs
revealed a typical, urban flashy profile that exacerbates channel erosion and non-point
source pollution, while excessive lake stage drawdown is also evident. Water quality is
characterized by historic and ongoing excessive nutrient loading and associated cultural
eutrophication, heavy metal pollution, and ecosystem “ageing” due to dissolved solids
runoff. At the site level, invasive species, particularly reed canarygrass, dominate Swan
Lake wetlands, whereas the pollen record shows abundant woody shrubs and associated
species (some of which are now extirpated from the site) and an absence of grass; this
helps to establish a rationale for vegetation management.
Based on the findings of the above studies and according to a proposed conceptual model
with assessment criteria in five categories (water, vegetation, energy, soil and nutrients),
Swan Lake watershed has impaired ecological health and is not resilient to disturbances
such as extreme climate/weather events. Future watershed management should therefore
mimic the hydrological function and energy balance of the pre-development conditions.
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Lin, Cho-Yi, and 林卓儀. "Application of Comedy Elements in Ballet: Case Study on Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s Swan Lake-Act II." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ak7f7r.
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碩士國立臺灣藝術大學
戲劇學系表演藝術碩士班
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Ballet is originated from Europe, with a particular aesthetic standards and technical specifications. It’s concise, lightweight, stretched body movements, revealing the elegant aristocratic temperament, as most Westerners aesthetic concept model of the complete expression. Classical ballet Swan Lake has been a classic dance, as its plot, characters’ image and dance segments are in people's minds deeply, which is still retained as one of many ballet companies repertoire.Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in New York, all the performance members constituted by male, who referenced to the second act in Swan Lake of which text, dance choreography structure as the basis, using the parody and adaptation to revised and created a Swan Lake-Act II. They performed a classical piece in a comedy way in order to express their respect and mock to ballet. For the thesis, through the researching of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s Swan Lake-Act II. First of all, I clarify how its narrative structure was adapted from text of dance, and reconstruct the plot and modify the image of characters to make the dance more dramatic. Clearly and precisely compare with the Mariinsky Theatre-Kirov Ballet, which performed the Classical version in 2006 as a video image. For the purpose of analyzing the content and structure of dance work by the Macroanalysis (Ying-Pi Chaing, 2001), focusing on the choreography and movement of content that was selected and changed in Swan Lake-Act II. Then, take use of the Effort Elements analysis system to disassemble and describe this subject dissimilar in the traditional performing way. Try to presented a different impression of the traditional ballet dance works. The last step, Based on Cassady (2006) proposed of six comic devices, clarifying the comedy elements that used in the performance, and exploring how their "ballet" arouse laughter of the audience, a clear interpretation of the dance form and comedy effective work with each other in interdisciplinary-cooperation. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo applied comedy elements into ballet performing style, and took the way of humor to imitate and re-interpretation the classical ballet repertoire. Transforming the fine art to close to the people and make it into a humor dance style, meanwhile entertaining people in a strong dramatic way, also with a sense of humor and mild irony meaning, to ridicule and question the restriction of noble values of classical ballet. It subverts the traditional technique when visitors to appreciate the seriousness feelings of the original classical ballet, bring the other aspect of the ballet and the possibility of appreciate.
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SUN, HSIAO-CHAIO, and 孫筱喬. "An Action Research for a Seventh-Grade Performing Arts Class Based on Analysis of Dancing Technique of Four Cygnet Dance Music of Swan Lake." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/kskskn.
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碩士國立高雄師範大學
表演藝術碩士學位學程
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Abstract This study is intended to analyze dancing works by adopting appropriate relative techniques, which applies to ballet courses of Performing Art Section in junior high school. Throughout the entire process, the researcher remained consistent in considering and modifying to get problems solved and teaching improved by applying teaching strategy of action research. Meanwhile, the researcher assisted students in better understanding body abilities as well as gesture positioning to ameliorate the development of teachers’ proficiency. The researcher focused on investigation of qualitative research by action research. The real practice, close observation, interview recording, participants’ worksheets, course notes, class feedback, diaries for instruction are included to help researcher consider and modify information related to teaching. The teaching content can be adjusted by analysis of dancing techniques and characteristics of ballet. This raised students’ learning motivation as well as teachers’ teaching practice and effects. The result of this research can be divided into three parts. First, there was a significant effect toward students’ learning motivation and effects by utilizing dancing techniques analysis to ballet courses based on Pyotr Ilyich of Swan Lake. In addition, participants’ were aware of the change of body abilities to better their creation as well as social skills throughout the process of cooperation and feedback. And last but not least, teachers’ proficiency could be improved by action research. According to discoveries of this study, researcher anticipated these related information be suggestion to further researches.
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Yu-ChiChang and 張育綺. "Climate and Environmental Changes in the Southeastern China During Mid-to-Late Holocene Reflected by a Stalagmite Record From Swan Cave in Fujian." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02617857747268749542.
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碩士國立成功大學
地球科學系碩博士班
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Swan(Tien-En) Cave(26°18'N,116°49'E，505m above sea level) is located at Ninghua County of Fujian,China where is under the influence of the East Asian Monsoon. We collected a 87-mm-long stalagmite (GC-2) in 2010. The growth axis of the sample shifted three times, with dripping displacement changed at 50.9~54.7mm and 74.3~78.9mm depths. Through ICP-MS 230Th/U dating (including isochron dating method), the results show that the upper 50mm part was deposited from 4000 to 3500 yr during the late Holocene, and 50~87mm grew from 7500 to 4000 yr during middle Holocene. For reconstruction of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment of the region,we have generated high-resolutionδ18O andδ13C records (485 measurements) and 65 pairs of Mg and Sr concentrations。 Theδ18O of the stalagmite varies between -7.10‰ and -5.22‰ (PDB), with a mean value of -6.05±0.30‰. Theδ13C varies between -9.88‰ and -4.00‰ (PDB),with an average of -7.11±1.16‰. Bothδ18O andδ13C records show a decreasing trend from 7500 to 3500 years. Using theδ18O value of dripping water from Swan Cave being -5.8‰ (SMOW) and cave temperature which is 19℃, we calculate the δ18O of cave calcite which precipitates in isotopic equilibrium value, being -6.2‰ (PDB) that is close to the δ18O value of the top sample in Stalagmite GC-2. This calculation and the Hendy test allow us to prove the stalagmite grown under isotope equilibrium. There is a generally positive correlation betweenδ18O andδ13C,indicating that climate change was the main factor to influence the surface vegetation. This study is the first attempt to reconstruct the high-resolution climatic variations in Fujian area during mid-to-late Holocene by speleothem record. Based on the δ18O andδ13C records of GC-2, the climatic conditions were relatively dry with less vegetation intensity during 3700~3850，3950~4050，4150~4250，4300~4400，4700~4800，4900~5200，5700~5900，6200~6300 and 6700~6900 yr; and those periods among the above intervals had relatively wet conditions and better vegetation coverage. We have compared the GC-2 δ18O record with the stalagmiteδ18O records from Dongge Cave in Guizhou and from Heshang Cave in Hubei. The comparison reveals that the GC-2δ18O record had a decreasing trend which is opposite to the trends of Dongge and Heshangδ18O records. Our interpretation for this discrepancy is that the moisture source from the Pacific and Indian Oceans had different ratios to different regions through time. We need to understand the physical meanings of speleothemδ18O on various time scales.
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Geremew, Asmamaw Adamu. "Assessing the impacts of land use and land cover change on hydrology of watershed: a case study on Gigel-Abbay Watershed, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9208.
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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.The population growth for the last 16 years caused changes in land cover of the Gilgel Abbay watershed, Lake Tana basin, Ethiopia. The effects of the land cover changes have impacted on the stream flow of the watershed by changing the magnitude of surface runoff and ground water flow. This study is mainly focusing on the assessment of the impacts of the land cover changes on the stream flow by changing SURQ and GWQ for the wet months (June, July, August) and dry months (January, February, March) through satellite Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) integrated with the SWAT model. ArcGIS used to generate land use and cover maps from Landsat TM and ETM+ acquired, respectively, in 1986 and 2001. The land cover maps were generated using the Maximum Likelihood Algorithm of Supervised Classification. The accuracy of the classified maps was assessed using Confusion Metrics. The result of this analysis showed that the cultivated land has expanded during the study period of 1986-2001. Using the two generated land cover maps, two SWAT models set up were run to evaluate the impacts the land use and cover changes on the stream flow of the study watershed. The performance of the SWAT model was evaluated through sensitivity analysis, calibration, and validation. Ten flow parameters were identified to be sensitive for the stream flow of the study area and used for model calibration. The model calibration was carried out using observed stream flow data from 01 January 1987 to 31 December 1994 and a validation period from 01 January 1995 to 31 December 2001. Both the calibration and validation results showed good match between measured and simulated stream flow data with the coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.93 and Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (ENS) of 0.95 for the calibration, and R2 of 0.91 and ENS of 0.90 of the validation period. The result of this analysis indicated that the mean monthly stream flow increased by 16.26m3/s for the wet months while for the dry months decreased by 5.41 m3/s. Generally, the analysis indicated that flow during the wet months has increased, while the flow during the dry months decreased. The SURQ increased, while GWQ decreased from 1986 to 2001 due to the increment of cultivated lands. The model results showed that the stream flow characteristics changed due to the land cover changes during the study period.