Fisheries - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Under whose administration did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service come about? - ANSWER Franklin D. Roosevelt Which agency administers the commercial fisheries in the U.S.? What cabinet-level Department is it in? - ANSWER The National Marine Fisheries Service, a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce. Who is credited with the term "conservation" and who was he? - ANSWER Conservation is credited to Gifford Pinchot, a forester who serv...

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Under whose administration did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service come about? - ANSWER Franklin D. Roosevelt Which agency administers the commercial fisheries in the U.S.? What cabinet-level Department is it in? - ANSWER The National Marine Fisheries Service, a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce. Who is credited with the term "conservation" and who was he? - ANSWER Conservation is credited to Gifford Pinchot, a forester who serv...

Abiotic disorder - Answer- A non-pest plant stress such as improper nutrition, too much or too little water, winter or frost injury Action threshold - Answer- The pest density at which action (such as pesticide application) is justified to prevent further damage. Adelgid - Answer- An insect closely related to aphids that feed on conifers. Their feeding often causes galls to form. Aesthetic injury level - Answer- The point at which damage from a pest becomes noticeable enough to negative...

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RPTM 220 Exam 2 Question and answers verified to pass RPTM 220 Exam 2 Tragedy of Commons - correct answer an important conceptual frame designed to illuminate the ways that humans come to degrade the environments they depend on It is an example of what happens when resources get scarce and how quickly they can sometimes get used up concept is often applied to discussions of resource use that is relatively unregulated (easy or open access, difficult to exclude) and whose use degrades...

A large plot of land in a grassland ecosystem was converted for agriculture. After four decades of agricultural use the land was abandoned and began to revert to its original grassland state. This is an example of which of the following? - Secondary succession Abiotic factors - Pollution Water Natural Disasters Access to ample amounts of easily accessible resources; multiple ponds or small wetlands are ideal - Breeding season According to the presentation, ecosystem management was broade...

Erosion - Answer-process in which, by the actions of wind and/or water, soil particles detached and transported Sediment - Answer-eroded material suspended in wind or water Sedimentation - Answer-deposition of eroded material Types of Erosion - Answer-splash sheet rill gully channel Splash erosion - Answer-raindrop impact energy is enough to dislodge surface sediments sheet erosion - Answer-caused by rain splash detaching soil particles lifting them up and removing them by shallow "s...

CPESC Exam Questions With Verified Answers Erosion - answerprocess in which, by the actions of wind and/or water, soil particles detached and transported Sediment - answereroded material suspended in wind or water Sedimentation - answerdeposition of eroded material Types of Erosion - answersplash sheet rill gully channel Splash erosion - answerraindrop impact energy is enough to dislodge surface sediments sheet erosion - answercaused by rain splash detaching soil particles lifting th...

Oceans Finals UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Washington Shell fisheries are responding to the declining pH of the upwelling coastal waters. Identify which is NOT a strategy being used by shellfisheries to combat the impact of ocean acidification - CORRECT ANSWER- pressurized degassing of co2 from seawater intake lines TRUE or FALSE: Urban economies in Washington state are at greater risk from reduced shellfishery production. - CORRECT ANSWER- False