ETDs at OhioLINK

ETD 2004June 4, 2004

Thomas Dowlingtdowling@ohiolink.eduhttp://sienna.ohiolink.edu/~tdowling/presentations/etd2004/

Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

Journal Article

Ramos, C., Morbak, L., Molin, S., 2000. Bacterial activity in the rhizosphere analyzed at the single-cell level by monitoring rhibozome contents and synthesis rates. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66, 801–809

Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

Book

Govindaraju RS. 2002. Stochastic methods in subsurface contaminant hydrology. Reston, VA: ASCE Press.

Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

Conference Paper

Van Genuchten, M.Th., 1994. New issues and challenges in soil physics research. Trans. of the 15th World Congress of Soil Science, Acapulco, Mexico, vol. 1, July 10–16, 1994, Int. Soc. Soil Sci. and Mexican Soc. Soil Sci., pp. 5 –27.

Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

Technical Report

Zyvoloski, G.A., Dash, G.V., Kelkar, S., FEHMN 1.0: Finite element heat and mass transfer code, Report No. LA-12062-MS, Rev 1., Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1992.

Life at the Reference Desk, 1990

Dissertation

Ray, C., 1994. Modeling transport of agricultural chemicals in a dual porosity system resulting from macropores. PhD Dissertation. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. 146 pp.

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