Ralph E Turner
Biographic Data
| ID | 103490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph E Turner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph E |
| FAMILY NAME | Turner |
| SIGNATURE | TURNER R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Louisiana State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0776-7506 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1926 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To Form a More Perfect Union
Governance in Colonial America was hierarchal and rich in possessions, whereas the Indigenous Native Americans were relatively poorer in possessions, but richer in relations, time and ease. The Indigenous Indians considered themselves part of the animate and inanimate, and the rational and irrational, compared to a colonial view that humans were dominate life-forms in a world subject to human control. The Indigenous world view included knowns and…
Declining bacteria, lead, and sulphate, and rising pH and oxygen in the lower Mississippi River
Various air and water pollution issues in the US were confronted in the last 60 years using national policy legislation, notably the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. I examine changes in the concentrations of bacteria, oxygen, lead, and sulphate at the terminus of the Mississippi River before and after these pollution abatement efforts. Microbial concentrations increased or were stable from 1909 to 1980 but decreased about 3 orders of magni…
Response to the letter to the editor on Turner (2017)
A response to the LTE commenting on Turner (2017). e00062 The authors of the letter to the editor (LTE; Schueller et al., 2018) raise three objections to the analysis of Turner (2017): (1) using an estimate of MSY (maximum sustainable yield) as a stock management metric; (2) inappropriate analyses; and (3) failure to consider “alternative hypotheses for the putative patterns.” Did the size change with temperature, in general? Yes. Did the analysi…
Smaller size‐at‐age menhaden with coastal warming and fishing intensity
The size‐at‐age of one million Brevoortia tyrannus and B. patronus, harvested from Maine to Texas over 65 years, were analysed to determine if there was evidence of changes consistent with the well documented temperature size rules. The average annual weight and length for age 3‐, 4‐ and 5‐year‐old fish declined on both the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico ( GOM ) coasts. For example, the average size of a 4‐year‐old fish captured in 2010 from the Atl…
Incorporation of Deepwater Horizon oil in a terrestrial bird
Carbon isotopic evidence revealed Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil entering coastal planktonic and lower terrestrial food webs. The integration of spilled oil into higher terrestrial trophic levels, however, remains uncertain. Wemeasured radiocarbon (C-14) and stable carbon (C-13) in seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) feathers and crop contents. Lower C-14 and C-13 values in feathers and crop contents of birds from contaminated areas indicated inc…
Effects of oil on the rate and trajectory of Louisiana marsh shoreline erosion
Oil can have long-term detrimental effects on marsh plant health, both above-and belowground. However, there are few data available that quantify the accelerated rate of erosion that oil may cause to marshes and the trajectory of change. Between November 2010 and August 2012, we collected data on shoreline erosion, soil strength, per cent cover of Spartina alterniflora, and marsh edge overhang at 30 closely spaced low oil and high oil sites in Ba…
Coastal land loss and hypoxia
It is generally believed that interannual variability in the areal extent of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxia is driven primarily by the magnitude of the Mississippi River freshwater and nutrient fluxes. It has recently been proposed that outwelling of carbon from deteriorating coastal wetlands into the surrounding Gulf of Mexico could be an important mechanism promoting the development of hypoxia. We used a coupled hydrology-hydrodynamics model of the…
Geomorphology, geography, and New Orleans after Iberville and Bienville
Economic Discontent in Medieval Western Europe
When a given population is able to produce more goods and more services than are required for its subsistence, the concentration of an economic surplus becomes possible. Such concentration has always involved the formation of a class structure. Part of the population performs the physical labor of economic production; it becomes the working class. Other segments of the population performing services other than physical labor receive portions of t…
The Modern Imperial Process
Ralph E. Turner, The Modern Imperial Process: The Present Phase and Its Significance, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 15, No. 3, The Problem of Education in Dependent Territories (Summer, 1946), pp. 267-284
The Atlantic and Emancipation
The Atlantic and Emancipation. By the Hon. H. A. Wyndham. Problems of Imperial Trusteeship: A Report in the Study Group Series of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. (London: Oxford University Press, 1937. xvi + 300 pp. Map of Southeast Africa. $4.50.) Get access Ralph E. Turner Ralph E. Turner American University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 25, Issue 1, Ju…
The political influence of Queen Victoria, 1861-1901 . Frank Hardie Queen Victoria . E. F. Benson
Popular disturbances and public order in Regency England. Being an account of the Luddite and other disorders in England during the years 1811-1817 and of the attitude and activity of the authorities …
James Silk Buckingham, 1786-1855
James Silk Buckingham, 1786–1855: A Social Biography. By Ralph E. Turner. (New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1934. 463 pp. Illustrations and bibliography. $5.00.) Get access Paul Lewinson Paul Lewinson Washington, D. C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 21, Issue 2, September 1934, Pages 275–276, https://doi.org/10.2307/1896912 Published: 01 Septe…
America in Civilization
Smaller size‐at‐age menhaden with coastal warming and fishing intensity
The size‐at‐age of one million Brevoortia tyrannus and B. patronus, harvested from Maine to Texas over 65 years, were analysed to determine if there was evidence of changes consistent with the well documented temperature size rules. The average annual weight and length for age 3‐, 4‐ and 5‐year‐old fish declined on both the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico ( GOM ) coasts. For example, the average size of a 4‐year‐old fish captured in 2010 from the Atl…
America in Civilization
James Silk Buckingham, 1786-1855
James Silk Buckingham, 1786–1855: A Social Biography. By Ralph E. Turner. (New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1934. 463 pp. Illustrations and bibliography. $5.00.) Get access Paul Lewinson Paul Lewinson Washington, D. C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 21, Issue 2, September 1934, Pages 275–276, https://doi.org/10.2307/1896912 Published: 01 Septe…
The political influence of Queen Victoria, 1861-1901 . Frank Hardie Queen Victoria . E. F. Benson
Popular disturbances and public order in Regency England. Being an account of the Luddite and other disorders in England during the years 1811-1817 and of the attitude and activity of the authorities …
The Atlantic and Emancipation
The Atlantic and Emancipation. By the Hon. H. A. Wyndham. Problems of Imperial Trusteeship: A Report in the Study Group Series of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. (London: Oxford University Press, 1937. xvi + 300 pp. Map of Southeast Africa. $4.50.) Get access Ralph E. Turner Ralph E. Turner American University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 25, Issue 1, Ju…
The Modern Imperial Process
Ralph E. Turner, The Modern Imperial Process: The Present Phase and Its Significance, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 15, No. 3, The Problem of Education in Dependent Territories (Summer, 1946), pp. 267-284
Economic Discontent in Medieval Western Europe
When a given population is able to produce more goods and more services than are required for its subsistence, the concentration of an economic surplus becomes possible. Such concentration has always involved the formation of a class structure. Part of the population performs the physical labor of economic production; it becomes the working class. Other segments of the population performing services other than physical labor receive portions of t…
Geomorphology, geography, and New Orleans after Iberville and Bienville
Coastal land loss and hypoxia
It is generally believed that interannual variability in the areal extent of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxia is driven primarily by the magnitude of the Mississippi River freshwater and nutrient fluxes. It has recently been proposed that outwelling of carbon from deteriorating coastal wetlands into the surrounding Gulf of Mexico could be an important mechanism promoting the development of hypoxia. We used a coupled hydrology-hydrodynamics model of the…
Effects of oil on the rate and trajectory of Louisiana marsh shoreline erosion
Oil can have long-term detrimental effects on marsh plant health, both above-and belowground. However, there are few data available that quantify the accelerated rate of erosion that oil may cause to marshes and the trajectory of change. Between November 2010 and August 2012, we collected data on shoreline erosion, soil strength, per cent cover of Spartina alterniflora, and marsh edge overhang at 30 closely spaced low oil and high oil sites in Ba…
Incorporation of Deepwater Horizon oil in a terrestrial bird
Carbon isotopic evidence revealed Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil entering coastal planktonic and lower terrestrial food webs. The integration of spilled oil into higher terrestrial trophic levels, however, remains uncertain. Wemeasured radiocarbon (C-14) and stable carbon (C-13) in seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) feathers and crop contents. Lower C-14 and C-13 values in feathers and crop contents of birds from contaminated areas indicated inc…
Smaller size‐at‐age menhaden with coastal warming and fishing intensity
The size‐at‐age of one million Brevoortia tyrannus and B. patronus, harvested from Maine to Texas over 65 years, were analysed to determine if there was evidence of changes consistent with the well documented temperature size rules. The average annual weight and length for age 3‐, 4‐ and 5‐year‐old fish declined on both the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico ( GOM ) coasts. For example, the average size of a 4‐year‐old fish captured in 2010 from the Atl…
Response to the letter to the editor on Turner (2017)
A response to the LTE commenting on Turner (2017). e00062 The authors of the letter to the editor (LTE; Schueller et al., 2018) raise three objections to the analysis of Turner (2017): (1) using an estimate of MSY (maximum sustainable yield) as a stock management metric; (2) inappropriate analyses; and (3) failure to consider “alternative hypotheses for the putative patterns.” Did the size change with temperature, in general? Yes. Did the analysi…
Declining bacteria, lead, and sulphate, and rising pH and oxygen in the lower Mississippi River
Various air and water pollution issues in the US were confronted in the last 60 years using national policy legislation, notably the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. I examine changes in the concentrations of bacteria, oxygen, lead, and sulphate at the terminus of the Mississippi River before and after these pollution abatement efforts. Microbial concentrations increased or were stable from 1909 to 1980 but decreased about 3 orders of magni…
To Form a More Perfect Union
Governance in Colonial America was hierarchal and rich in possessions, whereas the Indigenous Native Americans were relatively poorer in possessions, but richer in relations, time and ease. The Indigenous Indians considered themselves part of the animate and inanimate, and the rational and irrational, compared to a colonial view that humans were dominate life-forms in a world subject to human control. The Indigenous world view included knowns and…
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