Working Paper Series in Environmental Management The Working Paper Series presents current research by faculty members and affiliated researchers of LSU’s Department of Environmental Sciences. The purpose of the series is two-fold: 1) to disseminate research findings to environmental decision makers and members of the scholarly community, and, 2) to provide authors with questions and comments from interested readers. The papers are works-in-progress or recently completed manuscripts the authors will submit to peer-reviewed academic journals. Please send comments to series editor Margaret Reams, mreams@lsu.edu.