Ecosystems
Using a multi-disciplinary approach, applied and basic research focuses on the multi-scale linkages across ecosystems affecting stream network processes, structures, and patterns. Investigations of human activities on critical linkages and processes are conducted to assist management and regulation development.
Water quality alterations
Large woody debris, riparian, and floodplain system alterations
Hillslope and channel geomorphologic alterations
General alterations
Water quality alterations
Application of remotely sensed data to regional analysis and assessment of stream temperature in the pacific northwest streams (Steven Burges, Alan Gillespie, Derek Booth, Keith Cherkauer, Rebecca Handcock, Jennifer Kay, and Nir Naveh. In progress)
Watershed disturbance analysis (Ian Lange. In progress)
Effects of riparian buffers on soil nitrogen mineralization and stream nitrogen concentrations in headwater streams of Western Washington (Jessica Taylor. 2008)
Ecological linkages between headwaters and downstream ecosystems: transport of organic matter, invertebrates, and wood down headwater channels (Mark Wipfli, John Richardson, and Robert Naiman. 2007)
The ecotoxicology of mine waste contamination at different levels of biological organization in the Methow River Valley, Oklanogan County, Washington (U.S.A.) (Dan Peplow and Robert Edmonds. 2003)
Spatial and temporal characterizations of Dissolved Oxygen levels in the Mill Creek Basin, (King County, WA) (Virginia Travers)
Summer temperatures in small stream sources on managed Olympic Peninsula timberlands (Jenelle Black. 2001)
The variability in stream temperatures in the Wenatchee National Forest and their relationship to physical, geological, and land management factors (Jenna Scholz. 2001)
Regional, synchronous field determination of stream temperatures in western Washington (Derek Booth. 2001)
Effects of buffer width on organic matter input to headwater streams in the western Cascade Mountains of Washington State (Johnny Grady, Jr. 2001)
Detecting relationships between land use and water quality trends: Questions of association, scale, and independence (Nancy Gove. 2001)
Interactions of salmon, bear and riparian vegetation in Alaska (James Helfield. 2001)
The impact of riparian disturbance on physicochemical parameters of suspended particles at summer baseflow (Scott Elliott. 2000)
Using turbidity to determine total suspended solids in urbanizing streams in the Puget Lowlands: in Confronting Uncertainty: Managing Change in Water Resources and the Environment (James Packman, Karen Comings, and Derek Booth. 1999)
Chemical and biological indicators of mine effluent impacts on Alder Creek, north Cascade Mountains, Washington (Dan Peplow. 1999)
Large woody debris, riparian, and floodplain system alterations
Flow variability and the biophysical vitality of river systems (Robert Naiman. 2008)
Impacts of urbanization on riparian aones: Changes in the sources, transport, and fate of litterfall (Mindy Roberts. 2007)
Sources and dynamics of large logs in a temperate floodplain river (Robert Naiman and Joshua Latterell. 2007)
Dynamic patch mosaics and channel movement in an unconfined river valley of the Olympic Mountains (Joshua Latterell, J. Scott Bechtold, Thomas O'Keefe, Robert van Pelt, and Robert Naiman. 2006)
Flood-deposited wood debris and its contribution to heterogeneity and regeneration in a semi-arid landscape (Neil Pettit and Robert Naiman. 2005)
Nutrient and biological responses to red alder (Alnus rubra) presence along headwater streams: Olympic Peninsula, Washington (Carol Volk. 2004)
Characterizing lowland streams: Riparian and watershed influences on urban and non-urban channels (Catalina Segura Sossa. 2003)
A comparison of historic and current stream shade in eastern Washington (Gardner Johnston. 2002)
A new look at the quantities and volumes of instream wood in forested basins within Washington State (Martin Fox. 2001)
Ecological issues and floodplain and riparian corridors (Jeff Shellberg and Susan Bolton. 2001)
The functions of riparian buffers in urban watersheds (Jennifer Leavitt. 1998)
The influence of large woody debris on benthic invertebrate communities in two King County, Washington streams (Emily Greenberg. 1995)
Sediment transport in steep tributary streams and the influence of large organic debris (Matthew O'Connor. 1994)
Retrospective analysis of changes in stream and riparian habitat characteristics between 1935 and 1990 in two eastern Cascade streams (Jeanette Smith. 1993)
Hillslope and channel geomorphologic alterations
The Local Impacts of Road Crossings on Puget Lowland Creeks (Christina Avolio. 2003)
Applications of a sediment budget to assist urban stream restoration (Chase Barton. 2002)
Spatial effects of urbanization on the physical conditions in Puget Sound Lowland streams (Maeve McBride. 2001)
Modeling forest road surface erosion using the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model (Hakjun Rhee. 1999)
Sediment budget of a mixed-use, urbanizing watershed (Erin Nelson. 1999)
Estimating changes in sediment supply due to forest practices: A sediment budget approach applied to the Skagit River Basin in northwestern Washington (Kari Paulson. 1997)
Application and evaluation of a channel migration model (Jeff Barry. 1996)
Historical analysis of the effects of changing land use on channel morphology in the Skagit River Basin, Washington (USA), with implications for salmon (Cindy L. Halbert. 1995)
A landslide inventory of the Finney Creek Watershed, Skagit (David Parks. 1992)
Rates of stream channel restabilization (Patricia Henshaw and Derek Booth. 1999) and Restabilization of stream channels in urban watersheds (Patricia C. Henshaw. 2001).
General alterations
Effects of a century of land cover and climate change on the hydrology of the Puget Sound Basin (Lan Cuo, Dennis Lettenmaier, Marina Alberti and Jeffrey Richey. 2009)
Hydrologic effects of land and water management in North America and Asia: 1700–1992 (I. Haddeland, T. Skaugen, and D.P. Lettenmaier. 2007)
Restoration of Puget Sound Rivers (ed. By D.R. Montgomery, S. Bolton , D.B. Booth, and L. Wall 2003)
Research on streamside issues through the Wood Compatibility Initiative (Susan Bolton and Cara Berman. 2002)
An overview of urbanization and its effects on natural stream systems (Derek Booth. 1991)