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Research Publications
2003
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Aber, J.D., C.L. Goodale, S.V. Ollinger, M.-L. Smith, A.H. Magill,
M.E. Martin, R.A. Hallett, and J.L. Stoddard. 2003. Is
nitrogen deposition altering the nitrogen status of Northeastern
forests? BioScience 53(4):1-15. WED-04-010
ABSTRACT
Allen-Gil, S.M., J. Ford, B.K. Lasorsa, M. Monetti, T. Vlasova, and
D.H. Landers. 2003. Heavy metal contamination in the Taimyr
Peninsula, Siberian Arctic. The Science of the Total Environment
301:119-138. WED-01-121
ABSTRACT
Anastasiou, C.J. and J. R. Brooks. 2003. Effects of soil pH,
redox potential, and elevation on survival of Spartina patens
planted at a west central Florida salt marsh restoration site.
Wetlands 23(4): 845-859. WED-02-150
ABSTRACT
Andersen, C.P.
2003. Source-sink balance and carbon allocation below ground in
plants exposed to ozone. New Phytologist 157:213-228. WED-02-145
ABSTRACT
Anderson, J.L., R.W. Hilborn, R.T. Lackey, and D. Ludwig. 2003. Watershed restoration – Adaptive decision making in the face of uncertainty. Chapter 9 (pages 203-232) in R.C. Wissmar and P.A. Bisson, editors. Strategies for Restoring River Ecosystems: Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in Natural and Managed Systems. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, MD. WED-01-030
Ator, S.W., A.R. Olsen, A.M. Pitchford, and J.M. Denver.
2003. Application of a multipurpose unequal probability stream
survey in the Mid-Atlantic coastal plain. J. Am. Water Resources
Assn. 39(4):873-885. WED-02-136
ABSTRACT
Boese, B.L.,
K.E. Alayan, E.F. Gooch, and B.D. Robbins. 2003. Desiccation index:
A direct measure of the effects of tidal exposure on eelgrass (Zostera
marina) in an Oregon estuary. Aquat. Bot. 76: 329-337.
WED-02-122
ABSTRACT
Brooks, J.R.,
P.J. Schulte, B.J.
Bond, R. Coulombe, T.M. Hinckley, N. McDowell, and N. Phillips.
2003. Does foliage on the same branch compete for the same water?
Experiments on Douglas-fir trees. Trees 17:101-108. WED-01-078
ABSTRACT
Bryce, S.A., A.J.Woods, J.D. Morefield, J.M. Omernik, T.R. McKay, G.K. Brackley, R.K. Hall, D.K, Higgins, D.C. McMorran, K.E. Vargas, E.B. Petersen, D.C. Zamudio, and J.A. Comstock. 2003. Ecoregions of Nevada (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. (map scale 1:1,350,000) (R.L. Blair) WED-02-166
Cairns, M.A.,
I. Olmsted, J. Granados, and J. Argaez. 2003. Composition and
aboveground tree biomass of a dry semi-evergreen forest on Mexico’s
Yucatan Peninsula. For. Ecol. & Mgt.186:125-132. WED-03-038
ABSTRACT
Carroll, C., M.K. Phillips, N.H. Schumaker, and D.W. Smith.
2003. Impacts of landscape change on wolf restoration success:
planning a reintroduction program based on static and dynamic
spatial models. Conservation Biology 17(2):536-548. WED-03-123
ABSTRACT
Carroll, C., R.F. Noss, P.C. Paquet, and N.H. Schumaker.
2003. Use of population viability analysis and reserve selection
algorithms in regional conservation plans. Ecological Applications
13(6)1773-1789. WED-03-120
ABSTRACT
Cifuentes, L.A., P.M. Eldridge, J.E. Kaldy III, and R. Maffione. 2003. Water column data in spectral irradiance model. Pages 1-54, Part IV, chapter 6 in K. Dutton, editor. Effects of Dredge Deposits on Seagrasses: an Integrative Model for Laguna Madre. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston. WED-00-059
Compton, J.E.,
M.R. Church, S.T. Larned and W.E. Hogsett. 2003. Nitrogen saturation
in forested watersheds of the Oregon Coast Range: The landscape role
of N2-fixing red alder. Ecosystems 6:773-785. WED-02-154
ABSTRACT
Donohue, J.M., and J. Orme Zavaleta. 2003. Toxicological basis for drinking water risk assessment. Pages 133-146 in F.W. Pontius, editor. Drinking Water Regulations and Health. Wiley-Interscience, New York. WED-02-078
DeWitt, T.W.,
A.F. D’Andrea, C.A. Brown, B.D. Griffen and P.M. Eldridge. 2004.
Impact of burrowing shrimp populations on nitrogen cycling and water
quality in western North American temperature estuaries. Pages
107-115 in Akio Tamaki, editor. Proceedings of the Symposium on
Ecology of Large Bioturbators in Tidal Flats and Shallow Sublittoral
Sediments – from Individual Behavior to their Role as Ecosystem
Engineers, November 2003. Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
WED-04-094
ABSTRACT
Ebersole, J.L.,
W.J. Liss, and C.A. Frissell. 2003. Coldwater patches in warm
streams: physicochemical characteristics and the influence of
shading. J. Am. Water Resources Assn. 39(2)355-368. WED-02-148
ABSTRACT
Ebersole, J.L.,
W.J. Liss, and C.A. Frissell, 2003. Thermal heterogeneity, stream
channel morphology and salmonid abundance in northeast Oregon
streams. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60:1266-1280. WED-03-030
ABSTRACT
Eldridge, P.M., and J.E. Kaldy III. 2003. Carbon and nitrogen allocation model for the seagrass Thalassia testudunum in Lower Laguna Madre. Pages 1-26 Part II, chapter 2 in K. Dutton, editor. Effects of Dredge Deposits on Seagrasses: an Integrative Model for Laguna Madre. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston. WED-00-057
Eldridge, P.M., and J. Morse. 2003. Sediment geochemical model. Pages 1-32, Part II, chapter 3 in K. Dutton, editor. Effects of Dredge Deposits on Seagrasses: an Integrative Model for Laguna Madre. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston. WED-00-058
Ernst, K.A., and J.R. Brooks, 2003. Prolonged flooding
decreased stem density, tree size and shifted composition towards
clonal species in a central Florida hardwood swamp. For. Ecol. &
Mgmt. 173:261-279. WED-01-101
ABSTRACT
Fairbrother, A.
2003. Lines of evidence in wildlife risk assessments. Hum. & Ecol.
Risk Assess. 9:1475-1491. WED-02-185
ABSTRACT
Felicetti, L.A., C.C. Schwartz, R.O. Rye, M.A. Haroldson, K.A.
Gunther, D.L. Phillips, and C.T. Robbins. 2003. Use of sulfur
and nitrogen stable isotopes to determine the importance of
whitebark pine nuts to Yellowstone grizzly bears. Can J. Zool.
81:763-770. WED-03-094
ABSTRACT
Field, J.A., R.L Reed, T.E. Sawyer, S.M. Griffith, and P.J.
Wigington. 2003. Diuron occurrence and distribution in soil and
surface and ground water associated with grass seed production. J.
Environ. Qual. 32(1):171-179. WED-01-160
ABSTRACT
Ford, C.R., and J.R. Brooks. 2003. Hydrological and climatic
responses of Pinus elliottii var. densa in mesic pine
flatwoods, Florida, USA. Ann. For. Sci. 60:385-392. WED-00-071
ABSTRACT
Gregg, J. W.,
C. G. Jones and T. E. Dawson. 2003.Urbanization effects on tree
growth in the vicinity of New York City. Nature 424: 183-187
WED-01-127
ABSTRACT
Hobbie, E.A., L.S. Watrud, S. Maggard, T. Shiroyama and P.T.
Rygiewicz. 2003. Carbohydrate use and assimilation by litter and
soil fungi assessed by carbon isotope and BIOLOG® assays. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 35:303-311. WED-01-137
ABSTRACT
Hooker, T.D., and J.E. Compton. 2003. Forest ecosystem carbon
and nitrogen accumulation during the first century after
agricultural abandonment. Ecological Applications 13(2):299-313.
WED-01-163
ABSTRACT
Jones, W.B, L.A. Cifuentes, and J.E. Kaldy. 2003. Stable
carbon isotope evidence for coupling between sedimentary bacteria
and seagrasses in a sub-tropical lagoon. Marine Ecology Progress
Series 255:15-25. WED-03-036
ABSTRACT
Kaste, O., J.L. Stoddard, and A. Henricksen. 2003.
Implication of lake water residence time on the classification of
Norwegian surface water sites into progressive stages of nitrogen
saturation. Water Air Soil Pollut. 142:409-424. WED-03-182
ABSTRACT
Kentula, M.E.,
and T.H. DeWitt. 2003. Abundance of seagrass (Zostera marina
L.) and macroalgae in relation to the salinity-temperature
gradient in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, USA. Estuaries 26: (4B)1130-1141.
WED-02-179
ABSTRACT
Klemm, D.J., K.A. Blocksom, F.A. Fulk, A.T. Herlihy, R.M. Hughes, P.R. Kaufmann, D.V. Peck, J.L. Stoddard, W.T. Thoeny, M.B. Griffith, and W.S. Davis. 2003. Development and evaluation of a macroinvertebrate biotic integrity index (MBII) for regionally assessing Mid-Atlantic Highlands streams. Environmental Management 31:656-669. WED-02-192
Lackey, R.T. 2003. Appropriate use of ecosystem health and normative science in ecological policy. Pages 175-186 in D.J. Rapport, W.L. Lasley, D.E. Rolston, N.O. Nielsen, C.O. Qualset, and A.B. Damania, editors. Managing for Healthy Ecosystems. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. NHEERL-COR-2351A
Lackey, R.T. 2003. Setting goals and objectives in managing for healthy ecosystems. Pages 165-166 in D.J. Rapport, W.L. Lasley, D.E. Rolston, N.O. Nielsen, C.O. Qualset, and A.B. Damania, editors. Managing for Healthy Ecosystems. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. WED-00-094
Lackey, R.T.
2003. Pacific
Northwest salmon: forecasting their status in 2100. Reviews in
Fisheries Science 11(1):35-88. WED-02-053
ABSTRACT
Lackey, R.T. 2003. Nutrient addition to restore salmon runs: considerations for developing environmental protection policies and regulations. Pages 283-285 in J.G. Stockner, editor. Nutrients in Salmonid Ecosystems: Sustaining Production and Biodiversity, American Fisheries Society, Symposium 34. Bethesda, MD. WED-01-128
Lackey, R.T. 2003. A salmon-centric view of the 21st century in the Western United States. Renewable Resources Journal 21(3):11-15. WED-03-148
Larned, S.T. 2003. Effects of the invasive, nonindigenous seagrass
Zostera japonica on nutrient fluxes between the water column
and benthos in a NE Pacific estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series
254:69-80 (W.G. Nelson) WED-02-129
ABSTRACT
Laurence, J.A., and C.P. Andersen, 2003. Ozone and natural
systems: understanding exposure, response, and risk. Invited
manuscript, Environ. International 29:155-160. WED-01-189
ABSTRACT
Lawler, J.J., D. White, J.C. Stifenos, and L.L. Master. 2003.
Rare species and the use of indicator groups for reserve selection.
Conservation Biology 17(3)875-882. WED-02-020
ABSTRACT
Lawler, J.J., D. White, and L.L. Master. 2003. Integrating
representation and vulnerability: two approaches for prioritizing
areas for conservation. Ecological Applications 13(6)1762-1772.
WED-02-156
ABSTRACT
Lee, E.H.,
D.T. Tingey, W.E. Hogsett, and J.A. Laurence. 2003. History of
tropospheric ozone for the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern
California 1963-1999. Atmospheric Environment 37:2705-2717.
WED-02-134
ABSTRACT
Lee II, H.,
B. Thompson, and S. Lowe. 2003. Estuarine and scalar patterns of
invasion in the soft-bottom benthic communities of the San Francisco
Estuary. Biological Invasions 5:85-102. WED-02-120.
ABSTRACT
Leibowitz, S.G.,
and K.C. Vining. 2003. Temporal connectivity in a prairie pothole
complex. Wetlands 23(1):13-25. NHEERL-COR-2338
ABSTRACT
Leibowitz, S.G.
2003. Isolated wetlands and their functions: an ecological
perspective. Wetlands 23(3)517-531. WED-03-010
ABSTRACT
Leibowitz, S.G.,
and T.-L. Nadeau. 2003. Isolated wetlands: State-of-the-science and
future directions. Wetlands 23(3):662-683 WED-03-138
ABSTRACT
Lipp, C.C., and C. P. Andersen. 2003. Role of carbohydrate
supply in white and brown root respiration of ponderosa pine. New
Phytologist 160:523-531. WED-01-012
ABSTRACT
McDowell, N., J.R. Brooks, S. Fitzgerald, and B.J. Bond.
2003. Carbon isotope discrimination and growth response of old Pinus
ponderosa trees to stand density reductions. Plant, Cell and
Environment 26:631-644. WED-02-186
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Nadeau, T.-L., and S.G. Leibowitz. 2003. Isolated wetlands: An introduction to the special issue. Wetlands 23(3):471-474.WED-03-145
Olsen, A.R., and D.M. Robertson. 2003 Monitoring design. Water Resources Impact 5(5):14-16. WED-03-142.
Olszyk, D.M.,
M.G. Johnson, D.T. Tingey, P.T. Rygiewicz, C. Wise, E. VanEss, A.
Benson, M.J. Storm, and R. King. 2003. Whole seedling biomass
allocation, leaf area and tissue chemistry for Douglas-fir exposed
to elevated CO2 and temperature for four years. Can. J.
For. Res. 33:269-278. WED-00-070
ABSTRACT
Olszyk, D.,
M. Johnson, D. Tingey, G. King, M. Storm and M. Plocher. 2003.
Effects of carbon dioxide and ozone on growth and biomass allocation
in Pinus ponderosa. Ekológia (Bratislava) 22(sup.1):265-276.
WED-02-164
ABSTRACT
Omernik, J.M. 2003. The misuse of hydrologic unit maps for
extrapolation, reporting, and ecosystem management. J. Am. Water
Resources Assn. 39(3):563-573. WED-02-070 (R.L. Blair)
ABSTRACT
Palacios, K.C., and S.P. Ferraro. 2003. Green crab (Carcinus
maenas Linnaeus) consumption rates on and prey preferences among
four bivalve prey species. J. Shellfish Res. 22(3): 865-871.
WED-02-097
ABSTRACT
Pearl, C.A., M.J. Adams, G.S. Schuytema, and A.V. Nebeker. 2003.
Behavioral responses of anuran larvae to chemical cues of native and
introduced predators in the Pacific Northwestern United States. J
Herpetology 37(3):572-576. (J.P. Baker) WED-03-180
ABSTRACT
Phillips, D.L.,
and J.W. Gregg. 2003. Source partitioning using stable isotopes:
coping with too many sources. Oecologia 136:261-269. WED-02-184
ABSTRACT
Reynolds, L., A.T. Herlihy, P.R. Kaufmann, S.V. Gregory, and
R.M. Hughes. 2003. Electrofishing effort requirements for assessing
species richness and biotic integrity in western Oregon streams. N.
Am. J. Fisheries Mgt. 23:450-461. WED-01-123
ABSTRACT
Ringold, P. L.,
J. Van Sickle, K. Rasar and J. Schacher. 2003. Use of
Hemispheric Imagery for Estimating Stream Solar Exposure. Journal of
the American Water Resources Association. 39 (6): 1373-1384.
WED-02-135
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Robbins, B.D., and B.L. Boese. 2003. Macroalgal volume: a surrogate for biomass in some green algae. Botanica Marina 45:586-588. WED-01-113
Rustigian, H.L., M.V. Santelmann, and N.H. Schumaker. 2003.
Assessing the potential impacts of alternative landscape designs on
amphibian population dynamics. Landscape Ecology 18:65-81.
WED-01-124
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Sappington, K., A. Fairbrother, R. Wentsel, and W. Wood. 2003. Development of a framework for metals risk assessment. J. Environ. Monit. 5:123N-132N. WED-04-002
Schulte, P.J., and J.R. Brooks. 2003. Branch junctions and
the flow of water through xylem in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine
stems. J. Exp. Bot. 54(387):1597-1605. WED-03-026
ABSTRACT
Shirazi, M.A.,
C.B. Johnson, J.M. Omernik, D. White, P. K. Haggerty, and G.E.
Griffith. 2003. Quantitative soil descriptions for ecoregions of the
United States. J. Environ. Qual. 32:550-561. WED-02-045
ABSTRACT
Sigleo, A.,
and W. Frick. 2003. Seasonal variations in river flow and nutrient
concentrations in a Northwestern USA watershed. Pages 370-375 in
Proceedings, First Interagency Conference on Research in the
Watersheds, Oct. 2003, Benson, AZ., US Dept of Agriculture.
WED-03-115
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Snow, M.D., R.D. Bard, D.M. Olszyk, L. M. Minster, A.N.
Hager, and D. T. Tingey. 2003. Monoterpene levels in needles of
Douglas fir exposed to elevated CO2 and temperature.
Physiologia Plantarum 117:352-358. WED-00-063.
ABSTRACT
Stevens, D.L., and A.R. Olsen. 2003. Variance estimation for
spatially balanced samples of environmental resources.
Environmetrics 14:593-610. WED-02-110
ABSTRACT
Thorson, T.D., S.A. Brice, D.A. Lammers, A.J. Woods, J.M. Omernik, P. Kagan, D.E. Pater, J.A. Comstock. 2003. Ecoregions of Oregon (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs) (map scale 1:1,500,000) U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. (R.L. Blair) WED-03-019.
Tingey, D.T.,
D.L. Phillips, and M.G. Johnson. 2003. Optimizing minirhizotron
sample frequency for an evergreen and deciduous tree species. New
Phytologist 157:155-161. WED-02-032
ABSTRACT
Tingey, D.T.,
R.B. McKane, D.M. Olszyk, M.G. Johnson, P.T. Rygiewicz, and E. H.
Lee. 2003. Elevated CO2 and temperature alter nitrogen allocation in
Douglas-fir. Global Change Biology 9:1038-1050. WED-03-009
ABSTRACT
Trudell, S.A., P.T. Rygiewicz, and R. L. Edmonds. 2003.
Nitrogen and carbon stable isotope abundances support the myco-heterotrophic
nature and host-specificity of certain achlorophyllous plants. New
Phytologist 160:391-401. WED-03-107
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Van Sickle, J.
2003. Analyzing correlations between stream and watershed
attributes. J. Am. Water Resources Assn. 39(3):717-726. WED-02-183
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Vellidis, G., M.C. Smith, S.G. Leibowitz, W.B. Ainslie, B.A.
Pruit. 2003. Prioritizing wetland restoration for sediment yield
reduction: A conceptual model. Environ. Mgt. 31(2):301-312.
WED-02-041
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Watrud, L.S.,
S. Maggard, T. Shiroyama, C.G. Coleman, M.G. Johnson, K. K. Donegan,
G. DiGovanini, L.A. Porteous & E.H. Lee. 2003. Bracken (Pteridium
aquilinum L.) frond biomass and rhizosphere microbial community
characteristics are correlated to edaphic factors. Plant and Soil
249:359-371. NHEERL-COR-2361J
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Whigham, D., D. Weller, A.D. Jacobs, T. Jordan, and M. Kentula.
2003. Assessing the ecological condition of wetlands at the
catchment scale. Landschap 20(2):99-111. WED-03-083
ABSTRACT
Wigington, J.P.,
S.M. Griffith, J.A. Field, J.E. Baham, W.R. Horwath, J. Owen, J.H.
Davis, S.C. Rain and J.J. Steiner. 2003. Nitrate removal
effectiveness of a riparian buffer along a small agricultural stream
in Western Oregon. J. Environ. Qual. 32(1):162-170. WED-01-151
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Young, D.R., D.T. Specht and R.J. Ozretich. 2003. A strategy for protecting circulating seawater systems from oil spills. IOSC (International Oil Spill Conference), May, 2003, Proceedings paper #473. WED-03-077
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