2006 Annual Review of Research Presentations

  • Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Posters
  • Session 1
  • Patterns of conifer establishment on river flood plains in Olympic National Park Scott Stolnack Graduate Student, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences sastol@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • The effect of sex ratio and spawning density on steelhead reproductive success revealed by genetic parentage analysis of 19 years of returns Todd Seamons Graduate Student, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences seamonst@u.washington.edu
  • Predicting ecosystem response to the removal of the Elwha River Dams George Pess Graduate Student, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and Research Fishery Biologist, NOAA NWFSC George.Pess@noaa.gov
  • Watershed planning experiments in Washington and Oregon Clare Ryan Associate Professor, College of Forest Resources cmryan@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Session 2
  • Stream size mediates the ecological effects of bear predation on salmon Tom Quinn Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences tquinn@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Vertical channel change associated with wood accumulations: implications for delineating channel migration zones David Montgomery Professor, Earth and Space Sciences dave@ess.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Aging dams, dam removal, and sustainable development Sanjeev Khagram Associate Professor, Public Affairs and International Studies skhagram@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • A prospective graduate program in river restoration at the University of Washington Derek Booth Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Space Sciences dbooth@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Session 3
  • Preparing for climate change in Washington State Amy Snover Research Scientist, Climate Impacts Group aksnover@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • New scenarios for Pacific Northwest climate change Eric Salathé Research Scientist, Climate Impacts Group salathe@atmos.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Climate and land use change impacts on the endangered Chinook salmon populations in the Snohomish River Basin Richard Palmer Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering palmer@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Session 4
  • Juvenile salmon utilization of freshwater tidal ecosystems: an essential restoration link? Charles "Si" Simenstad Research Associate Professor, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences simenstd@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Modeling GPS positional error based on LIDAR derived canopy density Tobey Clarkin Graduate Student, Forest Resources tobeyc@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Progress in cyber-informatics for integrated watershed modeling Miles Logsdon Research Assistant Professor, Oceanography mlog@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • The effect of LIDAR digital elevation model resolution on stream network prediction and computational requirements Adam Mouton Graduate Student, Forest Resources mouton@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Measuring the Puget Lowland landscape with LIDAR Ralph Haugerud Affiliate Associate Professor, Earth and Space Sciences; Research Geologist, USGS rah@ess.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Posters

  • Impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions
    Jennifer Adam, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Experimental surface water monitor for the continental United States
    Ali Akanda, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Altered subsidies in the Columbia River Estuary and their impact on juvenile Chinook food web linkages
    Greer Anderson, Graduate Student, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

    Use of an instrumented planar experimental plot to provide guidance for physically-based hydrologic modeling
    Stephanie Kampf, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Metals content in red alder leaves in Puget Lowland urban streams
    Mindy Roberts, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Effects of riparian buffers on nitrogen mineralization in soils in headwater stream watersheds
    Jessica Taylor, Graduate Student, Forest Resources

    Hydrodynamics of sloped-baffled culvert for juvenile salmon passage
    David Thurman, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Baseline monitoring of periphyton assemblages in University Slough before the connection of Ravenna Creek
    Julia Tracy, Graduate Student, Forest Resources

    Global flood and drought prediction
    Nathalie Voisin, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering

    The role of antecedent land surface conditions in North American Monsoon warm season precipitation
    Chunmei Zhu, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering