2007 Annual Review of Research Presentations

  • Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Posters
  • Session 1
  • Place matters: where conifers succeed 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) Download audio recording (21 MB mp3)
  • Assessing and mitigating drought in Washington State Matthew Fontaine Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering mfontain@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (17 MB)
  • The other part of flow regime: how sediment redistribution shapes riparian environments Scott Bechtold Graduate Student, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences sbech@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf)
  • Geology, network topology, and spatial scaling of trout distribution in headwater catchments Christian Torgersen Assistant Professor, College of Forest Resources, Research Landscape Ecologist, USGS mfontain@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (24 MB)
  • Session 2
  • The underpinnings of riparian tree production Robert Naiman Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Joshua Latterell Postdoctoral Associate, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences naiman@u.washington.edu and latterel@u.washington.edu Download audio recording (22 MB)
  • Climate variation and natural selection in salmon: Simon and Garfunkel were right Thomas Quinn Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences tquinn@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (17 MB)
  • Protecting society from itself: reconnecting ecology and economy James Karr Professor Emeritus jrkarr@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (19 MB)
  • Just when we were getting it right—PNW stormwater management for the 21st century Derek Booth Affiliate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Senior Geologist, Stillwater Sciences, Inc. dbooth@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (21 MB)
  • Session 3
  • Developing a consensus on the impacts of climate change on water resources: a Puget Sound, tri-county perspective Richard Palmer Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Principal, Climate Impacts Group palmer@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (20 MB)
  • Puget Sound: sunk by law, salvaged by law William Rodgers Professor, School of Law whr@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (17 MB)
  • Pacific Northwest climate change: do global models tell the whole story? Eric Salathé Research Scientist, Center for Science in the Earth System; Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences salathe@atmos.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (15 MB)
  • Session 4
  • Indian water rights: litigation and settlements Robert Anderson Associate Professor, School of Law; Director, Native American Law Center boba@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (17 MB)
  • Recolonization of the Cedar River, Washington, by anadromous fish: build it and they will come Peter Kiffney Affiliate Associate Professor, College of Forest Resources; Research Ecologist, Northwest Fisheries Science Center Peter.Kiffney@noaa.gov Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (15 MB)
  • Headwater streams: how much protection do they need? Robert Edmonds Professor, College of Forest Resources whr@u.washington.edu Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (21 MB)
  • Posters

  • Simulation of reservoir effects on seasonal and annual streamflow for the Lena, Yenisei, and Ob Rivers
    Jennifer Adam, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (jenny@hydro.washington.edu)

    Applications of medium range to seasonal/interannual climate forecasts for water resources management in the Yakima River Basin of Washington State
    Donee Alexander and Shraddhanand Shukla, Graduate Students, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (dalexan1@u.washington.edu and shrad@hydro.washington.edu)

    Northern Eurasian wetlands and the global carbon cycle: model estimates of carbon storage and methane emissions
    Theodore Bohn, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (tbohn@hydro.washington.edu)

    Effect of urea fertilization on nitrogen leaching fluxes in Douglas-Fir plantations in the Hood Canal watershed, Washington
    Cindy Flint, Graduate Student, College of Forest Resources (cmflint@u.washington.edu)

    Experimental design and surveyor error in multi-site stream restoration monitoring
    Chipper Maney, Graduate Student, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (cmaney@u.washington.edu)

    A distributed biosphere-hydrological model system for continental scale river basins
    Tang Qiuhong, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (qiuhong@hydro.washington.edu)

    Terrestrial organic matter inputs to small Puget Lowland streams: effects of urbanization, floods, and salmon Mindy Roberts, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (mindyr@u.washington.edu)

    Soil nitrogen mineralization in forested headwater stream watersheds in relation to riparian buffers
    Jessica Taylor, Graduate Student, College of Forest Resources (jessie05@u.washington.edu)

    Investigating the aquatic ecology of University Slough before and after its connection to Ravenna Creek
    Julia Helen Tracy, Graduate Student, College of Forest Resources (jhtracy@u.washington.edu)

    Potential for global flood prediction
    Nathalie Voisin, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (nathalie@hydro.washington.edu)