2008 Annual Review of Research Presentations

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  • Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Posters
  • Session 1
  • Small to large scale issues in plant water use Tom Hinckley Professor, College of Forest Resources Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (15 MB mp3)
  • Scale matters: Salmon habitat restoration and social complexity in the Skagit Valley Sara Breslow Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (17 MB mp3)
  • Spices in Puget Sound and in Seattle's sewage effluent Rick Keil Associate Professor, School of Oceanography Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (16 MB mp3)
  • Session 2
  • Plume soup: How a dash of river water affects Washington’s coastal ecosystem Alex Horner-Devine Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (15 MB mp3)
  • An integrated assessment of the impacts of climate change on Washington State Marketa McGuire Elsner Research Scientist, Climate Impacts Group Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (16 MB mp3)
  • A closer look at the law of water pollution William Rodgers, Jr. Professor, School of Law Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (15 MB mp3)
  • Dirt: The erosion of civilizations David Montgomery Professor, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Director, Quaternary Research Center Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (20 MB mp3)
  • Session 3
  • Lakes on the edge: Consequences of shoreline urbanization in the Pacific Northwest Tessa Francis Graduate Student, Department of Biology and School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (14 MB mp3)
  • Environmental flows for rivers: Theory, progress, and applications Robert Naiman Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (20 MB mp3)
  • Differences in West Coast watersheds and the streams they create Derek Booth Affiliate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Senior Geologist/President, Stillwater Sciences Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (17 MB mp3)
  • Session 4
  • It’s about time! Natural and unnatural selection on migration and spawning in Pacific salmon Tom Quinn Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (12 MB mp3)
  • Application of a land surface model for drought monitoring and prediction in Washington State Shraddhanand Shukla Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (13 MB mp3)
  • Seeing the forest through the leaves: Quantifying forest structure & forest ecosystem services with LiDAR L. Monika Moskal Assistant Professor, College of Forest Resources Download slideshow (pdf) Download audio recording (18 MB mp3)
  • Posters

  • Colorado River sensitivity to climate change
    Tazebe Beyene, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Satellites, swamp gas, and Siberia: Using models and remote sensing to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from Siberian bogs
    Ted Bohn, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Drought and model consensus: Reconstructing and monitoring drought in the US with multiple models
    Ted Bohn, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Developing a framework for testing distributed hydrologic models at the hillslope scale
    Nicoleta Cristea, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    An investigation into seasonal patterns of sediment transport along Point White, Bainbridge Island
    Greg Curtiss, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Optimized flood control in the Columbia river basin for a global warming scenario
    Se-Yeun Lee, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Environmental flows: Tools for ecologically sustainable water management in Washington
    Cathy Reidy Liermann, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

    Modeling the effects of topographic shading on snow-fed runoff with warmer temperatures
    Frederic Lott, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Potential change agents of observed changes in the Arctic Rivers discharge trends
    Amy Tan, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Connecting climate forecast information and drought predictions to water resource management: opportunities and challenges in the state of Washington
    Julie Vano, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Environmental factors governing amphibian reproduction in stormwater ponds in King County, Washington
    Amy Yahnke, Graduate Student, College of Forest Resources