Department of Watershed Sciences (WATS). This department was previously known as Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Resources. The name was changed in Fall Semester 2006.
Theses
Do Didymosphenia Geminata Blooms Affect Fishes in the Kootenai River Basin?, Niall G. Clancy
Dust Deposition Changes Production, Chlorophyll-a and Community Composition in Mountain Lakes, Jiahao Wen
Ecosystem Functioning of Great Salt Lake Wetlands, Maya Cassidy Pendleton
Effects of Environmental Water Rights Purchases on Dissolved Oxygen, Stream Temperature, and Fish Habitat, Nathaniel R. Mouzon
Effects of Environmental Water Transfers on Stream Temperatures, Logan Elmore
Effects of Flow Augmentation on Channel Morphology and Riparian Vegetation in the Upper Arkansas River Basin, Colorado, DeWitt S. Dominick
Effects of Inorganic Nutrients and Dissolved Organic Carbon on Oxygen Demand in Select Rivers in Northern Utah, Joseph L. Crawford
Effects of Soil Amendments on Water Quality and Hydrologic Properties in Low Impact Development Systems, Lily Wetterlin
Environmental Assessment of Streams: Linking Land Use, Instream Stressors, and Biological Indices to Infer Likely Causes of Ecological Impairment, Jacob J. Vander Laan
Environmental Controls on Didymosphenia geminata Bloom Formation, Lindsay Capito
Evaluating Habitat-Based Niche Requirements and Potential Recruitment Bottlenecks for Imperiled Bluehead Sucker (Catostomus discobolus), Bryan C. Maloney
Evaluating Snowmelt Runoff, Infiltration, and Erosion in a Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystem, Eric K. Duffin
Evaluation of Lake Fertilization as a Tool to Assist in the Recovery of the Snake River Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), Howard P. Gross
Evaluation of Macroinvertebrates as a Food Resource in the Assessment of Lotic Salmonid Habitat, Nicholas P. Weber
Evaluation of Some Soil Loss Equations for Predicting Sheet Erosion, Douglas Joseph Trieste
Evaluation of Stream Bank Restoration to Improve Water Quality in a Semi-Arid Stream, Johnathan Neenan
Evaluation of 'Structure-from-Motion' from a Pole-Mounted Camera for Monitoring Geomorphic Change, Rebecca K. Rossi
Examination of the Ecological Differences Between Two Closely Related Endemic Whitefish in Relation to Growth Conditions and Predation Risk, Benjamen M. Kennedy
Experimental Nonnative Wood Addition Enhances Instream Habitat for Native Fishes and Investigating Dryland River Alterations, Benjamin J. Miller
Exploring the Spawning Dynamics and Identifying Limitations to the Early Life-History Survival of an Important, Endemic Fish Species, Sara Elizabeth Seidel
Extreme, Positive Geomorphic Change in a Historically Degraded Desert River: Implications for Imperiled Fishes, Tansy T. Remiszewski
Factors Affecting Spawning and Survival of Bear Lake Bonneville Cutthroat Trout in St. Charles Creek, Idaho, Paul Burnett
Factors Affecting the Toxic Cyanobacteria Nodularia Spumigena in Farmington Bay of Great Salt Lake, Utah, B. Eric McCulley
Fish Community Impacts and Conservation Implications of a Novel Barrier on the San Juan River, Utah, Zachary T. Ahrens
Fishing Out Nutrients: The Spatiotemporal and Ecological Dynamics of Fishery-Based Nutrient Extraction, Adrián A. González Ortiz
From Mountain Streams to Urban Rivers: An Assessment of Microplastic Sources and Characteristics, Macy Gustavus
Genetic Status of Isolated Populations of Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus) in the North Fork Little Snake River Drainage, Wyoming, Rachel Van Horne
Geomorphic Change Detection Using Multi-Beam Sonar, James Hensleigh
Getting the Dirt on Phosphorus Pollution in Mountain Lakes: Are Rising Soil Temperatures Contributing to Eutrophication in Mountain Watersheds?, Gordon O. Gianniny
Great Salt Lake Past and Present: Elevation and Salinity Changes to Utah's Great Salt Lake from Railroad Causeway Alterations, James S. White
Greening-Induced Runoff Loss in the Western United States, Xueyan Zhang
Habitat, Diet, and Foraging Ecology of Willow Flycatcher in Sierra Nevada Meadows, Scott E. Dietrich
Harmful Algal Blooms: Dominance in Lakes and Risk for Cyanotoxin Exposure in Food Crops, Austin D. Bartos
Harvest of Wild and Stocked Fish from the Logan River Drainage, Louis S. Pechacek
Harvest of Wild and Stocked Fish From the Logan River Drainage, Louis S. Pechacek
Have Introduced Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) Affected Native Aquatic Vertebrates in Western United States Streams?, Nora K. Burbank
Historical Channel Change Caused by a Century of Flow Alteration on Sixth Water Creek and Diamond Fork River, UT, Jabari C. Jones
Historic Channel Change and Post-Project Analysis of a Habitat Restoration Project on the Upper Strawberry River, Utah, Marshall Bruce Baillie
Hydrogeomorphic Factors Influencing Clonal Recruitment of Cottonwoods in Mountain Valleys, Michael D. Roberts
Hydrologic Effects of Contour Trenching on Some Aspects of Streamflow from a Pair of Watersheds in Utah, Robert Dean Doty
Identifying and Quantifying Sediment Sources and Sinks in the Root River, Southeastern Minnesota, Justin Collin Stout
Identifying Optimal Stocking Strategies to Support Recovery of an Endemic Lake Sucker, Dale R. Fonken
Impacts of Cattle Grazing as a Tool to Control Phragmites australis in Wetlands on Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Carbon, Brittany L. Duncan
Improving Aquatic Habitat Representation in Utah Using Large Spatial Scale Environmental Datasets, Gregory C. Goodrum
Improving Our Ability to Estimate Vital Rates of Endangered Fishes on the San Juan River Using Novel Applications of PIT-Tag Technology, J. Benjamin Stout
Influence of Hydrologic History on Nitrogen Cycling in Lake Sediments, Emily Jainarain
Information Sources, Willingness to Volunteer, and Attitudes Towards Invasive Plants in the Southwestern United States, Leith Seeley Tidwell
Intercomparison of PRISM and Daymet Temperature Interpolation from 1980 to 2003, Rebecca A. Scully
Interspecific Differences in Stressor Tolerance Drive Community-Level Changes in a Small Aquatic Ecosystem, Jennifer M. Weathered
Introduced Sport Fish and Fish Conservation in a Novel Food Web: Evidence of Predatory Impact, Kevin Lee Landom
Inundated Vegetation Response to Ongoing Restoration and Its Impacts on Fish Community Structure, Emmanuel J. May
Investigation of Urolithiasis Occurring In Hatchery-Reared Trout in Utah, Ernest H. Dean Jr.
Landscape Planning for Climate Change Resilience in the Southern Rockies, Jeffrey D. Haight
Lethal Concentrations and Detoxification Time of Toxaphene For Goldfish, Gambusia and Rainbow Trout, Gar W. Workman
Life History Notes on the Walleye, Stizostedion vitreum vitreum (Mitchill) in a Turbid Water, Utah Lake, Utah, Billy B. Arnold
Life History of the Cutthroat Trout Salmo clarkii Richardson in the Logan River, Utah, George Gordon Fleener
Limnological Studies on Hyrum Reservoir, in Northern Utah, Royal A. Rich
Linking Temporal and Spatial Variability of Millennial and Decadal-Scale Sediment Yield to Aquatic Habitat in the Columbia River Basin, Elijah Portugal
Maintaining Population Persistence in the Face of an Extremely Altered Hydrograph: Implications for Three Sensitive Fishes in a Tributary of the Green River, Utah, Jared L. Bottcher
Matching Watershed and Otolith Chemistry to Establish Natal Origin of an Endangered Desert Lake Sucker, Deanna Strohm
Modeling Freshwater Mussel Distribution in Relation to Biotic and Abiotic Habitat Variables in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon, Ericka E. Hegeman
Modeling Soil Loss to Determine Water Erosion Risk at Camp Williams National Guard Base, Utah, Kevin P. Bartsch
Modeling to Improve Vegetation-Based Wetland Biological Assessment, Robin C. Jones
Movement and Habitat Use of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah): A Case Study in the Temple Fork Watershed, Ryan L. Lokteff
Movement Patterns and Multi-Scale Factors That Influence Exotic Brook Trout and Endemic Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Distribution and Abundance in the Mill Creek Drainage, Utah, Benjamin Keith Nadolski
Movement Patterns of a Federally Endangered Minnow in a Fragmented Desert River, Martinique J. Chavez
Nitrogen Transport, Transformation and Cycling through a Mountain Lake, Bull Trout Lake, Idaho, USA, Ryan Settle Lockwood
Observations of Pituitary Hormone Injections and Ripening of Fish, D. K. Kaushik
Observations on the Life History of Channel Catfish, Ictalurus Punctatus (Rafinesque) in Utah Lake, Utah, Robert E. Lawler
Ontogenetic Habitat Shift of Juvenile Bear Lake Sculpin (Cottus extensus), James R. Ruzycki
Optimizing Barrier Removal to Restore Connectivity in Utah’s Weber Basin, Maggi Kraft
Overcoming Barriers to Aquatic Plant Restoration: Addressing Gaps in Species Identification and Planting Techniques in the Intermountain West, Kate A. Sinnott
Patterns of Threatened Vertebrates Based on Trophic Level, Diet, and Biogeography, Shaley A. Valentine
Pervasive Thermal Consequences of Stream-Lake Interactions in Small Rocky Mountain Watersheds, USA, Jessica D. Garrett
Power v. Threshold: Near-Channel Morphology Controls Sediment Rating Curve Shape in Coastal Redwood Watersheds, Adam Caspian Nebraska Fisher
Predicting the Growth Potential of a Shallow, Warm-Water Sport Fishery: A Spatially Explicit Bioenergetics Approach, Samuel Kirk Dahle
Predicting the Impact of a Northern Pike (Esox lucius) Invasion on Endangered June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus) and Sport Fishes in Utah Lake, UT, Jamie Reynolds
Quantifying Riverbed Sediment Using Recreational-Grade Side Scan Sonar, Daniel Hamill
Refining Methods for Quantifying Macroinvertebrate Estimates of Preference for Use in Stream Bioassessments, Ellen F. Wakeley Tomlinson
Relationship Between Rainfall and Storm Runoff For Selected Arizona Watersheds, Robert James Anderson
Relationship of Certain Environmental Factors to Benthic Fish Densities in Bear Lake, Idaho-Utah, Thomas J. Hassler
Relative Importance of Environmental Variables for Spawning Cues and Tributary Use by an Adfluvial Lake Sucker, Brian A. Hines
Running the Cañons of the Rio Grande: Part 2 Boquillas Canyon, Texas and Coahuila, Todd L. Blythe
Seasonal Transport of Suspended Solids and Nutrients Between Bear River and Bear Lake, Cody M. Allen
Seeding Treatments to Enhance Seedling Performance of the Bulrushes Bolboschoenus maritimus, Schoenoplectus acutus and S. americanus in Wetland Restorations, David M. England
Short- and Long-Term Mechanisms for Increasing Inputs of Phosphorus in Mountain Waterbodies of Northeastern Utah, USA, Jessica Scholz
Soil Moisture Recharge in Stands of Quaking Aspen and Gambel Oak in Central Utah, James L. Boynton
Spring Precipitation in Intermountain West Influenced by Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Jason A. Phelps
Stomach Capacity, Digestion Rate, and 24-Hour Consumption Rate for the Bear Lake Sculpin (Cottus extensus), Joseph H. Williamson
Stream Temperature Monitoring and Modeling to Inform Restoration: A Study of Thermal Variability in the Western US, Jessica R. Wood
Studies on the Relationship of the Redside Shiner (Richardsonius balteatus) and the Longnose Sucker (Catostomus catostomus) to the Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki) Popluation in Yellowstone Lake, Kenneth E. Biesinger
Systemic Studies of the Genus Gila (Cyprinidae) of the Colorado River Basin, Paul Bernard Holden