Department of Watershed Sciences (WATS). This department was previously known as Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Resources. The name was changed in Fall Semester 2006.
Creative Projects
Evaluating the Effect of the Removal of Non-Native Trout in Two High Elevation Tributary Streams in the Intermountain West, Clint Brunson
Dissertations
A Multi-Scale Investigation of Factors Limiting Bull Trout Viability, Tracy Bowerman
Analyzing the Impacts of Beaver Dam and Beaver Dam Analog Complexes to Stream Ecology Within the Intermountain West, J. Marshall Wolf
An Ecological Study of the Bear Lake Littoral Zone, Utah-Idaho, Gar W. Workman
Big Fish and More of Them: Salmonid Habitat Availability, Quality, and Use Across Multiple Scales Within a River-Reservoir System, John S. McLaren V
Carnivoran Frugivory and its Effect on Seed Dispersal, Plant Community Composition, Migration, and Biotic Carbon Storage, John P. Draper
Chlorophyll and Productivity in a Mountain River, William J. McConnell
Consumer-Driven Nutrient Recycling in Arctic Alaskan Lakes: Controls, Importance for Primary Productivity, and Influence on Nutirient Limitation, Cody R. Johnson
Developing Empirical Predictive Models to Support Conservation Planning for Threatened Frogs, Toads, and Turtles in South-Coastal California, Umarfarooq Adavudi Abdulwahab
Development of Sediment Budgets at Multiple Scales, Susannah O'Brien Erwin
Effects of Livestock Grazing on Infiltration and Erosion Rates Measured on Chained and Unchained Pinyon-Juniper Sites in Southeastern Utah, Frank E. Busby Jr.
Efficacy of Conservation Actions for Imperiled Colorado River Fishes in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, Brian D. Healy
Eutrophication Trends of Bear Lake, Idaho-Utah and Their Effect on the Distribution and Biological Productivity of Zooplankton, David Nyquist
Factors Influencing the Distribution of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) in a Mountain Stream: Implications for Brown Trout Invasion Success, Christy Meredith
Impacts of Phragmites australis Management on Wetland Plant Community Recovery, Seedbank Composition, and the Physical Environment in the Chesapeake Bay, Eric L. G. Hazelton
Integration of Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) and in Situ Data for Snow Studies from Space, Changyi Sun
Invasive Phragmites australis Management in Great Salt Lake Wetlands: Context Dependency and Scale Effects on Vegetation and Seed Banks, Christine B. Rohal
Linking Form and Process in Braided Rivers Using Physical and Numerical Models, Alan Kasprak
Mechanisms of Vegetation-Induced Channel Narrowing on an Unregulated Canyon-Bound River, Rebecca Blanche Manners
Modeling USA Stream Temperatures for Stream Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessments, Ryan A. Hill
Multi-Objective Water Management in Idaho's Henrys Fork Watershed: Leveraging Reservoir Operation and Groundwater Pathways to Benefit Aquatic Habitat, Christina N. Morrisett
Nonpoint Source Transport Model for Indicator Bacteria from Western Rangeland Watersheds, Everett P. Springer
Population and Community Dynamics of Freshwater Decapods in Response to Ecological and Anthropogenic Factors in Subtropical Streams in the Caribbean, Omar Perez-Reyes
Quantification of Hydrologic Response to Forest Disturbance in Western U.S. Watersheds, Sara A. Goeking
Rates of Algal Production and Sphaerotilus Assimilation in the Logan River, Utah, Gary D. Beers
Refining, Testing, and Applying Thermal Species Distribution Models to Enhance Ecological Assessments, Donald J. Benkendorf
Relationships between Riparian Vegetation, Hydrology, Climate and Disturbance across the Western United States, Nathaniel Hough-Snee
River Hydrology, Morphology, and Dynamics in an Intensively Managed, Transient Landscape, Sara Ann Kelly
River Network Structure: A Template for Understanding Predator-Prey Dynamics and Potential Anthropogenic Impacts, Catherine L. Hein
River Response to Sediment Supply: The Sand Bed Case, Christina M. Leonard
Seed Ecology and Regeneration Processes to Inform Seed-Based Wetland Restoration, Emily E. Tarsa
Some Effects of Accumulated Radium on the Productivity of Algae, Joseph W. Angelovic
Spatial Epidemiology of Birth Defects in the United States and the State of Utah Using Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Statistics, Samson Y. Gebreab
The Abiotic and Biotic Controls of Arctic Lake Food Webs: A Multifaceted Approach to Quantifying Trophic Structure and Function, Stephen L. Klobucar
The Ecosystem Role of Fishes in Lotic Environments, Christopher C. Wheeler
The Effects of Radium on Certain Goldfish Blood Constituents and Organs, D. Wayne Linn
The Influence of Geology and Other Environmental Factors on Stream Water Chemistry and Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages, John R. Olson
The Influence of Measurement Scale and Uncertainty on Interpretations of River Migration, Mitchell R. Donovan
The Influence of Salinity on the Growth and Reproduction of Marsh Plants, D. K. Kaushik
Water, Fish, and Fire: Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services and Climate Adaptation, Liana Prudencio
Water Quality Impact of Burning and Grazing on a Chained Pinyon-Juniper Site in Southeastern Utah, John C. Buckhouse
Watershed Management to Control Pollution in the Ayuquila River, Jalisco, Mexico, Luis Manuel Martinez Rivera
Reports
A Natural Channel Design to Restore the Greenwater River, Washington, Gregory J. Laurie
Assessing Beaver Dam Dynamics in the Logan-Little Bear Watershed, Connor Penrod
Contour Trenching as a Strategy in Watershed Rehabilitation: Application to Nepalese Condition, Kumar P. Upadhyay
Geomorphic Changes Following Beaver Dam Failure and Abandonment, Sonya Britt Welsh
Modeling Lake Temperature Response to Climate Change in the Alaskan Arctic, Thomas Balkcom
The Blackwood Creek Reach 6 Restoration Project's Influence on Reach Scale Sediment Scour and Storage Characteristics, David Raymond Immeker
Understanding Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Potentials at Utah Ski Resorts, Rachel Hager
Understanding the Relationship Between Livestock Disturbance, The Protocols Used to Measure that Disturbance and Stream Conditions, Lindsey M. Goss
Visualizing Effects of Changing Base Level on Tributary Resources in Lake Powell Reservoir, Madeline Friend
Theses
15N Tracer and Modeling Analyses of Nutrient Transport Through Lakes in a Subalpine Watershed, David M. Epstein
Abundance, Movements, Harvest, and Survival of Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish in a Section of Logan River, Utah, David W. Bridges
A Century of Geomorphic Change of the San Rafael River and Implications for River Rehabilitation, Stephen T. Fortney
Age and Growth of the Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque in Northern Utah, Young E. Wright
Age and Growth of the Utah Chub, Gila atraria (Girard), in Panguitch Lake and Navajo Lake, Utah, From Scales and Opercular Bones, John M. Neuhold
Aligning Conservation Goals and Management Objectives for Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah) in the Logan River, Utah, Harrison E. Mohn
A Method of Estimating Fishing Pressure and Harvest as Used on Logan River, Utah, Albert Frank Regenthal
Analysis of Food Web Effects of Non-Native Fishes and Evaluation of Stream Restoration Potential for the San Rafael River, Utah, Timothy E. Walsworth
Analysis of Long-Term Streamflow Patterns on Two Davis County Experimental Watersheds in Utah, Stephen P. Glasser
An Assessment of Vegetation Metrics and Plot Types to Measure Seasonal Variation and Grazing Effects on Riparian Plant Communities, Caroline M. Laine
An Ecological/Life History Comparison of Two Whitefish Species in Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho, Brett W. Thompson
An Evaluation of Arthropod Assemblages in Great Salt Lake Wetland Habitats: Differences Between Native and Invasive Vegetation and Implications for Restoration, Emily E. Leonard
An Evaluation of Bull Trout Movement Dynamics in the Walla Walla River, Courtney Newlon
An Evaluation of Methods of Concentrating and Counting the Phytoplankton of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, William J. Clark
An Evaluation of the Food Web Dynamics and Predator Prey Interactions in Scofield Reservoir, Lisa K. Winters
Are Experimentally Derived Estimates of Thermal Tolerance Useful in Interpreting Species Distribution Models, Iva Sokolovska
A River Transformed: Historic Geomorphic Changes of the Lower Rio Grande in the Big Bend Region of Texas, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, David James Dean
Assessing Linkages Among Landscape Characteristics, Stream Habitat, and Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Idaho Batholith Ecoregion, Andrew C. Hill
Assessing the Ecological Implications of the Altered Flow and Sediment Regimes of the Rio Grande Along the West Texas-Mexico Border, Demitra E. Blythe
Assessing the Effects of Myxobolus cerebralis and Other Environmental Factors on the Dynamics, Abundance, and Distribution of Trout Populations in the Logan River, Utah, Ernesto A. de la Hoz Franco
Biological Condition and Stressors of BLM Wadeable Streams in Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada, Nicole Cappuccio
Carbon Sinks and Sources in Great Salt Lake: Consequences of Declining Lake Levels, Melissa Cobo Arias
Changes in Floodplain Inundation under Non-Stationary Hydrology for an Adjustable, Alluvial River Channel, Bruce C. Call
Channel Adjustment and Channel-Floodplain Sediment Exchange in the Root River, Southeastern Minnesota, Michael A. Souffront Alcántara
Channel Narrowing of the Green River near Green River, Utah: History, Rates, and Processes of Narrowing, Tyler M. Allread
Channel Response to Flow Augmentation: Diamond Fork River, UT, Diane E. Wagner
Classification and Prediction Models for Natural Streamflow Regimes in the Arid Southwestern USA, Angela M. Merritt
Classification of Vegetation and Analysis of its Recent Trends at Camp Williams, Utah Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Techniques, Thomas G. Van Niel
Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Habitat Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change, Kate H. Olsen
Comparing Commonly Used Aquatic Habitat Modeling Methods for Native Fishes, Eryn K. Turney
Comparing Multiple Approaches to Reconstructing the Phosphorus History of Marl Lakes: A Utah Lake Case Study, Mark R. Devey
Comparison of Topographic Surveying Techniques in Streams, Sara G. Bangen
Competitive Interactions Between a Native and Exotic Trout Species in High Mountain Streams, Heather M. Thomas
Control of Large Stands of Phragmites australis in Great Salt Lake, Utah Wetlands, Chad R. Cranney
Controls on Sediment Connectivity in Fluvial Networks Impacted by Wildfire Across Utah, Alec Arditti
Detecting Ecosystem Response to Restoration Efforts with Implications for Recovery of the Threatened June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus) in a Shallow, Eutrophic, Utah Lake, Ryan D. Dillingham
Discharge-Suspended Sediment Relations: Near-Channel Environment Controls Shape and Steepness, Land Use Controls Median and Low Flow Conditions, Angus A. Vaughan
Discriminating between Biological and Hydrological Controls of Hyporheic Denitrification across a Land Use Gradient in Nine Western Wyoming Streams, Andrew Kenneth Myers
Distribution and Drivers of a Widespread, Invasive Wetland Grass, Phragmites australis, in Great Salt Lake Wetlands, Arin Lexine Long
Distribution and Movements of Some Fishes in Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, 1958-59, Stanley K.Y. Loo
Distribution of Macroinvertebrates in the Green River Below Flaming Gorge Dam, 1963-1965, William D. Pearson