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2024
The Effects of Aboveground Herbivory on Root Traits and Root Decomposition, Emily A. Chavez
The Effect of Seed Mix Density and Composition on Wetland Plant Community Assembly in the Great Salt Lake Watershed, Elana Feldman
Invasion Potential of Nonnative Fishes Through a Large Western Dam Into a Prized and Vulnerable Ecosystem, Barrett T. Friesen
Developing Educational Tools for Sustainable Stormwater Management, Lauren Houskeeper
Constraining Decadal-Scale Erosion and Delivery of Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Deposits, Casey Langstroth
Top-Down vs Bottom-Up Effects on Predator-Prey Interactions in Aquatic Communities, Catherine Mary McClure
Experimental Nonnative Wood Addition Enhances Instream Habitat for Native Fishes and Investigating Dryland River Alterations, Benjamin J. Miller
An Examination of the Effects of Prey Density, Mortality, Nutrients, and Foraging Tradeoffs on a System With Inducible Defenses: An Empirical and Theoretical Approach, Benjamin C. Ralston Daniel
The Drivers and Ecological Importance of Streamflow Permanence for Native Salmonids: Evaluated at Multiple Spatio-Temporal Scales, Skylar Rousseau
Implications of the 2023 Flood on the Lower Diamond Fork River, UT, Christian J. Stewart
Channel Response to Flow Augmentation: Diamond Fork River, UT, Diane E. Wagner
2023
Developing Empirical Predictive Models to Support Conservation Planning for Threatened Frogs, Toads, and Turtles in South-Coastal California, Umarfarooq Adavudi Abdulwahab
Fish Community Impacts and Conservation Implications of a Novel Barrier on the San Juan River, Utah, Zachary T. Ahrens
Controls on Sediment Connectivity in Fluvial Networks Impacted by Wildfire Across Utah, Alec Arditti
Prospects and Constraints for a Recreational Fishery on East Canyon Creek at the 910 Ranch, S. Bishop, A. Garner, G. McLaughlin, T. Oman, N. Omer, and C. Stewart
Movement Patterns of a Federally Endangered Minnow in a Fragmented Desert River, Martinique J. Chavez
Getting the Dirt on Phosphorus Pollution in Mountain Lakes: Are Rising Soil Temperatures Contributing to Eutrophication in Mountain Watersheds?, Gordon O. Gianniny
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
Influence of Hydrologic History on Nitrogen Cycling in Lake Sediments, Emily Jainarain
Inundated Vegetation Response to Ongoing Restoration and Its Impacts on Fish Community Structure, Emmanuel J. May
Big Fish and More of Them: Salmonid Habitat Availability, Quality, and Use Across Multiple Scales Within a River-Reservoir System, John S. McLaren V
Multi-Objective Water Management in Idaho's Henrys Fork Watershed: Leveraging Reservoir Operation and Groundwater Pathways to Benefit Aquatic Habitat, Christina N. Morrisett
Assessing Downstream Aquatic Habitat Availability Relative to Headwater Reservoir Management in the Henrys Fork Snake River, Christina N. Morrisett, Robert W. Van Kirk, and Sarah E. Null; River Research and Applications
Overcoming Barriers to Aquatic Plant Restoration: Addressing Gaps in Species Identification and Planting Techniques in the Intermountain West, Kate A. Sinnott
Comparing Commonly Used Aquatic Habitat Modeling Methods for Native Fishes, Eryn K. Turney
Effects of Soil Amendments on Water Quality and Hydrologic Properties in Low Impact Development Systems, Lily Wetterlin
Analyzing the Impacts of Beaver Dam and Beaver Dam Analog Complexes to Stream Ecology Within the Intermountain West, J. Marshall Wolf
2022
Carbon Sinks and Sources in Great Salt Lake: Consequences of Declining Lake Levels, Melissa Cobo Arias
Refining, Testing, and Applying Thermal Species Distribution Models to Enhance Ecological Assessments, Donald J. Benkendorf
Angler Catch Rates, Opinions, and Abiotic Variable Relationships in the Lower Logan River, Utah, Tyler Coleman, Jim DeRito, Chris Penne, Gary Thiede, and Phaedra Budy
Comparing Multiple Approaches to Reconstructing the Phosphorus History of Marl Lakes: A Utah Lake Case Study, Mark R. Devey
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
Carnivoran Frugivory and its Effect on Seed Dispersal, Plant Community Composition, Migration, and Biotic Carbon Storage, John P. Draper
Identifying Optimal Stocking Strategies to Support Recovery of an Endemic Lake Sucker, Dale R. Fonken
Quantification of Hydrologic Response to Forest Disturbance in Western U.S. Watersheds, Sara A. Goeking
Efficacy of Conservation Actions for Imperiled Colorado River Fishes in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, Brian D. Healy
The Effect of Species Choice, Seed Mix Composition, and Microtopography on Native Plant Restoration in Great Salt Lake Wetlands, Coryna Hebert
River Response to Sediment Supply: The Sand Bed Case, Christina M. Leonard
Extreme, Positive Geomorphic Change in a Historically Degraded Desert River: Implications for Imperiled Fishes, Tansy T. Remiszewski
Seed Ecology and Regeneration Processes to Inform Seed-Based Wetland Restoration, Emily E. Tarsa
Dust Deposition Changes Production, Chlorophyll-a and Community Composition in Mountain Lakes, Jiahao Wen
2021
Valley Bottom Inundation Patterns in Beaver-Modified Streams: A Potential Proxy for Hydrologic Inefficiency, Karen Bartelt
Understanding the Effects of Climate Change via Disturbance on Pristine Arctic Lakes—Multitrophic Level Response and Recovery to a 12-Yr, Low-Level Fertilization Experiment, Phaedra Budy, Casey A. Pennock, Anne E. Giblin, Chris Luecke, Daniel L. White, and George W. Kling; Limnology and Oceanography
Understanding Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Potentials at Utah Ski Resorts, Rachel Hager
The Fate and Cycling of Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Trace Heavy Metals in Beaver-Altered Headwater Streams, Desneiges S. Murray
Short- and Long-Term Mechanisms for Increasing Inputs of Phosphorus in Mountain Waterbodies of Northeastern Utah, USA, Jessica Scholz
2020
Herbivores at the Highest Risk of Extinction Among Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles, Trisha B. Atwood, Shaley A. Valentine, Edd Hammill, Douglas J. McCauley, Elizabeth M. P. Madin, Karen H. Beard, and William D. Pearse; Science Advances
Global Patterns in Marine Sediment Carbon Stocks, Trisha B. Atwood, Andrew W. Witt, Juan Mayorga, Edd Hammill, and Enric Sala; Frontiers in Marine Science
Harmful Algal Blooms: Dominance in Lakes and Risk for Cyanotoxin Exposure in Food Crops, Austin D. Bartos
Evaluating the Effect of the Removal of Non-Native Trout in Two High Elevation Tributary Streams in the Intermountain West, Clint Brunson
Environmental Controls on Didymosphenia geminata Bloom Formation, Lindsay Capito
Do Didymosphenia Geminata Blooms Affect Fishes in the Kootenai River Basin?, Niall G. Clancy
Protecting Endangered Species in the USA Requires Both Public and Private Land Conservation, Niall G. Clancy, John P. Draper, J. Marshall Wolf, Umarfarooq A. Abdulwahab, Maya Cassidy Pendleton, Soren Brothers, Janice Brahney, Jennifer M. Weathered, Edd Hammill, and Trisha B. Atwood; Scientific Reports
Habitat, Diet, and Foraging Ecology of Willow Flycatcher in Sierra Nevada Meadows, Scott E. Dietrich
The Utility of Environmental DNA and Species Distribution Models in Assessing the Habitat Requirements of Twelve Fish Species in Alaskan North Slope Rivers, James B. Eddings
Visualizing Effects of Changing Base Level on Tributary Resources in Lake Powell Reservoir, Madeline Friend
Improving Aquatic Habitat Representation in Utah Using Large Spatial Scale Environmental Datasets, Gregory C. Goodrum
Modelling Eurasian Beaver Foraging Habitat and Dam Suitability, for Predicting the Location and Number of Dams Throughout Catchments in Great Britain, Hugh A. Graham, Alan Puttock, William W. Macfarlane, Joseph Michael Wheaton, Jordan T. Gilbert, Róisín Campbell-Palmer, Mark Elliott, Martin J. Gaywood, Karen Anderson, and Richard E. Brazier; European Journal of Wildlife Research
Measuring Channel Planform Change From Image Time Series: A Generalizable, Spatially Distributed, Probabilistic Method for Quantifying Uncertainty, Christina M. Leonard, Carl J. Legleiter, Devin M. Lea, and John C. Schmidt; Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
An Evaluation of Arthropod Assemblages in Great Salt Lake Wetland Habitats: Differences Between Native and Invasive Vegetation and Implications for Restoration, Emily E. Leonard
Classification and Prediction Models for Natural Streamflow Regimes in the Arid Southwestern USA, Angela M. Merritt
Water, Fish, and Fire: Interdisciplinary Research on Ecosystem Services and Climate Adaptation, Liana Prudencio
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
Potential for Managed Aquifer Recharge to Enhance Fish Habitat in a Regulated River, Robert W. Van Kirk, Bryce A. Contor, Christina N. Morrisett, Sarah E. Null, and Ashly S. Loibman; Water
Interspecific Differences in Stressor Tolerance Drive Community-Level Changes in a Small Aquatic Ecosystem, Jennifer M. Weathered
Greening-Induced Runoff Loss in the Western United States, Xueyan Zhang
2019
Risk of Predation: a Critical Force Driving Habitat Quality Perception and Foraging Behavior of Granivorous Birds in a Nigerian Forest Reserve, Umarfarooq A. Abdulwahab, Samuel Temidayo Osinubi, and Jacinta Abalaka; Avian Research
Breeding Record of the Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus (Timminek, 1823) at Emi Abumo Woro, Kogi State, Nigeria, K. L. Adang, D. Tanko, K. L. Saliu, and Umarfarooq Abdulwahab; Asian Journal of Biological Sciences
Modeling Lake Temperature Response to Climate Change in the Alaskan Arctic, Thomas Balkcom
Timescale Dependence in River Channel Migration Measurements, Mitchell Donovan and Patrick Belmont; Earth, Surface, Processes and Landforms
The Influence of Measurement Scale and Uncertainty on Interpretations of River Migration, Mitchell R. Donovan
Impacts of Cattle Grazing as a Tool to Control Phragmites australis in Wetlands on Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Carbon, Brittany L. Duncan
Seeding Treatments to Enhance Seedling Performance of the Bulrushes Bolboschoenus maritimus, Schoenoplectus acutus and S. americanus in Wetland Restorations, David M. England
Power v. Threshold: Near-Channel Morphology Controls Sediment Rating Curve Shape in Coastal Redwood Watersheds, Adam Caspian Nebraska Fisher
Wildfire in the West: An Initial Analysis of Wildfire Impacts on Hydrology and Riverbed Grain Size in Relation to Salmonid Habitat, Natalie J. Gillard
The Power of Environmental Observatories for Advancing Multidisciplinary Research, Outreach, and Decision Support: The Case of the Minnesota River Basin, K. B. Gran, C. Dolph, A. Baker, M. Bevis, S. J. Cho, J. A. Czuba, B. Dalzell, M. Danesh-Yazdi, A. T. Hansen, Sara A. Kelly, Z. Lang, J. Schwenk, Patrick Belmont, J. C. Finlay, P. Kumar, S. Rabotyagov, G. Roehrig, Peter Wilcock, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou; Water Resources Research
Modelling Braided River Morphodynamics Using a Particle Travel Length Framework, Alan Kasprak, James Brasington, Konrad Hafen, Richard D. Williams, and Joseph Michael Wheaton; Earth Surface Dynamics
The Vulnerability of Littoral Structures Under Multiyear Drought Conditions, Jenna M. Keeton
River Hydrology, Morphology, and Dynamics in an Intensively Managed, Transient Landscape, Sara Ann Kelly
The Response of Utah Lake's Plant and Algal Community Structure to Cultural Eutrophication, Leighton R. King
Prioritizing Stream Barrier Removal to Maximize Connected Aquatic Habitat and Minimize Water Scarcity, Maggi Kraft, David E. Rosenberg, and Sarah E. Null; Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Evaluation of Stream Bank Restoration to Improve Water Quality in a Semi-Arid Stream, Johnathan Neenan
Mapping Valley Bottom Confinement at the Network Scale, Gary R. O'Brien, Joseph Michael Wheaton, Kirstie Fryirs, William W. Macfarlane, Gary Brierley, Kelly Whitehead, Jordan T. Gilbert, and Carol Volk; Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Ecosystem Functioning of Great Salt Lake Wetlands, Maya Cassidy Pendleton
Assessing Beaver Dam Dynamics in the Logan-Little Bear Watershed, Connor Penrod
Spring Precipitation in Intermountain West Influenced by Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Jason A. Phelps
Abiotic and Landscape Factors Constrain Restoration Outcomes Across Spatial Scales of a Widespread Invasive Plant, Christine B. Rohal, Chad R. Cranney, and Karin M. Kettenring; Frontiers in Plant Science
Trout Habitat in an Altered Gravel-Bed River with an Augmented Flow Regime, Jacob B. Stout
Beavers Alter Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities in Northeastern Utah, Susan E. Washko, Brett B. Roper, and Trisha Brooke Atwood; Freshwater Biology
Improving Lake Mixing Process Simulations in the Community Land Model by Using K Profile Parameterization, Qunhui Zhang, Jiming Jin, Xiaochun Wang, Phaedra E. Budy, Nick Barrett, and Sarah E. Null; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
2018
Sediment Dynamics in the Bear River-Mud Lake-Bear Lake System, Patrick Belmont, Mitchell Donovan, Janice Brahney, Lindsay Capito, and Zach Burgert
Assessing the Ecological Implications of the Altered Flow and Sediment Regimes of the Rio Grande Along the West Texas-Mexico Border, Demitra E. Blythe
Running the Cañons of the Rio Grande: Part 2 Boquillas Canyon, Texas and Coahuila, Todd L. Blythe