Development
Research
- Colorado Water Science Center
- Global Climate Change
- Restoration & Ecologically Designed Riverine Systems
- Understanding Biophysical Relationships—Anthropogenic Changes and Management Actions
- Understanding Biophysical Relationships—Basin and Regional Scales
- Understanding Biophysical Relationships—Biological Response Variables
- Understanding Biophysical Relationships—Biotic-Abiotic Interactions
- Understanding Biophysical Relationships—Flow and Riparian Vegetation
- Understanding Biophysical Relationships—Hydraulic Models, Physical Variables
Also @ FORT
Research: Understanding Biophysical Relationships—Hydraulic Models, Physical Variables
Effective river management depends on understanding the relations between variables—both the expected responses to alternative management actions and the management actions required to produce a desired objective. Describing and quantifying these relations improve the foundation on which river management decisions are made.
An important long-term focus of riverine science at FORT is on connections between physical and biological factors, processes, and effects. In recent work, FORT scientists have incorporated higher-resolution hydraulic models (e.g., 2-D and 3-D models) and expanded the range of physical variables (e.g., temperature, sediment transport, water quality), as exemplified in these publications:
Auble, G.T., C.L. Holmquist-Johnson, J.T. Mogen, L.R. Kaeding, and Z.H. Bowen. 2009. Relation between streamflow of Swiftcurrent Creek, Montana, and the geometry of passage for bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus). Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5100. U.S. Geological Survey. 17 p.
Bartholow, J.M. 2004. Modeling chinook salmon with SALMOD on the Sacramento River, California. Hydroecologie Appliquee 14(1): 193-219.
Bartholow, J.M., and J.A. Henriksen. 2006. Assessment of factors limiting Klamath River fall chinook salmon production potential using historical flows and temperatures. U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center Open-File Report 2006–1249. 111 p.
Bovee, K.D., T.J. Waddle, and J.M. Spears. 2008. Streamflow and endangered species habitat in the lower Isleta reach of the Middle Rio Grande. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1323. 177 p.
Bovee, K. and J.R. Zuboy (eds.). 1988. Proceedings of a workshop on the development and evaluation of habitat suitability criteria: A compilation of papers and discussions presented at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, December 8-12, 1986. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 407 p.
Bowen, Z.H., K.D. Bovee, and T.J. Waddle. 2003. Effects of flow regulation on shallow-water habitat dynamics and floodplain connectivity. Transactions of the North American Fisheries Society 132(4): 809-823.
Bowen, Z.H., K.D. Bovee, T.J. Waddle, T. Modde, and C. Kitcheyan. 2001. Habitat measurement and modeling in the Green and Yampa Rivers. Project report to Natural Resource Preservation Program December 2001. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Geological Survey. 181 p.
Campbell, S.G. 2001. Water quality and nutrient loading in the Klamath River between Keno, Oregon and Seiad Valley, California from 1996-1998. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01–301. 55 p.
Hanson, L., S.C. Williamson, T.J. Waddle, C. Talbert, and J.E. Heasley. 2008. Smart River GIS for improved decision making. USGS Web resource.
Milhous, R.T. 1998. Modelling of instream flow needs: The link between sediment and aquatic habitat. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 14: 79-94.
Terrell, J.W. 1984. Proceedings of a workshop on fish habitat suitability index models. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Biological Report 85(6). 393 p.
Waddle, T.J., P. Steffler, A. Ghanem, C. Katopodis, and A. Locke. 2000. Comparison of one and two-dimensional open channel flow models for a small habitat stream. Rivers 7(3): 205-220.
Waddle, T. 2007. Simulation of flow and habitat conditions under ice, Cache la Poudre River — January 2006. U.S Geological Survey Open-file report 2007–1282. 37 p.
Staff
Bovee, Ken (RETIRED; water management)
Campbell, Sharon (modeling/DSS, limnology)
Hanson, Leanne (aquatic ecology, modeling/DSS)
Holmquist-Johnson, Chris (modeling/DSS, hydraulic structures)
Terrell, Jim (RETIRED; engineered river channels; fish body condition, habitat, disease)
Waddle, Terry (hydrology, rivers, water management)
Williamson, Sam (modeling/DSS)
Current Studies
- Engineered River Channel Evaluation
- Integrating Variable Location, Geospatial Scale, and Economic Impacts into Decision Support Systems for Managing Natural Resources
- Natural Resources Model and Tool Development
- River Basin Management
- SALMOD: Salmonid Young-of-Year Production Model for the Klamath, Trinity, and Sacramento Rivers
- Water Management Studies
