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Publications Details for Grant Number R831367

Linking Watershed Characteristics with Flow Regime and Geomorphic Context to Diagnose Water Quality Impairment at Multiple Spatiotemporal Scales

RFA: Development of Watershed Classification Systems for Diagnosis of Biological Impairment in Watersheds and Their Receiving Water Bodies (2003)

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Article/Press Release Wohl EE, Bledsoe BP, Merritt DM, Poff NL. River restoration in the context of natural variability. Stream Notes April 2006, pp. 3-6. R831367 (2006)
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Article/Press Release Wohl E, Bledsoe B, Merritt D, Poff L. Can we really restore rivers? Colorado Water December 2005, pp. 5-8. R831367 (2006)
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Book Chapter Bledsoe BP. Framework for risk-based assessment of stream response to urbanization. In:Novotny V, Brown P, eds. Cities of the Future: Towards Integrated Sustainable Water and Landscape Management. London, UK: IWA Publishing, 2007, pp. 141-156. R831367 (Final)
  • Full-text: IWA Publishing - Summary
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Book Chapter Booth DB, Bledsoe BP. Streams and urbanization. In: Baker LA, ed. The Water Environment of Cities. New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, 2009, pp. 93-124. R831367 (Final)
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Dissertation/Thesis Albano CM. Structural and functional responses of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities to streamflow diversion in Rocky Mountain streams. M.S. Thesis. Ecology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Dissertation/Thesis Cuhaciyan CO. Hydrogeomorphic characterization and classification of Pacific Northwest mountain streams for biomonitoring. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Dissertation/Thesis Hurst BE. Conditional probability approach for assessing fine sediment impacts on aquatic insects with consideration of hydrogeomorphic context. M.S. Thesis. Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2005. R831367 (2005)
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Dissertation/Thesis Olson KD. Streamwise: a neighborhood analysis algorithm for hydrologic networks using along-stream distances. M.S. Thesis. Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Sanborn SC. Predicting streamflow regime metrics for ungauged streams in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon. M.S. Thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2004.

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Journal Article Bledsoe BP, Brown MC, Raff DA. GeoTools: a toolkit for fluvial system analysis. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 2007;43(3):757-772. R831367 (Final)
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Journal Article Craig LS, Palmer MA, Richardson DC, Filoso S, Bernhardt ES, Bledsoe BP, Doyle MW, Groffman PM, Hassett BA, Kaushal SS, Mayer PM, Smith SM, Wilcock PR. Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2008;6(10):529-538. R831367 (2006)
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  • Abstract: Ecological Society of America-Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment abstract
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  • Other: Journal of Lake Sciences pdf
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Journal Article Flores AN, Bledsoe BP, Cuhaciyan CO, Wohl EE. Channel-reach morphology dependence on energy, scale, and hydroclimatic processes with implications for prediction using geospatial data. Water Resources Research 2006;42:W06412, doi:10.1029/2005WR004226. R831367 (2005)
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Journal Article Olden JD, Poff NL. Ecological processes driving biotic homogenization: testing a mechanistic model using fish faunas. Ecology 2004;85(7):1867-1875. R831367 (Final)
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Journal Article Olden JD, Poff NL. Long-term trends of native and non-native fish faunas in the American Southwest. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 2005;28(1):75-89. R831367 (Final)
  • Full-text: Animal Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
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Journal Article Olden JD, Poff NL, McKinney ML. Forecasting faunal and floral homogenization associated with human population geography in North America. Biological Conservation 2006;127(3):261-271. R831367 (Final)
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Journal Article Olden JD, Poff NL, Bledsoe BP. Incorporating ecological knowledge into ecoinformatics: an example of modeling hierarchically structured aquatic communities with neural networks. Ecological Informatics 2006;1(1):33-42. R831367 (2005)
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Journal Article Olden JD, Poff NL, Bestgen KR. Life-history strategies predict fish invasions and extirpations in the Colorado River Basin. Ecological Monographs 2006;76(1):25-40. R831367 (Final)
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Journal Article Poff NL, Olden JD, Pepin DM, Bledsoe BP. Placing global stream flow variability in geographic and geomorphic contexts. River Research and Applications 2006;22(2):149-166. R831367 (2005)
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  • Full-text: Colorado State University-Full Text PDF
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  • Abstract: Wiley InterScience-Abstract
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Journal Article Poff NL, Bledsoe BP, Cuhaciyan CO. Hydrologic variation with land use across the contiguous United States: geomorphic and ecological consequences for stream ecosystems. Geomorphology 2006;79(3-4):264-285. R831367 (2005)
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Journal Article Poff NL, Olden JD, Merritt DM, Pepin DM. Homogenization of regional river dynamics by dams and global biodiversity implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2007;104(14):5732-5737. R831367 (2006)
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Journal Article Sanborn SC, Bledsoe BP. Predicting streamflow regime metrics for ungauged streams in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon. Journal of Hydrology 2006;325(1-4):241-261. R831367 (2004)
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Journal Article Wohl E, Angermeier PL, Bledsoe B, Kondolf GM, MacDonnell L, Merritt DM, Palmer MA, Poff NL, Tarboton D. River restoration. Water Resources Research 2005;41:W10301, doi:10.1029/2005WR003985. R831367 (2005)
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Presentation Albano CM, Hurst BE, Poff NL, Bledsoe BP. The independent and interactive effects of reduced streamflow and fine sediment deposition on macroinvertebrate community structure and function. Presented at the Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union and North American Benthological Society, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2005. R831367 (2005)
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Presentation Albano CM, Poff NL. Linking flow regime and geomorphic setting to water quality impairment over a gradient of streamflow diversion. Poster presented at the North American Benthological Society 52nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 6-10, 2004. R831367 (2004)
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Presentation Albano CM, Poff NL, Baker DW, Bledsoe BP. Macroinvertebrate community response to streamflow diversion magnitude in Rocky Mountain streams. Presented at the North American Benthological Society Conference, Anchorage, AK, June 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Bledsoe BP, Flores AN, Sanborn SC, Cuhaciyan CO. Multi-scale factors influencing stream substrate size within and among watersheds. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12, 2003.

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Presentation Bledsoe BP, Poff NL. Hydrogeomorphic classification and functional composition of benthic communities in the Pacific Northwest Mountains. Presented at the Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union and North American Benthological Society, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2005. R831367 (2006)
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Presentation Brown MC, Bledsoe BP, Raff DA. The GeoTools shareware package for fluvial systems analysis. Presented at the 2006 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Omaha, NE, May 21-25, 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Cuhaciyan CO, Sanborn SC, Bledsoe BP. Mapping stream hydrogeomorphic and disturbance regimes throughout drainage networks. Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12, 2003.

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Presentation Cuhaciyan CO, Olden JD, Bledsoe BP, Poff NL. Multi-scale environmental filters of benthic invertebrate communities in mountainous ecoregions of Oregon and Washington. Presented at the 25th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, March 7-9, 2005. R831367 (2006)
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Presentation Cuhaciyan CO, Bledsoe BP, Olden JD, Poff NL. Hydrogeomorphic classification of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Pacific Northwest Mountains. Presented at the Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union and North American Benthological Society, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2005. R831367 (2006)
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Presentation Cuhaciyan CO, Bledsoe BP, Poff NL. Hydrogeomorphic classification of stream insect assemblages of the Pacific Northwest Mountains: a GIS-based approach. Presented at the North American Benthological Society Conference, Anchorage, AK, June 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Presentation Holburn ER, Cuhaciyan CO, Bledsoe BP, Poff NL. Explanatory power of multiscale physical descriptors in modeling benthic indices across nested ecoregions of the Pacific Northwest. Presented at the Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union and North American Benthological Society, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2005. R831367 (2006)
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Holburn ER, Bledsoe BP, Cuhaciyan CO, Poff NL. Scale-dependent relevance of watershed, valley, and reach descriptors to benthic indices across nested ecoregions of the Pacific Northwest. Presented at the 25th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, March 7-9, 2005.

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Hurst BE, Bledsoe BP. A probabilistic approach to assessing impacts of fine sediments on aquatic insects. Presented to the Colorado State University Hydrology Days, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, March 7-9, 2005.

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Presentation Hurst BE, Bledsoe BP, Albano CM, Poff NL. Conditional probability approach for assessing fine sediment impacts on aquatic insects. Presented at the Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union and North American Benthological Society, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2005. R831367 (2006)
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Hurst BE, Bledsoe BP, Poff NL, Albano CM. A conditional probability approach to assessing impacts of fine sediments on aquatic insects. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 23-27, 2005.

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Presentation Olson KD, Bledsoe BP, Cuhaciyan CO. An adaptive GIS algorithm for neighborhood analysis of hydrologic networks. Presented at the 18th Annual GIS in the Rockies Conference, Denver, CO, September 21-23, 2005. R831367 (2005)
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Olson KD, Cuhaciyan CO, Bledsoe BP. Mapping stream habitat heterogeneity using a flexible neighborhood analysis algorithm. Presented at the 25th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, September 21-23, 2005.

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Poff NL, Olden JD, Bledsoe BP. Using ecoinformatics tools to model hierarchically-structured aquatic ecosystems with implications for conservation. Presented at the Fourth Conference of the International Society for Ecological Informatics, Busan (Pusan), Korea, October 24-28, 2004.

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Presentation Poff NL. Using species traits to explain variation in benthic communities along multi-scaled environmental gradients. Presented at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Kaeser Scholar Seminar, Madison, WI, March 2005. R831367 (2006)
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Presentation Poff NL. Using species traits to explain variation in benthic communities along multi-scaled environmental gradients. Presented at the Canadian Rivers Institute/University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Annual H.B.N. Hynes Lecture, New Brunswick, Canada, October 13, 2005. R831367 (2006)
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Presentation Poff NL, Bledsoe BP. Towards hydrologic characterization of ungauged streams. Presented at the Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration Workshop, Half Moon Bay, CA, August 6-9, 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Presentation Poff NL. Using species traits to explain variation in benthic communities along multi-scaled environmental gradients. Presented at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Kaeser Scholar Seminar, Madison, WI, March 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Proceedings Brown MC, Bledsoe BP, Raff DA. The GeoTools Shareware Package for fluvial systems analysis. In: Graham R, ed. Proceedings of the 2006 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (EWRI), May 21-25, 2006. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006. R831367 (2006)
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Proceedings Ramirez JA, Cuhaciyan CO, Sanborn SC, Bledsoe BP. Mapping aquatic habitat characteristics in stream networks. In: Proceedings of the 24th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, March 10-12, 2004. R831367 (2004)
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Proceedings Ramirez JA, Sanborn SC, Bledsoe BP. Predicting flow regime for ungauged streams in CO, WA, and OR. In: Proceedings of the 24th Annual American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, March 10-12, 2004. R831367 (2004)
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