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2024

Reports

Gross, G., Pearson, P., Charleton, E., Wolfe, S., Alexander, B., Torres, I., Ortega, M., Kortencamp, S., Pimentel, J., Schimnowski, Z., Alvarado, M. V., & Guilinger, J. J. 2024. 2023 Post-San Clemente Dam Removal Morphological Monitoring of the Carmel River in Monterey County, California. CSUMB Watershed Institute, Publication No. WI 2024-01, 46 pp.

2023

Journal papers

Duro, A., Hirmas, D.R., Ajami, H., Billings, S., Zhang, Xi, Li, L., Flores, A., Moreno, V., Cao, X., Guilinger, J., Oleghe, E., Gimenez, D., Gray, A., Sullivan, P.L. (2023). Topographic Correction of Visible Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectra for Horizon-Scale Soil Organic Carbon Mapping. Soil Science Society of America Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20612

G uilinger, J. J., Foufoula-Georgiou, E., Gray, A. B., Randerson, J. T., Smyth, P., Barth, N. C., & Goulden, M. L. (2023). Predicting Postfire Sediment Yields of Small Steep Catchments Using Airborne Lidar Differencing. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(16). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104626

East, A.E., Harrison, L.R., Smith, D.P., Logan, J.B, Bond, R., 2023. Six years of fluvial response to a large dam removal on the Carmel River, California, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.5561

Thomas M., Kean J., McCoy S., Lindsay D., Kostelnik J., Rengers F., East A., Schwartz J.,Smith D., & Collins B. 2023. Post-fire hydrologic response along the central California, USA coast: Insights for the emergency assessment of post-fire debris-flow hazards. Landslides. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10346-023-02106-7

Reports

Greene, A. P., Carrazco, B. A., Cihasky, A. M., Cuevas-Cardenas, M.E., Day, K., Eichel, B. M., Ewell, J., Funcsh, K. A., Li, V., M'Green, A.M.A., Melchor, K., Rodriguez, J., Schaer, A. N., Wells, R. D., Wichman, G. T. 2023. Environmental baseline conditions of a five-pond restoration wetland during the first year in Moro Cojo Slough, California. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2023-02, 43 pp.

Smith D. and Gross, G. 2023. Carmel River Reroute and Dam Removal Fish Passage Assessment (Spring 2023). Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2023-01, 19 pp

Class reports

In prep. Authors TBD. Low recruitment in ancient stands of white oaks, Rana Creek Preserve, Monterey County, California. In prep. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey, Publication No. WI-2023-04, ??? pp.

In prep. Authors TBD. Base maps for resource management, Rana Creek Preserve, Monterey County, California. In prep. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey, Publication No. WI-2023-03, ??? pp.

2022

Journal papers

Burberry, C. M., Flatley, A., Gray, A., Guilinger, J., Hamshaw, S., Hill, K., et al. (2022). Earth and planetary surface processes perspectives on integrated, coordinated, open, networked (ICON) science. Earth and Space Science, 9, e2022EA002414. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002414

Kim, S., Rickard, C., Hernandez-Vazquez, J., & Fernandez, D. (2022). Early Night Fog Prediction Using Liquid Water Content Measurement in the Monterey Bay Area. Atmosphere, 13(8), 1332. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos13081332

Watson, F., Becker, M.S., Smit, D., Dröge, E., Mukula, T., Martens, S., Mwaba, S., Christianson, D., Creel, S., Brennan, A., M’soka, J., Gaylard, A., Simukonda, C., Nyirenda, M., Mayani, B. 2022. Predation strongly limits demography of a keystone migratory herbivore in a recovering transfrontier ecosystem. Ecology & Evolution. 20:12:e9414:1-21.

Krone, P. Clark, R., Adelaars, J. Leandro, M., Henson, A., Williamson, J., Bischel, H., Wrightwood, O., & Watson, F. 2022. Sizing an open-channel woodchip bioreactor to treat nitrate from agricultural tile drainage and achieve water quality targets. Water Supply, 22(3):2465-2477.

Data sets

East, A.E., Harrison, L.R., Smith, D.P., Bond, R., Logan, J.B., Nicol, C., and Chow, K., 2022, River-channel topography, grain size, and turbidity records from the Carmel River, California, before, during, and after removal of San Clemente Dam. U.S. Geological Survey Data Release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F74M93HF

Class Reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660. Contributions in Support of Land Conservation & Public Access Strategy for the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District. Prepared for: Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District.  Watershed Institute, California, Publication No. WI-2022-02.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: McLaughlin et al. Assessment of golf ball densities and their ecological effects on intertidal habitats of the Monterey Peninsula. Watershed Institute, California, Publication No. WI-2022-01.

2021

Journal papers

Smith, D. Schnieders, J., Marshall, L., Melchor, K., Wolfe, S., Campbell, D., French, A. Randolph, J., Whitaker, M., Klein, J., Steinmetz, C., and Kwan, R. 2021. Influence of a post-dam sediment pulse and post-fire debris flows on steelhead spawning gravel in the Carmel River, California. Frontiers in Earth Sciences-Biogeosciences. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.802825.

Cypher, B.L., Boroski, B.B., Burton, R.K., Meade, D.E., Phillips, S.E., Leitner, P., Kelly, E.C., Westall, T.L., & Dart, J. 2021. Photovoltaic solar farms in California: can we have renewable electricity and our species, too? California Fish & Wildlife, 107(3): 231-248.

Shin, Y., Miller, J., and J.M. Duggan. 2021. Observations on the year-round communal use of an artificial structure by Northern Pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus oreganus) in coastal Central California. Herpetological Bulletin. 155: 25-27. https://doi.org/10.33256/hb155.2527

Dizney, L., Varner, J., Duggan, J.M., Lanier, H.C., Connors, P.K., Erb, L.P., Flaherty, E.A., Yahnke, C., Hanson, J.D. 2021. Squirreling from afar: Adapting Squirrel-Net modules for remote teaching and learning. CourseSource. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2021.2

Reports


Smith D., Schnieders, J., Bogdan, M., Klein, J., Chow, K., Luna, T., Melchor, K., Marshall, L., and Wolfe, S. 2021. Eleven Year Summary of Watershed Studies at Hollister Hills State Recreational Vehicle Area: Fall 2010 to Summer 2021. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2021-2, pp 115.

Schnieders J., Smith D., Somilleda, N., and Soares, S. 2020. Hollister Hills SVRA Trail Erosion Surveys: Summer 2020. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2021-01, 38 pp.

Class Reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Watson, F., Heckel, A, Biordi, C, Debasitis, E, Fulkerson, B., Giacalone, L., Gomzalez, A., Machuca, C., Melendy, S., Miller, D., Nicholes, I., Rambonga, K., & Sanchez, M. 2021. Native plant restoration design and monitoring design at Fort Ord Dunes Campground, Monterey County, California. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2021-03, 66 pp. Project page.

CSUMB Class GEOL 460: Randolph J., French A., Bergman C., Campbell, D., Munster, R., Obiedzenski, C., Quintana G., Susantio A., Wolfe S., Whitaker M., Zumbach C. and Smith D. 2021. Post-fire Debris Flows in the Carmel Watershed: Assessing USGS Predictions and Impacts on Steelhead Spawning Gravel. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2021-03, 38 pp.

CSUMB Class ENVS 446/546: Battaglia, C., Bioride, C., Carrell, H., Dao, A., Espinoza, G., Franklin, L., Fulkerson, B., Garcia, S., Giacalone, L., Green, J., Jimenez, J., Kowall, G., McCaslin, M., McGee, M., Molinari , K., Patrice, K., Robinson, T., Solis, L., Suarez, G., Whitaker, J., Duggan, J.  2020.  Using an ecosystem services approach to inform habitat management in Pacific Grove, California.  The Watershed Institute, California State University, Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2021-02, 28 pp.

2020

Journal papers

Doyle*, J.M., M. Bogdan*, and J.R. Olson. 2020. Analysis of the impacts of the Soberanes Wildfire on stream ecosystems. California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Fire Special Issue; 129-147.

Holder*, A., A. Markarian*, J.M. Doyle*, and Olson, J.R. 2020. Predicting geographic distributions of fishes in remote stream networks using maximum entropy modeling and landscape characterizations. Ecological Modeling 4333: 109231.

Paul, M.J., B. Jessup, L.R. Brown, J.L. Carter, M. Cantonati, D.F. Charles, J. Gerritsen, D.B. Herbst, R. Stancheva, J. Howard, B. Isham, R. Lowe, R.D. Mazor, P.K. Mendez, P.R. Ode, A. O’Dowd, J. Olson, Y. Pan, A.C. Rehn, S. Spaulding, M. Sutula, and S. Theroux. 2020. Characterizing benthic macroinvertebrate and algal biological condition gradient models for California wadeable streams, USA. Ecological Indicators 117: 106618.

Dizney, L., Connors, P.K., Duggan, J.M., Varner, J., Lanier, H.C., Erb, L. Flaherty, E., Yahnke, C., and J.D. Hanson. 2020. An introduction to Squirrel-Net teaching modules. CourseSource. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2020.26

Duggan, J. M., Varner, J., Lanier, H.C., Flaherty, E., Dizney, L., Yahnke, C., Connors, P.K., Erb, L., and J.D. Hanson. 2020. Squirrels in space: using radio telemetry to explore the space use and movement of sciurid rodents. CourseSource. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2020.25

Varner, J., Lanier, H.C., Duggan, J.M., Dizney, L., Flaherty, E., Connors, P.K., Erb, L.P., Yahnke, C., and J.D. Hanson. 2020. How many squirrels are in the shrubs? A lesson for comparing methods for population estimation. CourseSource. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2020.6

Yahnke, C. Dizney, L., Varner, J., Duggan, J.M., Erb, L., Lanier, H., Flaherty, E., Connors, P.K., and J.D. Hanson. 2020. Sorry to eat and run: a lesson plan for testing trade-offs in squirrel behavior using giving up densities (GUDs). CourseSource. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2020.30

Connors, P.K., Varner, J., Erb, L., Dizney, L., Lanier, H.C., Hanson, J.D., P., Yahnke, C., Duggan, J.M., and E. Flaherty. 2020. Squirreling around for science: observing sciurid rodents to investigate animal behavior. CourseSource. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2020.7

Smith. D. Kortman S. Wandke J. Kwan-Davis R. Caudillo A. Klein J. Gennaro M. Bogdan M. and Vannerus P. 2020. Controls on large boulder mobility in an "auto-naturalized" constructed step-pool river: San Clemente Dam removal and reroute project, Carmel River, California, USA. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4860

Reports

Smith D. and Bogdan, M. 2020. Carmel River Reroute and Dam Removal Fish Passage Assessment (Spring 2020). Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2020-02, 22 pp.

Kwan-Davis R, Klein J, Steinmetz C , Schnieders J, Nava D, Larson D, Castanon L, and Smith D. 2020. 2019 Post-San Clemente Dam Removal Morphological Monitoring of the Carmel River Channel in Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2020-01, 64 pp.

Class Reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Brown R, Schnieders J, Bogdan M, Franklin L, Gautreaux S,
Larson D, McGee M, Perez-Jimenez J, Robinson T, Solis L, Van Orman B, Walmsley E,
Olson J. Assessing impacts of neonicotinoids on aquatic systems in the California central
coast region. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2020-04, pp 30. Project page

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Perez-Jimenez, J., Solis, L., Bogdan, M., McGee, M., Brown, R., Franklin, L., Gautreaux, S., Larson, D., Robinson, T., Schnieders, J., Van Orman, B., Walmsley, E., Watson, F. 2020. Mapping of vegetation communities, invasive plants, and sensitive plants at Garrapata State Park, Monterey County, California. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2020-03, 123 pp. Project page

2019

Journal papers

Chen, K., A.R. Rajper, R.M. Hughes, J.R. Olson, H. Wei, B. Wang. 2019. Incorporating functional traits to enhance multimetric index performance and assess land use gradients. Science of the Total Environment 691:1005-1015.

Chen, K., J.R. Olson, C.P. Hawkins, J.J. Vander Laan, R.A. Hill, and B. Wang. 2019. Improving the performance of ecological indices by balancing reference site quality and representativeness. Hydrobiologia 837(1): 177-194.

Olson, J.R., and S.M. Cormier. 2019. Modeling spatial and temporal variation in natural background specific conductivity. Environmental Science and Technology 53(8), 4316�4325.

Rodgers T.W., J.R. Olson, K.E. Mock. 2019. Use of RNase H‐dependent PCR for discrimination and detection of closely related species from environmental DNA. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 10(7): 1091-1096.

Dröge, E., Creel, S., Becker, M., Christianson, D., M'Soka, J., Watson, F. 2019. Response of wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) movements to spatial variation in long term risks from a complete predator guild. Biological Conservation. 233:139-151.

Magazine articles

Ma, S., Duggan, J.M., Eichelberger, B., McNally, B., Foster, J., Pepi, E., Conte, M., Daily, G., and G. Ziv. 2016. Valuation of ecosystem services to inform management of multiple-use landscapes. Ecosystem Services. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.03.005

Reports

Smith D., Bogdan, M., Nava, D. 2019. Carmel River Reroute and Dam Removal Fish Passage Assessment (Summer 2019). Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-07, 29 pp.

Bogdan M, Smith D, Klein J, Somilleda N, and Soares S. 2019. Hollister Hills SVRA Trail Erosion Surveys: Summer 2019. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-06, 39 pp.

Klein J, Bogdan M, Steinmetz C, Kwan-Davis R, Price M, Smith D. 2019. Hollister Hills SVRA Sediment Basin Volumes: Water Years 2017-2018. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-04, 38 pp.

Smith D, Klein J, Bogdan M, Steinmetz C, Kwan-Davis R, and Price M. 2019. Landslide, Channel, and Road Culvert Sediment sources at Hollister Hills State Recreational Vehicle Area - 2018 Report. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-03, pp 43.

Klein J, Bogdan M, Steinmetz C, Kwan-Davis R, Price M, and Smith D. 2019. 2018 Post-San Clemente Dam Removal Morphological Monitoring of the Carmel River Channel in Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-02, 68 pp.
 
Smith D, Bogdan M, Klein J, Terzolli A, Soares S, and Somilleda N. 2019. Hollister Hills SVRA Trail Erosion Surveys: Summer 2018. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-01, 40 pp

Class reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Caudillo A, Gennaro M, Klein J, Kortman S, Kwan-Davis R, Wandke J, Olson, J. 2019. Quantifying microplastics in urban and agricultural watersheds in the Monterey Peninsula. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-09, 36 pp.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Caudillo A, Gennaro M, Klein J, Kortman S, Kwan-Davis R, Wandke J, Watson F. 2019. History, Current Conditions, and Future Maintenance Plan for the Edgewater and Sand Dollar Habitat Preserves in Sand City, Californi . Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-08. Project page.

Bogdan M, Datan K, De La Fuente R, Nava D, Nunez R, Price M, Scalise S, Vannerus P, Westerson T, Smith D. 2019. Assessing steelhead passage and channel stability following dam removal on the Carmel River. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2019-05, 31 pp.

2018

Journal papers

Le T.D.H., M. Kattwinkel, K. Schutzenmeister, J.R. Olson, C.P. Hawkins, and R.B. Schafer. 2018. Predicting current and future background ion concentrations in German surface water under climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 374: 20180004.

Olson, J.R. 2018. Predicting combined effects of land use and climate change on river and stream salinity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 374: 20180005

Rodgers, T.W., J.R. Olson, S.L. Klobucar, and K.E. Mock. 2018. Quantitative PCR assays for detection of five Alaskan fish species: Lota lota, Cottus cognatus, Salvelinus alpinus, Salvelinus malma, Thymallus arcticus, andfrom environmental DNA. Conservation Genetics Resources 10(4): 859�865.

Christianson, D., Becker, M., Brennan, A., Creel, S., Droge, E., M’soka, J., Mukula, T., Schuette, P., Smit, D., & Watson., F. 2018. Foraging investment in a long-lived herbivore and vulnerability to coursing and stalking predators. Ecology & Evolution. DOI:10.1002/ece3.4489.

Schuette, P.A., Namukonde, N., Becker, M.S., Watson, F.G.R., Creel, S., Chifunte, C., Matandiko, W., Millhouser, P., Rosenblatt, E., Sanguinetti, C. 2018. Boots on the ground: in defense of low‑tech, inexpensive, and robust survey methods for Africa’s under‑funded protected areas. Biodiversity Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-018-1529-7

Harrison, L.R., East, A.E., Smith, D.P., Logan, J.B., Bond, R., Nicol, C., Williams, T.H., Boughton, D.A., Chow, K. and Luna, L. 2018. River response to large-dam removal in a Mediterranean hydroclimatic setting: Carmel River, California, USA. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4464..

Reports

Smith D., Bogdan, M., Klein J., & Terzoli, A. 2018. Carmel River Reroute and Dam Removal Fish Passage Assessment (Summer 2018). Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2018-07, 43 pp.

Conlen, A. Eichorn, E., Inglis, N., & Watson, F. 2018. Feasibility study of a regional trail underpass beneath General Jim Moore Boulevard in Del Rey Oaks, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2018-06, 32 pp.

Smith, D.P., Kvitek, R., Iampietro, P., and Consulo, P., 2018, Fall 2017 Stage-Volume Relationship for Los Padres Reservoir, Carmel River, California. Prepared for the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2018-05, 21 pp.

Morris, M., Smith, D., Pentecost, M., & Chow, K. 2018. Hollister Hills SVRA Trail Erosion Surveys: Summer 2017. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2018-04, 32 pp.

Steinmetz C. and Smith D. 2018. 2017 Post-San Clemente Dam Removal Morphological Monitoring of the Carmel River Channel in Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2018-03, 47 pp.

Steinmetz, C. and Smith DP. 2018. Large Woody Debris on the Carmel River from the Former Dam Keeper's House to Carmel Lagoon, Fall 2017: Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2018-02, 27 pp.

Conlen A, Morris M and Smith D. 2018. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2017, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2018-01 27pp.

Class reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Preece A, Schulze B, Andrews M, Doyle J, Hicks K, Markarian A, Mortensen Z, Ryder R, Steinmetz C, Wilkinson E, Watson F. 2018. Hydrology and Water Quality of the Big Sur Land Trust Property in Carr Lake. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2018-10, 85 pp.

IN PREP: Olson. WI-2018-09

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Doyle J, Schulze B, Andrews M, Hicks K, Markarian A, Mortensen Z, Preece A, Ryder R, Steinmetz C, Wilkinson E and Smith D. Current Conditions and Restoration Scenarios for the Carmel River and Riparian Corridor at the Rancho Canada Parcel of Palo Corona Park: Carmel Valley, CA. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2018-08, 40pp.

2017

Journal papers

Bush, A., R. Sollman, A. Wilting, K. Bohmann, B. Cole, H. Balzter, C. Martius, A. Zlinszky, S. Calvignac-Spencer, C.A. Cobbold, T.P. Dawson, B.C. Emerson, S. Ferrier, M.T.P. Gilbert, M. Herold, L. Jones, F.H. Leendertz, L. Matthews, J.D.A. Millington, J.R. Olson, O. Ovaskainen, D. Raffaelli, R. Reeve, M.-O. Rödel, T.W. Rodgers, S. Snape, I. Visseren-Hamakers, A.P. Vogler, P.C.L. White, M.J. Wooster, and D.W. Yu. 2017. Connecting Earth observation to high-throughput biodiversity data. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 0176.

Olson, J.R., and C.P. Hawkins. 2017. Effects of total dissolved solids on growth and mortality predict distributions of stream macroinvertebrates. Freshwater Biology 62 (4): 779-791.

Becker, M.S., Durant, S.M., Watson, F.G.R., Parker, M., Gottelli, D., M’soka, J., Droge, E., Nyirenda, M., Schette, P., Dunkley, S., Brummer, R. 2017 accepted. Detection dogs as a survey method for wide ranging species across large landscapes: the case of the cheetah. Journal of Zoology. doi:10.1111/jzo.12445.

Peer-Reviewed Data Repository

East, A.E., Harrison, L.R., Smith, D.P., Bond, R., Logan, J.B., Nicol, C., and Chow, K. 2017, River-channel topography, grain size, and turbidity records from the Carmel River, California, before, during, and after removal of San Clemente Dam. U.S. Geological Survey Data Release. https://doi.org/10.5066/F74M93HF

Book Chapters

Duggan, J.M.  2017.  Agile kangaroo rat, Dipodomys simulans. In Tremor, S., D. Stokes, D., Spencer, W., Diffendorfer, J., Thomas, H., Chivers, S., and P. Unitt, editors. San Diego County Mammal Atlas. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 46.

Duggan, J.M.  2017.  Brush mouse, Peromyscus boylii. In Tremor, S., D. Stokes, D., Spencer, W., Diffendorfer, J., Thomas, H., Chivers, S., and P. Unitt, editors. San Diego County Mammal Atlas. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 46.

Duggan, J.M.  2017.  California mouse, Peromyscus californicus. In Tremor, S., D. Stokes, D., Spencer, W., Diffendorfer, J., Thomas, H., Chivers, S., and P. Unitt, editors. San Diego County Mammal Atlas. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 46.

Duggan, J.M.  2017.  Cactus mouse, Peromyscus eremicus. In Tremor, S., D. Stokes, D., Spencer, W., Diffendorfer, J., Thomas, H., Chivers, S., and P. Unitt, editors. San Diego County Mammal Atlas. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History 46.

Other articles

Williams, T.H., East, A.E., Smith, D.P., Boughton, D.A., Mantua, N. and Harrison, L.R. 2018. Removing San Clemente Dam did more than restore fish passage. The Osprey, Newsletter of the Steelhead Committee of The Federation of Fly Fishers International. Issue 89, January, pp. 1,4-9.

Reports

Morris M. Conlen A. and Smith D. 2017. 2017 Photo Monitoring, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, CA: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2017-08, 29pp.

Conlen A, Morris M, Smith D. 2017. 2017 Water Quality: Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, CA. Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2017-07

Conlen, A., Morris, M., Smith, D. 2017. 2017. Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2017-05, 24 pp.

MacCarter L, Fields J, Smith DP. 2017. Large Woody Debris on the Carmel River from the Dam Keeper’s House to Carmel Lagoon, Fall 2016. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2017-03, 27 pp.

Chow, K, Luna, L, and Smith D. 2017. Hollister Hills SVRA Sediment Basin Volumes: Water Year 2016. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2017-02, 40 pp.

Chow K., Luna L., and Smith D. 2017. 2016 Post-San Clemente Dam Removal Morphological Monitoring of the Carmel River Channel in Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2017-01, 52 pp

Derr V. 2017. INFLUENCING BEHAVIOR CHANGE through Outdoor Programming and Environmental Education: A State of Knowledge Review. Environmental Studies Program, CSUMB. Working Paper Series, No. 1. 11 pp.

Derr, V. & Rice, EB. 2017. A CONTINUUM OF PLACE: the Fort Ord Public History Project. Environmental Studies Program, CSUMB. Working Paper Series, No. 2. 15 pp.

Derr, V. 2017. HEALTH EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES: State of Knowledge Review. Environmental Studies Program, CSUMB. Working Paper Series, No. 3. 6 pp.

Derr, V. & ENSTU 350. 2017. BIOPHILIC DESIGN AT CSUMB: Report of Findings from a Campus Photovoice Assessment, Stakeholder Interviews, and Focus Group. Environmental Studies Program, CSUMB. Working Paper Series, No. 4. 42 pp.

Class reports

CSUMB Class ENVS660: Conlen, A., Eichorn, E., Greenway, S., Hutton, T., Inglis, N., Morris, M., Robinson, M. & Olson, J. 2017. Evaluation of agricultural management practices and water quality in the lower Salinas and Pajaro Valleys. Publication No. WI-2017-09 Project page with final report & data.

CSUMB Class ENVS660: Conlen, A., Eichorn, E., Greenway, S., Hutton, T., Inglis, N., Morris, M., Robinson, M. & Burton, R. 2017.Characterization of physical dimensions and nutrient reduction in an experimental treatment wetland. Publication No. WI-2017-06 Project page with final report & data.

CSUMB Class ENVS660: Conlen, A., Eichorn, E., Greenway, S., Hutton, T., Inglis, N., Morris, M., Robinson, M. & Watson, F. 2017. Proposed Ndevu Gorge Power Project: A Preliminary Exploration of Potential Environmental Impacts. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2017-04, 47 pp. Project page with final report & data sets.

2016

Journal papers

Ma, S., Duggan, J.M., Eichelberger, B., McNally, B., Foster, J., Pepi, E., Conte, M., Daily, G., and G. Ziv. 2016. Valuation of ecosystem services to inform management of multiple-use landscapes. Ecosystem Services. doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.03.005

Robert A. Garrott, P.J. White, Claire Gower, Matthew S. Becker, Shana Dunkley, Ken L. Hamlin, and Fred G. R. Watson. 2016. Wolf Effects on Elk Inhabiting a Highly Risky Landscape: The Madison Headwaters Study. Yellowstone Science 24(1):82-84.
(Editor-reviewed, not peer-reviwed)

Reports

Luna L. Chow K . and Smith D. 2016. 2016 Photo Monitoring, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, CA: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-16, 30pp.

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Chow K, Luna L. and Smith D. 2016. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2016, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-14, 27pp.

Chow K. and Smith D. 2016. Evaporation Reduction Using Pond Floats. Prepared for the Santa Lucia Community Services District, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-13, 11 pp.

Smith D., Chow, K, and Luna, L. 2016. Six Year Summary of Watershed Studies at Hollister Hills State Recreational Vehicle Area: Fall 2010 to Fall 2016. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-12, 94pp.

Chow, K., Luna, L., Smith, D. 2016. 2016 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-09, 23 pp.

Chow K., Luna L., Smith D. 2016. 2016 Water Quality, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-08, 15 pp

Watson, F.G.R., Teaby, A., Noble, S., Brown, A., Urness, J. 2016. Stormflow monitoring and modelling at Pacific Grove, California, 2012-15. Report prepared for the City of Pacific Grove. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-07. Project page with flow data.

Chow, K, Luna, L, Conlen, A, and Smith D. 2016. Hollister Hills SVRA Trail Erosion Surveys: Summer 2016. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-06.

Boughton DA, East A, Hampston L, Kiernan J, Leiker, S, Mantua N, Nicol C, Smith D, Urquhart K, Williams T, Harrison L. 2016. Removing a dam and re-routing a river: Will expected benefits for Steelhead materalize in Carmel River, California? NOAA Technical Memorandum, NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-553. US Department of Commerce. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA. 89 pp.

MacCarter, L., Fields, J., Smith, D.P. 2016. Inventory of Large Woody Debris on the Carmel River from Camp Steffani to the Carmel Lagoon, Fall 2015. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. W--2016-05, 26 pp.

Olson A, Chow K, Luna L, MacCarter L. and Smith D. 2016. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2015, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-04, 27pp.

Olson A., Luna L., McCarter L., Chow K., and Smith D. 2016. Water Quality and Photo Monitoring, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, CA: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-03, 16 pp.

Smith D., Bassett R., Holloway R., Silveus J., Chow K., Luna L., Hession S., Perkins P., Watson F., Largay, B., and Olson, A. 2016. Sediment Trapping Function of an Unmanaged Fluvial Wetland: Carneros Creek, Monterey County. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-02, 69 pp.

Chow K., Luna L., Delforge A. and Smith D. 2016. 2015 Pre-San Clemente Dam Removal Morphological Monitoring of the Carmel River Channel in Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-01, 50 pp.

Class reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Chow K, Fields J, Flores S, Hart K, Kleven A, Luna L, MacCarter L, and Buton, R. 2016. Developing Adaptive Management Tools for the Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-12, 58 pp. Project page with final report & data sets.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Chow K, Fields J, Flores S, Hart K, Kleven A, Luna L, MacCarter L, and Watson, F 2016. Effects of Local Runoff on Water Levels and Water Quality in the Carmel River Lagoon During Dry-River Periods. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-11, 74 pp. Project page with report, slides, and GIS data.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Chow K, Fields J, Flores S, Hart K, Kleven A, Luna L, MacCarter L, and Smith D. 2016. San Clemente Dam Removal Sediment Impacts: Year One Report. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2016-10, 38 pp.

CSUMB Class GEOL 460: Marson L, Besson J, Biordi C, Conlen A, DeWolf K, Gravelle M, Hubbard H, MacSween L, Santos R, Sosa M, Thompson K, Trejo-Arce J, Smith D. 2016. First Year Assessment of the Carmel River Reroute and Dam Removal Project. Division of Science and Environmental Policy. Senior Thesis Report, 101 pp.

2015

Journal papers

Kowalski, B., Watson, F., Garza, C., & Delgado, B. 2015. Effects of landscape covariates on the distribution and detection probabilities of mammalian carnivores. Journal of Mammalogy, 96(3):511-521.

Watson F, Becker M, Milanzi J, Nyirenda V. 2015. Human Encroachment into Protected Area Networks in Zambia: Implications for Large Carnivore Conservation. Regional Environmental Change, 15:415-429.

Reports

Olson, A., Chow, K., Luna, L., MacCarter, L. 2015. 2015 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-08, 23 pp.

Chow, K, Luna, L, Smith D, and Silveus, J. 2015. Hollister Hills SVRA Trail Erosion Surveys: Summer 2015. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-04, 32 pp

Geisler, E., Smith, D., & Watson, F. (2015) Frog Pond Wetland Preserve Enhancement and Erosion Control Plan. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-04, 71 pp.

Robins, P., Wald, S., Bell, E., Diggory, Z., Smith, D., Phillips, S. and Paul, M. 2014. Big Sur River Watershed Management Plan. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 129pp + 3 appendices.

Neill C. and Smith D. 2015. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2014, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-02, 29pp.

Neill C. Leiker, S., and Smith D. 2015. January 2014 Aquatic Habitat Assessment on San Jose and Potrero Creeks, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-01, 14pp

Class reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Henson, A., Muratore, D., Olson, A., & Burton, R. 2015. Some observations of seawater intrusion in surface waters of the Moro Cojo Watershed, Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-10, 15 pp.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Henson, A., Muratore, D., Olson, A., & Burton, R. 2015. Some observations of water quality in surface waters of the Moro Cojo Watershed, Monterey County, California, Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-09, 30 pp.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Henson, A., Muratore, D., Olson, A., & Watson, F. 2015. Stormwater mapping and land use analysis, City of Del Rey Oaks, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-07, 57 pp. Project page with GIS data, maps, and photographs.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Henson A, Muratore D, Olson A, Smith D. 2015. A Small-Scale Beach Nourishment Project in Monterey, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2015-05, 29 pp.

2014

Journal papers

Rosenblatt, E., Becker, M.S., Creel, S., Droge, E., Mweetwa, T., Schuette, P., Watson, F., Merkle, J., & Mwape, H. 2014. Detecting declines of apex carnivores and evaluating their causes: An example with Zambian lions. Biological Conservation 180:176-186.

Brodie, J.F., Post, E., Berger, J., & Watson, F. 2014. Trophic interactions and dynamic herbivore responses to snowpack. Climate Change Responses, 1:4:1-8.

Daniels, M.E., Hogan, J.N., Smith, W.A., Oates, S.C., Miller, M.A., Hardin, D., Shapiro, K., Los Huertos, M., Conrad, P.A., Dominik, C., Watson, F.G. 2014. Estimating Environmental Conditions Affecting Protozoal Pathogen Removal in Surface Water Wetland Systems Using a Multi-Scale, Model-Based Approach. Science of the Total Environment, 493:1036-1046.

Knight, A., Lindholm, J., DeVogelaere, A. & Watson, A. 2014. Approaches to the collection, processing, and analysis of video imagery for marine resource management. Marine Technology Society Journal, 48:86-95.

Lindsey, P.A., Nyirenda, V., Barnes, J., Becker, M., McRobb, R., Tambling, C., Taylor, A., Watson, F., t’Sas-Rolfes, M. 2014. Under-performance of African protected area networks and the case for new conservation models: insights from Zambia. PLoS One, 9(5):e94109:1-14.

Nicol, C., Smith, D., & Watson, F. 2013. Exploring particle density effects on spatial mobility of steelhead spawning gravels. River Research and Applications. DOI: 10.1002/rra.2726.

Geremia, C., Hobbs, N.T., Hoeting, J.A., White, P.J., Wallen, R.L., Watson, F.G.R., & Blanton, D. 2014. Integrating population and individual level information in a movement model of Yellowstone bison. Ecological Applications. 24:346-362

Book chapters

Los Huertos, M. and Smith D.P., 2013, Wetland Bathymetry and Mapping; in Anderson, J.T. and Davis, C.A., eds., Wetland Techniques, Volume 1, Foundations: Springer, NY, p. 49-86. ISBN: 978-94-007-6859-8 (Print) 978-94-007-6860-4 (Online).

Conference posters

Teaby, A., Urness, J., Warawa, D.R., Orr, D & Watson, F.G.R. 2014. Estimating land cover change in Usulutan, El Salvador from 1986-2014 using Landsat imagery. Presentation. Society for Conservation GIS Conference, July 11-13, 2014. Pacific Grove, California.

Urness, J., Teaby, A.E., Warawa, D.R., Orr, D & Watson, F.G.R. Estimating land cover change in Usulután, El Salvador from 1986-2014 using Landsat imagery. Poster presented at CalGIS 2014 Conference, April 14-16, 2014, Monterey, California.

Class Reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Inman, J., Malik, A., Missaghian, J., Neill, C., Noble, S., & Duffy, D. 2014. Spatial and Temporal Variations in Streamflow and Water Quality – The Reclamation Ditch and Tembladero Slough, Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-14, 55 pp

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Noble S, Neill C, Missaghian J, Inman J, Malik A, Watson F. 2014. Stormwater characterization for reduction and reuse: Presidio of Monterey, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-11, 80 pp. Project page with GIS data.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Neill C. Missaghian J. Noble S. Inman J. Malik A. Smith D. 2014. Comparison of LiDAR and ground based measurements to assess LiDAR accuracy near the Carmel River in Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-06, 61pp.

Reports

Smith DP and Riggs D. (2014) Potrero Creek Restoration, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County (CA): Year Five Monitoring. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-13, 43pp

Teaby A, Silveus, J, Smith D. 2013. Hollister Hills SVRA Sediment Basin Volumes: Water year 2012-2013. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-12, 27 pp.

Neill, C., & Smith, D., 2014, 2014 Water Quality and Photo Monitoring: Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-10, 33pp

Silveus, J, Teaby A, and Smith D. 2014. Hollister Hills SVRA Trail Erosion Surveys: Spring 2014. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-09, 20 pp.

Neill, C. & Smith, D. 2014. 2014 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2014-08, 25 pp.

Leiker S, Delforge A, Geisler E, Smith D. 2014. Pre-San Clemente Dam removal fluvial monitoring on the Carmel River in Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-07, 31: 1-30.

Goodmansen A, Smith D, Wotan T. 2014 An Existing Conditions and Drought-year Storm Water Quality Survey of Majors Creek: Monterey, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-05, 69 pp.

Leiker, S., Neill, C., & Smith, D., 2014, 2013 Water Quality and Photo Monitoring: Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-03, 33pp

Leiker, S., Neill, C., Smith, D. 2014. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2013. Santa Lucia Preserve Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-02, 31 pp.

Smith D., Goodmansen, A., Silveus, J. 2014. Hollister Hills SVRA Sediment Budget: Water year 2012-2013. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2014-01, 17 pp.

2013

Journal papers

Watson, F., Becker, M.S., McRobb, R., & Kanyembo, B. 2013. Spatial patterns of wire-snare poaching: Implications for community conservation in buffer zones around National Parks. Biological Conservation, 168:1-9. Email to request reprint

Krone-Davis, P., Watson, F., Los Huertos, M., Starner, K. 2013. Assessing pesticide reduction in constructed wetlands using a tanks-in-series model within a Bayesian framework. Ecological Engineering, 57:342-352. Email to request reprint.

Hogan, J., Daniels, M., Watson, F., Oates, S., Miller, M., Conrad, P., Shapiro, K., Hardin, D., Dominik, C., Melli, A., Jessup, D., Miller, W. 2013. Hydrologic and vegetative removal of Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia, and Toxoplasma gondii surrogate microspheres in coastal wetlands. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79:1859-65. Email to request reprint.

Quan, S., Kvitek, R., Smith, D., Griggs, G. 2013. Using Vessel-Based LIDAR to Quantify Coastal Erosion during El Ni˜no and Inter-El Ni˜no Periods in Monterey Bay, California. Journal of Coastal Research, 29: 555-565.

Rosevelt, C., Los Huertos, M., Garza, C. 2013. Marine debris in central California: Quantifying type and abundance of beach litter in Monterey Bay, CA. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 71:299–306.

Class Reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Urness J, Beck E, Gehrke M, Geisler E, Goodmansen A, Leiker S, Phillips S, Rhodes J, Schat A, Snyder A, Teaby A, Wright D. 2013. Understanding Stormwater Management Options Using a Water Balance Framework. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2013-06, 50 pages.

ENVS 660, CSUMB Class. Beck E, Geisler E, Gehrke M, Goodmansen A, Leiker S, Phillips S, Rhodes J, Schat A, Snyder A, Teaby A, Urness J, Wright D. 2013. A Survey of Large Wood on the Carmel River: Implications for Bridge Safety Following San Clemente Dam Removal: The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2013-04, 46 pp.
 

Reports

Teaby A, Silveus, J, and Smith D. 2013. Hollister Hills SVRA Trail Erosion Surveys: Spring 2013. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2013-07, 32 pp.

Leiker, S., Teaby, A., Neill, C., Smith, D. 2013. 2013 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2013-05, 26 pp.

Leiker S. and Smith D. 2013. Water Quality and Photo Monitoring, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, CA. Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-03, 33pp.

Leiker S. and Smith D. 2013. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2012, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2013-2, 30pp.

Nicol C, Smith D, Williams C. 2013. Hollister Hills SVRA Sediment Budget: Water year 2011-2012. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2013-01, 25 pp.

2012

Journal papers

Hiatt, C., D. Fernandez, and C. Potter 2012, Measurements of fog water deposition on the California central coast, Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, (in press).

Becker, M., McRobb, R., Watson, F., Droge, E., Kanyembo, B., Murdoch, J., Kakumbi, C. 2012. Evaluating wire-snare poaching trends and the impacts of by-catch on elephants and large carnivores. Biological Conservation, 158:26-36.

Becker, M.S., Watson, F.G.R., Droge, E., Leigh, K., Carlson, R.S., & Carlson, A.A. 2012. Estimating past and future male loss in three Zambian lion populations. Journal of Wildlife Management. 77:128-142.

Weiss-Penzias, P. S., C. Ortiz Jr., R. P. Acosta, W. Heim, J. P. Ryan, D. Fernandez, J. L. Collett Jr., and A. R. Flegal 2012, Total and monomethyl mercury in fog water from the central California coast, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L03804, doi:10.1029/2011GL050324.

Hogan, J.N., Daniels, M.E., Watson, F.G., Conrad, P.A., Oates, S.C., Miller, M.A., Hardin, D., Byrne, B.A., Dominik, C., Melli, A., Jessup, D., and Miller, W.A. 2012. Longitudinal Poisson regression to evaluate the epidemiology of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and fecal indicator bacteria in coastal California wetlands. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78(10:3606-3613.

Industry magazines

Smith, D.P. 2012. CSU Monterey Bay Watershed Institute Publications: A Gold Mine of Gray Literature? The Environmenatl Monitor, Association of Environmental Professionals. Summer 2012, 16-17.
 

Class Reports

CSUMB Class GEOL 460: Davis, B., DeLay, C., Franco, D., Gonnerman, M., Grinstead, C., Hamblin, D., Haug, A., Hill, C., Kwan, R., McCullough, E., Pefok, M., Potter, T., Reynolds, D., Rogers, S., Santoyo, J., Vernon, M., Williams, C., Williams, J., and Smith. D. 2012. Partitioning Sediment Sources at the Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-04, 74 pp.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Perkins, P., Bohlke, B., Blanco, S., Crawford, C., David, C., Delay, T., Keefauver, S., Miller, G., Petruccelli, R., Post, K., Silveus, J., Stanfield, E., & Watson, F. 2012. Newell Creek Reservoir Data Organization and Phytoplankton Bloom Analysis. Prepared pro bono for the City of Santa Cruz. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-08. Project page with data.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Blanco, S., Bohlke, B., Crawford, C., David, C., Delay, T., Keefauver, S., Miller, G., Perkins, P., Petruccelli, S., Post, K., Silveus, J., & Smith, D. 2012. San Clemente Dam Removal and Carmel River Reroute Monitoring Plan: Carmel, CA. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-05, 93 pages.
 

Conference poster abstracts

Dunkley, Shana L., Rotella, Jay J., Garrott, Robert A., Higgs, Megan D., Watson, Fred G. R., White, Patrick J. 2012. Good Animals in Bad Places: Evaluating Landscape Attributes Associated with Elk Vulnerability to Wolf Predation. Intermountain Journal of Sciences, Vol. 18, No. 1-4.

Reports

Krone-Davis, P. & Los Huertos, M. 2012. Design tools for vegetated treatment systems / constructed wetlands / woodchip bioreactors. Final report to PG&E Fund, Grant #2005-735. CSUMB. 82 pp.
(Also available at: SWRCB link)

Rollins, S.L., M. Los Huertos, P. Krone-Davis, and C. Ritz.. 2012. Algae Biomonitoring and Assessment for Streams and Rivers of California's Central Coast. Grant Report to the Central Coast Water Board. 112 pp.
(Also available on this site)

Smith DP, Riggs D., Hauser C., and Goodmansen A. (2012) Potrero Creek Restoration, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County (CA): Year Three Monitoring. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-07, 43 pp..

Leiker, S., Teaby, A., Smith, D. 2012. 2012 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California.Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2012-06, 24 pp.

Watson, F., Krone-Davis, P., and Smith, J. 2012. Streamflow gaging at Greenwood Park, Pacific Grove, California: January-April 2012. Report prepared for Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation and the City of Pacific Grove. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-3. Project page with data.

Stoner K, Paddock E and Smith D. 2012. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2011, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-2, 31pp.

Paddock E, Stoner K, and Smith D. 2012. Installation and Initial Analysis of Two Stream Gages on San Jose Creek, Monterey County, CA. Prepared for Big Sur Land Trust and Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2012-01, 24 pp.

2011

Journal papers

Brodie, J, Post, E, Watson, F, & Berger, J. 2011. Climate change intensification of herbivore impacts on tree recruitment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1501.

Geremia, C., White, P.J., Wallen, R.L., Watson, F.G.R., Treanor, J.J., Borkowski, J., Potter, C.S., & Crabtree, R.L. In press. Predicting Bison Migration out of Yellowstone National Park using Bayesian Models. PLoS ONE 6(2): e16848. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016848.

Class Reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Alberola, G., Ashbach R, Lanctot M, Smith D. 2011. Water conservation and reutilization on the Monterey Peninsula: Strategies to reduce residential water demand. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2011-06, 40 pages.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Stoner K, Pugh K, Arenas R, Cubanski P, Purdy A, Bassett R, Smith J, Hession S, Jacuzzi N, Smith D. 2011. Assessment of a photometric analysis technique for monitoring beach nourishment: An example from Del Monte Beach, Monterey, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2011-05, 21 pp.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Pugh K, Arenas R, Cubanski P, Lanctot M, Purdy A, Bassett R, Smith J, Hession S, Stoner K, Ashbach R, Alberola G, Jacuzzi N, Watson F. Stormwater outfall watershed delineation, land cover characteristics, and recommended priorities for monitoring and mitigation in the City of Pacific Grove, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2011-02, 75 pages.
Link to Project Page for maps & data.
 

Reports

Paddock, E., Stoner, K., and Smith, D., 2011, 2011 Water Quality and Photo Monitoring: Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2011-07, 46pp.

Nicol C, Smith D, Nitayangkul K, Williams C, Moreland S. 2012. HHSVRA sediment budget: Water Year 2010- 2011. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2011-04b, 25 pp.

Stoner, K, Paddock, E. & Smith, D. 2011. 2011 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California.Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2011-03, 25 pp.

Paddock, E. & Smith, D. 2011. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2010: Santa Lucia Preserve Monterey County, California. Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2011-01, 30 pp

2010

Journal papers

Bennett, S.N., J.R. Olson, J.L. Kershner, and P. Corbett. 2010. Influence of propagule pressure and stream characteristics on introgression between native westslope cutthroat trout and introduced rainbow trout in British Columbia. Ecological Applications 20(1), 263�277.

Hawkins, C.P., J.R. Olson, and R.A. Hill. 2010. The reference condition: predicting benchmarks for ecological and water-quality assessments. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29(1): 312�343.

Reports

Paddock, E. & Smith, D. 2010. 2010 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California.Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2010-05, 25 pp.

Paddock, E., and Smith, D., 2010, Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2009, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2010-02, 30pp.

Spear, B., Smith, D., Van Dyke, E., & Vaage, (2010) Twenty-nine years of geomorphic change at Elkhorn Slough, California. Prepared for Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2010-01, 54 pp.

Los Huertos, M. & Krone-Davis, P. 2010. On - Farm Field Trials of Vegetative BMPs to abate nutrient, sediment and pathogen loads. Appenidx B (Task 9) in: Dick, M.E. (ed.) Demonstrating Compatibility of Water Quality and Food Safety Through Research and Implementation. Prepared for: California State Water Resources Control Board and U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Central Coast Agri cultural Water Quality Coalition. Report 34 pp.
(Also available on this site)

Schmidt, K., Greene Lopez, S., & Krone-Davis, P. 2010 (revised 2013). Central Coast Regional Conditional Waiver Cooperative Monitoring Program, Follow-up Monitoring Report: Pesticides and Toxicity to Hyalella aztecta in Sediments, 2010. Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc., 32 pp.
(Also available on this site).

Class Reports

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Osiadacz, M., Brandt, W., Clifton, S., Nicol, C., Nishijima, D., Paddock, E., Pristel, V., & Los Huertos, M. 2010. Successful treatment systems for reducing nitrate concentrations from agricultural runoff. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2010-07.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Nicol, C., Brandt, W., Clifton, S., Nishijima, D., Osiadacz, M., Paddock, E., Pristel, V., & Watson, F. 2010. Spatio-temporal dynamics of salinity in the Old Salinas River and Tembladero Slough Castroville, California. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2010-06.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Daniels, M., Frank, D., Holloway, R., Kowalski, B., Krone-Davis, P., Quan, S., Stanfield, E., Young, A., & Watson, F.. 2010. Evaluating Good Water Quality Habitat for Steelhead in Carmel Lagoon: Fall 2009. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2010-03, 42 pp.

CSUMB Class ENVS 660: Smith, DP., Daniels, M., Frank, D., Holloway, R., Kowalski, B., Krone-Davis, P., Quan, S., Stanfield, E., and Young, A., 2010. Can Los Osos Valley Groundwater Basin Provide a Sustainable Water Supply?: Prepared for The Los Osos Valley Sustainability Group. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2010-04, 78pp.

Conference posters / abstracts

Daniels, M.E. ,Watson, F.G.R., Miller, W.A., & Hogan, J. Estimating protozoal fate and transport in a wetland system using a model-based approach. Poster presented at California and the World Ocean 2010 Conference, Sep. 7-10, 2010, San Francisco, California.

Riggin, J., Kibak, H. & Watson, F. 2010. Modeling Northern Elephant Seal Rookeries Based on Bathymetric Features. Poster presented at the Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, 2010. Won ‘Honorable mention’ in poster competition.

Watson, J., Lindholm, J., Subia, M., & Watson, F. 2010. Fine-scale Patterns in the Behavior of Coral Reef Fishes Across Multiple Feeding Guilds. Poster presented at the Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey, 2010. Won ‘Honorable mention’ in poster competition.

Knight, A., Lindholm, J., Watson, F., & DeVogeleare, A. 2010. Landscape attributes and benthic fish distributions at Piedras Blancas: Using a set of generalized linear models on habitat usage to inform spatial management measures. Poster presented at Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, February 2010. .

Theses
& capstone projects

Holloway, R. 2010. Annual Sediment Retention and Hydraulic Residence Time Variability in a Riverine Wetland Receiving Unregulated Inflow from Agricultural Runoff. MS Thesis, CSUMB.

Frame, J. 2010. An Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction Model for the Carmel River. Undergraduate Capstone Thesis, CSUMB. 25 pp.

De Lay, E. 2010. Spatial distribution of invertebrates in Carmel Lagoon, Carmel, California. Capstone project report, CSUMB.

Ritz, C. 2010. Effectiveness of RIVPACS predictive models to evaluate diatom response to nutrient stress in coastal California streams. MS Thesis. CSUMB.

Spear, B. 2010. Twenty-nine Years of Geomorphic Change at Elkhorn Slough, California. MS Thesis, CSUMB.

2009

Conference abstracts

Smith, D.P., Kvitek R., Quan, S., Iampietro, P., Paddock, E., Richmond, S.F., Gomez, K., Aiello I.W., and Consulo., P., 2009, Skiff-based Sonar/LiDAR Survey to Calibrate Reservoir Volumes for Watershed Sediment Yield Studies: Carmel River Example. American Geophysical Uniion Fall meeting.

Quan, S., Kvitek R., Smith, D.P , 2009, An application of vessel-based LIDAR to quantify coastal retreat in Southern Monterey Bay, CA.. American Geophysical Union Fall meeting.

Knight, A., Lindholm, J., Watson, F., & DeVogeleare, A. 2009. Distributions of demersal fishes across landscape attributes at Piedras Blancas: Applications of landscape ecology to spatial management. Poster presented at Western Society of Naturalists, Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, November, 2009.

Frame, J., Guzman, A., & Watson, F. 2009. Development of a Watershed Simulation Model Using the Tarsier Environmental Modeling Framework with Application to the Carmel Watershed in California. Poster presented at Western Society of Naturalists, Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, November, 2009.

Watson, F. (2009) Bottom-up landscape science and visualization for wildlife management at Yellowstone NP and Carmel Bay. Presented at NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting, May 7th 2009, New York, NY.

Reports

Paddock, E. & Smith, D. 2009. 2009 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California.Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2009-03, 27 pp.

Smith, D., Kvitek, R., Iampietro, P., Aiello, I., Quan, S., Paddock, E., Endris, C., & Gomez, K. 2009. Fall 2008 Stage-Volume Relationship for Los Padres Reservoir, Carmel River, California. Prepared for the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication no. WI-2009-2, 30 pp

Castorani, S. & Smith, D. 2009. Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2008: Santa Lucia Preserve Monterey County, California. Report prepared for The Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2009-01, 30 pp.

Class Reports

For Fall 2009 classes, see 2010 calss report section.

Theses
& capstone projects

Dillon, L. 2009. Abiotic factors related to accrual of common filamentous macroalgae in California's Central Coast streams. MS Thesis, CSUMB.

Croyle, Z. 2009. Analysis of Baseflow Trends Related to Upland Groundwater Pumping for Las Garzas, San Clemente, Potrero, and San Jose Creeks. MS Thesis, CSUMB.

2008

 

 

Journal papers

Smith, D.P., Diehl, T., Turrini-Smith, L.A., Maas-Baldwin, J, and Croyle, Z., 2009, River restoration strategies within channelized, low-gradient landscapes of West Tennessee, USA; in James, A., Rathburn, S., and Whittecar, R., eds, Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts: GSA Special Paper no 451, p. 215-229.

Los Huertos, M., S. Rollins, K. Morris, C. Phillips, L. Gentry, and C. Shennan. In preparation. Phosphorous loads and water quality criteria ambiguities along the central coast of California. Agricultural Water Management.

Dowd, B., M. Los Huertos, D. Press. In press. Policy tools, monitoring, and funding to reduce nutrient pollutants: A case study of nitrate in the Pajaro River, California. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment.

Lemos, R.T., B. Sanso, and M. Los Huertos. In press. Spatially varying temperature trends in a northern California estuarine reserve. Journal of the American Statistical Association

Book chapters

Watson, F.G.R. & Newman, W.B. (2008) The central Yellowstone landscape: geology, terrain, vegetation. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Watson, F.G.R. & Newman, W.B. (2008) Mapping mean annual precipitation using trivariate kriging. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Watson, F.G.R., Newman, W.B., Anderson, T.N., Lockwood, R., & Garrott, R.A. (2008) Effect’s of Yellowstone’s unique geothermal landscape on snowpack. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Watson, F.G.R., Anderson, T.N., Kramer, M., Detka, J., Masek, T., Cornish, S.S., & Moore, S. (2008) Effects of wind, terrain, and vegetation on snowpack. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press..

Watson, F.G.R., Anderson, T.N., Newman, W.B., Cornish, S.S., & Thein, T. (2008) Modeling spatial snowpack dynamics. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Thein, T., Watson, F.G.R., Cornish, S.S., Anderson, T.N., Newman, W.B., & Lockwood, R. (2008) Vegetation phenology. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Messer, A., Garrott, R.A., Cherry, S. Watson, F.G.R., White, P.J., & Meredith, E. (2008) Elk winter resource selection in a severe snowpack environment. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Bruggeman, J., Garrot, R.A., White, P.J., & Watson, F.G.R. (2008) Partial migration in central Yellowstone bison. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Gower, C.N., Garrott, R.A., White, P.J., Watson, F.G.R., Cornish, S., & Becker, M. (2008) Spatial responses of elk to wolf predation risk: Using the landscape to balance multiple demands. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

White, P.J., Garrott, R.A., Cherry, S., Watson, F.G.R., Gower, C.N., & Meredith, E. (2008) Changes in elk resource selection and distribution with the reestablishment of wolf predation risk. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Bruggeman, J., Garrott, R.A., White, P.J., Bjornlie, D.D., Watson, F.G.R., Borkowski, J.J. (2008) Bison winter road travel: Facilitated by road grooming or a manifestation of natural trends. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Bruggeman, J., Garrott, R.A., White, P.J., Watson, F.G.R., & Wallen, R. (2008) Effects of snow and landscape attributes on bison winter travel patterns and habitat use. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Alexander, S.E., Anderson, T.N., Watson, F.G.R., Plumb, S., Newman, W.B., Cornish, S.S., Detka, J., Garrott, R.A., & White, P.J. (2008) Communicating Ecological Knowledge to Students and the Public. In: Garrott, R.A., White, P.J. & Watson, F.G.R. (eds) The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone. Academic Press.

Smith, D.P., Diehl, T., Turrini-Smith, L.A., Maas-Baldwin, J, and Croyle, Z., submitted 2008, River restoration strategies within the regionally channelized, low-gradient landscape of western Tennessee, USA; in James, A., Rathburn, S., and Wittecar, R., eds, Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts: GSA Special Paper

Conference abstracts

Stern, J. & Watson, F. (2008) An Assessment of Control Methods for Cape ivy in Central California Coastal Riparian Ecosystems. Poster presented at California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) Symposium, California State University-Chico, October 2-4, 2008.

Watson, Fred, Bob Garrott, PJ White, Susan Alexander, Rick Wallen, Wendi Newman, Thor Anderson, Tom Thein, Jon Detka, Claire Gower, Jason Bruggeman, Matt Becker, Sally Plumb, Chris Geremia. 2008. Integration of NASA technology and wildlife ecology for use by the National Park Service. Poster presented at: NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop, April 28 - May 2, 2008, College Park, Maryland, USA.

Casagrande, J. 2008. Mapping California’s Central Coast Wetlands: a foundation for regional wetland restoration and monitoring. Presented at the Central Coast Wetland Science Symposium, September 24th 2008, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA.

Watson, F., Daniels, M., Martin, P., Kirby, T., Los Huertos, M., Miller, W., Wiskind, A., Largay, B. Measuring and modeling the effect of wetlands on water quality, Abstracts, Central Coast Wetland Science Symposium, September 24th 2008, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, CA, USA.

Watson, J. & Watson, F. 2008. Life History Dynamics of Corophium spinicorne in the Carmel Lagoon. Poster presented at Sanctuary Currents Symposium, sponsored by Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, held at California State University Monterey Bay, April, 2008.

Smith, D.P., Â 2008, Storm-Driven Natural Beach Replenishment Processes near Fort Ord Dunes State park, CA: Poster presented at Sanctuary Currents Symposium, sponsored by Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, held at California State University Monterey Bay, April 5, 2008.

Reports

Casagrande, J. & Watson, G. (2008) National Wetlands Inventory (NWI): Wetland and deepwater habitat mapping, digitizing, and analysis in California’s Central Coast: Methods and Progress to Date. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2008-07, 8 pp.

Castorani, S. & Smith, D. 2008. 2008 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. Report prepared for The Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2008-06, 27pp.

Spear, B., Smith, D., Largay, B., & Haskins, J. 2008. Turbidity as a Surrogate Measure for Suspended Sediment Concentration in Elkhorn Slough, CA. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2008-04, 26pp.

Watson, J., Casagrande, J., & Watson, F. 2008. Central Coast Region South District Basin Planning & Habitat Mapping Project. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2008-03, 40pp.

Smith, D., 2008, Imminent Geologic and Hydrologic Hazards on Fort Ord BLM Land, CA:. Prepared for Fort Ord BLM. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2008-2, 13pp.

Croyle, Z. and Smith, D., 2008, Summary of Precipitation and Streamflow for Potrero and San Clemente Creeks in Water-Year 2007, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California: Prepared for the Santa Lucia Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2008-1, 30pp.

Class reports

CSUMB Class ESSP 660 (2008) Post-Fire Baseline Monitoring of Big Sur River Lagoon: November/December 2008. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2008-07, 46 pp.

CSUMB Class ESSP 660 (2008) Carmel Lagoon Water Quality and Sonar Soundings: Fall 2008. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2008-05, 29 pp.

Theses
& capstone projects

Clark, C. 2008.Evaluating River Restoration Success Using the California Rapid Assessment Method. MS Thesis, CSUMB.

Maas-Baldwin, J. 2008. Initial assessment of the Department of Water Resources Urban Streams restoration Program. MS Thesis, CSUMB.

2007

Journal papers

Rein, F.A., M. Los Huertos, K.D. Holl, and J.H. Langenheim. 2007. Restoring native grasses as vegetative buffers in a coastal California agricultural landscape. Madroño 54(3):249-257.

Ruehl, C., A.T. Fisher, M. Los Huertos, S. Wankel, C.G. Wheat, C. Kendall, C. Hatch, and C. Shennan. 2007.dynamics within the Pajaro River, a nutrient-rich, losing stream. North American Benthological Society Journal, 26:191-216.

Jingping X., Wong, F.L., Kvitek, R., and Smith D.P., and Paull, C., 2007,Sandwave Migration in Monterey Submarine Canyon, Central California: Marine Geology, v. 248, p. 193-212, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.005.

Smith D.P., Kvitek, R., Iampietro, P. J., and Wong, K., 2007, Twenty-nine months of geomorphic change in upper Monterey Canyon (2002-2005): Marine Geology, v. 236, p. 79-94: doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2006.09.024.

Watson, F.G.R., Lockwood, R.E., Newman, W.B., Anderson, T.N., & Garrott, R.A. (2007) Development and comparison of Landsat radiometric and snowpack model inversion techniques for estimating geothermal heat flux. Remote Sensing of Environment (2007), 112:471-481. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.010.

Bruggeman, J.E., Garrott, R.A., White, P.J., Watson, F.G.R., & Wallen, R. (2007) Spatial variability in Yellowstone bison use of a road and travel network.: Ecological Applications, 17:1411-1423.

Abstracts

Smith, D.P., Turrini-Smith, L.A., Maas-Baldwin, J, and Croyle, Z., River restoration strategies within the regionally channelized, low-gradient landscape of western Tennessee, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Smith, D.P., Kvitek, R., Iampietro, P., Paull, C.K., Astilla, J., and Spear, B., Rapid slope evolution following the 70,000 m3 2003 Astilla slide in Monterey Canyon: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Paull, C.K., Normark, W.R., Ussler, W., Caress, D.W., Keaton, R., Barry, J., Xu, J., Smith, D.P., Covault, J.A., and Maier, K.L., Large wave-shaped bedforms in the axial channel of Monterey Submarine Canyon, Monterey Bay, California: American Geophysical Union.

Watson, F.G.R., Cornish, S.S., Garrott, R.A., White, P.J., Wallen, R., & Thein, T. Landscape Analysis and Ungulate Movements in the Greater Yellowstone Region: Integrating Remote Sensing, Modeling and Visualization Technologies in Support of Conservation Research. Invited presentation. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, San Jose, California, August 6-9, 2007.

Watson, F.G.R., Anderson, T.N., Newman, W.B., Thein, T., Cornish, S., Plotsky, J., Alexander, S., Garrott, R.A., White, P.J., Wallen, R., & Young, L. (2007) Interpretive Visualization of the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Invited presentation, George Wright Society - Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, April 16-20, 2007.

Davis, A., Paglierani, R., Morris, J., & Poe, K. (2006 ) Universally Connected! Integrating Earth and Space Science in Interpretation. National Association for Interpretation, Annual Workshop, Albuquerque, 2006. (Incorpating video-visualization interpretive product developed by Watson et al.).

Class reports

CSUMB Class ESSP 660 (2007) Initial Hydraulic modelling and Levee Stability Analysis of the Triple M Ranch Restoration Project. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Punlication No. WI-2007-06. 32 pp.

CSUMB Class ESSP 660 (2007) Carmel Lagoon Water Quality and Steelhead Soundings: Fall 2007. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2007-04, 24 pp.

Reports

Casagrande, J. & Watson, F. (2007) The Carr Lake Project: Potential Biophysical Benefits of Conversion to a Multiple-Use Park.The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2007-05, 54 pp.

Croyle & Smith (2007) 2007 Annual Report: Hydrologic Conditions in Baseflow Reaches Pursuant to Conditions 14 and 15, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2007-03, 28 pp.

Smith, D.P., 2007. Re-evaluation of proposed Canadian National Rialroad Hatchie River Bridge Modification, Rialto, TN--Tennessee Aquatic Resources Alteration permit Application NRS 96.667: Report prepared for the Tennessee Chapter of The Nature Conservancy January 29, 2007, 14 pp.

Perry, W., Watson, F., Casagrande, J., & Hanley, C. (2007) Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project: Water Quality and Aquatic Wildlife Monitoring, 2006-7. Report to California Department of Parks and Recreation. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2007-02, 100 pp.

Boughton, D.A., Adams, P., Anderson, E., Fusaro, C., Keller, E., Kelley, E., Lentsch, L., Nielsen, J., Perry, K., Regan, H., Smith, J., Swift, C., Thompson, L., & Watson, F. (2007) Viability Criteria for Steelhead of the South-Central and Southern California Coast. NOAA Tech. Memo. NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-407. 37 pp.

Hunt, J., Anderson, B., Phillips, B., Largay, B., Watson, F., Harris, K., Hanson, E., Beretti, M., Schafer, R., Brown, K., & Bern, A. (2007) Effectiveness of Agricultural Management Practices in Reducing Concentrations of Pesticides Associated with Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms: Data Summary and Final Report. Report to Resource Conservation District of Monterey County, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, and State Water Resources Control Board. Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory, University of California at Davis, Dept. of Environmental Toxicology, 97 pp.

Harris, K., Watson, F., Brown, K., Burton, R., Carmichael, S., Casagrande, J.M., Casagrande, J.R., Daniels, M., Earnshaw, S., Frank, D., Hanson, E., Lienk, L.L., Martin, P., Travers, B., Watson, J., & Wiskind, A. (2007) Agricultural Management Practices and Treatment Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement in Southern Monterey Bay Watersheds: Final Report. Report to California State Water Resources Control Board. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2007-01, 162 pp.

Selected
Theses

Watson, J. (2007) The Life History Demographics of Corophium spinicorne in the Carmel River Lagoon. Capstone Thesis. Division of Science and Environmental Policy, CSUMB, 49 pp.

2006

Journal papers

Ruehl, C., A.T. Fisher, C.E. Hatch. M. Los Huertos, G. Stemler, and C. Shennan.2006. Differential gauging and tracer tests resolves seepage fluxes in a strongly-losing stream. Journal of Hydrology 330:235-248.

Bruggeman, J.E., Garrott, R.A., White, P.J., Watson, F.G.R., & Wallen, R. (in press.) Spatial variability in Yellowstone bison use of a road and travel network. In press.: Ecological Applications.

Bruggeman, J.E., Garrott, R.A., Bjornlie, D.D., White, P.J., Watson, F.G.R., & Borkowski, J. (2006) Temporal variability in winter travel patterns of Yellowstone bison: the effects of road grooming. Ecological Applications, 16(4):1539-1554.

Watson, F.G.R., Anderson, T., Newman, W., Alexander, S., & Garrott, R.A. (2006) Optimal sampling schemes for estimating mean snow water equivalents in stratified heterogeneous landscapes. J. Hydrol. 328: 432-452.

Watson, F.G.R., Newman, W., Coughlan, J.C., & Garrott, R.A. (2006) Testing a distributed snowpack simulation model against diverse observations. J. Hydrol. 328: 453-466.

Bergman, E.J., R.A. Garrott, S. Creel, J.J. Borkowski, F.G.R. Watson, and R.M. Jaffe. (2006) Assessment of prey vulnerability through analysis of wolf movements and kill sites. Ecol. Appl. 16(1):273-284.

Reports

Boughton, D.A., Adams, P.B., Anderson, E., Fudaro, C., Keller, E., Kelley, E., Lentsch, L., Nielsen, J., Perry, K., Regan, H., Smith, J., Swift, C., Thompson, L., & Watson, F. (2006) Steelhead of the South-Central/Southern California Coast: Population Characterization for Recovery Planning. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Technical Memorandum, National Marine Fisheries Service. NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-394, 123 pp.

Casagrande, J. & Watson, F. (2006) Reclamation Ditch Watershed Assessment and Management Strategy: Part A - Watershed Assessment. Monterey County Water Resources Agency and The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, 283 pp. (See also, project page )

Casagrande, J. & Watson, F. (2006) Reclamation Ditch Watershed Assessment and Management Strategy: Part B - Watershed Management Strategy. Monterey County Water Resources Agency and The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay. 51 pp. (See also, project page )

Watson, J. & Watson, F. (2006) Shellfish Survey for the Salinas River Lagoon, Old Salinas River Estuary, and the Tembladero Slough. Prepared for the Central Coast Regional Water Board. The Watershed Institute, California State Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2006-08, 37 pp.

Michie, M., Watson, F., & Casagrande, J. (2006) Wetland Tracker Data Collection Central Coast (Morro Bay Region). Report to San Francisco Estuary Institute. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2006-07, 4 pp.

Larson, J., Watson, F., Casagrande, J., & Pierce, B.et al. (2006) Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project: Water Quality and Aquatic Wildlife Monitoring, 2005-6 Report to California Department of Parks and Recreation. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2006-06, 102 pp.

Casagrande, J. (2006) Wetland Habitat Types of the Carmel River Lagoon. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2006-05, ~19 pp.

Harris, K., Brown, K., Earnshaw, S., Hanson, E., Largay, B., Lienk, L.L., Watson, F., Williams, R., & Wiskind, A. (2006) Agricultural Best Management Practices and Treatment Wetlands in the Gabilan Watershed: Project Asessment and Evaluation Plan. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2006-04, 33 pp.

Harris, K., Larson, J., & Watson, F. (2006) Agricultural Best Management Practices and Treatment Wetlands in the Gabilan Watershed: Quality Assurance Project Plan. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2006-03, 113 pp.

Smith, D.P., Casagrande, J., and Ramsey-Wood, C. 2006. Garrapata Watershed, California: Water and Sediment Monitoring in 2004-2005. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game and the Garrapata Creek Watershed Council. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2006-2, 27 pp.

Casagrande, J. & Smith, D. 2006. Garrapata Creek Lagoon, Central Coast, California: A Preliminary Assessment, 2005-06. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game and the Garrapata Creek Watershed Council. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2006-01, 62 pp.

Abstracts

Watson, F., Anderson, T., Newman, W., Thein, T., Detka, J., Cornish, S., Garrott, R., White, P.J., Alexander, S., Wallem, R. Interpretive visualization of the Yellowstone ecosystem. Joint Workshop on NASA Biodiversity, Terrestrial Ecology, and Related Applied Sciences. College Park, Maryland, August, 2006.

Watts, M. (2006) Assessment of Snorkel-based vs. Automated Underwater Camera Surveillance as a Means of Quantifying Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) habitat preference in the Carmel Lagoon. Presented at: 24th Salmonid Restoration Conference, Santa Barbara.

Watson, F., Cornish, S. Garrott, R., White, P.J., Wallen, R., Alexander, S., Newman, W., Anderson, T., Detka, J., Bruggeman, J. Modeling and Visualizing Species Movement. Joint Workshop on NASA Biodiversity, Terrestrial Ecology, and Related Applied Sciences. College Park, Maryland, August, 2006.

Capstone theses

Frank, D. Pollutant loads from the Gabilan Watershed.

Daniels, M. Removal efficiency of a water quality treatment wetland.

Perry, W. Coastal lagoon invertebrate communities.

2005

Journal papers

Smith D.P., Ruiz, G., Kvitek, R., and Iampietro, P. J., 2005, Semi-annual patterns of erosion and deposition in upper Monterey Canyon from serial multibeam bathymetry: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 117, no. 9/10, p. 1123-1133; doi: 10.1130/B25510.1.

Vaughn, J., Kodama, K.P. and Smith D.P. In review. Correction of Inclination Shallowing and its Tectonic Implications: the Cretaceous Perforada Formation, Baja California. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Reports

Boughton, D.A., Fish, H., Pipal, K., Goin, J., Watson, F., Hager, J., Casagrande, J. & Stoecker, M. (2005) Contraction of the Southern Range Limit for Anadromous Onchrhynchus mykiss. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Technical Memorandum, National Marine Fisheries Service. NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-380, 29 pp.

Detka, J. (2005) Revegetation study, Final Report: Small Arms Ranges 18 and 19, Former Fort Ord, Monterey, CA. Prepared for ITSI and USACE. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-13, 42 pp.

Larson, J., Watson, F., Masek, J., & Watts, M. (2005) Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project: Water Quality and Aquatic Wildlife Monitoring, 2004-5. Report to California Department of Parks and Recreation. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-12, 130 pp.

Harris, K., Larson, J., & Watson, F. (2005) Agricultural Best Management Practices and Treatment Wetlands in the Gabilan Watershed: Monitoring Plan. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-11, 39 pp.

WI-2005-10: Moved to WI-2006-03.

Smith, D.P, Gref, K., & Hofmann, A. Are "Stable Shorelines" and "Broad Beaches" Mutually Exclusive Management Goals Along Southern Monterey Bay? The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-09, 46 pp.

Newman, W.B. & Watson, F.G.R. (2005) Land Use / Land Cover of the Central Coast Region of California 2005. For Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-08, Report and Map. (Project page)

Larson, J., Newman, W., & Watson, F. (2005) Regional mapping and sediment services. Report to Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-07. 72 pp. (Project page)

Report series: Protocols for Water Quality and Stream Ecology Research, WI-2005-06f.

Larson, J. & Watson, F. (2005) Storm water quality in the Pacheco, Uvas, and Watsonville watersheds, 2003-4. Report to Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-05. 91 pp.

Hager, J. & Watson, F. (2005) Watsonville Sloughs Sediment Problems and Sources. Report to Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-04. 206 pp.

Smith, D., Casagrande, J., Vincent, M., McDermott, J., Price, A., Martin, A., and Carlson, Z. (2005) Garrapata Watershed Assessment: Hydrology and Sedimentology 2001 to 2004. Report to California Department of Fish and Game and Garrapata Watershed Council. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-03, 49 pp.

Casagrande, J. & Smith, D. 2005. Garrapata Creek Watershed Steelhead Barrier Assessment. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game and the Garrapata Creek Watershed Council. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2005-02, 76 pp.

Casagrande, J. & Watson, F. (2005) Reclamation Ditch Watershed Assessment and Management Plan: Part A - Watershed Assessment. Report to Board of Directors, Monterey County Water Resources Agency. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, WI-2005-01A-DRAFT. 311 pp. (See project page )

Casagrande, J. & Watson, F. (2005) Reclamation Ditch Watershed Assessment and Management Plan: Part B - Management Plan. Report to Board of Directors, Monterey County Water Resources Agency. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, WI-2005-01B-DRAFT. 78 pp. (See project page )

Maps

Newman, W.B. & Watson, F.G.R. (2005) Land Use / Land Cover of the Central Coast Region of California - 2005. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Pub. No. WI-2005-08.

Abstracts

Smith, D.P., Vincent, M., McDermott, J., and Carlson, Z., 2005, Sand for the Sanctuary? Quantifying Annual Sand Production in Disturbed and Less-Impaired Regions of Garrapata Watershed: Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, March 12, 2005, CSU- Monterey Bay (poster).

Smith, D.P., Vincent, M., McDermott, J., & Carlson, Z. 2005. Quantified chronic sediment load from road construction in Garrapata Watershed, a steep coastal trout stream on the Big Sur Coast, CA. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 4.

Hampson, L., Smith, D.P., & Huntington, P., 2005, Relationships between channel morphology and large wood: A look at natural and anchored wood in the Carmel River, CA. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 4.

Capstone theses

Watts, M. (2005) Assessment of Snorkel-based vs. Automated Underwater Camera Surveillance as a Means of Quantifying Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) habitat preference in the Carmel Lagoon. Capstone thesis. Earth Systems Science and Policy, CSUMB, 28 pp.

Anderson, A. (2005) Benthic Invertebrates as Indicators of Coastal Watershed Impacts. Capstone thesis. Earth Systems Science and Policy, CSUMB, 29 pp.

Masek, J. (2005) Population development of Brackish Water Invertebrates in a Recently Excavated Lagoon Restoration Site. Capstone thesis. Earth Systems Science and Policy, CSUMB, 49 pp.

2004

Journal papers

Li, Y., Kodama, K.P. and Smith D.P. 2004. New paleomagnetic, rock magnetic, and petrographic results from the Valle Group, Baja California, Mexico: Exploring the causes of anomalously shallow paleomagnetic inclinations. Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth, 2004JB003127R, p. 8-18.

Reports

Smith, D., Williams, R., Hall, E., McDermott, J., Mauck, C., Carlson, Z., Langford, K., Michie, M., Martin, A., Summers, J., Elia, J. (2004) Introduction to Geomorphic Monitoring on BLM lands: 2001 to 2004. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2004-11. 37 pp.

WI-2004-10: N/A.

Watson, F. & Casagrande, J. (2004) Potential Effects of Groundwater Extractions on Carmel Lagoon. Report to California-American Water Company. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Rep. No. WI-2004-09. 93 pp.

Wilkinson, M., Casagrande, J. Hager, J. Watson, F. 2004. Gabilan Watershed Assessment Quality Assurance Project Plan and Monitoring Plan, Report to State Water Resources Control Board, The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2004-07, 43pp.

Hager, J., Watson, F., Le, J., & Olson, B. (2004) Watsonville Sloughs Pathogen Problems and Sources. Report to Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Rep. No. WI-2004-06. 116 pp.

Smith, D., Newman, W., Watson, F., Hameister, J. Physical and Hydrologic Assessment of the Carmel River Watershed, California. Report to Carmel River Watershed Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Rep. No. WI-2004-05/2. 94 pp. Appendix B (metadata for map set) published as separate file. Separate link to Project page.

Kozlowski, D., Watson, F. Angelo, M., & Larson, J. (2004) Monitoring chlorpyrifos and diazinon in impaired waters of the lower Salinas region. Report to California Department of Pesticide Regulation. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Rep. No. WI-2004-03. 170 pp.

Kozlowski, D., Watson, F., Angelo, M., & Gilmore, S. 2004. Legacy Pesticide Sampling in Impaired Surface Waters of the Lower Salinas Region. The Watershed Institute, CSUMB. 46 pp.

Smith, D. & Huntington, P., Carmel River Large Woody Debris Inventory from Stonepipe To Carmel Lagoon, Fall 2003. Report to Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Rep. No. WI-2004-01. 75 pp.

Conference abstracts

Li, Y., Kodama, K.P., and Smith D.P., 2004, Anomalously shallow paleomagnetic inclinations of the mid-Turonian turbidites from Baja California Sur, Mexico: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union

Smith D.P., Rosgen, D, Turrini-Smith, L.A., and Hameister, J., 2004, Contrasting river restoration strategies in west Tennessee: Decommissioning hundreds of kilometers of large, failing drainage canals: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 2.

Maps

WI-2004-08: Map: Gabilan Watershed.

Newman, W.B., Smith, D.P., & Watson, F.G.R. (2004) The Carmel River Watershed - Map Set. Reported to Carmel River Watershed Conservancy. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Publication No. WI-2004-04. 6 maps.

Capstone theses

Larson, J. 2004. In-stream pesticide loads in relation to agricultural pesticide applications. Capstone thesis. Earth Systems Science and Policy, CSUMB, 55 pp.

2003

Journal papers

Watson, F.G.R. & Rahman, J.M., 2003. Tarsier: A Practical Software Framework for Model Development, Testing and Deployment. Environmental Modelling and Software. 19:245-260.

Rahman, J.M., Cuddy, S.M., & Watson, F.G.R., 2004. Tarsier and ICMS: Two Approaches to Framework Development. Mathematics & Computers in Simulation, 64:339-350.

Reports

 

WI-2003-14: Report: Casagrande & Watson (2003). Hydrology and Water Quality of the Carmel and Salinas Lagoons, Monterey Bay, California: 2002/2003

WI-2003-13: Report: Smith et al. (2003) Carmel River Large Woody Debris Inventory from San Clemente Dam To the Lagoon Fall 2002.

WI-2003-11: Report: Salinas nutrients in surface waters.

WI-2003-10: Report: Parker, H., Sierra, L., & Vandevere, K. 2003. Smart Food: An Assessment of Farm-to-School opportunities for schools and the schoolchildren of Monterey County. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Report No. WI-2003-10. 40 pp.

WI-2003-08: Report: Hager, J., Watson, F., & Bern, A. (2003) Chualar Creek Pilot Project Water Quality Monitoring - March 2001 - December 2002: Final Report. Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Report No. WI-2003-08. 65 pp.

WI-2003-07: Report: Smith D.P., Curry, R., Jackson, D., Thistle, A., and Marin, C., 2003, Steelhead Habitat Assessment and Restoration in Upper Williams Canyon Creek: Mitteldorf Redwood Preserve, Monterey County, California. Central Coast Watershed Studies, Report No. WI-2003-07, 31 pp, includes Arcmap GIS Project, and PDF web document.

WI-2003-06: Report: Watson et al., Salinas Sediment Sources.

WI-2003-05: Report: Hager et al. Watsonville Sloughs sediment & pathogens - problem statement & source analysis.

WI-2003-03: Report: Newman, W., Watson, F., Angelo, M., Casagrande, J., & Feikert, B.Land use history and mapping in California’s Central Coast region.

WI-2003-02: Report: Casagrande et al. Salinas fish habitat & population

WI-2002-13: Report: Hager, J. & Watson, F. (2003) Watsonville Sloughs Pathogen and Sediment TMDL: Quality Assurance Project Plan And Field Sampling Plan. Report to Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay, Rep. No. WI-2002-13. 122 pp.

Conference abstracts

Peel, M., Watson, F., Vertessy, R., & McMahon, T. (2003) Modelled effect of logging rotations and tree farming on total and low flows in the North Esk River, Tasmania, Australia. To be presented at The World Water Forum, Kyoto, 16-23 March, 2003.

Smith D.P., Ruiz, G., and Kvitek, R., 2003, Geomorphic similarities between upper Monterey Submarine Canyon and terrestrial river systems: A look at new high resolution, 3D, serial imagery: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs v. 35, no. 6.

Maps

WI-2003-12: Map: Salinas nutrients. (See Salinas nutrient project page for different electronic versions)

WI-2003-09. Map. Hager, J., Casagrande, J., Newman, W., Watson, F. Aquatic life and habitat in the Arroyo Seco Watershed - Version 3.0 (See Salinas fish project page for different electronic versions).

WI-2003-04: Map: Newman & Watson. Land use / land cover of the Central Coast region of California (Project page)

WI-2003-01: Map: Hager et al. Salinas fish habitat & population.(See Salinas fish project page for different electronic versions).

Databases

WI-2003-16: Database: Lagoons aquatic database

Capstone theses

 

Gilmore...

Tacaks...

2002

 

 

 

 

Journal papers, book chapters

Peel, M.C., McMahon, T.A., Finlayson, B.L., & Watson, F.G.R (2002). Implications of the relationship between catchment vegetation type and annual runoff variability. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 16:15:2995-3002.

Watson, F.G.R., Band, L.E., Pierce, L.L., & Tague, C.L. (submitted) 1. The state of knowledge in integrated hydro-ecological modelling of forested and mixed watersheds. In: Vertessy, R.A. & Elsenbeer, H.E. (eds), The State of Knowledge in Forest Hydrology, International Union. of Forest Research Organisations.

Conference papers

Vertessy, R.A., Rahman, J.M., Watson, F.G.R., Argent, R.M., Cuddy, S.M. and Seaton, S.P. 2002 A regional water quality model designed for a range of users and for retrofit and re-use. Proceedings International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs) Conference, A.E. Rizzoli and A.J. Jakeman (eds), Lugano Switzerland, 24-27, June 2002, vol. 3, pp. 312-317.

Reports

WI-2002-13: Report: Actually published in 2003, see 2003 list in this table.

Reclamation Ditch Improvement Plan Advisory Committee (RDIPAC) (2002) Reclamation Ditch Improvement Plan Recommendations. Report to the Board of Directors, Monterey County Water Resources Agency. 20 pp. + Appendices.

WI-2002-09: Report: Smith et al., Road and Trail Resource Inventory (RATRI): Bureau of Land Management Lands Former Fort Ord, Monterey County, California

WI-2002-08 - See maps - below.

WI-2002-07: Report: Watson et al., A remote sensing map of Yellowstone's geothermals.

WI-2002-06: Not serialized.

WI-2002-05e: Report series: Protocols for Water Quality and Stream Ecology Research.

WI-2002-04: Report: Casagrande et al., Hydrology and Water Quality of the Carmel and Salinas Lagoons Monterey Bay, California 2001/2002

WI-2002-03 - (Chualar report moved to 2003)

WI-2002-02 - See maps - below.

WI-2002-01: Report: Smith, D.P., Curry, R., Kozlowski, D., Williams, R., Watson, F., Turrini-Smith, L.A., and Newman, W., 2002, Watershed and Riparian Assessment Report: Bureau of Land Management Lands: Former Fort Ord, Monterey County, California: Central Coast Watershed Studies, Report No. WI-2002-01 (February, 2002), 75 pp., includes Arcview GIS Project, and PDF web document.

Watson, F. & Vertessy, R., 2002. Development of a pilot local-scale environmental management support system for use in water supply sub-catchments in Pine Rivers Shire. Final Report to Pine Rivers Shire Council and South East Queensland Water Corporation. CRC for Catchment Hydrology, 61 pp

Peel, M.C., Vertessy, R.A., & Watson, F.G.R. (2002) Generating water yield curves for forest stands in the Thomson catchment for inclusion in the Integrated Forest Planning System. Final report to Natural Resources & Environment, Victoria, 33 pp.

Chiew, F.H.S, Scanlon, P.J., Vertessy, R.A., & Watson, F.G.R. 2002. Catchment Scale Modelling of Runoff, Sediment and Nutrient Loads for the South-East Queensland EMSS, Cooperative Research Centre for CatchmentHydrology, Research Report 02/1, 47 pp.

Maps, Videos

WI-2002-12: Map: Newman, W. & Watson, F. Land Use / Land Cover of the Central Coast Region of California (2003). The Watershed Institute, California State University Monterey Bay. (Project page)

WI-2002-10: Map: Newman et al., Geothermal areas of western central Yellowstone National Park (with Land Cover)

WI-2002-08: Map: Newman et al., Geothermal areas of western central Yellowstone National Park (with Shaded Relief and comparison data)

WI-2002-02: Map: CCoWS Team, Aquatic Life and Habitat in the Arroyo Seco Watershed

Computer animations of the Salinas Valley

Conference posters

Casagrande, J., Watson, F.G., Hager, J., Newman, W., Anderson, T., Kozlowski, D., Larson, J., Pierce, L., Curry, R., Cole, W., Oakins, A., Rocha, A., Fiekert, B., 2002. “The value of manual, event-based sampling in local-scale sediment budget studies.” Poster presented at Sanctuary Currents 2002, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium.

Watson, F.G., Curry, R., Pierce, L., Smith, D., Anderson, T., Newman, W., Casagrande, J., Hager, J., Kozlowski, D., Larson, J., 2002. “Aquatic life and habitat in the Arroyo Seco watershed.” Poster presented at Sanctuary Currents 2002, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium. Later published as Map WI-2002-02.

Watson, F.G., Curry, R., Pierce, L., Smith, D., Anderson, T., Newman, W., Casagrande, J., Hager, J., Kozlowski, D., Larson, J., 2002. “Monitoring steelhead habitat and water quality in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s largest watershed.” Poster presented at Sanctuary Currents 2002, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium.

Conference abstracts

Gilmore, S.J., and Smith D.P., 2002, Informing environmental policy with sound science: Curriculum and theses of Earth Systems Science & Policy, California State University Monterey Bay: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 34, no.6, p.104.

Smith, D.P., and Diehl, T.H., 2002, Complex channel evolution in West Tennessee and northern Mississippi: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 34 no.6, p.104.

Li, Y., Kodama, K.P., and Smith D.P., 2002, Is thermal remagnetization responsible for the anomalously shallow inclinations of the middle Cretaceous Valle Group, Baja California, Mexico: American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Boston.

Student class reports

(These are not official Watershed Institute publications)

Natividad Creek Nutrients (Joy Larson) (PDF)

Arroyo Seco benthic macroinvertabrates (Suzanne Gilmore) (167KB PDF)

2001

 

 

Journal papers, book chapters

David L. Kimbrough, Smith, D.P., Mahoney, J.B., Moore, T.E., Grove, M., Gastil, R.G., Ortega-Rivera, A., Fanning, C.M., 2001, Forearc-basin sedimentary response to rapid Late Cretaceous batholith emplacement in the Peninsular Ranges of southern and Baja California: Geology, v. 29, p. 491-494.

Watson, F.G.R. & Vertessy, R.A. (2001) Improved methods to assess water yield changes from paired catchment data in forest hydrology studies. Forest Ecology and Management, 143:189-204.

Vertessy, R.A., Watson, F.G.R., & O’Sullivan, S.K. (2001) Factors determining relations between stand age and catchment water balance in mountain ash forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 143:13-26.

Peel, M.C., McMahon, T.A., Finlayson, B.L., & Watson, F.G.R.. 2000. Identification and explanation of continental differences in the variability of annual runoff. Journal of Hydrology, 250, 224-240.

Watson, F.G.R., Grayson, R.B., Vertessy, R.A., & McMahon, T.A. (2000) Large scale distribution modelling and the utility of detailed ground data. In: Gurnell, A.M. & Montgomery, D.R. (eds). Hydrological Applications of GIS. Wiley.

Conference papers

Watson, F.G.R, Grayson, R.B., Vertessy, R.A., Peel, M.C., & Pierce, L.L. 2001. Evolution of a hillslope hydrologic model. Invited paper, Proceedings International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 2001), pp. 461-467.

Rahman, J.M., Cuddy, S.M., & Watson, F.G.R. (2001). Tarsier and ICMS: Two approaches to framework development. In: Proceedings International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 2001), pp. 1625-1630.

Fred Watson, Joel Rahman, Shane Seaton (2001). Deploying environmental software using the Tarsier modelling framework. In: Rutherfurd, I., Sheldon, F., Brierly, G. & Kenyon, C. (eds). Proc. 3rd Australian Stream Management Conference, Brisbane 27-29 August, 2001, pp. 631-637.

Rob Vertessy, Fred Watson, Joel Rahman, Susan Cuddy, Francis Chiew, Phil Scanlon, Shane Seaton, & Frances Marston (2001). New software to help manage river water quality in the catchments of the south-east Queensland region. In: Rutherfurd, I., Sheldon, F., Brierly, G. & Kenyon, C. (eds). Proc. 3rd Australian Stream Management Conference, Brisbane 27-29 August, 2001, pp. 611-616.

Watson, F.G.R., Curry, R., Hennessy, S., Newman, W., Anderson, T., Pierce, L., Casagrande, J., Hager, J., Kozlowski, D., Oakins, A., Feikert, B., Larson, J., Londquist, B., Cole, W., & Rocha, A. (2001) The Salinas Sediment Study: A hands on research and community-based approach to TMDL development. In: Coats, R. (ed.) Proc. 8th Biennial Watershed Mgt Conf, Univ. or Calif. Water Resources Center, University of California Riverside, USA, Rep. No. 101, pp. 81-93.

Reports

WI-2001-01: Report: Winter Water Quality of the Carmel and Salinas Lagoons, Monterey, California: 2000/2001

Maps, conference posters

Historic map of steelhead geographic range within the Salinas Valley

Watson, Anderson, Casagrande, Newman, Hager, Kozlowski, Rocha, Cole, Larson, Feikert, Oakins, Pierce, Curry. Sediment source analysis through in-stream monitoring of sediment loads at many sites. Poster presentation at AGU Fall Meeting 2001.

Casagrande, Watson, Hager, Anderson, Newman, Kozlowski, Rocha, Cole, Larson, Feikert, Oakins, Pierce, Curry. The value of manual, event-based sediment sampling in local-scale sediment budget studies. Poster presentation at AGU Fall Meeting 2001.

Smith, D.P. and Turrini-Smith, L.A., 2001 Feasibility and design of the Crooked Creek channel/floodplain restoration project in support of the Carroll County Lake project, File no. 000420030, South Fork Obion River 00-003[tf], Carroll County Watershed Authority, 13 pp.

Smith, D.P., 2001 Geomorphic monitoring plan for the Crooked Creek restoration project in support of the Carroll County lake project, File no. 000420030, South Fork Obion River 00-003[tf], , Carroll County Watershed Authority, 18 pp.

Smith, D.P., 2001, Blue River-Indian Creek near DOE Kansas City Plant: Recommendations and Feasibility of Restorative Work: Advanced Infrastructure Management Technologies, Grand Junction Office, Western Operations, 2597 B3/4 Road Grand Junction, CO 81503, 4 pp.

Maps

WI-2001-02: Map: Land use / land cover for Salinas Valley watershed, July 2000 (Project page)

Conference abstracts

Smith, D.P., and Turrini-Smith, L.A., 2001, An example of post-channelization "self-restoration:" Cypress Creek, McNairy Co., TN: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 33, No. 6, p. A-147.

Vaughn, J.D., Kodama, K.P., and Smith, D.P., 2001, Paleomagnetic and magnetic fabric results from the Lower Cretaceous Perforada Formation (Valle Group), Baja California, Eos Trans. AGU, 82.

Li, Y., Kodama, K.P., and Smith D.P., 2001, A Compaction-Corrected Inclination for the Middle Cretaceous Valle Group in Vizcaino Terrane, Baja California, Mexico: Preliminary Results: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

Vaughn, J., Kodama, K.P., and Smith D.P., 2001, Preliminary Paleomagnetic and Magnetic Fabric Results from the Lower Cretaceous Perforada Formation (Valle Group), Baja California: American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Boston.

Li, Y., Kodama, K.P., and Smith D.P., 2001, A re-examination of shallow paleomagnetic inclinations from the Cretaceous Valle Group sedimentary rocks, Baja California, Mexico: American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting, Boston.

Student capstone theses

Gabilan Sediment Study (Joel Casagrande) (788KB PDF)
Gabilan Steelhead Study (Julie Hager) (473KB PDF)
Salinas Sediment Study - Irrigated agricultural inputs - (Don Kozlowski) (625 KB PDF)
Design of bridge-based sampling equipment (Wright Cole) (299 KB PDF)
Invasive Arundo in the Salinas River (Alana Oakins) (819KB PDF)
Sediment monitoring in El Toro Watershed (Bronwyn Feikert) (468 KB PDF)
Arroyo Seco Steelhead Study (Brian Londquist) (768 KB PDF)

Student capstone powerpoint presentations

Gabilan Sediment Study (Joel Casagrande) (17MB PPT)
Gabilan Steelhead Study (Julie Hager) (2.6MB PPT)
Salinas Arundo Study (Alana Oakins) (1.6MB PPT)
Salinas Ag. Erosion Study (Don Kozlowski) (3.2MB PPT)

2000

 

 

Conference papers

Argent, R.M., Vertessy, R.A., & Watson, F.G.R. (c. 2000) A framework for catchment prediction modelling. In Hydro 2000. Proceedings of 26th National and 3rd International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Vol. 2 The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Perth, 706-711 pp.

Reports, maps, conference posters

Big Sur Coast Highway One Revegetation and Restoration: An examination of revegetation practices and McWay and other regional sites. December 2000. The Watershed Institute, CSUMB, and Rana Creek Habitat Restoration.

Kin, P.G., Rahman, J., Watson, F.G.R., & Argent, R.M. (2000) Review of Modelling Frameworks and Environments. Working report. Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. 47 pp.

Peel, M.C., Watson, F.G.R., Vertessy, R.A., Lau, J.A., Watson, I.S., Sutton, M.W., & Rhodes, B.G. (2000) Predicting the water yield impacts of forest disturbance in the Maroondah and Thomson catchments using the Macaque model, Cooperative research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, Rep. No. 2000-00/14. Melbourne. 71 pp.

Conference posters

Thor Anderson, Wendi Newman, Fred Watson, Adrian Rocha, Don Kozlowski, Joel Casagrande, Alana Oakins, Julie Hager, Wright Cole, Bob Curry. Sediment in furrows, farms, and forests – multi-scale measurements for multi-scale modelling and management. Poster presentation and abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2000.

W. Newman, T. Anderson, F. Watson, R. Curry, S. Hennessy, L. Pierce, J. Casagrande, J. Hager, D. Kozlowski, A. Oakins, B. Feikert, J. Larson, B. Londquist, W. Cole, A. Rocha. (2000). The Salinas Sediment Study - the challenge of monitoring just about everything in a watershed where we know just about nothing. Poster presentation. 8th Biennial Watershed Management Council conference, Nov. 27-30, Asilmoar Beach, California, USA.

Conference abstracts

Smith D.P., and Diehl, T.H., (2000), An example of river self-restoration?: Cypress Creek, McNairy County, TN: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Tennessee Water Resources Symposium, Nashville, p.1C-13-1C-17.

Turrini-Smith, L.A., Smith D.P., and Diehl, T.H., (2000), Development of western Tennessee fluvial geomorphic regional curves: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Tennessee Water Resources Symposium, Nashville, p.1C-1-1C-9.

Fred Watson, Bob Curry, Wendi Newman, Thor Anderson, Adrian Rocha, Don Kozlowski, Joel Casagrande, Alana Oakins, Julie Hager, Wright Cole. Measuring sediment across scales to validate a transport model, or modelling it to better understand the measurements? Oral presentation and abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2000.

Watson, F.G.R., Band, L.E., Pierce, L.L., & Tague, C.L. (2000) 1. The state of knowledge in integrated hydro-ecological modelling of forested and mixed watersheds. Congress, International Union. of Forest Research Organisations, August 8-11 2000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (presentation of book chapter)

Mulitsch et al (2000) < Gabilan Creek Nitrogen modeling study > ESA Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, USA.

1999

 

Reports

WI-1999-01: Report. Water resources and land use change in the Salinas Valley

Conference abstracts

Watson, F.G.R., Pierce, L.L., Rocha, A., Newman, W.B., Mulitsch, M.J., & Nelson, J. (1999) Validation of Large-Scale Hydro-Ecological Models with Remotely Sensed LAI Images. Fall AGU Meeting 1999, San Francisco.

Pierce, L.L., Watson, F.G.R., Mulitsch, M., & Newman, W. (1999) Interactions of land use and global environmental change on watershed-scale hydrological and ecological processes. Fall AGU Meeting 1999, Paper H12G-11, San Francisco.

Watson, F.G.R., Pierce, L.L., Mulitsch, M., Newman, W., Nelson, J., & Rocha, A. (1999) Spatial modelling of the impacts of 150 years of land use change on the carbon, nitrogen, and water budgets of a large watershed. ESA Annual Meeting, 8th-12th Aug. 1999, Spokane, USA.

Pierce, L.L., Watson, F.G.R., Mulitsch, M.J. (1999) A simulation analysis comparing the impacts of land use and environmental changes on landscape-level processes. ESA Annual Meeting, 8th-12th Aug. 1999, Spokane, USA.

Mulitsch, M., Pierce, L.L., Watson, F.G.R., & Newman, W.B. (1999) Effects of vegetative buffer strips and cover crops at reducing nitrogen leaching to an agricultural watershed. ESA Annual Meeting, 8th-12th Aug. 1999, Spokane, USA.

1998

Conference posters

Watson, F.G.R., Vertessy, R.A., Grayson, R.B., & Pierce, L.L. (1998) Towards parsimony in large scale hydrological modelling - Australian and Californian experience with the Macaque model. Fall AGU meeting 1998, poster paper H72D-21.

1997

etc

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