The characteristics and associated storage dynamics of approximately 2000 pieces of fine woody debris (FWD; 2.5 cm <diameter<10 cm and 0.3 m<length<10 m) was evaluated over a three-year period in two undisturbed
salmonid nursery streams in Southeast Alaska. To index a given reaches propensity to capture and store FWD over...
The Kittlitz's murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) is a species of conservation concern over the entirety of its known range, which spans coastal Alaska and northeastern Russia. Concerns about the status of the species have been raised due to evidence of population declines in key breeding areas, low reproductive output, and perceived...
This thesis focuses on the nesting ecology and marine space use of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) during the 2007 and 2008 nesting seasons in and around Port Snettisham, a remote mainland fjord in Southeast Alaska. Marbled Murrelets (murrelets) are a declining species throughout most of their range, and their conservation...
The characteristics and interactions of the riparian
stand, large woody debris (LWD), and channel morphology
were examined on five undisturbed, low gradient streams in
southeast Alaska. One first-, two second-, one third-,
and one fourth-order streams were studied. Stream
morphology variables were measured systematically at fixed
intervals of three to...
Hyporheic Exchange Flow (HEF) is driven by head gradients defined by the hydro-topography of the stream surface, which is controlled by the particular geomorphology of the stream. We quantified the impact of large wood, which typically exerts a strong control on stream morphology, on HEF in a second order, low...