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WED Research Update
October, 2002
New branch's mission:
Characterize the risks society places upon nature
EPA post-doctoral program
brings energy and expertise to WED
Statistical
modeling predicts condition of streams in the Willamette River
Basin
European green crab invasion
threatens Pacific Northwest bivalves
Cottonwoods grow faster in
city pollution than downwind in rural ozone
Survey designs help states
save money assessing surface waters
Predicting ozone exposure to
forests in the Sierra Nevada
Finding the amount of
organic carbon held in forested soils
Measuring movement of soil
water by tree roots to dry surface soil
Kentucky added to ecoregion
framework
Finding a better way for
estimating solar exposure of streams
Analyzing the invasion of
estuary's soft-bottom benthic communities
Red alder increases nitrogen
levels in Oregon Coast Range streams
Landscape perspective in the
mitigation of lost wetland
Understanding survival of
grass planted to restore salt marshes
Plant physiologist describes
ozone's below-ground impact