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Research Publications for Calendar Year 2002
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Apple, M., K. Tiekotter, M. Snow, J. Young, A. Soeldner, D. Phillips, D. Tingey, B. Bond 2002. Needle anatomy changes with increasing tree age in
Douglas fir. Tree Physiology 22:129-036. WED-01-053
ABSTRACT
Barker, J., M. Bollman, P. Ringold, J. Sackinger, and S. Cline. 2002.
Evaluation of metric precision for a riparian forest
survey. Environ. Mont. Assess. 75:51-72. WED-00-027
ABSTRACT
Barker, J. R., P.
L. Ringold and Michael Bollman. 2002 Patterns of tree dominance in
coniferous riparian forests. Forest Ecology and Management 166(3):311-329.
WED-01-036.
ABSTRACT
Boese, B.L. 2002. Effects of recreational clam harvesting on eelgrass (Zostera
marina) and associated infaunal invertebrates:
in situ manipulative experiments. Aquatic Botany 73:63-74.
WED-01-058
ABSTRACT
Brooks, J.R., F.C. Meinzer, R. Coulombe, and J.R. Gregg. 2002. Hydraulic
redistribution of soil water during summer drought
in two contrasting Pacific Northwest coniferous forests. Tree Physiol.
22:1107-1117. WED-02-034
ABSTRACT
Bryce, S.A., R.M. Hughes, and P.R. Kaufmann. 2002. Development of a bird
integrity index: using bird assemblages as
indicators of riparian condition. Environ. Mgt. 30(2):294-310. WED-00-122
ABSTRACT
Cablk, M., D. White, and A.R. Kiester. 2002. Assessment of spatial
autocorrelation in empirical models in ecology. Chapter 37 pages 429-440
in J.M. Scott, P.J. Heglund, M.L. Morrison, J.B. Haufler, M.G. Raphael,
W.A. Wall, and F.B. Samson editors. Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues
of Accuracy and Scale. Island Press, Washington, D.C. WED-00-120
Cao, Y., D.D. Williams, and D.P. Larsen. 2002. Comparison of ecological
communities: the problem of sample representativeness. Ecological Monographs 72(1):41-56 WED-00-086
ABSTRACT
Cao, Y., D.P. Larsen, R.M. Hughes, P. L. Angermeier, and T. M. Patton.
2002. Sampling effort affects multivariate comparisons of stream
communities. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 21(4):701-714. WED-01-091
ABSTRACT
Chapman, S.S., J.M. Omernik, G.E. Griffith, W.A. Schroeder, T.A. Nigh, and
T.F. Wilton. 2002. Ecoregions of Iowa and
Missouri. (2 sided color poster with map, descriptive text, summary
tables, and photographs). U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale
1:1,800,000. (R.L. Blair) WED-02-016
Chapman, S.S., G. E. Griffith, J.M. Omernik, J.A. Comstock, M.C. Beiser,
and D. Johnson. 2004. Ecoregions of Mississippi.
Cole, C.A., R.P. Brooks, P.W. Shaffer, and M.E. Kentula. 2002. A
comparison of the hydrology of wetlands in Pennsylvania and Oregon as an
indicator of the transferability of HGM functional models between regions.
Environ. Mgt. 30(2):265-278. R.L. Blair) WED-01-132
Cole, C.A., R.P. Brooks, P.W. Shaffer, and
M.E. Kentula. 2002. A comparison of the hydrology of wetlands in
Pennsylvania and Oregon as an indicator of the transferability of HGM
functional models between regions. Environ. Mgt. 30(2):265-278. WED-01-132
ABSTRACT
Compton, J.E., and R.D. Boone. 2002. Soil nitrogen transformations and the
role of light fraction organic matter in forest
soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34:933-943. WED-00-077
ABSTRACT
Entry, J.A., P.T. Rygiewicz, L.S. Watrud and P.K. Donnelly. 2002.
Influence of adverse soil conditions on the formation and
function of Arbuscular mycorrhizas. Advances in Environmental Research
7:123-138. NHEERL-COR-2242
ABSTRACT
Fairbrother, A. 2002. Risk Assessment: Lessons Learned. Environ. Toxicol.
Chem. 21(11)2261-2263. WED-02-157
Ferraro, S.P., and F.A. Cole. 2002. A field validation of two
sediment-amphipod toxicity tests. Environ. Toxicol. Chem.
21(7):1423-1437. WED-01-090
ABSTRACT
Ford, C.R., and J.R. Brooks. 2002. Detecting forest stress and decline in
response to increasing river flow in southwest
Florida, USA. For. Ecol. & Mgmt.160:45-64. WED-00-093
ABSTRACT
Griffith, G.E., J.M. Omernik, J.A. Comstock, S. Lawrence, G. Martin, A.
Goddard, V.J. Hulcher, and T. Foster. 2002.
Ecoregions of Alabama and Georgia. (2 sided color poster with map,
descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs). U.S. Geological
Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,700,000. (R.L. Blair) WED-01-058
Griffith, G.E., J.M. Omernik, J.A. Comstock, M.P. Shafale, W.H. McNab, D.R.
Lenat, J.B. Glover, and V.B. Shelburne. 2002.
Ecoregions of North and South Carolina. (2 sided color poster with map,
descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs).
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,500,000. (R.L. Blair)
WED-02-162
Guntenspergen, G.R., S.A. Peterson, S.G. Leibowitz, and L.M. Cowardin.
2002. Indicators of wetland condition for the prairie
pothole region of the United States. Environ. Mont. Assess. 78(3):229-252.
NHEERL-COR-2276
ABSTRACT
Hecht, S., and B.L. Boese. 2002. Sensitivity of an infaunal amphipod,
Eohaustorius estuarius, to acute waterborne exposures of 4-nonylphenol:
Evidence of a toxic hangover. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21(4)816-819.
WED-01-083
ABSTRACT
Hobbie, E.A., J. Gregg, D.M. Olszyk, P.T. Rygiewicz and D.T. Tingey. 2002.
Effects of climate change on labile and structural carbon in Douglas-fir
needles as estimated by [delta]-13C and C-area measurements. Global Change
Biology 8:1-13. WED-01-099
ABSTRACT
Hobbie, E.A, D.T. Tingey, P.T. Rygiewicz, M.G. Johnson, and D.M. Olszyk.
2002. Contributions of current year photosynthate to fine roots estimated
by using a 13C-depleted source. Plant and Soil 247: 233-242. WED-02-029
ABSTRACT
Hughes, R.M., P.R. Kaufmann, A.T. Herlihy, S.S. Intelmann, S.C. Corbett,
M.C. Arbogast, and R.C. Hjort. 2002. Electrofishing distance needed to
estimate fish species richness in raftable Oregon rivers. N. Am. J.
Fisheries Mgt. 22:1229-1240. NHEERL-COR-2363J
Hulse, D., S. Gregory, and J. Baker (editors). 2002. Willamette River
Basin Planning Atlas: Trajectories of Environmental and
Ecological Change. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis. WED-02-049
Johnson, M.G., and J.S. Kern. 2002. Quantifying the organic carbon held in
forested soils of the United States and Puerto
Rico. Pages 47-72 in J.M. Kimble, L.S. Heath, R.A. Birdsey and R. Lal,
editors. The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to
Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. CRC Press. Boca
Raton. WED-02-109
Kaldy, J.E., P.M. Eldridge, C.P. Onuf and L.A. Cifuentes. 2002. Carbon
budget for a sub-tropical seagrass dominated coastal
lagoon: How important are seagrasses to total ecosystem Net Primary
Production? Estuaries 25:528-539. WED-02-005
ABSTRACT
Koch, P.L., and D.L. Phillips. 2002. Incorporating concentration
dependence in stable isotope mixing models: a reply to
Robbins, Hilderbrand and Farley (2002). Oecologia 133:14-18. WED-02-050
Lackey, R.T. 2002. Restoring wild salmon to the Pacific Northwest: Framing
the risk question. Hum. & Ecol. Risk Assess.
8(2):223-232. WED-01-015
ABSTRACT
Lackey, R.T. 2002. Salmon recovery: Learning from successes and failures.
Northwest Science. 76(4):356-360. WED-02-046
Lewis, J.D., M. Lucash, D.M. Olszyk and D.T. Tingey. 2002. Stomatal
responses of Douglas-fir seedlings to elevated carbon
dioxide and temperature during the third and fourth years of exposure.
Plant Cell Environment 25:1411-1421. WED-02-022
ABSTRACT
McGrath, C., A.J. Woods, J.M. Omernik, S.A. Bryce, M. Edmondson, J.A.
Nesser, J. Shelden, J.A. Comstock, and M. Plocher. 2002. Ecoregions of
Idaho (2 sided color poster with 1:1,350,000 map, descriptive text,
summary tables, and photographs). USGS. Reston, VA. (R.L. Blair)
WED-01-157
McKane, R.B., L.C. Johnson, G.R. Shaver, K.J. Nadelhoffer, E.B. Rastetter,
B. Fry, A.E. Giblin, K. Kielland, B.L.
Kwiatkowsky, J.A. Laundre, and G. Murray. 2002. Resource-based niches
provide a basis for plant species diversity and
dominance in arctic tundra. Nature 415:68-71. WED-01-131
ABSTRACT
Olszyk, D., D. Tingey, C. Wise and E. Davis. 2002. CO2 and O3 alter
photosynthesis and water vapor exchange for Pinus
ponderosa needles. Phyton 42:121-134. WED-02-003
ABSTRACT
Ozretich, R.J., D.R. Young, and D.B. Chadwick. 2002. Development and
application of equilibrium partitioning sediment
guidelines in the assessment of sediment PAH contamination. Chapter 14,
Pages 260-274 in R.L. Lipnick, R.P. Mason, M.L.
Phillips and C.U. Pittman, editors. Chemicals in the Environment: Fate,
Impacts, and Remediation. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 806,
Oxford University Press. WED-01-084
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Palace, V.P., S.M. Allen-Gil, S.B. Brown, R. E. Evans, D.A. Metner, D.H.
Landers, L.R. Curtis, J.F. Klaverkamp, C.L. Baron,
and W. L. Lockhart. 2002. Vitamin and thyroid status in Arctic Grayling (Thymallus
arcticus) exposed to doses of
3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl that induce the phase I enzyme system.
Chemosphere 45:185-193. WED-01-041
ABSTRACT
Peterson, S.A., A.T. Herlihy, R.M. Hughes, K.L. Motter, and J.M.
Robbins. 2002. Level and extent of mercury contamination in Oregon lotic
fish. Environ. Tox. & Chem. 21(10):2157-2164. WED-01-038
ABSTRACT
Phillips, D.L., and P.L. Koch. 2002. Incorporating concentration
dependence in stable isotope mixing models.
Oecologia.130:114-125. WED-01-071
ABSTRACT
Porteous, L.A., F. Widmer, and R.J. Seidler. 2002. Multiple enzyme
restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for high resolution
distinction of Pseudomonas (sensu stricto) 16S rRNA genes. J.
Microbiological Methods 51:337-348. (R.L. Blair) WED-02-001
ABSTRACT
Richards, W.H., D.O. Wallin, and N.H. Schumaker. 2002. An analysis
of late-seral forest connectivity in western Oregon,
U.S.A. Conservation Biology 16(5)1409-1421. WED-02-069
ABSTRACT
Robbins, B.D., and B.L. Boese. 2002. Macroalgal volume: a surrogate
for biomass in some green algae. Botanica Marina
45:586-588. WED-01-113
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Rohm, C.M., J.M. Omernik, A.J. Woods, and J.L. Stoddard. 2002.
Regional characteristics of nutrient concentrations in streams and their
applications to nutrient criteria development. J. Am. Water Resources
Assn. 38(1):213-239. WED-01-039
ABSTRACT
Schweiger, E.W., S.G. Leibowitz, J.B. Hyman, W.E. Foster, and M.C.
Downing. 2002. Synoptic assessment of wetland function: a planning tool
for protection of wetland species biodiversity. Biodiversity and
Conservation 11(3):379-406. WED-00-031
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Sickman, J.O., J. M. Melack, and J.L. Stoddard. 2002. Regional
analysis of inorganic-nitrogen yield and retention in
high-elevation ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains.
Biogeochemistry. WED-01-070
Tingey, D.T., K.D. Rodecap, E. H. Lee, W.E. Hogsett and J.W. Gregg.
2002. Pod development increases the ozone sensitivity of Phaseolus
vulgaris. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 139:325-341. WED-01-118
ABSTRACT
White, D., and J.C. Sifneos. 2002. Regression tree cartography. J.
Computational and Graphical Statistics 11(3):600-616.
WED-00-014
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Whittier, T., D.P. Larsen, S.A. Peterson, and T. Kincaid. 2002. A
comparison of impoundments and natural drainage lakes in the Northeast
USA. Hydrobiologia 470:157-171. WED-00-107
ABSTRACT
Whittier, T., S.G. Paulsen, D.P. Larsen, S.A. Peterson, A. Herlihy,
and P. Kaufmann. 2002. Indicators of ecological stress
and their extent in the population of Northeastern Lakes: A regional scale
assessment. Bioscience 52(3):235-247. WED-01-067
ABSTRACT
Winton, L. M., J.K. Stone, L.S. Watrud, and E.M. Hansen. 2002.
Simultaneous one-tube quantification of host and pathogen DNA with
real-time polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 92:112-116 WED-01-008
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Woods, A.J., J.M. Omernik, W.H. Martin, G.J. Pond, W.M. Andrews, S.M.Call,
J.A. Comstock, and D.D. Taylor. 2002. Ecoregions of Kentucky. (2 sided
color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs).
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Scale 1:1,000,000. (R.L. Blair)
WED-02-132
Young, D.R., R.J. Ozretich, and D.B. Chadwick. 2002. Small volume
sampling and GC/MS analysis for PAH concentrations in water above
contaminated sediments. Chapter 15 in R.L. Lipnick, R.P. Mason, M.L.
Phillips and C.U.Pittman, editors. Chemicals in the Environment: Fate,
Impacts, and Remediation. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 806,
Oxford University Press.
WED-01-150
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