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2009-2007

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-2012-

Bollman, M.A., M.J. Storm, G.A. King and L.S. Watrud. Wetland and riparian plant communities at risk of invasion by transgenic herbicide-resistant Agrostis spp. In central Oregon. Plant Ecol. (2012) DOI 10.1007/s11258-011-0015-z. WED-11-099

Brooks, J. R., P. J. Wigington, D. L. Phillips, R. Comeleo, and R. Coulombe. Willamette river basin surface water isoscape (d18O and d2H): temporal changes of source water within the river. Ecosphere 3:39 (2012) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES1811-00338.00331). WED-12-014

Christian, E., C. V. Baxter, J. L. Ebersole, and R. E. Gresswell. Incorporating spatial context into the analysis of salmonid-habitat relationships. First.Chapter 18, Church, M., P.M. Biron and A.G. Roy (ed.), Gravel-bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Indianapolis, IN, , 216-224, (2012)

Hobbie, E.A., F.S. Sánchez, and P.T. Rygiewicz. Controls of isotopic patterns in saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi. Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2012)48:60-68. WED-11-168

Nahlik, A.M., M.E. Kentula, M.S. Fennessy, and D.H. Landers. Where is the consensus? A proposed foundation for moving ecosystem service concepts into practice. Ecological Economics (2012)77:27-35. WED-11-157

Payne MC, Brown CA, Reusser DA, Lee H II. 2012. Ecoregional Analysis of Nearshore Sea-Surface Temperature in the North Pacific. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30105. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030105. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030105

Pfleeger, T., M. Blakeley-Smith, G. King, E.H. Lee, M. Plocher, and D. Olszyk. The effects of glyphosate and aminopyralid on a multi-species plant field trial. Ecotoxicology. (2012) DOI 10.1007/s10646-012-0912-5). Wed-11-178

Phillips, D.L . Converting isotope values to diet composition: the use of mixing models. Journal of Mammalogy 93(2): 342-352 (2012). WED 11-074

Volkenborn, N., L. Polerecky, D.S. Wethey, T.H. DeWitt, S.A. Woodin. Hydraulic activities by ghost shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis induce oxic-anoxic oscillations in sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2012)455:141-156. doi: 10.3354/meps09645. WED-11-166

Weber, M., and P. Ringold. Ecosystems and People: Qualitative Insights. EHS Bulletin (2012)3:2-8. ORD-000013

-2011-

Brooks, J.R. and A.K. Mitchell. New Phytologist. Interpreting tree responses to thinning and fertilization using tree-ring stable isotopes.
190:770-782 (2011). WED-11-021

Brown, CA and Power JH. 2011. Historic and recent patterns of dissolved oxygen in the Yaquina Estuary (Oregon, USA): Importance of anthropogenic activities and oceanic conditions. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 92(3):446-455. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272771411000400

Brown, C.A., and J.H. Power. Historic and recent patterns of dissolved oxygen in the Yaquina Estuary (Oregon, USA): Importance of anthropogenic activities and oceanic conditions. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2011) 92:446-455. WED-09-079

Cline, S.P. and L. McAllister. Development of riparian plant communities during increasing river regulation, upper mainstem Willamette River, Oregon, USA. River Research and Applications. John Wiley & Sons Incorporated, New York, NY, , DOI:10.1002/rra.1539, (2011)

Davis, J. H., S. M. Griffith, and P. J. Wigington Jr. Surface Water and Groundwater Nitrogen Dynamics in a Well Drained Riparian Forest within a
Poorly Drained Agricultural Landscape. Journal of Environmental Quality. American Society of Agronomy, 40:505-516, (2011). WED-09-136

Eldridge PM and Roelke DL. 2011. Hypoxia in Waters of the Coastal Zone: Causes, Effects, and Modeling Approaches. In: Wolanski E and McLusky DS (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Vol 9, pp. 193–215. Waltham: Academic Press.

Grams, T.E.E., H. Werner, D. Kuptz, W. Ritter, F. Fleischmann, C.P. Andersen, and R. Matyssek. A free-air system for long-term stable carbon isotope labeling of adult forest trees. Trees (2011)25:187-198. DOI 10.1007/s00468-010-0497-7. WED-10-013

Hughes, R. M., P. R. Kaufmann, and M. H. Weber. National and regional comparisons between Strahler order and stream size. Journal of the
North American Benthological Society. North American Benthological Society, Lawrence, KS, 30(1):103-121, (2011). WED-10-032

Kaldy, J.E. 2011. Using macroalgal δ¹⁵N bioassay to detect cruise ship waste water effluent inputs. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62(8): 1762-1771. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X11002876

Londo, J. P., M. A. Bollman, C. L. Sagers, E. Lee, and L. S. Watrud. Glyphostate-drift but not herbivory alters the rate of transgene flow from signle
and stacked trait transgenic canola (Brassica napus L.) to non-transgenic B. napus and B. rapa. New Phytologist. Blackwell Publishing,
Malden, MA, (2011). WED-11-015

Morzillo, A.T., and M.D. Schwartz. Landscape characteristics affect animal control by urban residents. Ecosphere (2011)2(11):128. doi:f10.1890/ES11-00120.1 WED-11-091

Payne, M.C., Reusser, D.A., Lee, Henry, II, and Brown, C.A. 2011. Moderate-resolution sea surface temperature data for the nearshore North Pacific: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1251. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1251/

    Pfleeger, T. G., D. M. Olszyk, E. Lee, and D M. Plocher. Comparing effects of low levels of herbicides on greehouse- and field-grown potatoes
        (Solanum tuberosum L.), soybeans (Glycine max L.) and peas (Pisum sataivum L.). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Society of
        Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, 30(2):455-468, (2011). WED-10-023

    Reichman, J. R., B. Smith, J. P. Londo, M. A. Bollman, C. A. Auer, and L. S. Watrud. Diallelic nuclear microsatellites for diversity and population
        analyses of the allotraploid creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera). Crop Science. Crop Science Society of America, Madison, WI, 51:747-758,
        (2011). WED-10-084

Reusser, D.A., and H. Lee II. Evolution of natural history information in the 21st century- developing an integrated framework for biological and geographical data. J. of Biogeography (2011)38:1225-1239. WED-10-036

Scozzafava, M. E., M. E. Kentula, E. Riley, T. Magee, A. Jacobs, G. Serenbetz, R. R. Sumner, C. Faulkner, M. Price, and L. Hall. The National
Wetland Condition Assessment: National Data on Wetland Quality to Inform and Improve Wetlands Protection. Environmental Law Institute,
Washington, DC, (33(2)), 2011. WED-11-FCO-051

Schafer, M.G., A.A. Ross, J.P. Londo, C.A. Burdick, E.H. Lee, S.E. Travers, P.K. Van de Water, and C.L. Sagers. The Establishment of Genetically Engineered Canola Populations in the U.S. PLoS ONE (2011)6(10)e25736. WED-11-071

Shafer, D.J, Kaldy, J.E., Sherman, T.D., Marko, K.M. Effects of salinity on photosynthesis and respiration of the seagrass Zostera japonica: a comparison of two established populations in North America. Aquatic Botany (2011) 95: 214-220. WED-11-034

Stiles, C.A., R.D. Hammer, MG. Johnson, R. Ferguson, J. Galbraith, T. O'Geen, J. Arriaga, J. Shaw, A. Falen, P. McDaniel, and R. Miles. Validation testing of a portable kit for measuring an active soil carbon fraction. Soil Science Society of America Journal (2011)75(6):2330-2340. WED-11-038

Ward, E. J., B. X. Semmens, D. L. Phillips, J. W. Moore, and N. Bouwes. A quantitative approach to combine sources in stable isotope mixing
models. EcoSphere. ESA Journals, 2(2):art 19, (2011). WED-10-112

Watrud, L. S., G. King, J. P. Londo, R. Colasanti, B. Smith, R. S. Waschmann, and E. Lee. Changes in constructed Brassica communities treated
with glyphosate drift. Ecological Applications. Ecological Society of America, Ithaca, NY, 21(2):525-538, (2011). WED-09-057

Watrud, L.S., J. Brewer, T. Shiroyama, B.M. Smith and G.A. King. Sodium thioglycollate enhances pollen germination and pollen tube elongatiion in cruciferous species. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. (2011)47:589-595. WED-11-094

-2010-

Bautista, N.S., C.L. Sagers, E.H. Lee, and L.S. Watrud. Flowering times in genetically modified Brassica hybrids in the absence of selection. Can. J. Plant Sci. (2010) 90:185-187. WED-06-181

Brooks, J.R., H.R. Barnard, R. Coulombe and J.J. McDonnell. Ecohydrologic separation of water between trees and streams in a Mediterranean climate. Nature Geoscience (2010) 3:100-104. WED-09-141

Bryce, S.A., G.A. Lomnicky, and P.R. Kaufmann. Protecting sediment-sensitive aquatic species in mountain streams through the application of biological based streambed sediment criteria. Journal of North American Benthological Society (2010)29(2):657-672. WED-09-108

Das, M., Reichman, J.R., Haberer, G., Welzl, G., Aceituno, F.F., Mader, M.T., Watrud, L.S., Pfleeger, T.G., Gutiérrez, R.A., Schäffner, A.R., Olszyk, D.O. 2010. A composite transcriptional signature differentiates responses towards closely related herbicides in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica napus. Plant Molecular Biology, 72: 545-556. WED-07-167

Fennessy, M.S., A.D. Jacons, and M.E. Kentula. Rapid is relative until clearly defined: A Response to Kleindl et al. Wetland Science and Practice (2010)27:23-24. WED-10-117

Hageman, K.J., W.D. Hafner, D.H. Campbell, D.A. Jaffe, D.H. Landers and S.L. Massey Simonich. Variability in Pesticide Deposition and Source Contributions to Snowpack in Western U.S. National Parks. Environ. Sci. Technol. 44:4452-4458 (2010). WED-10-045

Jacobs, A.D., M.E. Kentula, and A.T. Herlihy. Developing an index of wetland condition from ecological data: An example using HGM functional variables from the nanticoke watershed, USA. Ecological Indicators (2010) 10:703-712. WED-09-128

Johnson, S.L., J.H. Power, D.R. Wilson and J. Ray. A Comparison of the Survival and Migratory Behavior of Hatchery-Reared and Naturally Reared Steelhead Smolts in the Alsea River and Estuary, Oregon, using Acoustic Telemetry. North American Journal of Fisheries Management (2010) 30:55-71. WED-09-028

Kausch, A.P., J. Hague, M. Oliver, Y Li, H. Daniel, P. Mascia, L.S. Watrud and C.N. Stewart Jr. Transgenic perennial biofuel feedstocks and strategies for bioconfinement. Biofuels 2010 1(1):163-176. WED-09-126

Keiluweit, M., P.S. Nico, M.G. Johnson, and M. Kleber. Dynamic Moecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar). Environmental Science & Technology (2010 )44:1247-1253. WED-10-028

Kleber, M. and M.G. Johnson. Advances in Understanding the Molecular Structure of Soil Organic Matter: Implications for Interactions in the Environment. Advances in Agronomy (2010)106:77-142. WED-10-043

Landers, D.H., S.M. Simonich, D. Jaffe, L. Geiser, D.H. Campbell, A. Schwindt, C. Schreck, M. Kent, W. Hafner, H.E. Taylor, K. Hageman, S. Usenko, L. Ackerman, J. Schrlau, N. Rose, T. Blett and M. Morrison Erway. The Western Airborne Contaminant Assessment Project (WACAP): An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of the Impacts of Airborne Contaminants in Western U.S. National Parks. Environmental Science and Technology (2010) 44(3):855-859. WED-09-052

Londo, J. P., N. S. Bautista, C. L. Sagers, E. Lee, and L. S. Watrud. Glyphosate drift promotes changes in fitness and transgene flow in canola (Brassica napus) and hybrids. Annals of Botany. Oxford University Press, Cary, NC, 106(6):957-965, (2010). WED-09-138

Magee, T.K., P.L. Ringold, M.A. Bollman and T.L. Ernst. Index of Alien Impact: A Method for Evaluating Potential Ecological Impact of Alien Plant Species. Environmental Management (2010) DOI 10.1007/s00267-010-9426-1. WED-08-042

Nikolova, P.S. C.P. Andersen, H. Blaschke, R. Matyssek, and K-H. Häberle. Belowground effects of enhanced tropospheric ozone and drought in a beech/spruce forest (Fagus sylvatica L./Picea abies [L.] Karst). Environmental Pollution (2010) 158:1071-1078. WED-09-059

Olszyk, D., T. Pfleeger, E.H. Lee and M. Plocher. Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Greenhouse Tuber Production as an Assay for Asexual Reproduction Effects from Herbicides. Environmental Toxicology (2010) 29(1) 111-121. WED-08-153

Pfleeger, T.G., M. Plocher and P. Bichel. Response of pioneer plant communities to elevated exposure. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 138:116-126 (2010). WED-04-112

Phillips, C.L., N. Nickerson, D. Risk, Z.E. Kayler, C. Andersen, A. Mix and B.J. Bond. Soil moisture effects on the carbon isotope composition of soil respiration. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (2010)24:127-1280. WED-10-003

Rygiewicz, P.T., V.J. Monleon, E.R. Ingham, K.J. Martin, and M.G. Johnson. Soil life in reconstructed ecosystems: Intial soil food web responses after rebuilding a forest soil profile for a climate change experiment. Applied Soil Ecology (2010) 45:26-38. WED-09-125

Sifneos, J., A. T. Herlihy, A. D. Jacobs, and M. E. Kentula. Calibration of the Delaware Rapid Assessment Protocol to a Comprehensive Measure of Wetland Condition. Wetlands. The Society of Wetland Scientists, McLean, VA, 30(6):1011-1022, (2010). WED-10-025

Sigleo, A. C., W. E. Frick, and L. M. Prieto. Red Alder (Alnus rubra) distributiion influences nitrate discharge to coastal estuaries: Comparison of two Oregon watersheds. Northwest Science. Northwest Scientific Association, Tacoma, WA, 84(4):336-350, (2010). WED-08-106

Van Sickle, J. Correlated Metrics Yield Multimetric Indices with Inferior Performance. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, 139:1802-1817, (2010). WED-10-015

Waschmann, R. S., L. S. Watrud, L. Reece, and T. Shiroyama. Sunlit mesocosms designed for pollen confinement and risk assessment of transgenic crops. Aerobiologia. Springer, New York, NY, 26:311-325, (2010). WED-09-038

Whittier, T.R. and J. Van Sickle. Macroinvertebrate tolerance values and an assemblage tolerance index (ATI) for western USA streams and rivers. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 29(3):852-866 (2010). WED-10-024

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