Climate Change in the Sierra Nevada

• How will a changing climate affect Sierra Nevada stream ecosystems? [Summary]
• Monitoring climate change - Design elements of sentinel stream network study [Summary]
• Monitoring climate change - Results to date [Summary]
• Monitoring climate change - Site specific hydrographs and thermographs [Summary]
• Extreme Weather: Stream conditions before and after a winter rain on snow event
  [Published Paper]

Saline Lakes

Walker Lake

• Salinity limits on the aquatic invertebrate life of Walker Lake [Summary] [Published Paper]
• History of the fishery of Walker Lake with declining lake level and rising salinity [Summary coming soon]
• Population dynamics of benthic invertebrates at Walker Lake under changing lake levels and potential food web alteration [Summary]
• Distribution of benthic life by substratum type and depth in Walker Lake [Summary coming soon] [Published Paper]

Lakeline Magazine

• Check out our recently published articles in Lakeline Magazine about [Mono Lake]
  [Owens Lake] [Walker Lake]

Sediment in Streams

• Stream Sediment Deposition in Relation to Road Density and Effects on Benthic Invertebrates [Summary]

Livestock Grazing and Management

• Effects of livestock exclusion on in-stream habitat and benthic invertebrate assemblages in montane streams on the Kern Plato [Summary] [Published Paper]
• Recovery of habitat quality and benthic invertebrate diversity in a re-created channel (build it and they will come!) [Published Paper]

Invasive Species

New Zealand Mudsnail

• Boom and bust of the New Zealand Mudsnail in the upper Owens River, CA [Published Paper]
• Dissolved minerals can limit the growth and survival of the New Zealand Mud Snail [Published Paper]

Trout

• Trout introductions to headwater streams of Yosemite National Park reduce diversity, alter food webs, and deplete native endemic species [Summary] [Published Paper]

Surveys and Inventories

• Bodie Hills [Summary coming soon, see taxa list below]

Stream Chemistry

• Working with local students from Mammoth and Bishop High schools on seasonal stream chemistry mysteries…. [Summary]