Using integral projection models to explore management strategies for silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
Cameron Coles, Elizabeth Balas, James P Peirce, Greg J. Sandland, Richard A. Erickson
2023, SPORA (9) 37-48
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) are planktivorous fish that were originally introduced to the United States for use in fish production ponds and have since escaped these enclosures and are invading the Mississippi River Basin. The silver carp invasion of the Illinois River has a myriad of negative effects on native...
Insectivorous bat foraging tracks the availability of aquatic flies (Diptera)
Anya Metcalfe, Carol Fritzinger, Theodore J. Weller, Michael Dodrill, Jeffrey Muehlbauer, Charles Yackulic, Brandon P. Holton, Cheyenne Maxime Szydlo, Laura E. Durning, Joel B. Sankey, Theodore Kennedy
2023, Journal of Wildlife Management (87)
Rivers and their adjacent riparian zones are model ecosystems for observing cross-ecosystem energy transfers. Aquatic insects emerging from streams, for example, are resource subsidies that support riparian consumers such as birds, spiders, lizards, and bats. We collaborated with recreational river runners in Grand Canyon,...
Water balance characterization of the early 21st century drought in the western United States
Gregory J. McCabe, David M. Wolock
2023, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (59) 1041-1050
Monthly temperature and precipitation data for 923 United States Geological Survey 8-digit hydrologic units are used as inputs to a monthly water balance model to compute monthly actual evapotranspiration, soil moisture storage, and runoff across the western United States (U.S.) for the period 1900 through...
Waterfalls in reservoirs: Tracking the development of nickpoints in the sediments of declining reservoirs
Paul E. Grams, Robert B. Tusso
2023, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SEDHYD 2023
Recent drought has resulted in dramatic lowering of the two largest water-storage reservoirs in the western United States: Lake Powell and Lake Mead. These decreases in reservoir elevations have resulted in the re-emergence of over 100 km of the Colorado and San Juan rivers at the upstream end of Lake...
Evaluating methods for applying fouling attenuation shifts to acoustic backscatter data used in suspended-sediment computations
Zulimar Lucena, Michael T. Lee, Jeffery W. East
2023, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SEDHYD 2023
No abstract available....
The evolution of natural and developed barriers under accelerating sea levels
Rose Elizabeth Palermo, Andrew D. Ashton, Di Jin, Porter Hoagland, Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
Communities residing on barrier islands depend upon the ability of barriers to withstand forcings such as waves, sea-level rise, and storms, particularly under stresses from climate change. Using a barrier island evolution model, we compare barrier response to linear versus accelerating sea-level rise. Results suggest that barriers are more likely...
Stream corridor sources of suspended sediment and sediment-bound phosphorus from an urban tributary to the Great Lakes
James D. Blount, Leah Lenoch, Faith A. Fitzpatrick
2023, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SEDHYD 2023
Potential sources of suspended sediment and sediment-bound phosphorus (sedP) were studied in the Kinnickinnic River (51 square kilometers), a heavily urbanized tributary to Lake Michigan (90% urban land use) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The river is 60% concrete lined channels, with few unlined reaches. From September 2019 through August 2020, an...
Numerical model characterization of sediment transport potentials pre- and post-construction of an artificial island in Foggy Island Bay, Alaska
Cornelis M. Nederhoff, Li H. Erikson, Anita C Engelstad, Stuart Pearson
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
The anticipated construction of the Liberty Development Island near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, has created a need to understand how the island may influence sediment transport patterns and deposition on the nearby Boulder Patch ecosystem. This study uses a numerical model to characterize sediment transport pathways in Foggy Island Bay with...
A conceptual workflow for projecting future riverine and coastal flood hazards to support the federal flood risk management standard
Jory Seth Hecht, Douglas C. Marcy, Jacquelyn R. Overbeck, Lauren Schmied, Faith Fitzpatrick, Nicole E.M. Kinsman, Maria G. Honeycutt, Mason Jr., Joseph Krolak, William C. Veatch, Julia G. Prokopec, Harvie Pollard, Allen C. Gellis, Daniel Sharar-Salgado, Edward Clark, Christopher P. Weaver
2023, Conference Paper, SEDHYD 2023
In 2021, the reinstatement of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) required federally funded projects to recognize potential increases in flood hazards over their service lives due to climate change or local anthropogenic perturbations. Recognizing that the state of the science had advanced since the implementation guidelines for this standard...
Assessment and guidance for using Laser In-situ Scattering and Transmissometry– Stream-Lined 2 (LISST-SL2)
Muneer Ahammad, Jonathan A. Czuba, Christopher A. Curran
2023, Conference Paper
The Laser In-situ Scattering and Transmissometry–Stream-Lined 2 (LISST-SL2) is a second-generation isokinetic river sediment monitoring device that uses laser diffraction to measure suspended-sediment concentration and particle size between 1 and 500 microns in 36 log-spaced bins at a point in a river every second. We compare this latest laser diffraction...
Reconstructing the geomorphic evolution and sediment budget history of a dynamic barrier island: Anclote Key, Florida
Daniel J. Ciarletta, Jennifer L. Miselis, Julie Bernier, Arnell S. Forde, Shannon A. Mahan
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
Decadal to centennial variations in sediment availability are a primary driver of coastal change within barrier systems. Models help explore how barrier morphology relates to past changes in magnitude of sediment availability, but this requires insights and validation from field efforts. In this study, we investigate the progradation of Anclote...
Multiscale assessment of shoreline evolution in the US Pacific Northwest via a process-based model
Mohsen Taherkhani, Meredith Leung, Peter Ruggiero, Sean Vitousek, Jonathan Allan
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
Prediction of shoreline evolution in coastal environments is critical to aid adaptation strategy planning for coastal communities. To perform reliable predictions, process-based shoreline change models have recently gained popularity in many applications. The study region here, Tillamook County, Oregon, on the US Pacific Northwest coast, has recently been experiencing elevated...
UAS mapping of surface roughness and digital grain size to assess pre-dam removal baseline conditions along the mainstem Klamath River corridor below Iron Gate Dam, California
Jennifer Curtis, Jacob John Taylor, Patrick Alan Haluska, Christian Luis Estrada, Michael J. Bartley, Sierra Noel Keller
2023, Conference Paper, SEDHYD 2023
Surface roughness and grain size in river corridors are fundamental indicators of river hydraulics. In hydraulic models for coarse-grained rivers, the roughness parameter is often assumed to be related to a representative grain diameter. This paper documents a workflow for using aerial imagery and Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry to map surface...
Book review: Beyond the North American model of wildlife conservation: From lethal to compassionate conservation. Anja Heister. 2022. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland. 273 pp. $139.99 hardcover. ISBN: 978-3031141485
John F. Organ
2023, Journal of Wildlife Management (87)
No abstract available....
Effects of climate change on the hydrologic and hydraulic response of the Caulks Creek basin, Wildwood, Missouri
Jessica Z. LeRoy, David C. Heimann, Tyler Joseph Burk, Charles V. Cigrand, Kyle D. Hix
2023, Conference Paper, SEDHYD 2023
The city of Wildwood, Missouri, has identified fluvial erosion along Caulks Creek as a management priority due to potential effects to infrastructure and property. The upper and middle reaches of Caulks Creek flow intermittently (only immediately after precipitation), whereas the lower reach flows perennially. This study examines the effects of...
Mode and provenance of sediment deposition on a transgressive marsh
Christopher G. Smith, Alisha M. Ellis, Kathryn Smith
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
In this study, we use foraminifera as environmental indicators to aid in computing the historical volumetric inputs of estuarine sediments to adjacent marsh. These data can help assess the importance of estuarine sediment inputs to marsh accretion. The Grand Bay system (GBS), located on the southern coast of Alabama and...
Observations and morphodynamic modeling of decadal-scale morphologic change in estuaries under sea level rise
Bruce E. Jaffe, Hesham Elmilady, Mick Van der Wegen, Theresa A. Fregoso
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
Sea level rise is expected to affect coastal areas all around the world, including the estuarine environment. New bathymetry collected in 2014 provided a unique opportunity to test the modeling of Elmilady et al. (2019), who presented a morphodynamic DELFT3D model of San Pablo Bay, California, that included detailed tidal...
An assessment of Kootenai River channel migration and riparian habitat encroachment
Taylor Dudunake, Megan Kearney Kenworthy, Matthew Daniels
2023, Conference Paper
The lower reach of the Kootenai River in northern Idaho is dominated by large and actively migrating meander bends. Flow conditions, altered by both upstream flow reductions and by downstream backwater effects, are believed to be important geomorphological drivers throughout the reach. For example, Trout Creek Peninsula, located in an...
Examining terrestrial and subterranean sediment sources and transport processes in an urban sewershed with an entirely buried stream network, Washington, D.C., United States
Zachary J. Clifton, Allen C. Gellis, Leah Ellen Staub, Matthew J. Cashman, Christopher H. Conaway, Cecilia Lane, David Pilat
2023, Conference Paper, SEDHYD 2023
Excessive fine-grained sediment runoff due to anthropogenic activities is a major environmental concern for watersheds worldwide, especially so for urban areas such as Washington, D.C. Dated grey infrastructure, i.e., the network of buried pipes and reservoirs managing water resources, can amplify existing issues with sediment runoff and associated pollutants. This...
Carbonate sediment transport across coral reefs: A comparison of fringing vs. barrier reefs
Kurt J. Rosenberger, Curt D. Storlazzi, Olivia M. Cheriton, Mark L. Buckley, Andrew Pomeroy, Ryan Lowe, Jeff Hansen
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
Considerable uncertainty remains in the budgets of carbonate sediment on reef lined coasts, particularly with respect to the supply of sediment to a reef flat that is then transported throughout a reef system. In this study, we re-examine two recent studies, one on a barrier reef bounded by channels that...
Contributions to uncertainty in runup forecasts
Christopher R. Sherwood, Alfredo Aretxabaleta, Peter A. Traykovski, Jin-Si R. Over, David S. Foster, Jennifer L. Miselis, Tim Nelson, Erdinc Sogut
2023, Conference Paper, Coastal sediments 2023
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides operational forecasts of total water levels (TWL) and coastal change. Uncertainties around forecast TWL are based on the temporal and spatial range of observed beach slopes near the forecast site. This paper investigates other sources of uncertainty that are not accounted for, focusing on...
Modeling fluvial sediment plumes: Impacts to coral reefs
Curt D. Storlazzi, Luuk van der Heijden, Olivia M. Cheriton, Robert T. McCall, Gundula Winter
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
To help guide watershed restoration to reduce the impacts to adjacent coral reefs, the United States Geological Survey and Deltares acquired and analyzed oceanographic and sedimentologic data off 5 West Maui watersheds to calibrate and validate physics-based, numerical hydrodynamic and sediment transport models of the study area. The results indicated...
Sand- and gravel-trapping efficiencies derived for four types of pressure-difference bedload samplers
John Gray, Joel T. Groten, Jonathan A. Czuba, Gregory E. Schwarz, Kyle Strom, Panayiotis Diplas
2023, Conference Paper, SEDHYD 2023
Bedload-trapping efficiencies (coefficients) were derived for four types of pressure-difference bedload samplers at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota during the first two phases of flume experiments in January-March, 2006, referred to as “StreamLab06.” The bedload-sampler research component was part of a series of community-led, large-scale laboratory experiments...
Changes in sediment transport processes at the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana in response to storm impact
James Flocks, Julie Bernier
2023, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the coastal sediments 2023
We analyzed elevation changes at the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, to quantify sediment fluxes and assess sediment transport processes over two time periods (1920 – 2007 and 2007 – 2015). Wave-driven alongshore sediment transport is the predominant fair-weather process, whereas storms transport sediment across the island platform and promote shoreline...
How machine learning can improve predictions and provide insight into fluvial sediment transport in Minnesota
J. William Lund, Joel T. Groten, Diana L. Karwan, Chad Babcock
2023, Conference Paper, SEDHYD 2023
Understanding fluvial sediment transport is critical to addressing many environmental concerns such as exacerbated flooding, degradation of aquatic habitat, excess nutrients, and the economic challenges of restoring aquatic systems. However, fluvial sediment transport is difficult to understand because of the multitude of factors controlling the potential sources, delivery, mechanics, and...
