@booklet {83216, title = {Alsea Watershed Study Revisited: Unpublished Temperature Datasets from Pre-Harvest 2006 to 2010 [dataset]}, year = {2021}, note = {{\textquotedblleft}These data contain temperature readings from dataloggers launched in Deer Creek, Flynn Creek, and Needle Branch from 2006 to 2010. These loggers were apart of the Alsea Watershed Study Revisited articles, but the data was incomplete due to logging gaps, temperature spikes, or other issues. The {\textquoteleft}Thermistor Functionality{\textquoteright} datasets indicate whether dataloggers launched in each stream have complete datasets or not. Despite these data not being complete, they help tell the data collection story for the Alsea Watershed Study Revisited{\textquotedblright} (Abstract) Datafiles and metadata are included.}, keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, Deer Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, logging, Needle Creek, terrestrial vegetation, water temperature}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.7267/9s161d81p }, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/datasets/9s161d81p }, author = {Bladon, Kevin and Cook, Nicholas and Light, Jeffery and Segura, Catalina and Skaugset, Arne and Hale, Cody and Leer, David and Garland, Tina and Simmons, Amy and Irving, Alex and Ice, George G. and Danehy, Robert and Bousquet, Terry and Cook, Diana and Napack, Jan and Campbell, David and Louch, Jeff and Stednick, John and Menk, Matthew} } @article {83124, title = {Understanding dissolved oxygen concentrations in a discontinuously perennial stream within a managed forest}, journal = {Forest Ecology and Management}, volume = {479}, number = {118531}, year = {2021}, note = {The classic Alsea Watershed Study (1958-1973) established ways that traditional logging methods harmed aquatic organisms. Practices such as dumping slash in streams lowered the amount of dissolved oxygen available to fishes. This paper gives data from a second (The Alsea Watershed Study Revisited, 2006-2015) look at the streams featured in the original Study, in light of contemporary forest management practices. The new research shows that small streams that can go dry in times of low flow may naturally have periods of low oxygen unrelated to logging. Contemporary logging does not seem to affect dissolved oxygen levels in streams. }, month = {2021, Jan. 1}, pages = {14 p.}, keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, Deer Creek, dissolved oxygen, Drift Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, logging, natural resource management, Needle Branch, riparian areas, terrestrial vegetation, water quality, water temperature}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118531}, author = {Ice, George G. and Hale, V. Cody and Light, Jeffrey T. and Muldoon, Ariel and Simmons, Amy and Bousquet, Terry} } @booklet {83214, title = {Discharge and Suspended Sediment a Paired Watershed Study Examining the Effects of Contemporary Forest Harvesting in the Oregon Coast Range [dataset]}, year = {2020}, note = {The original Alsea Watershed Study ran from 1959 to 1972. The follow-up Alsea Watershed Study Revisited covers the same three watersheds as the original study, and ran from Oct. 2005 through Sept. 2017. The two studies enable forest managers to compare how newer management practices have affected water quality in the logged watersheds. This dataset gives discharge and suspended sediment data for the 2006-2016 water years. The authors give an alternative title: Alsea Watershed Revisited. Datafiles and metadata are included.}, keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, Deer Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, hydrology, logging, Needle Creek, sediment, streamflow, terrestrial vegetation}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.7267/2z10wx52x }, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/datasets/2z10wx52x }, author = {Hatten, Jeff and Segura, Catalina and Bladon, Kevin and Hale, Cody and Ice, George and Stednick, John D.} } @article {82992, title = {Long-term effects of forest harvesting on summer low flow deficits in the Coast Range of Oregon }, journal = {Journal of Hydrology }, volume = {585}, number = {Article 124749}, year = {2020}, note = {Does logging affect streamflow in a watershed? In this paper, long-term changes in streamflow over a sixty-year period were examined in the context of forestry practices. {\textquotedblleft}Results of this study indicate that contemporary forest harvesting practices, including 40- to 50-yr rotations of Douglas-fir plantations with riparian buffers, may produce persistent low-flow deficits{\textquotedblright} (p.10). The authors caution that further research is needed to understand how the hotter and drier conditions expected in a warming climate will affect summer low streamflow and the ecosystems dependent on streams. An accompanying dataset may be found at: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/datasets/c821gr99w .}, month = {2020, Jun.}, keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, climate change, Deer Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, hydrology, logging, natural resource management, Needle Branch, streamflow, terrestrial vegetation, water quality, water temperature}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124749 }, author = {Segura, Catalina and Bladon, Kevin D. and Hatten, Jeff A. and Jones, Julia A. and Hale, V. Cody and Ice, George G.} } @article {83230, title = {Headwater streams and wetlands are critical for sustaining fish, fisheries, and ecosystem services}, journal = {Fisheries}, volume = {44}, number = {2}, year = {2019}, note = {In 2019, the Trump Administration proposed amending the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Act to narrow the definition of wetlands, and to remove millions of acres from protection. In resonse, the American Fisheries Society published this article, an {\textquotedblleft}AFS Special Report{\textquotedblright} on the value of headwaters and wetlands, particularly of streams that are dry part of the year. The Biden Administration subsequently reversed the Trump amendment, but the U.S. Supreme Court, in Sackett vs. the Environmental Protection Agency, ruled in favor of narrowing the definition in 2023. Many aspects of this slow-moving environmental disaster are still in litigation. The article includes a photograph of Crowley Creek on Cascade Head.}, month = {2019, Feb.}, pages = {p.73-91}, keywords = {Calapooia River, Cascade Head National Scenic And Research Area, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, Crowley Creek, depleted populations, ecosystem health, environmental law and policy, general, Oregon chub = Oregonichthys crameri, wetlands, Willamette River}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10229 }, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/n583z1008 }, author = {Colvin, Susan A. R. and Sullivan, S. and Mazeika P. and Shirey, Patrick D. and Colvin, Randall W. and Winemiller, Kirk O. and Hughes, Robert M. and Fausch, Kurt D. and Infante, Dana M. and Olden, Julian D. and Bestgen, Kevin R. and Danehy, Robert J. and Eby, Lisa} } @article {82531, title = {Insights into estuary habitat loss in the western United States using a new method for mapping maximum extent of tidal wetlands}, journal = {PLoS One}, volume = {14}, number = {8}, year = {2019}, note = {This article recounts the techniques that led to the production of the 2017 maps to model the effects of sea level rise. The authors used lidar digital elevation models and other elevation models to develop new maps of current and historical wetlands on the United States West Coast. Their work shows that about 85\% of historical wetlands have been lost, with most losses near major river deltas. {\textquotedblleft}The new maps will help interested groups improve action plans for estuarine wetland habitat restoration and conservation, and will also provide a better baseline for understanding and predicting future changes with projected sea level rise{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract).}, month = {2019, Aug. 14}, keywords = {climate, habitats, human impacts, salinity, sea level, wetland vegetation, wetlands, remote sensing, mathematical modeling}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218558 }, url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218558 }, author = {Brophy, Laura S. and Greene, Correigh M. and Hare, Van C. and Holycross, Brett and Lanier, Andy and Heady, Walter N. and O{\textquoteright}Connor, Kevin and Imaki, Hiroo and Haddad, Tanya and Dana, Randy} } @article {82982, title = {Status of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, in Oregon and Washington Coastal Estuaries in 2018}, year = {2019}, note = {The invasive European green crab is a voracious predator of bivalve molluscs, small crustaceans and other organisms. It has been present in Oregon since the late 1990s. The population grows when winter waters are warm, as they are during El Ni{\~n}os. {\textquotedblleft}After the arrival of a strong year class in 1998, significant recruitment to the populations occurred only in2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Warm winter water temperatures, high Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Multivariate ENSO (El Ni{\~n}o Southern Oscillation) Indices, and a high abundance of southern copepods are all correlated with strong year classes and vice versa. . . Prior to 2015, green crabs were too rare to exert measurable effects on the native benthic community and on shellfish culture in Oregon and Washington. Following the recent strong El Ni{\~n}o, however, we documented the arrival of four strong year classes in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Average catch rates over the last four years steadily increased from 0.5 to 0.8 to 2.2 and to 3.2 crabs per trap. The catches in the last 2 years are much higher than in any of the previous years, including 1998. Since green crabs live for 6 years, these four consecutive year classes will produce larvae until 2024..{\textquotedblright} (from the Executive Summary) Coos Bay, in particular, has experienced shocking growth of this population, going from 9 crabs captured in 2002 to 1,280 crabs captured in 2018. This report is accompanied by a dataset, available at: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/datasets/tt44pt057 }, pages = {30 p.}, institution = {Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Aquatic Nuisance Species Project}, address = {Portland, Or.}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, aquatic invertebrates, Coos Bay, Coquille River estuary, crustaceans, El Ni{\~n}o, European green crab = Carcinus maenas, introduced species, Nehalem Bay, Netarts Bay, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, population count, Tillamook Bay, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/vt150q47j }, author = {Yamada, Sylvia Behrens, and Schooler, Shon and Yednock, Bree and Indivero, Julia and Carlson, Christopher and Prickett, Joel A. and Randall, Andrea} } @article {80596, title = {Effects of contemporary forest harvesting on suspended sediment in the Oregon Coast Range: Alsea Watershed Study Revisited}, journal = {Forest Ecology and Management}, volume = {408}, year = {2018}, note = {Forest practices have undergone radical changes in the last fifty years. Are current practices more effective in preventing sediment from entering streams after logging? Yes. This paper examines sedimentation in three neighboring basins that were clear-cut, patch-cut and uncut. The study covers the 2006-2016 water years and contrasts this data with data from the 1960s. Historical practices included clearcutting without streamside buffers, slash burning and road building. These practices increased annual sediment yields about 2.8 times and degraded aquatic ecosystems. In contrast, the authors {\textquotedblleft}found no evidence that contemporary harvesting techniques affected suspended sediment concentrations or yields{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract).}, pages = {p.238-248}, keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, Deer Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, logging, natural resource management, Needle Branch, sediment data, sediments, terrestrial vegetation, water quality, water temperature}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.049}, author = {Hatten, Jeff A. and Segura, Catalina and Bladon, Kevin D. and Hale, V. Cody and Ice, George G. and Stednick, John D.} } @article {82861, title = {Status of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, in Oregon and Washington coastal Estuaries in 2017}, year = {2018}, note = {The invasive European green crab is a voracious predator of bivalve molluscs, small crustaceans and other organisms. It has been present in Oregon since the late 1990s. The population grows when winter waters are warm, as they are during El Ni{\~n}os. {\textquotedblleft}Prior to 2015, green crabs were too rare to exert measurable effects on the native benthic community and on shellfish culture in Oregon and Washington. Following the recent strong El Ni{\~n}o, however, we documented the arrival of three strong year classes in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Average catch rates in over the last three years steadily increased from 0.5 to 0.8 and to 1.9 crabs per trap. These catches are much higher than in any of the previous years, including 1998. Since green crabs live for 6 years, these three consecutive year classes will provide larvae until 2023. A switch to cooler ocean conditions in the coming years will result in poor recruitment, but a return to high PDO and strong El Ni{\~n}o patterns would signal good recruitment and higher green crab densities.{\textquotedblright} (from the Executive Summary) Coos Bay, in particular, has experienced shocking growth of this population, going from 9 crabs captured in 2002 to 1,653 crabs captured in 2017. This report is accompanied by a dataset, available at: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/datasets/rn3016632 }, pages = {29 p.}, institution = {Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Aquatic Nuisance Species Project}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, aquatic invertebrates, Boat ramp (Netarts), Coos Bay, Coquille River estuary, crustaceans, El Nino, European green crab = Carcinus maenas, Grays Harbor (Wa.), Hatfield Marine Science Center, introduced species, Johnson{\textquoteright}s Slough (Yaquina), Makah Bay (Wa.), Nehalem Bay, Netarts Bay, North of Nevor Shellfish (Netarts), Oregon Coast Aquarium mudflat, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, population count, Sally{\textquoteright}s Bend, Tillamook Bay, Whiskey Creek Salmon Hatchery, Willapa Bay (Wa.), Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/rx913w156 }, author = {Yamada, Sylvia Behrens and Yednock, Bree and Indivero, Julia and Geierman, Christina and Prickett, Joel A. and Randall, Andrea and Akmajian, Adrianne} } @article {80491, title = {Effect of bedrock permeability on stream base flow mean transit time scaling relationships: 2. Process study of storage and release}, journal = {Water Resources Research}, volume = {52}, year = {2016}, note = {This article is linked to an article by Hale and McDonnell in the same issue of Water Resources Research. These articles concern the hydrology of subterranean water flow in the Drift Creek catchments in the Alsea River Basin contrasted with catchments in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. The first article showed that water flow mean transit times were controlled by bedrock permeability. {\textquotedblleft}This paper presents a process-based investigation of storage and release in the more permeable catchments to explain the longer [mean transit times] and (catchment) area-dependent scaling.{\textquotedblright} The authors postulate a discrete sub-alluvial storage zone to explain observed results.}, pages = {p.1375-1397}, keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, Drift Creek, Flynn Creek, H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, geology, hydrology, mathematical modeling, Needle Branch, sediments, Tyee Formation,}, doi = {doi:10.1002/2015WR017660}, author = {Hale, V. Cody and McDonnell, Jeffrey J. and Stewart, Michael K. and Solomon, D. Kip and Doolitte, Jim and Ice, George G. and Pack, Robert T.} } @article {77436, title = {Potential risks to freshwater aquatic organisms following a sylvicultural application of herbicides in Oregon{\textquoteright}s Coast Range}, journal = {Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management}, volume = {13}, year = {2016}, note = {In modern forestry, herbicides are used to control vegetation, to help young trees overcome competition for light and nutrients. In this study, the authors looked at effects of aerial spraying of different herbicides in streams of the Needle Branch watershed in the Alsea River Basin. The methods of detecting herbicides in water were not sensitive enough to detect most of the herbicides; however, there was a detectable pulse of glyphosate (Roundup). The authors conclude that cumulative effects were negligible, however, {\textquotedblleft}our results do not fully address cumulative risk, and this may be an issue warranting additional study{\textellipsis}{\textquotedblright} (p.407)}, pages = {p.396-409}, keywords = {Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study Revisited, glyphosate, aminomethylphosphoric acid (AMPA), imazapyr, sulfometuron methyl (SMM), metsulfuron methyl (MSM), herbicides, logging, natural resource management, Needle Branch, water quality,}, doi = {doi: 10.1002/ieam.1781}, author = {Louch, Jeff and Tatum, Vickie and Allen, Ginny and Hale, V. Cody and McDonnell, Jeffrey and Danehy, Robert J. and Ice, George} } @article {77361, title = {NorWeST Stream Temp: Regional Database and Modeled Stream Temperatures [web page]}, year = {2013}, note = {This website gives water temperature data coupled with climate scenarios for western U.S. streams. Hundreds of biologists and hydrologists contributed to the temperature database. The database contains over 200,000,000 hourly stream temperature readings at more than 20,000 stream sites. The data were used to develop 36 historical and future climate scenarios at 1-kilometer resolution for over 1,000,000 stream kilometers. The website includes an interactive stream temperature viewer.}, publisher = {U.S. Rocky Mountain Research Station. Air, Water \& Aquatic Environments Program}, keywords = {Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Intermountain West, water temperature, climate, environmental monitoring, mathematical modeling}, url = {https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/NorWeST.html}, author = {Isaak, D. J. and Wenger, S. J. and Peterson, E. E. and Ver Hoef, J. M. and Hostetler, S. and Luce, C. H. and Dunham, J. B. and Kershner, J. and Roper, B. B. and Nagel, D. and Horan, D. and Chandler, G. and Parkes, S. and Wollrab, S. and U.S. Rocky Mountain Research Station. Air Water \& Aquatic Environments Program} } @article {34531, title = {An introduced Asian parasite threatens northeastern Pacific estuarine ecosystems}, journal = {Biological Invasions}, volume = {14}, year = {2012}, note = {The non-indigenous isopod Orthione griffenis effectively castrates the mud shrimp Upogebia. The spread of the invasive parasite has dramatically depleted mud shrimp populations along the northwestern coast of North America. "All previously known abundant Upogebia populations were either absent or at greatly reduced abundances in all California, Oregon and Washington estuaries examined." (p.1225) "[U]rgent, immediate responses, including captive breeding programs for the most impacted Upogebia populations and species are warranted." (p.1234)}, pages = {p.1221-1236}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, bioturbation, Coos Bay, depleted populations, invasive species, Mud shrimp = Upogebia pugettensis, Netarts Bay, Orthione griffenis, parasites, Sand Lake, Siletz Bay, Tillamook Bay, Yaquina Bay}, doi = {10.1007/s10530-011-0151-3}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/nc580n174}, author = {Chapman, John W. and Dumbauld, Brett R. and Itani, Gyo and Markham, John C.} } @inbook {15696, title = {The Alseya Valley Prairie Complex, ca. 1850: native landscapes in western GLO surveys}, booktitle = {Changing Landscapes : Sustaining Traditions: Proceedings of the 5th and 6th Annual Coquille Cultural Preservation Conferences}, year = {2002}, note = {Shows how early Government Land Office survey data can be used to partially reconstruct native landscapes using the upper Alsea Valley as an example. Beautifully illustrated. A good resource for understanding what happened to the Alsi tribe and the landscape.}, pages = {p.161-188}, publisher = {Coquille Tribe of Oregon}, organization = {Coquille Tribe of Oregon}, address = {North Bend, Or.}, keywords = {Alsea River headwaters, ecological succession, history, human impacts, Native Americans: Upper Alsea Valley}, author = {Zybach, Bob}, editor = {Ivy, Donald B. and Byram, R. Scott} } @article {13776, title = {Recovery of wild salmonids in Western Oregon lowlands}, volume = {no.2002-1}, year = {2002}, note = {Focus on lower rivers and estuaries. Good summaries of states of streams. Appendix B gives stream miles that meet EPA 303(d) water quality standards.}, pages = {169 p.}, institution = {Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team,}, address = {Salem, Or.}, keywords = {estuaries, habitat restoration, human impacts, Oncorhynchus spp., salmon}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/7d278t113}, author = {Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team, and Buckhouse, John and Elmore, Wayne and Gregory, Stanley and Kavanagh, Kathleen and Pearcy, William G. and Schreck, Carl B.} } @mastersthesis {17311, title = {Effects of Logging on the Growth of Juvenile Coho Salmon}, year = {1971}, note = {Major professor was James D. Hall.}, month = {1971}, pages = {44 p.}, school = {Oregon State University }, type = {Masters Thesis}, edition = {M.S.}, chapter = {Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {Alsea River, Alsea Watershed Study, Deer Creek, Drift Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, logging, natural resource management, Needle Branch, sediment data, terrestrial vegetation, theses, water quality, water temperature}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/rv042w29q}, author = {Iwanaga, Paul M.} }