| Short Description |
Citation |
| Aggregates |
| Aggregate Management Plan |
Phil Williams and Associates.
1997. Upper Russian River
Aggregate Resources Management Plan Mendocino County. Mendocino County Water Agency. |
| Influence on Hydrology |
Simon, Li and Associates, Inc.
1991. Hydrologic Impacts of
Gravel Mining on the Russian River. |
| Geomorphic Effects |
Florsheim, J., P. Goodwin, and L. Marcus. 1998.
Geomorphic Effects of Gravel Extraction in the Russian River,
California. Pages 87-99 in: Bobrowsky, P. T. (editor). Aggregate Resources: A Global Perspective. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam. |
| Extraction Guidance |
National Marine Fisheries Service. 2005.
National Gravel Extraction Guidance. |
| Extraction Guidance |
National Marine Fisheries Service. Federal Register Notice for National Gravel
Extraction Guidance. Federal Register
/ Vol. 70, No. 116 / Friday, June 17, 2005 / Notices |
| Geomorphic Effects |
Kondolf, G. M. 1997. Hungry water: effects of dams and gravel mining on river
channels. Environmental Management
24: 533-551. |
| Geomorphic Effects |
Sandecki, M. 1989. Aggregate mining in river systems. California Geology 42: 88-94. |
| Geomorphic Effects |
Oregon Water Resources Research Institute. 1995b.
Gravel disturbance impacts on salmon habitat and stream health. Oregon Division of State Lands. Volume 2:
Technical Background Report.
225 pages |
| Geomorphic Effects |
Norman, D. K., C. J. Cederholm and W. S. Lingley,
Jr. 1998. Floodplains, salmon habitat, and sand and
gravel mining. Washington Geology 26: 3-28. |
| Geomorphic Effects |
Castro, J. and B. Cluer.
2003. Instream Aggregate Mining
Issues in Oregon. Prepared for U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, Portland
Oregon. |
| Geomorphic Effects |
Anonymous. 2006. Sediment Removal from Active Stream
Channels in Oregon: Considerations for Federal Agencies for the Evaluation of
Sediment Removal Actions from Oregon Streams. Developed with support from: US Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Marine Fisheries Service,US Army Corps of Engineers US Environmental
Protection Agency. |
| Geomorphic Effects |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2004.
Sediment Removal From Freshwater Salmonid Habitat: Guidelines to NOAA Fisheries Staff for the
Evaluation of Sediment Removal Actions from California Streams. NOAA Fisheries - Southwest Region. |
| Anadromous Fish |
| Land Use Effects on Salmonids |
Harris, R. R., S. D. Kocher, and K. M. Kull. 2001.
EFFECTS OF COUNTY LAND USE POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON
ANADROMOUS SALMONIDS AND THEIR
HABITATS SONOMA, MARIN, SAN MATEO, SANTA CRUZ AND MONTEREY COUNTIES,
CALIFORNIA. The FishNet 4C Program. |
| Central Valley Stream Restoration: Plan of Action |
Reynolds, F. L. et al.
1993 Restoring Central Valley
Streams: A Plan for Action |
| Fisheries Restoration Plan for Russian River Basin |
Coey, R., Nossaman-Pearce, S., Brooks, C. and Young, Z. CDFG. 2002 Draft. Russian River Basin Fisheries Restoration
Plan. California Deprtment of Fish and
Game |
| Recovery of California Coho |
CDFG. 2004. Recovery
Strategy for the California Coho Salmon. |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
Taylor, R. 2003. Russian River Stream Crossing Inventory and
Fish Passage Evaluation, Final Report and Appendices |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
Flanagan, S. A.
1998. Methods for inventory and
environmental risk assessment of road drainage crossings. |
| Biological Assessment (BA) |
Entrix,
Inc.. 2004. Russian River Biological Assessment |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
California Fish Passage Assessment Database References |
| Habitat |
Opperman, J. J.
2002. Anadromous Fish Habitat
in California’s Mediterranean-climate Watersheds: Influences of Riparian
Vegetation, Instream Large Woody Debris, and Watershed-scale Land Use. Dissertation |
| Restoration |
Opperman,
J. J., and A. M. Merenlender. 24(3):822–834. Aug 2004. The effectiveness of
riparian restoration for improving instream fish habitat in four
hardwood-dominated California streams. North American Journal of Fisheries
Management. |
| Status |
California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG). 2002.
"Status Review of California Coho Salmon North of San Francisco."
Report to the California Fish and Game Commission. 336 pp. |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
Taylor, R.N. and M. Love. 2003. "California Salmonid Stream
Habitat Restoration Manual, Part IX: Fish Passage Evaluation at Stream
Crossings." California Department of Fish and Game. 100 pp. |
| Temperature |
Berman, C. 1998. "Summary of Temperature Preference Ranges
and Effects for Life States of Seven Species of Salmon and Trout (Appendix
A)." US EPA Region 10. |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
Fish Xing Development Team. 2004. Software and learning systems
for fish passage through culverts [software program]. U.S. Forest Service
[cited 2004]. |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2000.
"Guidelines for Salmonid Passage at Stream Crossings." NMFS
Southwest Regional Office. |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2004. Fish Passage
Technical Assistance [Web site] [cited 2004]. |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2004.
Fish Passage Barrier and Surface Water Diversion Screening Assessment
and Prioritization Manual |
| Habitat Restoration |
Flosi, G., S. Downie, J. Hopelain, M. Bird, R. Coey, and B.
Collins. 1998. "California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual.
Third Edition." State of California Resources Agency, California
Department of Fish and Game, Inland Fisheries Division. 495 pp. |
| Riparian Habitat Restoration |
California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual. Part XI - Riparian Habitat Restoration |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual. Part IX - Fish Passage Evaluation at Stream
Crossings |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual. Part IX - Fish Passage Evaluation at Stream
Crossings - Errata |
| Russian River Fisheries |
Hopkirk, J. D. et al.
1980. Technical report on
fisheries of the Russian River.
Prepared for Sonoma County Planning Department. |
| History of Salmonid Decline |
Steiner Environmental Consulting. 1996.
A history of salmonid decline in the Russian River. |
| Steelhead Distribution |
Sonoma County Water Agency.
2003. Upper Russian River
Steelhead Distribution Study |
| Fish Monitoring |
Sonoma County Water Agency.
2001. Mirabel Rubber Dam/Wohler
Pool Fish Sampling Program: Year 1
Results 2000 |
| Fish Monitoring |
Sonoma County Water Agency.
2002. Mirabel Rubber Dam/Wohler
Pool Fish Sampling Program: Year 2
Results 2001 |
| Spawning |
Sonoma County Water Agency.
2003. Chinook Spawning Program
?? |
| Salmonid Recovery Using Watershed Prioritization |
Handbook for Prioritizing Watershed Protection and Restoration
to Aid Recovery of Native Salmon.
1995. |
| Conservation Plan for Salmon and Steelhead |
Humbolt Bay Watershed Advisory Committee. 2005.
Humbolt Bay Watershed Salmon and Steelhead Conservation Plan. |
| Restoration Project Monitoring |
Harris, R. R. et al.
2002. Part 1. Monitoring Fish Habitat Restoration
Projects. University of California,
Berkeley Center for Forestry and Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of
Forest Environmental Resources |
| Fish Monitoring |
Sonoma and Marin County Fish Survey Reports listing (from KRIS) |
| Instream Flows |
California Department of Fish and Game and National Marine
Fisheries Service. June 17, 2002
(Draft). Guidelines for Maintaining
Instream Flows to Protect Fisheries Resources Downstream of Water Diversions
in Mid-California Coast Streams. |
| Bypass Flows |
Moyle, P. B. and G. M. Kondolf.
2000. Fish Bypass Flows for
Coastal Watersheds: A Review of
Proposed Approaches for the State Water Resources Control Board. June 12, 2000. |
| Indices |
Knopp,
C. Testing Indices of Cold Water Fish
Habitat. 1993. North Coast Regional Water Quality Control
Board and Californina Department of Forestry. |
| Temperature |
Carter, K. 2006. The effects of temperature on steelhead
trout, coho salmon, and chinook salmon biology and function by life
stage: Implications for Klamath Basin
TMDLs. North Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board |
| Sediments |
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. 2006.
Desired salmonid freshwater habitat conditions for sediment related
indices North Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board |
| Sediments |
Suttle, K.B., Power, M.E., Levine, J.M., and McNeely, C. 2004.
How Fine Sediment in Riverbeds Impairs Growth and Survival of Juvenile
Salmonids. Ecological Applications
14: 969-974. |
| Woody Debris |
Stillwater Sciences.
1997. A review of coho salmon
life history to assess potential limiting factors and the implications of
historical removal of large woody debris in coastal Mendocino County. Stillwater Sciences, 2532 Durant Avenue,
Suite 201, Berkeley, CA 94704 |
| Restoration |
NOAA. 1996. Coastal Salmon Conservation: Working Guidance for Comprehensive Salmon
Restoration Initiatives on the Pacific Coast |
| Fish Passage / Barriers |
State
Coastal Conservancy. 2005. Fish Passage Improvement in California
Watersheds. Assessments and
Recommendations by the Fish Passage Forum. |
| Assessment Methods |
| Site Specific Wetland Assessment |
Collins, J.N., E.D. Stein, M. Sutula, R. Clark, A.E. Fetscher,
L. Grenier, C. Grosso, and A. Wiskind.
2006. California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) for Wetlands and
Riparian Areas. Version 4.2.3. 136 pp. |
| General |
Sutula, M. A. et al.
2006. A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A WETLAND ASSESSMENT METHOD: THE CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCE. Journal of the American Water Resources
Association February 2006. |
| General |
Metzeling, L., B. Chessman, R. Hardwick, and V. Wong. 2003.
Rapid assessment of rivers using macroinvertebrates: The role and experience and comparisons
with quantitative methods.
Hydrobiologia 520: 39-52. |
| Stream Bioassessment |
California Department of Fish and Game - Aquatic Bioassessment
Lab. 2003. California Stream Bioassessment Procedure. |
| Bioassessment Training Manual |
Harrington, J. and M. Born.
1999. Measuring the health of
California streams and rivers: a
methods manual for water resources professionals, citizen monitors, and
natural resources students. 2nd
Edition. Sustainable Land Stewardship
International Institute. Sacramento,
CA. |
| Indicators of Biological Integrity (IBI) |
California Department of Fish and Game - Aquatic Bioassessment
Lab. 1999. An Index of Biological Integrity for First
to Third Order Russian River Tributary Streams. |
| Macroinvertebrate Taxa |
California Department of Fish and Game - Aquatic Bioassessment
Lab. 2003. List of Californian Macroinvertebrate Taxa
and Standard Taxonomic Effort. |
| Cumulative Effects |
| Cumulative Watershed Effects |
Dunne,
T. et al. 2001.
A scientific basis for the prediction of cumulative watershed
effects. |
| Cumulative Watershed Effects |
Reid, L. M. 1993. Research and cumulative watershed
effects. Pacific Southwest Research
Station. General Technical Report
PSW-GTR-141. |
| Cumulative Watershed Effects |
Reid, L. M. 2001. Cumulative Watershed Effects: Then and
Now. WCM Newsletter Summer 2001. |
| Cumulative Watershed Effects |
Lee H. MacDonald, Drew Coe, and Sandra Litschert. No Date.
Assessing Cumulative Watershed Effects in the Central Sierra
Nevada: Hillslope Measurements and
Catchment-scale Modeling. Department
of Forest, Range, and Watershed Stewardship.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 |
| Cumulative Watershed Effects |
R. R. Ziemer, J. Lewis, R. M. Rice, and T. E. Lisle. 1991.
Modeling the Cumulative Watershed Effects of Forest Management
Strategies. Journal of Environmental
Quality 20: 36-42 |
| Cumulative Watershed Effects |
Reid, L. M. 1998.
Cumulative Watershed Effects and Watershed Analysis. Chapter 19 in unknown publication. |
| Cumulative Watershed Effects |
Reid, L. M. 1998.
Cumulative Watershed Effects: Caspar
Creek and Beyond. Chapter 13 in USDA
Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-168-Web. |
| Dam Effects |
| |
Batalla, R.J., C.M. Gomez, and G.M. Kondolf. 2004.
River impoundment and changes in flow regime, Ebro River basin,
northeastern Spain. Journal of
Hydrology 290: 117-136. |
| |
Kondolf, G. M. 1997. Hungry water: effects of dams and gravel mining on river
channels. Environmental Management
24: 533-551. |
| |
Wilcock, P.R., G.M. Kondolf, W.V. Matthews, and A.F. Barta.
1996. Specification of sediment maintenance flows for a large gravel-bed
river. Water Resources Research 32(9):2911-2921. |
| |
Kondolf, G.M. 1995. Managing bedload sediments in regulated
rivers: Examples from California, USA. Geophysical
Monograph 89:165-176. |
| |
Cope M. W. and G. B. Griggs.
2003. Reductions in Fluvial
Sediment Discharge by Coastal Dams in California and Implications for Beach
sustainability. The Journal of Geology
111: 167–182. |
| |
Gigi, R. and P. Julien.
2003. Dam impacts on and
restoration of an alluvial river - Rio Grande, New Mexico. International Journal of Sediment Research
18: 89-96. |
| EMDS |
| NetWeaver |
Reynolds, K. M.
1999. NetWeaver Users Guide,
Version 1.1 |
| EMDS |
Reynolds, K. M.
1999. EMDS Users Guide, Version
2.2 |
| Knowledge Base |
Reynolds, K. M.
2000. Knowledge-based
assessment of watershed condition.
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 27: 315-333. |
| Knowledge Base |
Stoms, D. A. 2000. A knowledge base to assess site suitability
for ecological field stations at UC Merced |
| EMDS |
Bourgeron,
P. S. 2000. Conducting large-scale conservation
evaluation and conservation area selection using a knowledge-based
system. International Conference on
Integrating GIS and Environmental odeling (GIS/EM4): Problems, Prospects, and Research Needs.
Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 2 - 8, 2000. |
| NetWeaver |
Tran, L. T. et al. 2002.
Fuzzy decision analysis for integrated environmental vulnerability
assessment of the mid atlantic region.
Environmental Management 29:
845-859. |
| Erosion |
| Erosion Potential |
McKittrick, M. A.
1994. Erosion Potential in
Private Forested Watersheds of Northern California: A GIS Model |
| Fauna |
| Indicator Taxa |
Hilty, J.A., and A. Merenlender. 2000. Faunal indicator taxa
selection for monitoring ecosystem health. Biological Conservation.
92(2):185-197. |
| Riparian Corridors |
Hilty, Jodi, and Adina Merenlender. 2002. Wildlife Activity
along Creek Corridors. Practical Winery and Vineyard. Nov/Dec 2002:6-11. |
| Diversity |
Merenlender, Adina M. and Julia Crawford. 1998. Vineyards in an
Oak Landscape. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural
Resources Publication # 21577. 16 pages. |
| Biodiversity |
HILTY, J.A., and A. MERENLENDER. 2003. Studying Biodiversity on
Private Lands. Conservation Biology 17(1):132-137. |
| GAP Analysis |
Davis, F. W. et al. 1998.
The California Gap Analysis Project--Final Report. University of California,
Santa Barbara, CA. [http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu/projects/gap/gap_rep.html] |
| Riparian Corridors |
Hilty, Jodi, and Adina Merenlender. 2003. Use of riparian
corridors and vinyards by mammalian predators in northern California. Conservation Biology 18: 126-135. |
| Macroinvertebrates |
Kennedy, T.B., A.M. Merenlender, and G.L. Vinyard. 2000. A
comparsion of riparian condition and aquatic invertebrate community indices
in central Nevada. Western North American Naturalist, 60(3):255-272. |
| Fire |
| Fire Regime Condition |
2005. Interagency Fire
Regime Condition Class Guidebook, Version 1.2. |
| Reference Conditons |
Reference Condition Characteristics for Forested Biophysical
Settings, Western U.S. |
| Reference Conditons |
Reference Condition Characteristics for Grassland Biophysical
Settings, Western U.S. |
| Reference Conditons |
Reference Condition Characteristics for Shrubland Biophysical
Settings, Western U.S. |
| Reference Conditons |
Reference Condition Characteristics for Woodland Biophysical
Settings, Western U.S. |
| Geology |
| Geology |
Shervais, J. W.
2004. Multistage origin of
coast range ophiolite… International
Geology Review 46: 289-315 |
| Geology |
Wright, T. 1998. Overview of Sonoma County Geology. (RRIIS web site, electronic and hardcopy on
file) |
| Geology |
Watershed Background:
Geology. (RRIIS web site,
electronic and hardcopy on file) |
| Geology |
Blake,
M. C., Jr., and Jones, D. L. 1974.
Origin of Franciscan melanges in northern California, in Dott, R. H., Jr.,
and Shauer, R. H., eds. Modern and
ancient geosynclinal sedimentation: Society of Economic Paleontologists and
Mineralogists Special Publication 19, p. 345-857. |
| Geology |
Huffman, M. E., Scott, R. G., and Lorens, P. J. 1969.
Geologic investigation of landslides along the Middle Fork Eel River,
California [abs]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.
1, no. 7, p. 111-112. |
| Geology |
Radbruch-Hall, D. H., Colton, R. B., Davies, W. E. Lucchitta,
I., Skipp, B. A. and Varnes, D. J.
1992. Landslide Overview Map of
the Conterminous United States. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1183. |
| Geology |
Mendocino County Geology Publications |
| Geology |
Sonoma County Geology Publications |
| Geology |
Russian River Technical Advisory Committee Hydrology and
Geomorphology Workshop 1994 |
| Geology |
California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and
Geology. No Date. GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING GEOLOGIC REPORTS
FOR REGIONAL-SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING. Note 52 |
| Geology |
California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and
Geology. No Date. Factors influencing landslides in forested
terrain. Note 50 |
| Geology |
Radbruch-Hall,
D. H. 1982. Landslide overview map of the conterminous
United States. USGS Professional Paper
1183. |
| Geology |
Geol-13 portions relevant to Russian River |
| Groundwater |
| Groundwater |
Trout
Unlimited. 2007. Gone to the Well Once to Often: The Importance of Groundwater to Rivers in
the West. |
| Groundwater |
Groundwater Issues - Sonoma County (hardcopy on file) |
| Groundwater |
Su, G. W., J. Jasperse, D. Seymour, and J. Constantz. 2004.
Estimation of Hydraulic Conductivity in an Alluvial System Using
Temperatures. Ground Water 42:890-901. |
| Historical Background |
| Early Conditions |
Early conditions and history of the upper Russian River |
| Development of Water Resources |
Beach, R. F. 2002. History of the develoment of water
resources of the Russian River. Sonoma
County Water Agency. |
| Development of Water Resources |
History of the
Development of the Water Resources of the Russian River |
| Potter Valley Project |
Potter Valley Project (FERC No. 77) Overview |
| Salmonid Decline |
Steiner Environmental Consulting. 1996.
A history of salmonid decline in the Russian River. |
| Landscape Development Intensity |
Brown, M. T.& M. B. Vivas.
2005. Landscape Development
Intensity Index. Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment 101: 289-309. |
| Indicators of
Hydrologic Alteration |
| Paper |
Richter, B. D. et. al.
1997. How much water does a
river need? Freshwater Biology
37: 231-249. |
| Paper |
Richter, B. D. et. al.
1996. A method for assessing
hydrologic alteration in ecosystems.
Conservation Biology 10:
1165-1174. |
| User's Manual |
Nature
Conservancy. 2005. Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration User's
Manual, Version 7. The Nature
Conservancy with Smythe Scientific Software and Totten Software Design. |
| Paper |
Olden, J. D. and N. L. Poff.
2003. Redundancy and the choice
of hydrologic indices for characterizing streamflow regimes. River Research and Applications 19: 101-121. |
| Paper |
Poff, N. L. 1996. A Hydrogeography of unregulated streams in
the United States and an examination of scale dependence in some hydrologic
descriptors. Freshwater Biology
36: 71-91. |
| User's Manual |
Henricksen, J. A.
2006. Users’ Manual for the
Hydroecological Integrity Assessment Process Software (including the New
Jersey Assessment Tools). USGS Open
File Report 2006-1093 |
| Paper |
Poff, N. L. and J. V. Ward.
1989. Implications of
streamflow variability and predictability for lotic community structure: a regional analysis of streamflow
pattern. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences 46: 1805-1818. |
| Paper |
Richter, B. D. et. al.
1998. A spatial assessment of
hydrologic alteration within a river network.
Regulated Rivers: Research and
Management 14: 329-340. |
| Paper |
Richter, B. D. et. al.
2003. Ecologically sustainable
water management: Managing river flows
for ecological integrity. Ecological
Applications 13: 206-224. |
| Paper |
Richter, B. D. et. al.
2006. A collaborative and
adaptive process for developing environmental flow recommendations. River Research and Applications 22: 297-318. |
| Paper |
Richter, B. D. and H. E. Richter. 2000.
Prescribing flood regimes to sustain riparian ecosystems along
meandering rivers. Conservation Biology
14: 1467-1478. |
| Indicators |
| SF Bay Fish Index |
San Francisco Bay Fish Index |
| Invertebrate Community Indices |
Kennedy, T.B., A.M. Merenlender, and G.L. Vinyard. 2000. A
comparsion of riparian condition and aquatic invertebrate community indices
in central Nevada. Western North American Naturalist, 60(3):255-272. |
| Indicators |
National Research Council.
2000. Ecological indicators for
the nation. National Academy of
Sciences, Washington, D. C. Pages
76-83 has a good discussion on using diversity indices across different
spatial scales. |
| Indicators of Rangeland Health |
Pellant, M. et al.
2000. Interpreting Indicators
of Rangeland Health, Version 3. Bureau
of Land Management. Technical
Reference 1734-6. |
| |
USEPA - Office of Water.
2000. Stressor Identification
Guidance Document. EPA/822/B-00/025 |
| Land Use / Land Cover |
| NLDC Coverages Overview |
Homer, C. et. al.
2007. Completion of the 2001
National Land Cover Database for the Conterminous United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote
Sensing 73: 337-341. |
| Review of the effects of land use change on streams |
Jacobson, R.B., S.R. Femmer, and R.A. McKenney. 2001.
"Land-use Changes and the Physical Habitat of Streams: A Review with
Emphasis on Studies within the U.S. Geological Survey Federal-State
Cooperative." USGS. Circular 1175. |
| Patch Dynamics |
| |
Betts, M. and R.Taylor.
2002. AN INDICATOR SPECIES
APPROACH TO MONITORING FOREST FRAGMENTATION IN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA |
| |
Indicators of Forest Fragmentation |
| |
Lindenmeyer, D. Date
Unknown. The Development and Implementation of Landscape Metrics for
Reporting Forest Fragmentation at Field and Landscape Levels |
| |
F. Javier Gallego, Paula Escribano, Susan Christensen. Date Unknown. Comparability of landscape diversity
indicators in the European Union |
| |
Riitters, K. H. et
al. 1997. Assessing habitat suitability at multiple
scales: a landscape level approach. Biological Conservation 81: 191-202. |
| Riparian |
| Restoration |
Opperman, J. and A. M. Merenlender. 2004. The effectiveness of
riparian restoration for improving instream fish habitat in four
hardwood-dominated California streams. North American Journal of Fisheries
Management. Vol 24(3):822-834. |
| Buffers |
Donald E. Weller,a Thomas E. Jordan,a and David L.
Corrella. 200? HEURISTIC MODELS FOR MATERIAL DISCHARGE
FROM LANDSCAPES WITH RIPARIAN BUFFERS.
Ecological Applications: Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 1156–1169. |
| Corridors |
Assessing Conditions of Riparian-Wetland Corridors at the
Areawide Level with Proper Functioning Condition |
| Buffers |
Ledwith, T. 1996. The Effects of Buffer Strip Width on Air
Temperature and Relative Humidity in a Stream Riparian Zone |
| Large Woody Debris |
Opperman, J. J., 2005. Large Woody Debris and Land Management in
California's Hardwood-Dominated Watersheds, Environmental Management 35:
266-277. (potential indicators) |
| Riparian Influence on Anadromous Fish |
Opperman, J.J. 2002. Anadromous Fish Habitat in California's
Mediterranean-Climate Watersheds: Influences of Riparian Vegetation, Instream
Large Woody Debris, and Watershed-scale Land Use. PhD Dissertation,
University of California, Berkeley. |
| Large Woody Debris |
Petit, N. E. and R. J. Naiman.
2005. Flood-deposited wood
debris and its contribution to heterogeneity and regeneration in a semi-arid
riparian landscape. Oecologie
145: 434-444 |
| Bibliography |
Lassettre, N.S. 1999. "Annotated Bibliography on the
Ecology, Management, and Physical Effects of Large Woody Debris (LWD) in
Stream Ecosystems." Department of Landscape Architecture and
Environmental Planning, University of California, Berkeley. Prepared for the
California Department of Forestry. |
| Riparian Restoration |
Opperman, J., and A. Merenlender. 2003. Passive restoration of
degraded riparian corridors in the Russian River basin: consideration of
hydrology, livestock, and deer herbivory. P. M. Faber, editor California
Riparian Systems: Processes and Floodplain Management, Ecology, and
Restoration. 2001 Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference Proceedings.
Riparian Habitat Joint Venture, Sacramento, CA. |
| Mammal Use of Riparian |
HILTY, J. A. and A. M. MERENLENDER. 2004. Use of Riparian
Corridors and Vineyards by Mammalian Predators in Northern California,
Conservation Biology, 18(1):132-137.
(Electronic and hardcopy on file) |
| Buffers |
Reid, L.
M. and Hilton, S. 1998. Buffering the Buffer. |
| Buffers |
Bren,
L. J. no date. A review of buffer strip design
algorithms. |
| Santa Roas |
Creeks, Riparian Corridors and Storm Drainage. City of Santa Rosa, CA. |
| Riparian Corridor Assessemnt |
Butt, A. Z., M.l Ayers, S. Swanson and P. T. Tueller. 2001.
Riparian Corridor Assessment: Combining Vegetation and Stream
Morphology Classifications Into A GIS Database. (Electronic and hardcopy on file) |
| Deer Herbivory |
Opperman,
J. J. and Merenlender, A. M.
2000. Deer herbivory as and
ecological constraint to restoration of riparian corridors. Restoration Ecology 8: 41-47. |
| Riparian Birds |
Giusti, G. A., R. J. Keiffer, and C. E. Vaughn. 2003. The Bird
Community of an Oak Woodland Stream. California Fish and Game 89:72-80. |
| Riparian Systems |
Warner, R. E. and K. M. Hendrix (eds.). 1984.
California Riparian Systems:
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