CURRICULUM VITAE
STEVEN M. WONDZELL
Research Riparian Ecologist
Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory
Pacific Northwest Research Station
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis OR 97331
Tel:
(541) 758-8753
FAX: (541) 750-7234
e-mail: swondzell@fs.fed.us
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Forest Ecology, 1994. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR.
Thesis Title: Flux of ground water and nitrogen through the floodplain of a fourth-order stream.
M.S., Biology, 1984. Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM 88003.
Thesis Title: Recovery of Desert Grasslands in Big Bend National Park Following 36 Years of
Protection from Grazing of Domestic Livestock.
B.S., Range Science, 1981. Department of Animal and Range Science, New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces NM 88003.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Research Riparian Ecologist, Jan 2012 to present. Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Pacific
Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR.
Research Riparian Ecologist, April 2000 to Dec 2011. Olympia Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Pacific
Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Olympia WA.
Assistant Professor (Research), June 1996 to March 2000. Dept. Forest Science, Oregon State
University, Corvallis OR.
Temporary Assistant Professor of Water Resources Management, Aug 1995 to May 1996. Dept. Natural
Resources, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH.
NSF-NATO Post Doctoral Fellow, March 1994 to March 1995. Centre d'Écologie des Systèmes Fluviaux,
29 rue Jeanne Marvig, Toulouse, France.
JOURNAL and BOOK EDITORSHIPS
Associate Editor for Water Resources Research, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.
January 2013 to December 2014.
Guest-Editor for a Special issue of the journal Freshwater Science titled “Groundwater and SurfaceGroundwater Interactions”. Larned, S. (lead guest-editor) and four guest co-editors including
Wondzell, S. M. (20 Manuscripts).
Guest-Editor for a Special issue of the journal Landscape and Urban Planning titled “Landscape Analysis:
Projecting the effects of management and natural disturbances on forest and watershed resources of
the Blue Mountains, Oregon, USA”. Wondzell, S. M., Burnett, K. M., and Kline, J. D. (Guest Editors).
Landscape and Urban Planning 80(3): 193-344. (13 Manuscripts).
PUBLICATIONS:
Manuscripts In Review or In Preparation:
Argerich, A., Haggerty, R., Johnson, S., Dosch, N., Corson-Rikert, H., Ashkenas, L. R., Pennington, R.,
Wondzell, S. M., and Thomas, C. K. (submitted). Contribution of a small headwater stream to the
global carbon cycle. Submitted to: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on 29 Dec
2014.
Diabat, M., Wondzell, S. M., and Haggerty, R. (in prep). What matters most: Are summer stream
temperatures more sensitive to changing air temperature, changing discharge, or changing riparian
vegetation under future climates? To be submitted to Water Resources Research.
Corson-Rikert, H., S. M. Wondzell, R. Haggerty, and M. Santlemann. (in prep.) DOC processing in the
hyporheic zone of a small headwater stream.
Wondzell, S. M. (in prep.) Peering through the “Window of Detection”: Is the Hyporheic Zone Visible in
Stream Tracer Experiments? To be submitted to Water Resources Research.
Reeves, G., N. Mantua, P. A. Bisson, and S. M. Wondzell. (in prep.) Impacts of climate change on Pacific
salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) of western North America.
Jackson, R. and many others (in prep.). Determining Whether Contemporary BMPs Are Having Desired
Effects. Chapter 8 in: Forestry and Fish. Special Publication of the American Fisheries Society.
Diabat, M., Wondzell, S. M., and Haggerty, R. (in prep). Estimating stream temperature response to
restoring channel and riparian vegetation and its potential to mitigate climate change impacts. To be
submitted to River Research and Application.
Wondzell, S. M. (in prep.) Influence of browsing by elk and deer on the planting success of native woody
riparian species for riparian restoration. To be submitted to the Rangeland Ecology and Management.
Przeszlowska, P., S. M. Wondzell, M. A. Hemstrom, and P. A. Bisson. (in prep.) Modeling effects of
alternative management strategies on riparian plant communities and salmon habitat in eastern
Oregon. To be submitted to Landscape Ecology.
Invited Commentary:
Larned, S. T., Gooseff, M. N., Packman, A. I., Rugel, K., and Wondzell, S. M. 2015. (Introduction to the
Special Issue) Groundwater—surface-water interactions: current research directions. Freshwater
Science 34:000-000 (early view, published online 17 November 2014)
Wondzell, S. M. 2015. Groundwater–surface-water interactions: perspectives on the development of the
science over the last 20 years. Freshwater Science 34(1): 000–000. Published online 8 December
2014. DOI: 10.1086/679665
Wondzell, S. M. 2010. Water and Sustainability: Reflections from the western United States. Northwest
Science 84(3): 310-312.
Wondzell, S. M., Burnett, K. M., and Kline, J. D. 2007. (Introduction to the Special Issue) Landscape
analysis: Projecting the effects of management and natural disturbances on forest and watershed
resources of the Blue Mountains, OR, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 80:193-197.
Peer-reviewed Manuscripts:
Zarnetske, J. P., Haggerty, R., and Wondzell, S. M. 2015. Coupling multiscale observations to evaluate
hyporheic nitrate removal at the reach scale. Freshwater Science 34:000-000 (early view, published
online 14 January 2015). DOI: 10.1086/680011.
Ward, A. S., R. A. Payn, M. N. Gooseff, B. L. McGlynn, K. E. Bencala, C. A. Kelleher, S. M. Wondzell,
and T. Wagener. 2013. Variations in surface water‐ground water interactions along a headwater
mountain stream: Comparisons between transient storage and water balance analyses Water
Resources Research 49, 3359–3374, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20148.
Diabat, M., Haggerty, R., and Wondzell, S. M. 2012. Diurnal timing of warmer air under climate change
affects magnitude, timing and duration of stream temperature change. Hydrological Processes DOI:
10.1002/hyp.9533.
Payn, R. A., Gooseff, M. N., McGlynn, B. L., Bencala, K. E., and Wondzell, S. M. 2012. Exploring
changes in the spatial distribution of stream baseflow generation during a seasonal recession. Water
Resources Research 48, W04519, doi:10.1029/2011WR011552
Zarnetske, J. P., Haggerty, R., Wondzell, S. M., Bokil, V. A., and González-Pinzón, R. 2012. Coupled
transport and reaction kinetics control the nitrate source-sink function of hyporheic zones. Water
Resources Research 48, W11508, doi:10.1029/2012WR011894
Janisch, J. E., S. M. Wondzell, and W. J. Ehinger. 2012. Headwater stream temperature: Interpreting
response after logging, with and without riparian buffers, Washington, USA. Forest Ecology and
Management, doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.035
Wondzell, S. M. 2011. The role of the hyporheic zone across stream networks. Hydrological Processes
25: 3525-3532 (doi: 10.1002/hyp.8119)
Zarnetske, J. P., R. Haggerty, S. M. Wondzell, and M. A. Baker. 2011. Labile dissolved organic carbon
supply limits hyporheic denitrification, J. Geophys. Res., 116, G04036, doi:10.1029/2011JG001730.
Zarnetske, J. P., Haggerty, R., Wondzell, S. M., and Baker, M. A. 2011. Dynamics of nitrate production
and removal as a function of residence time in the hyporheic zone. Journal of Geophysical Research
- Biogeosciences 116, G01025, doi:10.1029/2010JG001356.
Jencso, K.J., B.L. McGlynn, M.N. Gooseff, K.E. Bencala. and S.M. Wondzell. 2010. Hillslope hydrologic
connectivity controls riparian groundwater turnover: Implications of catchment structure for riparian
buffering and stream water sources. Water Resources Research 46, W10524,
doi:10.1029/2009WR008818, 2010
Wondzell, S. M., M. N. Gooseff and B. L. McGlynn. 2010. An analysis of alternative conceptual models
relating hyporheic exchange flow to diel fluctuations in discharge during baseflow recession.
Hydrological Processes 24: 686-694.
Jencso, K. J., B. L. McGlynn, M. N. Gooseff, S. M. Wondzell, and K. E. Bencala. 2009. Hydrologic
Connectivity between landscapes and streams: Transferring reach and plot scale understanding to
the catchment scale, Water Resources Research 45: W04428, doi:10.1029/2008WR007225.
Payn, R. A., M. N. Gooseff, B. L. McGlynn, K. E. Bencala, and S. M. Wondzell. 2009. Channel water
balance and exchange with subsurface flow along a mountain headwater stream in Montana, USA.
Water Resources Research 45: W11427, doi:10.1029/2008WR007644.
Wondzell, S. M., J. LaNier, and R. Haggerty. 2009. Evaluation of alternative groundwater flow models for
simulating hyporheic exchange in a small mountain stream. Journal of Hydrology 364:142-151, doi:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.10.011.
Wondzell, S. M., J. LaNier, R. Haggerty, R. D. Woodsmith, and R. T. Edwards. 2009. Changes in
hyporheic exchange flow following experimental wood removal in a small low gradient stream. Water
Resources Research 45, W05406, doi:10.1029/2008WR007214.
Houlahan, J.E., K. Cottenie, G. S. Cumming, D. J. Currie, C. S. Findlay, U. Gaedke, P. Legendre, J. J.
Magnuson, B. H. McArdle, R. D. Stevens, I. P. Woiwod, S. M. Wondzell. 2008. The utility of
covariances: A response to Ranta et al. Oikos 117(12): 1912-1913. DOI: 10.1111/j.16000706.2008.17078.x.
Houlahan, J. E., Cottenie, K., Cumming G.S., Currie, D. J., Ernest, S. K. M., Findlay, C. S., Fuhlendorf, S.
D., Gaedke, U., Legendre, P., Magnuson, J. J., McArdle, B. H., Muldavin, E. H., Noble, D., Russell,
R., Stevens, R. D., Willis, T. J., Woiwod, I. P., and Wondzell, S. M. 2007. Compensatory dynamics
are rare in natural ecological communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
104:3273-3277.
Wondzell, S. M., Gooseff, M. N., and McGlynn, B. L. 2007. Flow velocity and the hydrologic behavior of
streams during baseflow. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L24404, doi:10.1029/2007GL031256.
Wondzell, S. M., Hemstrom, M. A., and Bisson, P. A. 2007. Simulating riparian vegetation and aquatic
habitat dynamics in response to natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes in the Upper Grande
Ronde River, Oregon, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 80:249-267.
Gooseff, M. N., Anderson, J. K., Wondzell, S. M., LaNier, J., and Haggerty, R. 2006. A modeling study of
hyporheic exchange pattern and sequence, size, and spacing of stream bedforms in mountain stream
networks. Hydrological Processes 19:2915-2929.
Wondzell, S. M. 2006. Effect of morphology and discharge on hyporheic exchange flows in two small
streams in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, USA. Hydrological Processes 20:267-287.
Anderson, J. K., Wondzell, S. M., Gooseff, M. N., and Haggerty, R. 2005. Patterns in stream longitudinal
profiles and implications for hyporheic exchange flow at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest,
Oregon, USA. Hydrological Processes 19:2931-2949.
Moore, R. D. and Wondzell, S. M. 2005. Physical hydrology and the effects of forest harvesting in the
Pacific Northwest: A Review. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 41:763-784.
Shibata, H., Sugawara, O., Toyoshima, H., Wondzell, S.M., Nakamura, F., Kasahara, T., Swanson, F.J.,
and Sasa, K. 2004. Nitrogen dynamics in the hyporheic zone of a forested stream during a small
storm, Hokkaido, Japan. Biogeochemistry 69:83-104.
Gooseff, M.N., Wondzell, S.M., Haggerty, R., and Anderson, J. 2003. Comparing Transient Storage
Modeling and Residence Time Distribution (RTD) Analysis in Geomorphically Varied Reaches in the
Lookout Creek Basin, Oregon, USA. Advances in Water Resources 26:925-937.
Kasahara, T., and Wondzell, S.M. 2003. Geomorphic Controls on Hyporheic Exchange Flows in Mountain
Streams. Water Resources Research 39(1), 1005, doi=10.1029/2002WR001386.
Wondzell, S.M., and King, J. G. 2003. Post-fire Erosional Processes: Comparing the Pacific Northwest
Region to the Interior Northwest and Northern Rocky Mountain Region. Forest Ecology and
Management 178:75-87.
Haggerty, R., Wondzell, S.M., and Johnson, M.A. 2002. Power-law residence time distribution in the
hyporheic zone of a 2nd-order mountain stream. Geophysical Research Letters 29:18-1 - 18-4.
Wondzell, S. M. 2001. The Influence of Forest Health and Protection Treatments on Erosion and Stream
Sedimentation in Forested Watersheds of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Northwest Science
75:128-140.
Johnson, S. L., F. J. Swanson, G. E. Grant, and S. M. Wondzell. 2000. Riparian forest disturbances by a
mountain flood – the influence of floated wood. Hydrological Processes 14:3031-3050.
Nakamura, F., Swanson, F. J., and S. M. Wondzell. 2000. Disturbance regimes of stream and riparian
systems – a disturbance-cascade perspective. Hydrological Processes 14:2849-2860.
Wondzell, S. M. and F. J. Swanson. 1999. Floods, Channel Change and the Hyporheic Zone. Water
Resources Research 35:355-368.
Pinay, G., C. Ruffinoni, S. M. Wondzell, and F. Gazelle. 1998. Change in groundwater nitrate
concentration in a large river floodplain: Denitrification, uptake, or mixing? The Journal of the North
American Benthological Society 17:179-189.
Wondzell, S. M., G. L. Cunningham, and D. Bachelet. 1996. Relationships between Landforms,
Geomorphic Processes, and Vegetative Communities on a Watershed in the Northern Chihuahuan
Desert. Landscape Ecology 11:351-362.
Wondzell, S., and F. J. Swanson. 1996. Seasonal and storm dynamics of the hyporheic zone of a 4thorder mountain stream. II: Nitrogen cycling. The Journal of the North American Benthological Society
15:20-34.
Wondzell, S. M. and F. J. Swanson. 1996. Seasonal and storm dynamics of the hyporheic zone of a 4thorder mountain stream. I: Hydrologic processes. The Journal of the North American Benthological
Society 15:3-19.
Wondzell, S., and J. A. Ludwig. 1995. Community Dynamics of Desert Grasslands: Influences of Climate,
Landforms, and Soils. Journal of Vegetation Science 6:377-390.
Wondzell, S. M., G. L. Cunningham, and J. M. Cornelius. 1990. Vegetation patterns, microtopography,
and soils on a Chihuahuan desert playa. Journal of Vegetation Science 1:403-410.
Book Chapters:
Wondzell, S. M. and Gooseff, M. N. 2013. Geomorphic Controls on Hyporheic Exchange Across Scales
- Watersheds to Particles. pgs. 203-218. In: Shroder, J. (Editor in Chief), Wohl, E. (Ed.), Treatise on
Geomorphology, Vol. 9, Fluvial Geomorphology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Gooseff, M. N., K. E. Bencala, and S. M. Wondzell. 2008. Chapter 18 – Solute Transport Along Stream
and River Network. Pgs. 395-417, in: S. Rice, A. Roy, and B. Rhoads (Eds.) River Confluences,
Tributaries and the Fluvial Network. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, U.K. 457 pp.
Bisson, P.A., Wondzell, S.M., Gregory, S.V., and Reeves, G.H. 2003. Trends in Using Wood to Restore
Aquatic Habitats and Fish Communities in Western North American Rivers. Pgs. 391–406 In: S. V.
Gregory, K. L. Boyer, and A. M. Gurnell (eds). The ecology and management of wood in world rivers.
American Fisheries Society, Symposium 37, Bethesda, Maryland.
Wondzell, S. M. and P.A. Bisson. 2003. Influence of Wood on Aquatic Biodiversity. Pgs. 249–264 In: S. V.
Gregory, K. L. Boyer, and A. M. Gurnell, editors. The ecology and management of wood in world
rivers. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 37, Bethesda, Maryland.
Swanson, F. J., S. M. Wondzell, and G. E. Grant. 1992. Landforms, Disturbance, and Ecotones. pgs.
304-323 In: F. diCastri and A.J. Hansen (eds.) Landscape boundaries: Consequences for biotic
diversity and ecological flows. Ecological Studies, Vol. #92. Springer-Verlag.
Bachelet, D., S. M. Wondzell, and J. F. Reynolds. 1988. A Simulation Model Using Environmental Cues to
Predict Phenologies of Winter and Summer Annuals in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. Pgs. 235260. In: Marani, A. (Ed.) Advances in Environmental Modelling. Elsevier.
USFS General Technical Reports and Published Proceedings:
Bisson, P. A., Claeson, S. M., Wondzell, S. M., Foster, A. D., and Steel, A. 2013. Evaluating Headwater
Stream Buffers: Lessons Learned from Watershed- scale Experiments in Southwest Washington.
Pgs. 165-184 In: Anderson, P. D. and Ronnenberg, K. L. (eds.). Density Management in the 21stCentury: West Side Story. General Technical Report, PNW-GTR-880. Portland, OR: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
Wondzell, S. M., Przeszlowska, A., Pflugmacher, D., Hemstrom, M. A., and Bisson, P. A. 2012.
Modeling the Dynamic Responses of Riparian Vegetation and Salmon Habitat in the Oregon Coast
Range With State and Transition Models. Pgs. 173-196. In: Kerns, B. K., Shlisky, A. J., and Daniel, C.
J. (Eds.). Proceedings of the First Landscape State-and-Transition Simulation Modeling Conference,
June 1416, 2011. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station General Technical Report PNW-GTR-869.
Gooseff, M. N., Wondzell, S. M., and McGlynn, B. L. 2008. On the Relationships Among Temporal
Patterns of Evapotranspiration, Stream Flow and Riparian Water Levels in Headwater Catchments
During Baseflow. International Association of HydroGeologists Congress, Toyama, Japan . Oct. 26 –
Nov. 1, 2008.
Harris, R.M., C. Clifton, and S.M. Wondzell. 2007. Hillslope Erosion Rates in Areas with Volcanic Parent
Materials and the Effects of Prescribed Fires in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon and
Washington, USA. In: M. Furniss, C. Clifton, and K. Ronnenberg (Eds.). Advancing the Fundamental
Sciences: Proceedings of the Forest Service National Earth Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA,
18-22 October 2004. PNW-GTR-689, Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Research Station.
Wondzell, S. M., and Howell, P. J. 2004. Chapter 6: Developing a decision support model for assessing
condition and prioritizing the restoration of aquatic habitat in the interior Columbia Basin. Pgs. 73-81.
in J. L. Hayes, A. A. Ager, and R. J. Barbour, Technical Editors. Methods for integrating modeling of
landscape change: Interior Northwest Landscape Analysis System. PNW-GTR-610. USDA Forest
Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, General Technical Report 610.
Wondzell, S. M., G. L. Cunningham, and D. Bachelet. 1987. A Hierarchical Classification of Landforms:
Some Implications for Understanding Local and Regional Vegetation Dynamics. pp. 15-23. In:
Strategies for Classification and Management of Native Vegetation for Food Production in Arid Zones.
United States Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, General
Technical Report RM-150.
Ludwig, J. A., and S. M. Wondzell. 1986. Vegetation Dynamics Following Establishment of Big Bend
National Park U.S.A. pp 13-15. In: P.J. Joss, P.W. Lynch, and O.B. Williams (eds.) Rangelands: A
Resource Under Siege - Proceedings of the Second International Rangeland Congress, Canberra,
Australia.
MS Thesis and Ph.D. Dissertation:
Wondzell, S. 1994. Flux of ground water and nitrogen through the floodplain of a fourth-order stream.
Ph.D. Thesis. Oregon State University, Corvallis OR.
Wondzell, S. M. 1984. Recovery of Desert Grasslands in Big Bend National Park Following 36 Years of
Protection from Grazing of Domestic Livestock. MS Thesis, New Mexico State University.
Scientific Briefs and short communications:
Mazza, R. 2014. The Stream Subsurface: Nitrogen Cycling and the Cleansing Function of Hyporheic
Zones, based on science by Jay Zarnetske, Steven Wondzell, and Roy Haggerty. Science Findings
#166.
Wondzell, S. M. 2012. Hyporheic Zones in Mountain Streams: Physical Processes and Ecosystem
Functions. Stream Notes January-April 2012, Stream System Technology Center, Rocky Mountain
Research Station, Ft. Collins, CO.
Parks, N. 2009. Exploring connections between landscapes and streams, based on science by Steve
Wondzell, Kelsey Jensco, and Rob Payn. Science Findings #119.
Anjozian, L-N. 2009. Angle of Repose: Testing erosion and prescribed fire in eastern Oregon and
Washington’s Blue Mountains. Joint Fire Sciences Program, Fire Science Brief #44.
Thompson, J. 2007. Simulating the consequences of land management, based on science by Steven
Wondzell, Miles Hemstrom, and Pete Bisson. Science Findings #92.
Thompson, J. 2005. Keeping it cool: unraveling the influences on stream temperature, based on science
by Sherri Johnson and Steve Wondzell. Science Findings #73.
Thompson, J., and Duncan, S. 2004. Following a river wherever it goes: beneath the surface of mountain
streams, based on science by Steve Wondzell. Science Findings #67.
Unpublished Reports.
Muldavin, E. and Wondzell, S. M. 2010. Monitoring Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics in Big Bend National
Park. Ecological Survey of the Big Bend Area. Monitoring Report for 2007-2008.
Wondzell, S. M. and Reeves, G. 2010. Copper River Delta – Groundwater Temperature Study.
Unpublished report and preliminary data sent to the Cordova Ranger District.
Bisson, P. A., and S. M. Wondzell. 2009. Olympic Experimental State Forest synthesis of riparian
research and monitoring. Report to the Olympic Experimental State Forest, Washington Department
of Natural Resources, Olympia, Washington, USA. 62 p.
Wondzell, S. M., Claeson, S. M., and Bachelet, D. M. 2007. Report on the 2007 Reconnaissance
Expedition to Relocate the Ecological Survey of the Big Bend Area Woodland Plots in the Chisos
Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. Unpublished report to the USDI National Park
Service, Chihuahuan Desert Inventory and Monitoring Network, dated 19 October 2007.
Wondzell, S.M. and J.A. Ludwig. 1983. Plant succession as influenced by soil-geomorphic process in
desert grasslands of semi-arid piedmonts of the U.S.A.-Mexico border. Final report to U.S. Man and
the Biosphere Program (MAB) Cooperative Research Grant No. RM-81-189-CR.
ARCHIVED DATASETS:
Wondzell, S. M. 1997. Stream, hyporheic, and ground water (water table) elevation data from McRae
Creek well network. Long-Term Ecological Research. Corvallis, OR: Forest Science Data Bank:
HF10. [Database].
Wondzell, S. M. 1997. Stream, hyporheic, and ground water chemistry of McRae Creek. Long-Term
Ecological Research. Corvallis, OR: Forest Science Data Bank: CF04. [Database].
Haggerty, R. and Wondzell, S. M. 2003. Stream Tracer Experiments in HJ Andrews Experimental
Forests: Long-Term Ecological Research. Corvallis, OR: Forest Science Data Bank: HF011.
[Database].
Anderson, J. 2003. Longitudinal profiles and geomorphic descriptions of twelve randomly selected stream
reaches in the Andrews Experimental Forest: Long-Term Ecological Research. Corvallis, OR: Forest
Science Data Bank: HF012. [Database].
Wondzell, S. M. and C. F. Clifton. 2006. Evaluating the effects of prescribed fire and soil erosion on water
quality and aquatic habitat in the Skookum Experimental Watersheds (Umatilla National Forest): air
temperature, water temperature, and precipitation data. Forest Science Data Bank: MS035.
[Database].
Wondzell, S. M. and C. F. Clifton. 2006. Evaluating the effects of prescribed fire and soil erosion on water
quality and aquatic habitat in the Skookum Experimental Watersheds (Umatilla National Forest):
hillslope erosion plot data. Forest Science Data Bank: HS009. [Database].
Wondzell, S. M. and C. F. Clifton. 2006. Umatilla National Forest Southend Barometer (Skookum Creek)
streamflow data. Forest Science Data Bank: HF021. [Database].
Wondzell, S. M. and C. F. Clifton. 2006. Umatilla National Forest Southend Barometer (Skookum Creek)
sediment data. Forest Science Data Bank: HS008. [Database].
ELECTRONIC and AUDIOVISUAL OUTPUTS
Wondzell, S. M. 2000. Delineating the Extent of the Hyporheic Zone in Mountain Streams. Presentation
#2. in: A. Wald (editor) The Delineation of Hyporheic Zones in Western Alluvial Rivers – a videotaped
seminar and panel discussion moderated by Susan Bolton, Center for Streamside Studies, University
of Washington. Washington Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Office. Olympia,
WA. July 2001.
WORKSHOPS, FIELD TRIPS and OTHER:
Wondzell, S. M., Bisson, P. A., Claeson, S., and Foster, A. 2010. Effects of forest management and
debris flows on aquatic and riparian resources in western Washington Forests. Field trip for Portland
State University program to encourage minority student involvement in natural resource sciences. 3
August, 2010.
Wondzell, S. M. Forest Management Issues and Wildfire - Examples from the Blue Mountains. Field trip
for the Mapped Atmosphere, Plant, and Soil Systems team, Managing Disturbance Regimes
Program, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 13-14 September 2003.
Wondzell, S. M., Clifton, C., and Harris, R. Annual INLAS summer field trip: Fires, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Treatments, and Their Effects on Other Resources. o the Skookum Experimental Watersheds and the
Joint Fires Sciences Erosion Study. 10 July, 2003.
Yeakley, A. and S. Wondzell. Controls on nutrient exchange processes between terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems. Long-Term Ecological Research, All-scientist meeting, Snowbird Utah, August 2000.
GRANTS FUNDED:
Competitive Research Grants:
Collaborative Research: How do hydrology and biogeochemistry control carbon flux from headwater
streams to the atmosphere? NSF – Hydrologic Sciences Program. PIs: R. Haggerty and S. M.
Wondzell. Collaborators: D. Tonina and K. Feris. July 2014 – June 2017. $444,943.
An assessment of the vulnerability of watersheds in Prince William Sound, Alaska to climate change.
Proposal funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Lead PI: G. H. Reeves; Co-PIs: S. M.
Wondzell and N. Mantua. January 2013 – December 2015. $300,000.
A decision support system for assessing the impact of fire management on threatened and endangered
species. Proposal funded by the Joint Fire Sciences Program. Lead PI: G. H Reeves; Co-PIs: L.E.
Benda, W. Elliot, R. Flitcroft, P. Bisson, and S. Wondzell. May 2009 – September 2010. $300,000.
Integrated Dynamic Landscape and Coho Salmon Model. Proposal funded by the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board. Lead PI: P. Lawson. Co-PIs: D. Miller, K. Burnett, E. A. Steel, and S. M.
Wondzell. 2007 – 2009. $324,000.
Mapping current conditions and modeling the dynamic responses of riparian vegetation and salmon
habitat in Oregon. Proposal funded by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. Lead PI: S. M.
Wondzell; Co-PIs: P. Bisson, K. Burnett, W. Cohen, M. Hemstrom, J. Kagan, J. Ohmann. Sept. 2007
– April 2010. $640,000.
Collaborative Research: Hydrological linkages between landscapes and streams: transferring reach and
plot scale understanding to the network and catchment scales. NSF – Hydrologic Sciences Program.
PIs: B.L. McGlynn and M.N. Gooseff. Collaborators: J. Seibert, K.E. Bencala and S. M. Wondzell.
April 2004 – March 2007. $377,060.
Collaborative Research: Controls on hyporheic nitrate retention - discriminating among transport,
reaction-rate, and substrate limitation. NSF Hydrologic Sciences Program. Co-PIs: R. D. Haggerty, S.
M. Wondzell, and M. N. Gooseff. June 2004 - May 2007. $450,000.
Evaluating the effects of prescribed fire and fuels treatments on water quality and aquatic habitat. Joint
Fire Sciences Program October 2001-September 2004. Co-PIs: C. Clifton and S.M. Wondzell.
$299,151.
Interactions between streams and groundwater along the river continuum: Scaling up to a stream
network. NSF - Hydrologic Sciences Program. PI: Wondzell. Co-PI: F. J. Swanson. February 2000 January 2003, $300,000.
Influence of natural processes and human modifications of river channels on stream-ground water
interactions in the hyporheic zone of mountain streams. NSF - Japan Program (Joint project with
Japanese Society for Promotion of Science). PI: Wondzell. Co-PI: F. J. Swanson. June 1998 - June
2001, $23,000. (also with F. Nakamura and H. Shibata)
Interactions between streams and ground water along the river continuum: Influence of stream size,
geomorphology, and catchment wetness. NSF - Hydrologic Sciences Program. PI: Wondzell. Co-PI:
F. J. Swanson. November 1995 - November 1998, $183,500.
Influence of human modifications of river channels on ground-water processes and surface-water quality.
NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Engineering. PI: Wondzell. March 1994 - March
1995, $42,800. (To work at the Centre d'Écologie des Systèmes Fluviaux, Toulouse France).
The role of riparian forests in regulating nitrogen flux between ground water and surface water in third
order stream valleys of Oregon. 1990 - 1992, $16,410. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award,
National Science Foundation.
Non-Competitive Grants and Contracts:
Mechanisms of Impacts and Trends over Time: Exploring Potential Climate Change Influences on Stream
Water Temperature. Funded through the USGS-USFS Joint Climate Change Research Project on
Pacific Northwestern Freshwater Ecosystems. Co-PIs (alphabetic): P. Conolly, J. Dunham, S.
Johnson, S. Wondzell. July 2010 – April 2012. $500,000.
Knotweed Control Efficacy and Riparian Restoration. Lead PI: S. M. Claeson. Co-PIs: P. A. Bission and
S. M. Wondzell US Fish and Wildlife Service, Chehalis Fisheries Restoration Program, FY2009.
$20,915.
Monitoring Long-Term Vegetation Dynamics In Big Bend National Park: Factors Controlling Woody And
Grass Species Demographics With Implications For Restoration And Management. Proposal funded
by the National Park Service, Chihuahuan Desert Network. Lead PI: E. Muldavin; Co-PIs: S. M.
Wondzell & J. A. Ludwig. July 2007 – Dec. 2008. $69,928.
The hyporheic zone: It’s role in forest-stream interactions. USDA Pacific Northwest Experiment Station.
PI: Wondzell. May 1999 - May 2000. $15,078.
Influence of groundwater inputs and hyporheic exchange flow on low-baseflow discharge. HJA - LTER
program. Co-PIs: Wondzell, S. M. and S. L. Johnson. June 1999 - Dec 1999, $10,674.
Forty years of vegetation change in the desert grasslands of Big Bend National Park. PI: E. Muldavin. CoPIs: S. M. Wondzell and J. A. Ludwig. 1995-96, $5,500. National Park Service.
UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS MANAGED:
Dr. Roy Haggerty, Department of GeoSciences, OSU, Corvallis, OR. 2010-2012: Mechanisms of Impacts
and Trends over Time: Exploring Potential Climate Change Influences on Stream Water
Temperature.
Dr. Roy Haggerty, Department of GeoSciences, OSU, Corvallis, OR. 2003-2005: Modeling Hyporheic
Exchange Flows Following Removal of Wood from a SmallStream. (This agreement funded the work
of a graduate research assistant, Mr. J. LaNier)
Dr. James T. Peterson and Dr. Michael J. Conroy, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of
Georgia, Athens GA. 2001-2007: The Development of Decision Analysis Tools for Federal Land
Management in the Inland Northwest. (This agreement funded the work of a Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr.
C. J. Fonnesbeck, on the INLAS project.)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
Wondzell, S. M., R. Haggerty, and A. Argerich. 2015. The role of streams, riparian zones and hyporheic
exchange in the carbon budget of a small, forested, headwater stream. H. J. Andrews Experimental
Forest and Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER) Symposium. 29 January 2015. Oregon
State University, Coravallis, OR.
Argerich, A., Johnson, S., Haggerty, R., Dosch, N., Corson-Rikert, H., Ashkenas, L., Pennington, R.
Wondzell, S, and Thomas C. Contribution of a headwater stream to the global carbon budget.
Abstract EP51A-3512. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. December 15-19, 2014. San
Francisco, CA, USA.
Wondzell, S. M. 2014. Groundwater – surface-water exchange. Presented to the Upper Columbia –
Regional Technical Team, Wenatchee WA. 10 December, 2014.
Wondzell, S.M. L. Adelfio, G. H. Reeves, N. J. Mantua, E. Y. Campbell, and J. B. Dunham. 2014. Spatial
heterogeneity of winter stream temperatures, Copper River Delta, Alaska, USA: Implications for
understanding likely climate change effects on salmon. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Portland,
OR. 19-23 May, 2014.
Wondzell, S. M. 2014. Hyporheic Zones in Mountain Streams: Physical Processes and Ecosystem
Functions. Spring Seminar Series, Water Resources Graduate Program, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR. 13 May, 2014.
Wondzell, S. M. 2014. Climate change and water. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Science Day.
Corvallis, OR. 12 March, 2014.
Reeves, G., and S. M. Wondzell. 2014. The Challenges of Managing and Restoring Riparian Ecosystems
in Eastern Oregon. Annual Meeting, Oregon Chapter, American Fisheries Society, Eugene OR. 25-28
February, 2014.
Wondzell, S. M. 2013. Perceptions and Expectations for Riparian Conservation: Creating a Common
Understanding. Riparian Conservation Workshop, John Day, OR. 22 November, 2013.
Wondzell, S. M. 2012. Magnitudes and time-scales of hyporheic exchange in streams across a range of
morphological environments. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
Supplement, Abstract H12B-08.
Wondzell, S. M., J. E. Janisch, W. J. Ehinger, W. J., and P. A. Bisson. 2012. Forest harvest effects on
temperature of small headwater streams with and without riparian buffers. In the workshop titled: The
Science of Thinning to Meet Aquatic Conservation Strategy Objectives in the Northwest Forest Plan
Riparian Reserves. Corvallis OR, 30 October, 2012.
Gooseff, M. N., A. S. Ward, R. A. Payn, T. J. Voltz, E. D. Bernzott, M. Fitzgerald, B. L. McGlynn, K. E.
Bencala, S. M. Wondzell, K. Singha, D. M. McKnight. 2011. Stream-Groundwater Interactions in
Streams Wetting Up and Drying Down. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting Supplement, Abstract H53P-03.
Wondzell, S. M. 2011. How do hyporheic exchange and stream flow velocity drive diurnal fluctuations in
discharge during baseflow recession. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting Supplement, Abstract H54F-08.
Bisson, P. A., S. M. Claeson, S. M. Wondzell, A. D. Foster. 2011. Evaluating headwater stream buffers:
Lessons learned from watershed-scale experiments in southwest Washington. Density Management
in the 21st Century – West Side Story. 4-6 October, 2011. Corvallis, OR.
Wondzell, S. M., Przeszlowska, A., Bisson, P. A., and Hemstrom, M. A. 2011. Squeezing riparian
vegetation dynamics and associated changes in stream channel morphology and salmon habitat
quality into a state-and-transition modeling paradigm. State and Transition Landscape Modeling
Conference, 14-16 June, 2011.
Wondzell, S. M. 2011. Water Temperature Regimes in Small Streams: Forest Harvest, Riparian Buffers,
and Hyporheic Exchange. Spring 2011 Water Seminar Series, University of Washington, 26 April,
2011.
Wondzell, S. M., Przeszlowska, A., Bisson, P. A., and Hemstrom, M. A. 2011. Modeling riparian
vegetation, channel morphology, and salmonid habitat dynamics in the upper Middle Fork John Day
River watershed. OWEB Research Program Reports, presented to the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board, 20 January, 2011.
Zarnetske, J. P., R. Haggerty, S. M. Wondzell, and M. A. Baker. 2010, Controls on Hyporheic Nitrate
Removal: Assessing Transport and Substrate Limitations with 15N Tracer Studies. Abstract H24C-04
(invited) presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 December 2010.
Gooseff, M. N., R. A. Payn, M. A. Briggs, B. L. McGlynn, K. E. Bencala, S. M. Wondzell, and R. Haggerty.
2010. Methods, applications, and limits of assessing residence time distributions of solutes in
streams. 2010 Joint Annual Meeting of ASLO & NABS, 6-11 June 2010. Santa Fe, NM.
Wondzell, S. M. 2008. The changing role of hyporheic exchange flows across a stream network. EOS
Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 89(53), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H14B-07
(invited). 15-19 December 2008.
Wondzell, S. M., Hemstrom, M. A., and Bisson, P. A. 2008. Developing a riparian vegetation and aquatic
habitat dynamics model to inform management decisions in the Interior Columbia Basin.
 Invited presentation at the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University,
Corvallis OR, USA. Feb. 27, 2008.
 Invited presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Western Division – American Fisheries
Society, Portland OR, 7 May, 2008.
McGlynn, B. L., Jencso, K., Payn, R. A., Gooseff, M. N., and Wondzell, S. M. 2007. Conceptualizing,
testing, and transferring watershed characteristics-runoff generation relationships. EOS Transactions
of the American Geophysical Union 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H12E-01 (invited).
Haggerty, R., Ninnemann, J., Gooseff, M. N., Wondzell, S.M. 2004. Power-law behavior of transient
storage residence time distributions from a multi-scale stream tracer test in Lookout Creek, Oregon.
EOS Transactions AGU, 85(47). Fall Meeting Supplement. Abstract H23G-01 (invited) December
2004, San Francisco, CA.
Gooseff, M. N., Haggerty, R., Wondzell, S. M., Anderson, J. K., LaNier, J., Ninneman, J. 2004. Hyporheic
exchange throughout a stream network and implications for water quality: Studies within the Lookout
Creek basin, Oregon. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. GSA Abstracts with Programs
36(5):464 (invited). November 10, 2004, Denver, CO.
Wondzell, S.M., Haggerty, R., Gooseff, M. N. 2003. Hyporheic Exchange Flows and their Residence-Time
Distributions in Mountain Streams. Invited Poster for the session: Exploring the linkages between the
geochemistry, biology, and hydrology of the hyporheic zone. Geological Society of America Annual
Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Wondzell, S. M. 2003. Death, Monsters, Healthy Forests, and You.
 United States Forest Service, Region 6, Annual Fisheries Biologist and Hydrologist Workshop.
Eugene, OR.
 Also as an invited presentation in 2004 at the session Fire and Aquatic Ecosystems. Oregon
Chapter, American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Sunriver, OR.
Wondzell, S.M. and R. Haggerty. 2002. Evaluating the Importance of the Hyporheic Zone Throughout a
5th-Order Mountain Stream Network. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA
[published abstract: Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51D-03.].
Wondzell, S.M. and J. King. 2002. Post-fire Erosional Processes: Comparing Coastal and Cascadian
Pacific Northwest to the Interior Northwest and Rocky Mountains. Workshop on “Fire and Aquatic
Ecosystems: Emerging Theory, Experience, and Issues Related to Fire and Fire Management and
Aquatic Ecosystems”, Boise, ID (Publication #15).
Wondzell, S.M. and S.L. Johnson. 2002. The hyporheic zone and stream temperature. Symposium and
Workshop on Small Stream Channels and Riparian Zones: Their Form, Function and Ecological
Importance in a Watershed Context University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Wondzell, S.M. 2000. Applied Hydrology Seminar: Delineation of Surface Water / Groundwater
Interactions (Hyporheic Zones) in Western Alluvial Rivers. Invited Speaker and Panel Member.
Seminar sponsored by: Washington Hydrologic Society, The Center for Streamside Studies, and the
Northwest Regional Floodplain Managers Association, Seattle, WA.
Wondzell, S.M. and P.A. Bisson. 2000. Influence of Wood on Aquatic and Riparian Biodiversity.
International Conference on Wood in World Rivers, Corvallis, OR (Publication #17).
Wondzell, S.M. 2000. Stream-Groundwater Interactions: Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Components of
Riparian Ecosystems. Colorado State University, Guest Scholar Program, Ft. Collins, CO.
Wondzell, S.M. 1998. Re-engineering our Engineered Landscape: Potential Problems When Using
Riparian Buffers as Tools to Mitigate Nonpoint-Source Pollution. James A. Vomocil Water Quality
Conference. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Wondzell, S.M. 1995. The Hyporheic Zone: A case study of ground-water hydrology and nitrogen cycling
in a mountain stream. Woods Hole Biological Station, Falmouth, MA.
Wondzell, S.M. 1993. Influence of riparian ground water systems on nitrogen budgets of mountain
streams. American Institute of Hydrology, Oregon Section Annual Meeting, Corvallis, OR.
Wondzell, S.M., G.L. Cunningham, and D. Bachelet. 1988. Geomorphic processes and spatial vegetation
patterns in the northern Chihuahuan desert. In the symposium: Geomorphic processes underlying
landscape heterogeneity and vegetation patterns in North American deserts. Ecological Society of
America Annual Meeting, Davis, CA.
CONTRIBUTED ORAL or POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
2014
Wondzell, S. M., Adelfio, L., Reeves, G., Campbell, E., and Dunham, J. 2014. Surface – Groundwater
Interactions Control Egg-Incubation Temperature Regimes on the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Alaska
Chapter, American Fisheries Society. Juneau, AK. 20-24 October, 2014.
Reeves, G., M. Berg, S. Wondzell, E. Campbell, S. Hartell, and L.Adelfio. 2014. The ecology of coho
salmon in ground water streams on the Copper River Delta. Alaska Chapter, American Fisheries
Society. Juneau, AK. 20-24 October, 2014
Campbell, E., J. Dunham, G. Reeves, S. M. Wondzell. 2014. Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus Kisutch)
emergence timing in groundwater and surface water dominated streams in Alaska. Ecological and
Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes Meeting, Corvallis, OR. 22-26 June, 2014.
Corson-Rikert, H., S. M. Wondzell, M. Santelmann. 2014. Carbon dynamics in the hyporheic zone of a
headwater mountain stream in the Cascade Mountains, Oregon. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting.
Portland, OR. 19-23 May, 2014.
Campbell, E., J. Dunham, G. Reeves, S. M. Wondzell. 2014. Thermal variation influences salmon
emergence timing and subsequent juvenile growth in Alaska streams. Joint Aquatic Sciences
Meeting. Portland, OR. 19-23 May, 2014.
Diabat, M., S. M. Wondzell, and R. Haggerty. 2014. Stream temperature response to restoration of
channel meanders and riparian forest at a dredge-mined stream in northeastern Oregon, USA. Joint
Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR. 19-23 May, 2014.
Greene, S.L., C. E. Torgersen, S. M. Wondzell, S. L. Johnson, J. B. Dunham, P. Leinenbach. 2014.
Stream temperature and riparian thinning: influence of heterogenous effective shade on thermal
complexity. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR. 19-23 May, 2014.
Campbell, E., J. Dunham, G. Reeves, S. M. Wondzell. 2014. Linkages Between Thermal Heterogeneity
and Coho Salmon Emergence in Alaska Streams. Annual Meeting, Oregon Chapter, American
Fisheries Society, Eugene OR. 25-28 February, 2014.
Diabat, M., S. M. Wondzell, and R. Haggerty. 2014. Comparison between restoring stream meanders and
replanting riparian vegetation on stream temperature in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon.
River Restoration Northwest, Annual Meeting, Skamania WA. 3-6 February, 2014.
2013
Wondzell, S. M., L. Adelfio, G. Reeves, E. Campbell, and J. Dunham. 2013. Surface-Groundwater
Interactions Control Egg-Incubation Temperature Regimes on the Copper River Delta, Alaska:
Implications for Understanding Likely Climate Change Impacts. EOS Transactions of the American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H43A-1439.
Diabat, M., S. M. Wondzell, and R. Haggerty. 2012. Comparison Between the Effects of Restoring
Channel Meanders and Riparian Vegetation on Stream Temperature in the Middle Fork John Day
River, Oregon. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement,
Abstract H23C-1297.
Wondzell, S. M. 2013. Climate Change, Land-use, and Stream Temperature in the Middle Fork, John Day
River. R6 Watershed and Fisheries Program Managers Meeting. Corvallis, Oregon. 20 November,
2013
Campbell, E., J. Dunham, G. Reeves, S. M. Wondzell. 2013. Linkages Between Climate Change and the
Phenologies of Juvenile Coho Salmon and their Invertebrate Prey in Alaska Streams. Annual
Meeting, Oregon Chapter, American Fisheries Society, Bend OR. 19-22 February, 2013.
Wondzell, S. M., 2013. Hyporheic Zones in Mountain Streams: Physical Processes and Ecosystem
Functions. USGS Oregon Water Science Center, Portland OR. 15 January, 2013.
2012
Beamer, J. P., S. M. Wondzell, and R. Haggerty. 2012. The hyporheitron – a tool for measuring hyporheic
processes along a discrete flow path in gravel bed streams. EOS Transactions of the American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H13D-1367.
Diabat, M., R. Haggerty, and S. M. Wondzell. 2012. What matters most: Are summer stream
temperatures more sensitive to changing air temperature, changing discharge, or changing riparian
vegetation under future climates? EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting Supplement, Abstract H53E-1569.
Wondzell, S. M. 2012. Are riparian buffers an effective approach for stream restoration in an agricultural
landscape? An example of the l’Hers Mort River Basin, France. Stream Team, Monday Morning
Meeting. 19 November, 2012.
Wondzell, S. M., J. E. Janisch, W. J. Ehinger, W. J., and P. A. Bisson. 2012. Forest harvest effects on
temperature of small headwater streams with and without riparian buffers. Science Hour presentation,
H. J. Andrews LTER monthly meeting, Corvallis OR, 5 October, 2012.
Wondzell, S. M., Muldavin, E. H., and Ludwig, J. A. 2012. Long-term demographics of dominant shrubs in
semi-arid grasslands of the Chihuahuan desert region. 97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society
of America, 5-10 August, 2012. Portland OR.
Wondzell, S. M., Reeves, G. H., and Adelfio, L. 2012. Spatial variability in egg-incubation temperature
regimes on the Copper River Delta, Alaska: implications for understanding likely climate change
impacts. American Fisheries Society, Oregon Chapter meeting, Feb 28 – March 2, 2012. Eugene OR.
2011
Diabat, M., R. Haggerty, and S. M. Wondzell. 2011. Climate change and river temperature sensitivity to
warmer nighttime vs. warmer daytime air temperatures. EOS Transactions of the American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H13C-1218.
Ward, A. S., M. N. Gooseff, K. E. Bencala, R. A. Payn, S. M. Wondzell, C. Kelleher, and T. Wagener.
2011. How does transient storage change as a function of valley position and flow rate? EOS
Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H44D-07.
Wondzell, S. M., Przeszlowska, A., Bisson, P. A., and Hemstrom, M. A. 2011. Modeling riparian
vegetation, channel morphology, and salmonid habitat dynamics in the upper Middle Fork John Day
River watershed. OWEB Research Program Reports, presented to the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board, 20 January, 2011.
Wondzell, S. M., Przeszlowska, A., Bisson, P. A., and Hemstrom, M. A. 2011. Projecting riparian
vegetation and salmonid habitat responses to alternative land-use and restoration practice. US-IALE
Annual Meeting, 3-7 April 2011. Portland OR.
Wondzell, S. M., Reeves, G. A., and Bisson, P. A. 2011. Spatial variability in egg-incubation temperature
regimes on the Copper River Delta, Alaska: Implications for understanding likely climate change
impacts. 13th Copper River Delta Science Symposium, Cordova AK., 22-24 March, 2011.
Zarnetske, J. P., R. Haggerty, S. M. Wondzell, V. A. Bokil, and R. A. Gonzalez-Pinzon. 2011. Coupling
Hyporheic Nitrification-Denitrification: Evaluating Net Nitrate Source-Sink Dynamics as a Function of
Transport and Reaction Kinetics. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
Supplement, Abstract B12D-05.
2010
Claeson, S. M., A. D. Foster, S. M. Wondzell, and P. A. Bisson. 2010. Debris flow effects on stream biota
in Washington State. 2010 Joint Annual Meeting of ASLO & NABS, 6-11 June 2010. Santa Fe, NM.
Davis, C. R., S. M. Wondzell and A. Przeszlowska 2010. Browsing and riparian shrubs: historic evidence
and restoration, Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon. Northwest Scientific Association, 82nd Annual
Meeting, 24-27 March 2010. Centralia WA.
Davis, C. R., S. M. Wondzell and A. Przeszlowska 2010 Browsing and growth of riparian shrubs: historic
evidence, current condition and restoration, upper Middle Fork John Day River, OR. [poster] Middle
Fork John Day Intensively Monitored Watershed, Annual Science Summit. 17-18 February 2010.
John Day, OR.
Janisch, J. E., S. M. Wondzell, and W. J. Ehinger. 2010. Understanding headwater stream response to
logging: six years of monitoring and patterns observed. Washington Forest Practices, Adaptive
Management, Annual Science Conference, 13 April 2010. Olympia WA.
Muldavin, E. H. and S. M. Wondzell. 2010. Fifty years of community change in a Chihuahaun desert
ecosystem: using the U. S. National Vegetation Classification to link the past to the future. 95th
Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 1-6 August 2010, Pittsburgh PA.
Przeszlowska, A. and S. M. Wondzell. 2010. Projecting riparian vegetation and salmonids habitat
responses to alternative land-use and restoration practices. 2010 Joint Regional Conference,
Northwest Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration and the Washington Chapter of the
Wildlife Society. 16-18 February 2010. Tulalip, WA.
Przeszlowska, A., S. M. Wondzell, P. A. Bisson, and M. A. Hemstrom. 2010. A stream network approach
for predicting riparian vegetation dynamics and salmonids habitat quality. 2010 Joint Annual Meeting
of ASLO & NABS, 6-11 June 2010. Santa Fe, NM.
Wondzell, S.M. 2010. Water temperature regimes in small streams: Riparian buffers, hyporheic
exchange, and climate change. Aquatic Ecology Seminar. Olympia Forestry Sciences Lab, PNW
Research Station, Olympia WA. 9 November, 2010.
Wondzell, S. M. 2010, Limitations of the Stream Tracer Approach for Hyporheic Investigations, Abstract
H34A-04 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 December, 2010.
Wondzell, S. M. and S. Johnson. 2010. Hyporheic exchange: Controlling processes, effects on streams,
and management implications. US Forest Service Region 6 Program Managers Meeting. Welches
OR, 16 November, 2010.
Wondzell, S. M., A. Przeszlowska, P. A. Bisson and M. A. Hemstrom. 2010. Modeling riparian vegetation,
stream channel morphology, and salmonid habitat dynamics in the upper Middle Fork John Day River
watershed. Middle Fork John Day Intensively Monitored Watershed, Annual Science Summit. 17-18
February 2010. John Day, OR.
Wondzell, S. M., J. P. Zarnetske, R. Haggerty, R. A. Payn, M. N. Gooseff, and B. L. McGlynn. 2010.
Limitations of the stream tracer approach for hyporheic Investigations. 2010 Joint Annual Meeting of
ASLO & NABS, 6-11 June 2010. Santa Fe, NM.
Zarnetske, J. P., R. D. Haggerty, S. M. Wondzell, and M. A. Baker. 2010. Dynamics of nitrate production
and removal as a function of residence time in the hyporheic zone: a 15N-tracer study. 2010 Joint
Annual Meeting of ASLO & NABS, 6-11 June 2010. Santa Fe, NM.
2009
Bigley, R. E., Ricklefs, J. D., Bisson, P. A., Wondzell, S. M., Raphael, M. G., Claeson, S. M., Wilk, R. J.,
Wilk, K. I., Foster, A., Janisch, J. E., Ehinger, W. J., Vogt, D., and Edmonds, R. 2009. Testing
alternative headwater stream management options: Early results from the Riparian Ecosystem
Management Studies (REMS) Project. Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources, Cooperative
Monitorning Evaluation and Research (CMER), Washington Forest Practices Adaptive Management
Annual Science Conference. 18 March 2009, Olympia WA.
Gooseff, M. N.; R. A. Payn; B. L. McGlynn; S. M. Wondzell. 2009. Solute load sensitivity to stream flow
gains and losses in transport simulations in coupled stream-subsurface systems. Eos Trans. AGU,
90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H53D-0954 [published abstract]
Jencso, K. G.; B. L. McGlynn; M. N. Gooseff; S. M. Wondzell. 2009. Hillslope hydrologic connectivity
controls riparian groundwater turnover: Implications of landscape structure and organization for
catchment scale source water dynamics (Invited). Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract H32A-05 [published abstract]
Wondzell, S. M., Muldavin, E., and Ludwig, J. A. 2009. Fifty years of woodland dynamics, Chisos
Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas.
 George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. Pg.
158 in: “Rethinking protected areas in a changing world” Portland, OR. 2-6 March, 2009.
 Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, NM. 2-7 August, 2009.
Zarnetske, J. P., Haggerty, R., Wondzell, S. M., and Baker, M. A. 2009. Residence Time Controls on
Hyporheic Nitrogen Cycling in an Upland Agricultural Stream. Gordon Research Conference:
Catchment Sciences: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry. 12-17 July 2009, Andover,
NH.
Zarnetske, J. P.; R. Haggerty; S. M. Wondzell; M. A. Baker. 2009. Labile Dissolved Organic Carbon
Availability Controls Hyporheic Denitrification: a 15N Tracer Study. Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall
Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41E-0941 [published abstract] This presentation received an “Outstanding
Student Paper Award” from the American Geophysical Union.
2008
Gooseff, M. N., Wondzell, S. M., and McGlynn, B. L. 2008. On the Relationships Among Temporal
Patterns of Evapotranspiration, Stream Flow and Riparian Water Levels in Headwater Catchments
During Baseflow. International Association of HydroGeologists Congress, Toyama, Japan . Oct. 26 –
Nov. 1, 2008.
Jencso, K., McGlynn, B. L., Gooseff, M. N., Payn, R., and Wondzell, S. M. 2008. Landscape Structure as
a 1st Order Control on Whole Catchment Hydrologic and Solute Response Characteristics Across
Contrasting Climate Conditions. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 89(53), Fall
Meeting Supplement, Abstract H31E-0927. This paper received an “Outstanding Student Paper
Award” from the American Geophysical Union.
Jencso, K, B.L. McGlynn, M.N. Gooseff, S.M. Wondzell, K.E. Bencala, and R.A. Payn. 2008. Topographic
controls on hillslope–riparian water table continuity in a set of nested catchments, Northern Rocky
Mountains, Montana. CUAHSI (Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic
Sciences) Biennial Colloqium on Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Boulder, CO. July 14-16,
2008.
Payn, R. A., Gooseff, M. N., McGlynn, B. L., Bencala, K., and Wondzell S. M. 2008. Relationships
between stream – ground water exchange and topography of the channel, valley, and watershed.
CUAHSI (Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences) Biennial Colloqium
on Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Boulder, CO. July 14-16, 2008.
Wondzell, S. M., Hemstrom, M. A., and Bisson, P. A. 2008. Developing a riparian vegetation and aquatic
habitat dynamics model to inform management decisions in the Interior Columbia Basin. Presented to
the USFS WO Staff, Feb. 14, 2008.
Wondzell, S. M., Muldavin, E., and Ludwig, J. A. 2007 & 2008. Fifty Years of Change in the Desert
Grasslands of Big Bend National Park: 1955 to 2007.
 Presented to the staff of Big Bend National Park, Panther Junction, Texas, 21 September, 2007.
 Presented to the Olympia Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Brown Bag Presentation, 24 January
2008.
Wondzell, S., Przeszlowska, A., Bisson, P., Hemstrom, M., Burnett, K., Cohen, W., and Ohmann, J.
Projecting the responses of riparian vegetation and salmonid habitat to alternative land-use policies
and aquatic habitat restoration. Region 6 Fisheries Biologists and Hydrologists Managers Annual
Meeting, HoodRiver, OR. 19 November, 2008.
Zarnetske, J. P., Haggerty, R., Wondzell , S. M., and Baker, M. A. 2008. Hyporheic Denitrification in an
Upland Agricultural Stream: a 15N Tracer Study. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical
Union 89(53), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H11B-0746. This presentation received an
“Outstanding Student Paper Award” from the American Geophysical Union. This presentation was
also awarded the Williamson Water Prize, the most prestigious award offered annually by Oregon
State University’s Water Resources Graduate program.
2007
Bisson, P.A., Raphael, M.G., Bigley, R.E., Foster, A.D., Claeson, S.M., Wilk, K.I., and Wondzell, S.M.
2007. Approaches, Surprises, And Lessons Learned From 10 Years Of Headwater Stream Studies In
Western Washington. Presented at “Riparian Management in Headwater Catchments: Translating
Science into Management”. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Feb. 19-21,
2007.
Gooseff, M. N., Payn, R. A., McGlynn, B. L., Bencala, K. E., and Wondzell, S. M. 2007. Multiple Spatial
Scales of Surface Water-Groundwater Exchange in a Headwater Stream in Montana, USA.
Geological Society of America Program 39(6):480 (published abstract). Oct. 28-31, 2007.
Janisch, J.E., Ehinger, W.J., and Wondzell, S.M. 2007. Headwaters Streams: Air Temperature Response
To Various Harvest Treatments And Relationship To Water Temperature. Presented at “Riparian
Management in Headwater Catchments: Translating Science into Management”. The University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Feb. 19-21, 2007.
Jencso, K., McGlynn, B. L., Gooseff, M. N., Wondzell, S. M., Bencala, K. E., and Payn, R. A. 2007.
Topographic controls on hillslope–riparian water table continuity in a set of nested catchments,
Northern Rocky Mountains, Montana. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52),
Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H21A-0168 (published abstract). Dec. 10-14, 2007. This paper
received an “Outstanding Student Paper Award” from the American Geophysical Union.
Payn, R., M. Gooseff, B.L. McGlynn, K.E. Bencala, and S.M. Wondzell. 2007. Multiple spatial scales of
surface water - groundwater exchange in a headwater stream in Montana, USA. 2007 Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver.
Payn, R. A., Gooseff, M. N., McGlynn, B. L., Bencala, K. E., Wondzell, S. M., and Jencso, K. 2007.
Relationships between stream – ground water exchange and topography of the channel, valley, and
watershed. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement,
Abstract H53B-1232 (published abstract). Dec. 10-14, 2007.
Stayton, P., Robichaud, P.R., Cliffton, C., and Wondzell, S.M., 2007. Validating disturbed WEPP for fuel
management and prescribed fire conditions in northeast Oregon and southeastern Washington. EOS
Transactions. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, H31C-1445 (published abstract).
Wondzell, S. M., Clifton, C. F., Harris, R. M., and Ritchie, J. C. 2007. Erosion Rates of Volcanic-ash
Derived Soils in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, USA: A Comparison Across Sales in Space
and Time. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement,
Abstract H43F-1686 (published abstract). Dec. 10-14, 2007.
Wondzell, S. M., Hemstrom, M. A., and Bisson, P. A. 2007. Simulating riparian vegetation and aquatic
habitat dynamics in response to natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes in the upper Grande
Ronde River, Oregon, USA. Geological Society of America Program 39(6):264 (published abstract).
Oct. 28-31, 2007.
Wondzell, S.M., Janisch, J.E., Ehinger, W.J., Bisson, P.A. 2007. Forest Harvest Effects On Temperature
Of Small Headwater Streams With And Without Riparian Buffers. Presented at “Riparian
Management in Headwater Catchments: Translating Science into Management”. The University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Feb. 19-21, 2007.
2006
Gooseff, M.N., Zarnetske, J.P., Haggerty, R., LaNier, J., and Wondzell, S.M. 2006. Challenges in
groundwater flow modeling to characterize hyporheic exchange. MODFLOW and more 2006,
MODFLOW conference series, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of
Mines, Golden CO. 22-24 May 2006.
Jencso, K, B McGlynn, M Gooseff, S Wondzell, and K Bencala. 2006. Landscape controls on hillsloperiparian-stream hydrologic connections in a set of nested catchments, Northern Rocky Mountains.
EOS Transactions. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, H31E-1473 (published abstract).
Johnson, S.L., Li, J.L., Frady, C., and Wondzell, S. 2006. Physical processes and biological response:
Macroinvertebrate diversity among headwater streams in the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest,
Oregon, USA. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society 23(1):96.
Payn, R.A., Gooseff, M.N., McGlynn, B.L., Bencala, K.E., and Wondzell S.M. 2006. Measurements of
simultaneous hydrologic gains and losses over stream reaches. Bulletin of the North American
Benthological Society 23(1):344.
Payn, R, M Gooseff, B McGlynn, K Bencala, and S Wondzell. 2006. Tracer observations of spatial and
temporal variations in water exchange across the stream-catchment interface. EOS Transactions.
AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, B22C-06 (published abstract).
Wondzell, S.M., McGuire, k., Haggerty, R., and Johnson, S.L. 2006. Physical processes and biological
response: Physical controls on water residence times in headwater watersheds in the H. J. Andrews
Experimental Forest, Oregon, USA. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society 23(1):96.
2005
Haggerty, R, J LaNier, CL Crenshaw, SM Wondzell, MA Baker, and MN Gooseff. 2005. Investigation of
Hyporheic Nitrate Retention Using 15NO3- Additions: Preliminary Results from Mack Creek, Oregon.
North American Benthological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Houlahan, J., and the NCEAS Working Group on Data Sharing. 2005. Are diverse natural communities
more stable or are stable natural communities more diverse. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological
Society of America, Montreal, Canada. 8-12 August 2006.
LaNier, J. M., Wondzell, S. M., Woodsmith, R., and Haggerty, R. 2005. Changes in Hyporheic Exchange
Flow Following Experimental Woody Debris Removal Determined by Groundwater Flow Modeling.
[published abstract: EOS Transactions, AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H41I-03] 5-9
December, 2005.
Payn, R. A., Gooseff, M. N., and McGlynn, B. L., Bencala, K. E., and Wondzell, S. M. 2005. Water
Balance and Residence Time in Stream Functional Units of Differing Scales. [published abstract:
EOS Transactions, AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H43C-0508] 5-9 December,
2005.
Wondzell, S. M., Gooseff, M. N., and McGlynn, B. L. 2005. On the Role of Hyporheic Exchange and
Stream Flow Velocity in Driving Diurnal Fluctuations in Discharge During Baseflow Recession.
[published abstract: EOS Transactions, AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H21A-1306]
5-9 December, 2005.
2004
Haggerty, R., Harvey, C., Zinn, B., Meigs, L. C., Ninnemann, J., Gooseff, M.N., Wondzell, S. M., Freiherr
von Schwerin, C. 2004. Experimental evidence of heavy-tailed memory effects in solute movement
through geologic materials: Anomalous transport caused by diffusive and advective exchange.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Annual Meeting, July 12-16, Portland, OR.
Haggerty, R., LaNier, J., Ninneman, J., Gooseff, M. N., and Wondzell, S. M. 2004. Late-time tracer test
method for measuring transient storage residence time distributions in streams. [published abstract:
GSA Abstracts with Programs 36(5)xxx] November 9, 2004, Denver, CO.
Harris, R.M., C. Clifton, and S.M. Wondzell. 2004. Evaluating the effects of prescribed fire and fuels
treatment on water quality and aquatic habitat. Advancing the Fundamental Sciences Conference-A
Conference for Physical Scientists. October 18-22, 2004, San Diego, CA.
Ninnemann, J., Haggerty, R., Gooseff, M. N., and Wondzell, S. 2004. Multi-scale stream tracer test in
Lookout Creek, Oregon: Fractal behavior of hyporheic residence time distributions. [published
abstract: GSA Abstracts with Programs 36(5)xxx] November 9, 2004, Denver, CO.
Wondzell, S. M. and Johnson, S. L. 2004. Influence of hyporheic exchange flow on temperature of a small
mountain stream. [published abstract: Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society
21(1):307].
Wondzell, S. M., Clifton, C., and Harris, R. M. 2004. Preliminary results: Evaluating the effects of
prescribed fire on hillslope erosion and sediment delivery to streams. Joint Fire Sciences Project,
Principal Investigator Workshop, Phoenix, AZ.
2003
Harris, R.M., C. Clifton, and S.M. Wondzell. 2003. Evaluating the effects of prescribed fire on water
quality and aquatic habitat.
 Walla Walla Watershed Science and Restoration Conference. Organized by Walla Walla Basin
Technical Workgroup, the Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council and the Walla Walla County
Conservation District. 12 February, 2003. Walla Walla, WA.
 Watersheds Across Boundaries: Science, Sustainability, Security conference. Bi-annual meeting
of the Watershed Management Council. 4 - 6 November, 2002, Stevenson WA.
Ninnemann, J., Haggerty, R., Gooseff, M. N., & Wondzell, S. M. 2003. Time-scales of hyporheic
exchange along the river continuum. Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) All-Scientist Meeting,
18-21 September 2003, Seattle, WA.
Wondzell, S. M. 2003. Death, Monsters, Healthy Forests, and You. United States Forest Service, Region
6, Annual Fisheries Biologist and Hydrologist Workshop. 1 May, 2003, Eugene OR.
Wondzell, S. M., LaNier, J., Haggerty, R., & Gooseff, M. N. 2003. Reliability of Groundwater Flow Models
of the Hyporheic Zone of Small Mountain Streams. [Published Abstract: Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet.
Suppl., Abstract H41D-1027]. (American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 8-12 December, 2003,
San Francisco, CA.)
2002
Anderson, J.K.; and Wondzell, S.M. 2002. Stream geomorphology, bed topography, and implications for
patterns in hyporheic exchange flow. [Published Abstract: Bulletin of the North American
Benthological Society 19(1):310].
Anderson, J.K.; Wondzell, S.M.; and Gooseff, M.N. 2002. Stream geomorphology, water surface slope,
and implications for patterns in hyporheic exchange. Geological Society of America, Cordilleran
Section, Annual Meeting, Corvallis OR. 13-15 May 2002.
Gooseff, M.N., R. Haggerty, J. LaNier, J.K. Anderson, S.M. Wondzell. 2002. Investigating stream
longitudinal geomorphic variability and hyporheic exchange residence time distribution using a
groundwater flow model. [Published Abstract: Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
H52D-0901]. (American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 6-10 December, 2002, San Francisco, CA.)
Gooseff, M.N.; Haggerty, R.; and Wondzell, S.M. 2002. Characterizing the cascade effect of upstream
hyporheic exchange in mountain Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Annual Meeting,
Corvallis OR. 13-15 May 2002.
Wondzell, S.M.; and Kasahara, T. 2002. Influence of channel morphology on the hyporheic zone in
mountain streams. [Published Abstract: Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society
19(1):186].
2001
Haggerty, R.; Johnson, M.A.; and Wondzell, S.M. 2001. Fractal Residence Time Distribution in the
Hyporheic Zone of a 2nd-Order Mountain Stream: Implications for Scaling and Stream
Biogeochemistry. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 2001.
Haggerty, R.; Johnson, M.A.; and Wondzell, S.M. 2001. Fractal Residence Time Distribution in the
Hyporheic Zone of a 2nd-Order Mountain Stream. Implications for Scaling and Measurement of
Hillslope Processes. Chapman Conference on State-of-the-Art Hillslope Hydrology, Sunriver Oregon,
8-12 October 2001.
Kasahara, T. and S. M. Wondzell. 2001. Effects of geomorphic features on hyporheic exchange flow in
mountain streams. Canadian Geophysical Union, Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON.
Wald, A. and Wondzell, S. M. 2001. The hyporheic zone: Its importance to ESA listed fish species in
Pacific Northwestern Rivers. Presented to U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service, Lacey Office. 16 August
2001.
Wondzell, S.M. 2001. Opportunities for collaboration between the US and Japan: An overview of
hyporheic studies at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Presented to staff, researchers and
graduate students, Uryu Experimental Forest, Moshiri, Hokkaido, Japan. 22 May 2001.
2000
Wondzell, S.M. 2000. How channel morphologic features control groundwater interactions, how those
features are changed by floods, and what does it mean for stream ecosystems. United States Forest
Service, Region 6 Fish/Hydro Fall Workshop. 7 December 2000, HoodRiver OR.
Wondzell, S.M. 2000. The Hyporheic Zone: Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Components of Riparian
Ecosystems. The Center for Stream-Side Studies, Seattle WA, 14 November 2000.
Yeakley, A. and S. Wondzell. 2000. Controls on nutrient exchange processes between terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems. Long-Term Ecological Research, All-scientist meeting, Snowbird Utah, August
2000.
1999 and earlier
Wondzell, S. M. 1999. Stream Tracer Experiments, Channel Morphology and Model Uncertainty.
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 1999.
Kasahara, T. and S. M. Wondzell. 1999. Geomorphic Controls on Hyporheic Exchange Flow Shift with
Stream Order and Channel Constraint. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco,
CA. December 1999.
Wondzell, S.M. 1998. Geomorphology controls hyporheic exchange flows in small mountain streams.
North American Benthological Society, Annual Meeting 2-5 June 1998.
Kasahara, T., S. M. Wondzell and F. J. Swanson. 1998. Predicting Subsurface Flow in Mountain Streams.
Society for Ecological Restoration, Northwest Chapter, Annual Meeting. 28-30 October 1998.
Wondzell, S. M. 1997. Debris jams and flooding control long-term dynamics of the hyporheic zone.
Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting 10-14 August 1997.
Muldavin, E. H., S. M. Wondzell and J. A. Ludwig. 1997. Forty years of vegetation change in the desert
grasslands of Big Bend National Park. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting 10-14 August
1997.
Wondzell, S. M., G. Pinay, and Ph. Vervier. 1996. Can denitrification in the hyporheic zone mitigate
nitrate pollution? North American Benthological Society, Annual Meeting. 3-7 June 1996.
Wondzell, S.M. 1995. Seasonal and storm dynamics of subsurface water flows through the hyporheic
zone of a fourth-order stream: Hydrologic processes and nitrogen cycling. Department of Natural
Resources, University of New Hampshire.
Wondzell, S. M. 1994. Nitrogen cycling through the hyporheos - two case studies: McRae Creek, Oregon
(USA) and l'Hers Mort, Toulouse (France). Departament D'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona.
Wondzell, S. M., and F. J. Swanson. 1993. Influence of riparian groundwater systems on nitrogen
budgets of mountain streams. Long-Term Ecological Research, All Scientist Meeting, Estes Park,
CO. September 19-22, 1993 and Gordon Research Conference, Holderness School, Plymouth NH. 26 August 1993.
Wondzell, S. M., and F. J. Swanson. 1992. Influence of riparian groundwater systems on nitrogen
budgets of mountain streams. 7th Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium, Corvallis, OR. 8-11 April
1992.
Wondzell, S. M., and J. A. Ludwig. 1989. Recovery of Desertified Grasslands. Ecological Society of
America, 74th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 6-10 August 1989.
Wondzell, S. M., F. J. Swanson, and G. E. Grant. 1989. The relation of geomorphic processes to the
location, orientation, and stability of ecotones. 4th Landscape Ecology Symposium, Ft. Collins, CO.
March 1989.
Wondzell, S.M., and D. Bachelet. 1988. Factors affecting the dynamics of shrub and grassland
communities in the northern Chihuahuan desert. 3rd Landscape Ecology Symposium, Albuquerque
NM. 16-19 March 1988.
Bachelet, D., and S. M. Wondzell. 1988. Factors affecting the dynamics of shrub and grassland
communities in the northern Chihuahuan desert. Ecological Society of America, 73rd Annual Meeting,
Davis CA. 14-19 August 1989.
Wondzell, S. M., and G. L. Cunningham. 1987. A Hierarchical Classification of Landforms: Some
Implications for Understanding Local and Regional Vegetation Dynamics. U.S.A./Mexico Symposium
on Strategies for Classification and Management of Natural Vegetation for Food Production in Arid
Zones, Tucson, Arizona. 12-16 October 1987.
Wondzell, S. M., and G. L. Cunningham. 1987. Relationships Between Landscape Elements, Geomorphic
Processes, and Vegetative Communities on a Watershed in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert.
Ecological Society of America, 72nd Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio. 9-15 August 1987.
Bachelet, D., S. M. Wondzell, and J. F. Reynolds. 1987. Simulation Model Predicting Germination and
Flowering of C3 and C4 Chihuahuan Desert Annuals. Ecological Society of America, 72nd Annual
Meeting, Columbus, Ohio. 9-15 August 1987.
Bachelet, D., S. M. Wondzell, and J. F. Reynolds. 1987. Predicting Germination, Flowering, and Drought
Death of Winter and Summer Annuals in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. 6th International Society
for Ecological Modeling Meetings, Venice, Italy. 22-26 June 1987.
Wondzell, S. M., G. L. Cunningham, and J. M. Cornelius. 1986. Temporal and Spatial Patterns in the
Distribution of Plant Species on a Chihuahuan Desert Playa. Ecological Society of America, 71st
Annual Meeting, Syracuse, New York. 10-16 August 1986.
Wondzell, S. M., J. A. Ludwig, G. L. Cunningham, J. M. Cornelius, and W. J. Schaefer. 1985. Vegetative
dynamics on an ephemeral Chihuahuan desert lake. Southwestern Association of Naturalists Annual
Meetings, Tucson, Arizona. April 1985.
Ludwig, J. A., G. L. Cunningham, J. M. Cornelius, W. J. Schaefer and S. M. Wondzell. 1985. Response of
Chihuahuan Desert Plants to Water and Nitrogen Amendments. Southwestern Association of
Naturalists Annual Meetings, Tucson, Arizona. April 1985.
Wondzell, S. M. 1984. Pictures At An Exhibition: A Photographic Survey of Vegetation Dynamics in the
Desert Grasslands of Big Bend National Park. New Mexico State University, Department of Biology,
Colloquium.
Wondzell, S. M. 1983. Secondary Successional Patterns of Larrea tridentata and Parthenium incanum.
Second Symposium on Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert Region, Alpine, Texas. 20-21 October
1983.
Wondzell, S. M. 1982. Chihuahuan Desert Plant Succession. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division,
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meetings, El Paso, Texas.
STUDENTS SUPERVISED:
Post-Doctoral Fellows:
Agnieszka Przeszlowska. Post-Doc at the Pacific Northwest Research Station, Olympia WA.
Michael N. Gooseff. Post-Doc with Dr. Roy Haggerty and myself in the Department of Geosciences,
Oregon State University.
Major Professor:
Satish Serchan. In Progress. Ph.D. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State
University. Thesis: Biogeochemical Controls on the Processing of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the
Hyporheic Zone of a Small Forested Stream.
Luca Adelfio. In Progress. M.S. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State
University. Thesis: Water Temperatures within Salmon Spawning Gravels, Copper River Delta,
Alaska: Assessing Shallow Streambed Hydrology and Climate Change Vulnerability
Justin Anderson. MS student in Department of Forest Science. Thesis: Patterns in stream geomorphology
and implications for hyporheic exchange flow.
Tamao Kasahara. MS student in Department of Forest Science. Thesis: Geomorphic controls on
hyporheic exchange flow in two different sized mountain streams.
Co-Major Professor:
Hayley Corson-Rikert: MS. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University.
Thesis: Carbon dynamics in the hyporheic zone of a headwater mountain stream in the Cascade
Mountains, Oregon. (with Dr. Mary Santelmann).
Mousa Diabat: Ph.D. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University.
Thesis: Climate change impacts on stream temperatures of cold-water streams and consequent
impacts on habitat for salmon and trout. (With Dr. Roy Haggerty).
Jay Zarnetske: Ph.D. 2011, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State
University. Thesis: Hydrological and biogeochemical dynamics of nitrate production and removal at
the stream - ground water interface. (With Dr. Roy Haggerty).
Justin LaNier. 2006. MS student in Civil Engineering, Oregon State University. Thesis: Changes in
Hyporheic Exchange Flow Following Experimental Large Wood Removal in a Second Order, Low
Gradient Stream, Chichagof Island, AK. (With Dr. Roy Haggerty).
Graduate Committee Member:
Robert Pennington. In Progress. M.S. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State
University. Thesis topic: Simulating 3D reactive transport of carbon, nitrogen oxygen through
hyporheic zones with PFLOTRAN.
Grace Roy. In Progress. M.S. Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University.
Thesis topic: A paired-watershed study of groundwater dynamics within a semiarid rangeland
ecosystem.
Jordan Beamer. In Progress. Ph.D. Department of Civil Engineering, Oregon State University. Thesis
topic: Modeling snowmelt and freshwater delivery to Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Emily Campbell. In Progress. Ph.D. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University.
Dissertation: Linkages between thermal heterogeneity and juvenile coho salmon phenology, growth,
and resource consumption: Implications for the adaptive capacity of salmon to climate change.
Nicholas Dosch. 2014. MS. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State
University. Thesis: Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Drivers of Stream pCO2 in a Headwater Catchment
in the Western Cascade Mountains, Oregon
Willem VanVerseveld. 2008. Ph.D. Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University. Thesis:
Hydro-biogeochemical Coupling at the Hillslope and Catchment Scale.
Catherine A. Reidy. 2004. MS student in the College of Forest Resources, University of Washington.
Thesis: Variability of hyporheic zones in Puget Sound lowland streams.
Alison H. Magill. MS student in Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire. Thesis:
Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen processes in decomposing leaf litter as affected by increased
nitrogen deposition.
Undergraduate Research Projects Supervised:
Grant S. Kennedy. Student trainee from Stirling University, Stirling UK. I helped Mr. Kennedy design and
supervised his work at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest during the summer of 1997 that led to
his senior honors thesis, titled "Channel Migration and Floodplain Patch Dynamics of a Montane
Stream, Oregon, USA".
Troy Tarbox. I supervised an undergraduate research project titled "Determination of Hydraulic
Conductivity" that Mr. Tarbox completed during the winter of 1993.
Angie M. Froom - I supervised an REU student during the summer and fall of 1993 who completed a
project titled "The volume of exchange flow between the stream and hyporheic zone in an Oregon
Cascade's stream".
COURSES TAUGHT:
FE535: Water Quality and Forest Land Use. Fall 1999. Graduate Level Lecture and Laboratory.
Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University.
FS605a: Nutrient Transformations at the Surface Water – Ground Water Interface. Spring 1999. Graduate
Level Reading and Conference. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University.
FS605b: Stream Tracer Experiments and Their Analyses. Fall 1997. Graduate Level Reading and
Conference. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University.
WaRM721: The Ecology of Polluted Waters. Spring 1996. Senior Level Lecture and Laboratory. Taught
for 1 year while I was a Temporary Assistant Professor of Water Resources Management, University
of New Hampshire.
WaRM603: Water Quality Dynamics from a Watershed Perspective. Fall 1995. Junior/Senior Level
Lecture and Laboratory. Taught for 1 year while I was a Temporary Assistant Professor of Water
Resources Management, University of New Hampshire.
WaRM700: Current Issues in Water Resources Management. Fall 1995. Senior Level Seminar. Taught
for 1 year while I was a Temporary Assistant Professor of Water Resources Management, University
of New Hampshire.
GUEST LECTURES and OTHER PRESENTATIONS:
Hyporheic zones. Invited Lecture, Forest Engineering 430/530: Watershed Processes. Oregon State
University. 2 May, 2014.
How do we know what a stream should look like. Invited lecture in the Watershed Restoration Short
Course, Washington State University, 22-26 September 2003, Wenatchee, WA.
Death, Monsters, Healthy Forests, and You. Presentation to the Olympia Senior Center, 30 April, 2003.
Olympia WA.
Land management issues in the Interior Columbia Basin. Invited lecture, Field Ecology Course, The
Evergreen State College. Olympia WA. May 9, 2002.
Integrating Research into Ecosystem Management: Examples from the Columbia River Basin. Invited
Lecture: Ecosystem Management Class, The Evergreen State College. Olympia WA. Spring 2001.
The Role of the Hyporheic Zone in Mountain Streams. Guest lecture to FW580 - Stream Ecology. 5
February 1998.
Floods, mass movements, debris jams and the hyporheic zone. Guest lecture to GEO482/582 - Forest
Geomorphology and Landscapes. 20 February 1997.
Temperature and nitrogen in west-slope, Cascade streams: A case study of Lookout Creek. Guest
lecturers for GEO539 - Advanced Field Methods in Landscape Ecology and Geomorphology. 25
September 1996. (co-taught with S. L. Johnson).
The hyporheic zone and its role in stream nitrogen budgets. Presentation to the Chapman Conference
Field Trip: Nitrogen cycling in forested catchments. 18 September 1996.
Riparian buffers: Myth or Reality. Guest lecture: Introduction to Natural Resources Management, Dept. of
Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire 1995 and Environmental Chemistry Seminar, Dept.
of Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, 1996; Invited Seminar: Weekly Seminar Series, Dept. of
Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, 1996.
Forest Resources Management in the Pacific Northwest - Current Issues. Water Resources Management
Club, University of New Hampshire.
Geomorphology, soils and desertification: A case study of the Jornada LTER Watershed. Guest lecture:
Soil Genesis, Dept. of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
Science Findings Award, 2012, for a submission titled “A River’s Liver: Gravel Bars, the Hyporheic Zone,
and Nitrogen Cycling”. Award presented by Bov B. Eav, Station Director, Pacific Northwest Research
Station, Portland, OR.
Editor’s Citation, 2010, American Geophysical Union - “for outstanding service to the authors and readers
of Water Resources Research”
Science Findings Award, 2009, for a submission titled “Doesn’t it just run downhill? Exploring the
connections between landscapes and streams”. Award presented by Bov B. Eav, Station Director,
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.
AGU Journal Highlights, 2008. The Editors’ of the AGU Journals selected our paper “Flow velocity and
the hydrologic behavior of streams during baseflow”, published in Geophysical Research Letters for
the AGU Journal “Highlights”.
The citation was published in EOS – Transactions of the American Geophysical Union as follows:
Flow velocity controls timing and magnitude of daily fluctuations in stream flow. EOS 89:76.
Elsevier Publishers, 2008. One of the Top-10 most cited articles from the journal, Forest Ecology and
Management, between 2003 – 2008. Wondzell, S. M. and King, J. G. 2003. Postfire erosional
processes in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Forest Ecology and Management
178(1-2):75-87.
Science Findings Award, 2006, for a submission titled “Your decisions, your children’s streams and
forests”. Award presented by Bov B. Eav, Station Director, Pacific Northwest Research Station,
Portland, OR.
Editor’s Citation, 2004, American Geophysical Union - “for outstanding service to the authors and readers
of Water Resources Research”
Science Findings Award, 2004, for a submission titled “What moderates stream temperature”. Award
presented by Thomas M. Quigley, Station Director, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland,
OR.
Certificate of Merit, 2003, “for leardership in developing the aquatic component of The Inland Northwest
Landscape Analysis System (INLAS) project”, Jamie Barbour, Focused Science and Delivery
Program, Program Manager, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR
Science Findings Award, 2003, for a submission titled “Rivers Underground”. Award presented by
Thomas M. Quigley, Station Director, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.
In Recognition Of, 2001, “in recognition of dedication and leadership in the completion of the Interior
Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, Science Advisory Group, Evaluation of the Final
EIS Alternatives, Science Consistency Reviews and other priority science work in FY01”. Award
presented by Thomas J. Mills, Station Director, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR,
and Marcia Patton-Mallory, Station Director, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ft. Collins, CO.
Certificate of Merit, 2000, “for your extra effort in completing the salmon proposals for the ISST”. Award
presented by Peter A. Bisson, Team Leader, Olympia ALI, Pacific Northwest Research Station,
Olympia, WA.
Outstanding Student Paper, 1982, titled “Chihuahuan Desert Plant Succession”. Southwestern and Rocky
Mountain Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meetings, El Paso,
TX.
Ph. D. Student:
Moltke Fellowship, 1992-1993 school year.
Dorothy D. Hoener Fellowship, 1991-1992 school year.
Dorothy D. Hoener Fellowship, 1990-1991 school year.
Dorothy D. Hoener Fellowship, 1989-1990 school year.
Moltke Fellowship, 1988-1989 school year.
Masters Student:
Outstanding Student Paper, SWARM-AAAS, 1982.
Undergraduate:
Crimson Scholar, 1980.
Society of Range Management Scholarship, 1980.
Rust Tractor Scholarship, 1978, 1979.
Kirtland Officers Wives Association Scholarship, 1977, 1978, 1980.
New Mexico National Guard Scholarship, 1977.
Physical Science Laboratory Scholarship, 1977.
Dean 's List, 1977 - 1981.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Society for Freshwater Science
American Geophysical Union
Ecological Society of America
International Association for Vegetation Science