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Macroinvertebrate Monitoring of Redmond and Blakely Ridge Ephemeral Streams
(University of Washington Water Center, 1999)Since the early 1980’s biological monitoring has developed as a reliable tool for the assessment of stream and watershed health in an ecological context broader than traditional chemical and habitat assessment. In late ... -
Maintaining Sustainable Water Supplies: Impacts of Climate Change in the Puget Sound Region
(University of Washington Water Center, 2005-02-17)Palmer will define sustainability. He will review recent trends in climate research, and consider the potential impacts of climate on sustainability. Next, he will turn to water demands. He will close by outlining strategies ... -
Making Sense from Measurements -- Statistical Advances that Yield More, but Demand More
(University of Washington Water Center, 2004-02-06)Conquest will review traditional sample designs. Next, she will discuss recent advances: ranked set sampling and multiple-panel sampling. She will describe "Visual Sample Plan" software, and then offer some conclusions. -
Managing Stormwater for Healthy Salmon Populations in Puget Sound
(University of Washington Water Center, 2007-05-01)Kirkpatrick will discuss stormwater and how to manage stormwater for healthy populations in Puget Sound. She will review how stormwater affects salmon and how stormwater is currently managed in the Puget Sound area. Finally, ... -
Marine Ecosystem Management in the San Juan Archipelago
(University of Washington Water Center, 2007-10-09)Klinger will present an overview of marine ecosystem management in the San Juan Islands. The general approach: engage in a local, bottom-up planning process for ecosystem-based management, using science to support ... -
Marine Resource Management in the Philippines: the Best and Worst of the World
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010-02-09)Patrick Christie, Associate Professor in the UW School of Marine Affairs and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, will present an introduction to the coral reefs and fisheries of the Philippines, which are ... -
Market Integration of Domestic Wood and Imported Wood in Japan: Implications for Policy Implementation
(12/1/2014)Japan has been one of the largest importers of wood products in the world. However, a large area of domestic plantation forests has matured, and the Japanese government has adopted several policy measures aimed at increasing ... -
Material Substitution Trends in Residential Construction 1995, 1998 and 2001
(4/1/2004)Understanding the ways in which residential builders perceive and use softwood lumber and substitute structural materials is essential to the success of any forest products manufacturer. CINTRAFOR completed its first study ... -
Material Substitution Trends in Residential Construction 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2004
(11/1/2007)The United States residential construction industry, traditionally the largest end-use market for softwood lumber, has been undergoing a period of change for more than a decade. Builders’ acceptance of substitute materials ... -
Material Substitution Trends in Residential Construction, 1995 vs. 1998
(3/1/2000)The US residential construction industry, traditionally the largest market for softwood lumber, has undergone a period of uncharacteristically rapid change over the past decade. The effects of timber harvest restrictions ... -
Material Use in the US Deck Market: An Assessment of the Market Potential for Alaska Yellow Cedar
(7/1/2005)The deck building industry is going through a period of rapid growth and dramatic change with respect to the types of materials available to build decks. A 2001 study by the Freedonia Group estimates that the demand for ... -
Measuring Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and Electrical Conductivity
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010)This field protocol describes how to measure dissolved oxygen and electrical conductivity in surface water and sub-surface (hyporheic) water. -
Measuring the Puget Lowland Landscape with LiDAR
(University of Washington Water Center, 2006-02-16)Haugerud will present an overview of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), a new surveying technology. He will discuss looking at the land surface with LiDAR, describing the forest canopy with LiDAR, and a LiDAR data ... -
Measuring Transient Storage (Dye Injection Method)
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010)This field protocol describes how to measure transient storage in a stream system. -
Measuring Visibility in Moving Waters
(University of Washington Water Center, 1999-01)This fact sheet describes horizontal viewing discs, which are devices for measuring underwater visibility in moving waters. The fact sheet provides step-by-step instructions for building your own horizontal viewing disc ... -
Measuring What Matters, Counting What Counts to Sustain Salmon, Rivers, and People
(University of Washington Water Center, 2004-02-06)Karr will discuss humanity's effects on salmon and rivers. He will identify the core problem: flawed indicators and models endorse values that promote unsustainable lifestyles. He will argue that we need improved indicators, ... -
Microbial community structures in family anaerobic digesters reveal potentially differing waste conversion pathways
(2023-10-12)Family-scale rural digesters are widely implemented in Nepal for waste management, resource recovery, and environmental stewardship for distributed communities. However, there is little documentation on the microbial ... -
Migrations of Salmon and Trout in Puget Sound: New Approaches to Old Questions
(University of Washington Water Center, 2009-02-18)The migrations of salmon and trout are an integral part of their basic biology and are also important for their conservation because migrations define critical habitat and control patterns of fishery exploitation. Decades ... -
Modeling GPS Positional Error Based on LiDAR Derived Canopy Density
(University of Washington Water Center, 2006-02-16)Clarkin will discuss modeling of Global Positioning system (GPS) accuracy with LiDAR-derived tree canopy density. He will discuss management applications and future directions for this research. -
Monitored Glaciated Mountain Headwaters
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010-05-18)Significant physical differences between glaciated mountain headwaters and lowland or unglaciated catchments suggest the need for monitoring parameters appropriate to these basins. A conceptual framework based on recent ...