Pacific Northwest Research Station

ABOUT US

RESEARCH AREAS

The Wenatchee Aquatic and Land Interactions Team is one of several teams located in four PNW laboratories within the Aquatic and Land Interactions Program (the others are in Corvallis, Juneau, and Olympia).

A watershed in eastern Oregon.

Core areas of study:

- Aquatic and riparian ecosystem management and restoration strategies in eastern Washington and Oregon.

-Methods to monitor and assess conditions of aquatic and riparian ecosystems and evaluate management options.

-Hydrologic and geomorphic processes that create, maintain, or modify aquatic and riparian habitats, water quantity, or water quality.

-Trophic processes governing salmonid productivity in the Columbia River basin.

-Role of salmon carcasses as vectors of marine-derived nutrients to freshwater and riparian ecosystems.

-Trophic linkages between fishless headwaters and fish-bearing mainstem habitats.

- The effects of fisheries and land management on behavioral interactions between native salmonids and their resources.

- Processes governing stream food webs and fish carrying capacity.

Research Programs
Detailed information about our research programs.

This team's 2008 Science Accomplishments