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Since 1990; see individual faculty, staff and students under Who is WET for individual listings. Where available, technical reports, theses, etc., are linked to pdf files.

Journal Articles

Jones, K. K., C. A. Simenstad, D. L. Higley, and D. L. Bottom. 1990. Structure, distribution, and standing crop of benthos, epibenthos, and plankton in the Columbia River estuary. Prog. Oceanogr. 25:211-242.

Sherwood, C. R., D. A. Jay, R. B. Harvey, P. Hamilton, and C. A. Simenstad. 1990. Historical Changes in the Columbia River Estuary. Prog. Oceanogr. 25:299-357.

Shreffler, D. K., C. A. Simenstad, and R. M. Thom. 1990. Temporary residence by juvenile salmon of a restored estuarine wetland. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 47:2079-2084.

Simenstad, C. A., C. D. McIntire, and L. F. Small. 1990. Consumption processes and food web structure in the Columbia River estuary. Prog. Oceanogr. 25:271-298.

Simenstad, C. A., L. F. Small, C. D. McIntire, D. A. Jay, and C. R. Sherwood. 1990. An Introduction to the Columbia River Estuary: Brief History, Prior Studies, and the Role of the CREDDP Studies. Prog. Oceanogr. 25:1-14.

Cordell, J. R., C. A. Simenstad, and C. A. Morgan. 1992. Establishment of the Asian calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus inopinus in the Columbia River estuary. J. Crustacean Biol. 12:260-269.

Cordell, J. R., C. A. Simenstad, and C. A. Morgan. 1992. The Asian calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus inopinus in Pacific Northwest rivers--biology of an invasive zooplankter. N.W. Environ. J. 8:164-165.

LMER Coordinating Committee (Boynton, W., J. T. Hollibaugh, D. Jay, M. Kemp, J. Kremer, C. Simenstad, S. V. Smith, and I. Valiela). 1992. Understanding changes in coastal environments: the Land Margin Ecosystems Research Program. EOS 73:481-485.

Shreffler, D. K., C. A. Simenstad, and R. M. Thom. 1992. Juvenile salmon foraging in a restored estuarine wetland. Estuaries 15:204-213.

Simenstad, C. A., and J. R. Cordell. 1992. Species and assemblage diversity of nearshore epibenthic harpacticoid copepods--natural and human influences. N.W. Environ. J. 8:154-155.

Weitkamp, L. A., R. C. Wissmar, C. A. Simenstad, K. L. Fresh, and J. G. Odell. 1992. Gray whales foraging on ghost shrimp (Callianassa californiensis) in littoral sand flats of Puget Sound, U.S.A. Can. J. Zool. 70:2275-2280.

Hassett, R. P., D. O. Duggins, and C. A. Simenstad. 1993. Egg production rates of the neritic marine copepod Acartia tumida Willey in the Aleutian Archipelago. Polar Biol. 13:515-523.

Simenstad, C. A., D. O. Duggins, and P. D. Quay. 1993. High turnover of inorganic carbon in kelp habitats as a cause of d 13C variability in marine food webs. Mar. Biol. 116:147-160.

Baross, J. A., B. Crump and C. A. Simenstad. 1994. Elevated microbial loop activities in the Columbia River estuarine turbidity maxima. Pp. 459-464 in K. Dyer & B. Orth (eds.), Changing Particle Flux in Estuaries: implications from science to management (ECSA22/ERF Symposium, Plymouth, September 1992), Olsen & Olsen Press, Fredensborg.

Boesch, D. F., M. N. Josselyn, A. J. Mehta, J. T. Morris, W. K. Nuttle, C. A. Simenstad, and D. J. P. Swift. 1994. Scientific assessment of coastal wetland loss, restoration and management in Louisiana. J. Coast. Res., Spec. Issue 20. 103 p.

Bollens, S.M., B.W. Frost and J.R. Cordell. 1994. Chemical, mechanical, and visual cues in the vertical migration behavior of the marine planktonic copepod Acartia hudsonica. J. Plankton Res. 16:555-564.

Ruckelshaus, M. H., R. C. Wissmar, and C. A. Simenstad. 1994. Scale of habitat quality relevant to mussel growth in a well-mixed, temperate estuary. Estuaries 17:898-912.

Simenstad, C.A., D.J. Reed, D.A. Jay, J.A. Baross, F.G. Prahl and L.F. Small. 1994a. Land-margin ecosystem research in the Columbia River estuary: investigations of the couplings between physical and ecological processes within estuarine turbidity maxima. Pp. 437-444 in K. Dyer & B. Orth (eds.), Changing Particle Flux in Estuaries: implications from science to management (ECSA22/ERF Symposium, Plymouth, September 1992), Olsen & Olsen Press, Fredensborg.

Simenstad, C.A., C.A. Morgan, J.R. Cordell, and J.A. Baross. 1994b. Flux, passive retention, and active residence of zooplankton in Columbia River estuarine turbidity maxima. Pp. 473-482 in K. Dyer & B. Orth (eds.), Changing Particle Flux in Estuaries: implications from science to management (ECSA22/ERF Symposium, Plymouth, September 1992), Olsen & Olsen Press, Fredensborg.

Bollens, S. M., B. W. Frost, and J. R. Cordell. 1995. Diversity of cues in zooplankton vertical migration: a reply to Ringelberg's comment. J. Plankton Res. 17:656-658.

Simenstad, C. A., and K. L. Fresh. 1995. Influence of intertidal aquaculture on benthic communities in Pacific Northwest estuaries: scales of disturbance. Estuaries 18:43-70.

Simenstad, C. A., and R. M. Thom. 1995. Spartina alterniflora as an invasive halophyte in Pacific Northwest estuaries. Hortus Northwest 6:9-12,38-40.

Cordell, J.R. and S.M. Morrison. 1996. The invasive Asian copepod Pseudodiaptomus inopinus in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia estuaries. Estuaries 19:629-638.

Jay, D. A., and C. A. Simenstad. 1996. Downstream effects of water withdrawl in a small, West Coast river basin: erosion and deposition on the Skokomish River delta. Estuaries 19:501-517.

Paveglio, F. L., K. M. Kilbride, C. E. Grue, C. A. Simenstad, and K. L. Fresh. 1996. Use of Rodeo® and X-77® Spreader to control smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) in a southwestern Washington estuary: I. Environmental fate. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:961-968.

Simenstad, C. A., J. R. Cordell, L. Tear, L. A. Weitkamp, F. L. Paveglio, K. M. Kilbride, K. L. Fresh and C. E. Grue. 1996. Use of Rodeo® and X-77® Spreader to control smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) in a southwestern Washington estuary: II. Effects on benthic microflora and invertebrates. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15:969-978.

Simenstad, C. A., and R. M. Thom. 1996. Assessing functional equivalency of habitat and food web support in a restored estuarine wetland. Ecol. Appl. 6:38-56.

Crump, B. C., J. A. Baross and C. A. Simenstad. 1997. Dominance of particle-attached bacteria in the Columbia River estuary, USA. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 14:7-18.

Miller, J. A., and C. A. Simenstad. 1997. A comparative assessment of a natural and created estuarine slough as rearing habitat for juvenile chinook and coho salmon. Estuaries 20:792-806.

Morgan, C. A., J. R. Cordell, and C. A. Simenstad. 1997. Sink or swim? Copepod population maintenance in the Columbia River estuarine turbidity maxima region. Mar. Biol. 129:309-317.

Prahl, F. P., L. F. Small, B. Sullivan, J. Cordell, C. A. Simenstad, B. C. Crump, and J. A. Baross. 1998. Biogeochemical gradients in the lower Columbia River. Hydrobiologia 361:37-52.

Feist, B. E., and C. A. Simenstad. 2000. Expansion rates and recruitment frequency of exotic smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora (Loisel) colonizing unvegetated littoral flats in Willapa Bay, Washington. Estuaries 23:267-274.

Magniez, G., and J. Toft. 2000. Présence d’un Asellide épigé originaire d’Extrême-Orient en Californie. Bull. mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 69:127-132.

Simenstad, C. A., and J. R. Cordell. 2000. Ecological assessment criteria for restoring anadromous salmonid habitat in Pacific Northwest estuaries. Ecol. Engineering 15:283-302.

Bollens, S.M., J.R. Cordell, S. Avent, and R. Hooff. 2002. Occurrences, causes and consequences of zooplankton invasions: a brief review, plus two case studies from the northeast Pacific Ocean. Hydrobiologia 480:87-110.

Gray, A., C. A. Simenstad, D. L. Bottom and T. J. Cornwell. 2002. Contrasting functional performance of juvenile salmon in recovering wetlands of the Salmon River estuary, Oregon USA. Restor. Ecol. 10:514-526.

Tanner, C.D, J.R. Cordell, J. Rubey, and L.M. Tear. 2002. Restoration of freshwater intertidal habitat functions at Spencer Island, Everett, Washington. Rest. Ecol. 17:656-658

Toft, J. T., J. C. Cordell, and W. C. Fields. 2002. New records of crustaceans (Amphipoda, Isopoda) in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, California and application of criteria for introduced species. Journal of Crust. Biol. 22:200-210.

Toft, J. D., C. A. Simenstad, J. R. Cordell, L. F. Grimaldo. 2003. The effects of introduced water hyacinth on habitat structure, invertebrate assemblages, and fish diets. Estuaries 26:746-758.

Garono, R. J., C. A. Simenstad, R. Robinson and H. Ripley. 2004. Using high spatial resolution hyperspectral imagery to map intertidal habitat structure in Hood Canal, Washington, U.S.A. Can. J. Remote Sens. 30:54-63

Lubetkin, S. C., and C. A. Simenstad. 2004. Two multi-source mixing models using conservative tracers to estimate food web sources and pathways. J. Appl. Ecol. 41:996-1008.

Bottom, D. L., K. K. Jones, T. J. Cornwell, A. Gray, and C. A. Simenstad.  2005.  Patterns of Chinook salmon migration and residency in the Salmon River Estuary (Oregon). Est. Coastal Shelf Sci. 1:79-93.

Dean, A. F., S. M. Bollens, C. A. Simenstad and J. R. Cordell. 2005. Marshes as sources or sinks of an estuarine mysid: demographic patterns and tidal flux of Neomysis kadiakensis at China Camp marsh, San Francisco estuary. Est., Coast. Shelf Sci. 63:1-11.

Orth, K., J. W. Day, D. F. Boesch, E. J. Clairain, W. J. Mitsch, L. Shabman, C. Simenstad, B. Streever, C. Watson, J. Wells, D. Whigham. 2005. Lessons learned: An assessment of the effectiveness of a National Technical Review Committee for oversight of the plan for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Ecol. Eng. 25:153-167.

Simenstad, C., C. Tanner, C. Crandell, J. White, J. Cordell. 2005. Challenges of habitat restoration in a heavily urbanized estuary: evaluating the investment. J. Coast. Res. 40:6-23.

Day, J.W., D.F. Boesch, E.J. Clairain, G.P. Kemp, S.B. Laska, W.J. Mitsch, K. Orth, H. Mashriqui, D.J. Reed, L. Shabman, C.A. Simenstad, B.J. Streever, R.R. Twilley, C.C. Watson, J.T. Wells, D.F. Whigham. 2007. Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: lessons from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Science 315:1679-1684.

Book/Proceedings Chapters

Simenstad, C. A., D. A. Jay, and C. R. Sherwood. 1992. Impacts of watershed management on land-margin ecosystems: the Columbia River estuary as a case study. Pp. 266-306 in R. J. Naiman (ed.), Watershed Management: Balancing Sustainability and Environmental Change. Springer-Verlag. 543 p.

Simenstad, C. A., and R. M. Thom. 1992. Restoring wetland habitats in urbanized Pacific Northwest estuaries. Pp. 423-472 in G. W. Thayer (ed.), Restoring the Nation's Marine Environment, Maryland Sea Grant, College Park, Maryland. 716 p.

Simenstad, C. A., M. Dethier, C. Levings, and D. Hay. 1997. The Land-Margin Interface of Coastal Temperate Rain Forest Ecosystems: Shaping the Nature of Coastal Interactions. Pp. 149-187 (Chap. 7) in P. Schoonmaker, B. von Hagen, and E. Wolf (eds.) The Rain Forests of Home: Profile of a North American Bioregion. Ecotrust/Interain Pacific and Island Press. 480 p.

Garono, R. J., C. A. Simenstad, and R. Robinson. 2000. Using High Spatial Resolution Hyperspectral Imagery to Describe Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Landscape Structure in Hood Canal, WA. Pp. 582-591 in Proc. 17th Internatl. Conf. The Coastal Soc., Portland, OR USA.

Simenstad, C. A., S. B. Brandt, A. Chalmers, R. Dame, L. A. Deegan, R. Hodson, and E. D. Houde. 2000. Habitat-Biotic Interactions. Pp. 427-455 (Chap. 16) in J. E. Hobbie (ed.), Estuarine Science: A Synthetic Approach to Research and Practice. Island Press, Washington, DC. 539 p.

Simenstad, C. A., W. G. Hood, R. M. Thom, D. A. Levy and D. L. Bottom. 2000. Landscape structure and scale constraints on restoring estuarine wetlands for Pacific Coast juvenile fishes. Pp. 597-630 in M. P. Weinstein and D. A. Kreeger (eds.), Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology, Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht. 864 p.

Bottom, D. L., and C. A. Simenstad. 2001. Bottlenecks, barges, and super fish: Rethinking conservation of estuaries and salmon. Pp. 87-95 In Oregon Salmon: Essays on the State of the Fish at the Turn of the Millennium. Oregon Trout, Portland, OR. 175 p.

Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses, National Research Council. 2001. Compensating for Impacts Under the Clean Water Act. Comm. Mitigation Wetl. Losses, Board Environ. Studies Toxicol., Natl. Res. Council. Natl. Acad. Press, Washington, D.C., 322 p.

Simenstad, C. A., A. Wick, S. Van de Wetering, and D. L. Bottom. 2003. Dynamics and ecological functions of wood in estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems.  Pages 265 to 277 in S. V. Gregory, K. Boyer, and A. Gurnell, editors. The Ecology and Management of Wood in World Rivers, American Fisheries Society Symp. 37, Bethesda, MD.

Rice, C. A., W. G. Hood, L. M. Tear, C. A. Simenstad, G. D. Williams, L. L. Johnson, B. E. Feist, and P. Roni. 2005. Monitoring rehabilitation in temperate North American estuaries. Pages 167-207 in P. Roni (ed.), Monitoring Stream and Watershed Restoration. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. 300 p.

Tomikawa, K, H Morino, J Toft, SF Mawatari. 2006. A revision of Eogammarus Birstein, 1933 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Anisogammaridae), with a description of a new species. J. Nat. Hist. 40:1083-1148.

Workshop/Conference Proceedings (non-primary journal)

Simenstad, C. A. (ed.). 1990. Effects of Dredging on Anadromous Pacific Coast Fishes. Workshop proc., Seattle, Sept. 8-9, 1988. Wash. Sea Grant Publ. WSG-WO 90-1, Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 160 p.

Simenstad, C. A., and R. D. Powell. 1990. Benthic, epibenthic and planktonic invertebrates in ice-proximal glacimarine environs: Life in the turbidity lane. Pp. 120-126 in A. M. Milner and J. D. Wood, Jr. (ed.), Proc. Second Glacier Bay Science Symposium, Natl. Park Service, Alaska Region. Off., Anchorage, AK. 165 p.

Simenstad, C. A. 1997. The relationship of estuarine primary and secondary productivity to salmonid production: bottleneck or window of opportunity? Pp. 133-145 in R. Emmett and M. Schiewe (eds.), Proc. Estuarine and Ocean Survival of Northeastern Pacific Salmon, Proc. Workshop March 20-22, 1996, Newport, OR. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-29, Natl. Marine Fish. Serv., NW Fish. Sci. Center, Seattle, WA. 313 p. (extended abstract).

Simenstad, C. A., L. P. Rozas, T. J. Minello, D. J. Reed, R. N. Coats, and J. Zedler. 1997. Importance of tidal channel geomorphology to restoring ecological functions of coastal wetlands. (abstract) Pp. 276-277 in K. B. Mcdonald and F. Weinmann (eds.), Wetland and Riparian Restoration: Taking a Broader View, Proc. Soc. Ecol. Restoration Intl. Conf., September 14-16, 1995. EPA910-R-97-007, US Environ. Protect. Agency, Region 10, Seattle, WA. 284 p.

Thom, R. M., D. A. Shreffler, C. A. Simenstad, A. M. Olson, S. Wyllie-Scheverria, J. R. Cordell, and J. Shafer. 1997. Mitigating impacts from ferry terminals on eelgrass (Z. marina L.). Pp. 95-107 in K. B. Mcdonald and F. Weinmann (eds.), Wetland and Riparian Restoration: Taking a Broader View, Proc. Soc. Ecol. Restoration Intl. Conf., September 14-16, 1995. EPA910-R-97-007, US Environ. Protect. Agency, Region 10, Seattle, WA. 284 p.

Wissmar, R. C., and C. A. Simenstad. 1998. Variability of estuarine and riverine ecosystem productivity for supporting Pacific salmon. Pp. 253-301 in G. R. McMurray and R. J. Bailey (eds.), Change in Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems, NOAA Coastal Ocean Prog., Decision Analysis Series No. 11, NOAA Coastal Ocean Office, Silver Spring, MD. 342 p.

Giles, S.L. and J.R. Cordell. 1999. Zooplankton composition and abundance in Budd Inlet, Washington. Pp. 634-642 in: Puget Sound Research '98: From Basic Science to Resource Management, Puget Sound Wat. Qual. Action Team, Olympia, WA.

Mills, C.E., A.N. Cohen, H.K. Berry, M.J. Wonham, B. Bingham, B. Bookheim, J.T. Carlton, J.W. Chapman, J. Cordell, L.H. Harris, T. Klinger, A.J. Kohn, C. Lambert, G. Lambert, K. Li, D.L. Secord, and J. Toft. 2000. The 1998 Puget Sound Expedition: a shallow water rapid assessment survey for nonindigenous species, with comparisons to San Francisco Bay. Pp 130-138. In: Marine Bioinvasions: Proc. First Natl. Conf., January 24-27, 1999 (Judith Pederson, ed.), MIT Sea Grant Prog., Cambridge, MA.

Simenstad, C. A., D. Finlayson, M. Logsdon, R. J. Garono, and R. Robinson. 2002. Natural and anthropogenic factors influencing fine-grain landscape structure of intertidal eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Hood Canal, Washington (USA). Pp. 303-320 in Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting, The Coastal Environment Science and Technology (CEST) Panel of the  United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (UNJR), 16-19 July  2002, Yokohama, Japan.

Technical Reports

Report numbers (e.g., FRI-UW-xxxx and SAFS-UW-xxxx) highlighted in bold green indicate links to pdf files.

Thom, R. M., Charles A. Simenstad, Jeffery R. Cordell, David K. Shreffler, and Laura Hamilton. 1990. The Lincoln Avenue wetland system in the Puyallup River estuary, Washington: Phase IV report; year four monitoring, January-December 1989. FRI-UW-9004, Rep. to Port of Tacoma, Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 44 p.

Simenstad, C. A. K. L. Fresh, J. Flemma, and D. Clarke. 1991. Effects of estuarine habitat modifications on anadromous salmonids: A literature survey. FRI-UW-9123. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 47 p.

Simenstad, C. A., J. R. Cordell, and L. A. Weitkamp. 1991. Effects of substrate modification on littoral flat meiofauna: Assemblage structure changes associated with adding gravel. FRI-UW-9124. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 91 p.

Thom, R. M., C. A. Simenstad, J. R. Cordell, and L. Hamilton. 1991. The Gog-Li-Hi-Te wetland system in the Puyallup River estuary, Washington; Phase V Report, Year five monitoring, January-December 1990. FRI-UW-9108. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 44 p.

Simenstad, C. A., J. R. Cordell, W. G. Hood, J. A. Miller and R. M. Thom. 1992. Ecological status of a created estuarine slough in the Chehalis River estuary: Report of monitoring in created and natural estuarine sloughs, January-December 1991. FRI-UW-9206. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 49 p.

Simenstad, C. A., J. R. Cordell, J. A. Miller, W. G. Hood, and R. M. Thom. 1993. Ecological status of a created estuarine slough in the Chehalis River estuary: Assessment of created and natural estuarine sloughs, January-December 1992. FRI-UW-9305. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 56 p.

Simenstad, C. A., L. A. Weitkamp, and J. R. Cordell. 1993. Effects of substrate modification on littoral flat epibenthos: Assemblage structure changes associated with predator exclusion nets. FRI-UW-9310. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 50 p.

Simenstad, C. A., J. R. Cordell, and L. M. Tear. 1993. Effects of glyphosate (Rodeo) and surfactant (AAPOE, X-77) Spreader) on a mudflat community in Willapa Bay, Washington: Results of an experiment to evaluate the effects of herbicide control of Spartina alterniflora. FRI-UW-9315. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA.

Cordell, J. R., L. M. Tear, C. A. Simenstad, S. M. Wenger, and W. G. Hood. 1994. Duwamish River Coastal America restoration and reference sites: results and recommendations from year one pilot and monitoring studies. FRI-UW-9416, Fish. Res. Inst., School Fish., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 109 p.

Miller, J. A., and C. A. Simenstad. 1994. Growth of juvenile coho salmon in natural and created estuarine habitats: A comparative study using otolith microstructure analysis. FRI-UW-9405. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 30 p.

Miller, J. A., and C. A. Simenstad. 1994. Otolith microstructure preparation, analysis, and interpretation: A potential habitat assessment tool. FRI-UW-9406. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA.

Cordell, J. R., L. M. Tear, C. A. Simenstad, and W. G. Hood. 1996. Duwamish River Coastal America restoration and reference sites: results from 1995 monitoring studies. FRI-UW-9612, Fish. Res. Inst., School Fish., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 75 p.

Simenstad, C. A., and B. E. Feist. 1996. Restoration potential of diked estuarine wetlands: Inferring fate and recovery rate of historically-breached sites. EPA 910/R-96-005, US Environ. Protect. Agency-Region 10, Seattle, WA. 115 p.

Cordell, J. R., L. M. Tear, K. Jensen, and V. Luiting 1997. Duwamish River Coastal America restoration and reference sites: results from 1996 monitoring studies. FRI-UW-9709, Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA.

Simenstad, C. A., J. R. Cordell, W. G. Hood, B. E. Feist, and R. M. Thom. 1997. Ecological status of a created estuarine slough in the Chehalis River estuary: Assessment of created and natural estuarine sloughs, January-December 1995. FRI-UW-9621, Fish. Res. Inst., School Fish., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 47 p.

Simenstad, C. A., R. M. Thom, and A. M. Olson (eds.). 1997. Mitigation between regional transportation needs and preservation of eelgrass beds. Final Report WA-RD 421.1, Res. Proj. T9903, Task 51, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, WA. Appendices I (143 p.) and II.

Cohen, A., C. Mills, H. Berry, M. Wohnam, B. Bingham, B. Bookheim, J. Carlton, J. Chapman, J. Cordell, L. Harris, T. Klinger, A. Kohn, C. Lambert, G. Lambert, K. Li, D. Secord, and J. Toft. 1998. Puget Sound expedition: a rapid assessment survey of non-indigenous species in the shallow waters of Puget Sound. Tech. Rep., Wash. Dept. Nat. Res., Olympia, WA.

Cordell, J. R., H. Higgins, C. Tanner, and J. K. Aitken. 1998. Biological status of fish and invertebrate assemblages in a breached-dike wetland site at Spencer Island, Washington. FRI-UW-9805, Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA

Cordell, J. R., C. Tanner, and J. K. Aitken. 1999. Fish Assemblages and juvenile salmon diets at a breached-dike wetland site, Spencer Island, Washington 1997-98. FRI-UW-9905, Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA.

Cordell, J. R., L. M. Tear, K. Jensen, and H. Higgins. 1999. Duwamish River Coastal America restoration and reference sites: results from 1997 monitoring studies. FRI-UW-9903, Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA.

Simenstad, C. A., B. J. Nightengale, R. M. Thom, D. K. Shreffler, W. M. Gardiner and J. R. Cordell. 1999. Impacts of ferry terminals on juvenile salmon migrating along Puget Sound shorelines, Phase I: synthesis of state of knowledge. Res. Rep., Res. Proj. T9903, Task A2, to Wash. State Transport. Comm. and U.S. Dept. Transport., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA, and Battelle Mar. Sci. Lab., Sequim, WA.

Cordell, J. R., M. Stamey, C. Tanner, and J. K. Aitken. 2001. Fish assemblages and juvenile salmon diets at a breached-dike wetland site, Spencer Island, Washington 1999. SAFS-UW-0104, School Aquat. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA.

Cordell, J. R., L. M. Tear, and K. Jensen. 2001. Biological monitoring at Duwamish River Coastal America restoration and reference sites: a seven-year retrospective. SAFS-UW-0107, School Aquat. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA.

Nightengale, B., and C. Simenstad. 2001. White paper--overwater structures: marine issues. Rept. no. WA-RD 508.1, Wash. State Transport. Center, Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 133 pp + append.

Nightengale, B., and C. Simenstad. 2001. White paper—dredging activities: marine issues. Rept. no. WA-RD 507.1, Wash. State Transport. Center, Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 119 pp + append.

Toft, J. D. 2001. Shoreline and dock modifications in Lake Washington. SAFS-UW-0106, School Aquat. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 21 p.

Garono, R. J., R. Robinson, and C. Simenstad. 2002. Assessment of estuarine and nearshore habitats for threatened salmon stocks in the Hood Canal and eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington State: Focal Areas 1-4. Rept. submitted to Point No Point Treaty Council, Earth Design Consultants, Inc., Wetland & Watershed Assessment Group, Corvallis, OR. 27 pp + figs.

Haas, M. E., C. A. Simenstad, J. R. Cordell, D. A. Meauchamp and B. S. Miller. 2002 Effects of large overwater structures on epibenthic juvenile salmon prey assemblages in Puget Sound, Washington. Res. Proj. T1803, Task 30, Washington State Dept. Transportation, Olympia, WA. 114 p.

Woodruff, D., A. Borde, G. Williams, J. Southard, R. Thom, C. Simenstad, R. Garono, R. Robinson and J. Norris. 2002. Mapping of subtidal and intertidal habitat resources: Hood Canal Floating Bridge, Washington. Res. Proj. T1803, Task 46, Washington State Dept. Transportation, Olympia, WA.

Garono, R. J., B. D. Anderson, R. Robinson, and C. Simenstad. 2003. Change in land cover along the lower Columbia River estuary as determined from LANDSAT TM imagery. Earth Design Consult., Corvallis, OR. 39 p.

Toft, J., C. Simenstad, J. Cordell, C. Young, L. Stamatiou. 2003. Analysis of Methods for Sampling Juvenile Salmonids along City of Seattle Marine Shorelines. SAFS-UW-0301, School Aquat. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle. 36 p.

Toft, J., C. Simenstad, K. Dodd, T. Miller. 2003. Inventory and mapping of City of Seattle shorelines along Lake Washington, the Ship Canal, and Shilshole Bay. SAFS-UW-0310, School Aquat. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle. 15 p.

Toft, J., C. Simenstad, C. Young, L. Stamatiou. 2003. Inventory and Mapping of City of Seattle Shorelines along Lake Washington, the Ship Canal, and Shilshole Bay. SAFS-UW-0302, School Aquat. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle. 34 p.

Toft, J., C. Simenstad, J. Cordell, L. Stamatiou. 2004. Fish distribution, abundance, and behavior at nearshore habitats along City of Seattle marine shorelines, with an emphasis on juvenile salmonids. Report to Seattle Public Utilities. SAFS-UW-0401, School Aquat. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle. 51 p.

Toft, J. 2005. Benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring at Seahurst Park 2004, pre-construction of seawall removal. Report to City of Burien. SAFS-UW-0502, School Aqut. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle. 20 p.

Cordell, J., J. Toft, M. Cooksey, and A. Gray. 2006. 2005 Juvenile Chinook Duwamish River Studies, Study 2: fish assemblages and patterns of Chinook salmon abundance, diet, and growth at restored sites in the Duwamish River. Technical report prepared for WRIA9. 53 pp. PDF

Southard, S.L., R.M. Thom, G.D. Williams, J.D. Toft, C.W. May, G.A. McMichael, J.A. Vucelick, J.T. Newell, and J.A. Southard. 2006. Impacts of ferry terminals on juvenile salmon movement along Puget Sound shorelines. Battelle Memorial Institute technical report prepared for WSDOT. 84 pp. PDF

Toft, J, J Cordell, B Starhkhouse. 2005. Salmon Bay natural area pre-restoration monitoring 2004. Report to the Seattle Public Utilities. SAFS-UW-0503, School Aqut. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle. 29 p.

Toft, J, C Cordell. 2006. Olympic Sculpture Park: Results from preconstruction biological monitoring of shoreline habitats. Report to Seattle Public Utilites. SAFS-UW-0601, School Aqut. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle. 36 p.

Toft, J. 2007. Benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring at Seahurst Park 2006, pre-construction of seawall removal. Report to City of Burien. SAFS-UW-0702, School Aqut. Fish. Sci., Univ. Wash., Seattle. 20 p.

Theses & Dissertations (1997-present)

Anderson, G. Variations in estuarine life history diversity of juvenile chinook salmon based on stable isotope analysis of food web linkages. M.S. PDF file.

Bieber, A. Variability in juvenile chinook foraging and growth potential in Oregon estuaries: implications for habitat restoration. M.S. PDF file.

Feist, Blake E. A spatio-temporal analysis of the environmental and climatic factors controlling the expansion of Spartina alterniflora in Willapa Bay, Washington. Ph.D.

Gray, Ayesha. The Salmon River estuary: restoring tidal inundation and tracking ecosystem response. Ph.D. PDF file.

Haas, Melora. Effects of Large Overwater Structures on Epibenthic Juvenile Salmon Prey Assemblages in Puget Sound, Washington. M.S. 

Heatwole, Danelle. Insect-habitat associations in salt marshes of northern Puget Sound: implications of tidal restriction and predicted response to restoration. M.S. PDF file.

Hood, William G. Landscape allometry of oligohaline tidal channels of the lower Chehalis River, Washington. Ph.D.

Koehler, Michele E. Diet and prey resources of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) rearing in the littoral zone of an urban lake. M.S. 

Lott, M. A. 2004. Habitat-specific feeding ecology of ocean-type juvenile Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River estuary. M.S. PDF file.

Lubetkin, Susan C. Multi-source mixing models: food web determination using stable isotope tracers. M.S.

Sobocinski, K. L. 2003. The impact of shoreline armoring on supratidal beach fauna of central Puget Sound. M.S. PDF file.

Toft, Jason D. Community effects of the non-indigenous aquatic plant water hyacinth (Eichhornia creassipes) in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, California. M.S. PDF file.

Wick, Alicia J. Ecological function and spatial dynamics of large woody debris in oligohaline-brackish estuarine sloughs for juvenile Pacific salmon. M.S. PDF file

Other Miscellaneous Publications

Simenstad, C. A., C. D. Tanner, F. Weinmann and M. Rylko. 1991. The Estuarine Habitat Assessment Protocol. Puget Sound Notes 25: 1-4.

Simenstad, C. A., C. D. Tanner, R. M. Thom, and L. Conquest. 1991. Estuarine Habitat Assessment Protocol. EPA 910/9-91-037, Puget Sound Estuary Program, U.S. Environ. Protect. Agency-Region 10, Seattle, WA., 191 pp + append.

Thom, R. M., C. A. Simenstad, and C. Tanner. 1991. The Puget Sound Wetland Restoration Monitoring Protocol. Pp. 55-60 in Proc. Symp. Biological Criteria: Research and Regulation, EPA-440/5-91-005, U.S. Environ. Protect. Agency, Office of Water, Washington, DC.

Simenstad, C. A., J. B. Anderson, J. R. Cordell, and L. Hallum. 1993. Analysis of changes in benthic and epibenthic invertebrate communities in Commencement Bay, Washington. Rep. to U.S. Army Corps Engineers-Seattle Dist., David Evans & Assoc., Inc., Bellevue, WA. 88 pp + appendices.

Coastal Oceanography Subcommittee, UNOLS Fleet Improvement Committee (L.D. Wright, J. Bash, P. Betzer, T. Church, R. Dinsmore, M. Langseth, T. Malone, N. Marcus, C. Nittrouer, M. Scranton, and C. Simenstad & the participants in a UNOLS coastal oceanography workshop). 1994. Coastal oceanography: future trends and vessel requirements. University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System. 29 p.

Simenstad, C. A. 1994. Faunal associations and ecological interactions in seagrass communities of the Pacific Northwest coast. Pp. 10-17 in S. Wyllie-Echeverria, A. Olson, and M. J. Hershman (eds.). Seagrass Science and Policy in the Pacific Northwest: Proceedings of a Seminar Series, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 60 p.

Simenstad, C. A., and B. E. Feist. 1996. Restoration potential of diked estuarine wetlands: Inferring fate and recovery rate of historically-breached sites. US EPA, Region 10, Rep. EPA 910/R-96-005, Seattle, WA. 115 p.

Thom, R.M., D.K. Shreffler, C.A. Simenstad, A.M. Olson, S. Wyllie-Echeverria, J.R. Cordell and J. Schafer. 1997. Mitigating impacts from ferry terminals on eelgrass (Zostera marina L.). Pp. 95-107 in Wetland and Riparian Restoration: Taking a Broader View. Proc. Conf., EPA 910-R-97-007, U.S. Environ. Protect. Agency, Region 10, Seattle, WA.

Cordell, J.R. 1998. Asian copepods in Pacific Northwest estuaries. Puget Sound Notes 41:1-5.

Simenstad, C. A. 1998. Issues and approaches to restoring estuarine wetlands in urbanized and undisturbed estuaries. Proc. First Joint Meeting of the Coastal Environment Science and Technology (CEST) Panel of the United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (UNJR), 17-20 March 1998, Hayama, Japan.

Simenstad, C. A., T. M. Thom, and A. M. Olson (eds.). 1998. Mitigating potential impacts of ferry terminal siting and design on eelgrass habitat. WSG 98-05, Wash. Sea Grant, Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA. 103 p.

Simenstad, C. A., J. R. Cordell, R. M. Thom, D. K. Shreffler, B. Nightengale and J. A. Schafer. 1999. Ferry terminal impacts on juvenile salmon migrating through Puget Sound nearshore environments. Puget Sound Notes 42: 9-12.

Simenstad, C. A., R. J. Garono, R. R. Robertson and P. A. Frost. 1999. Landscape analysis of eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitat structure using remote sensing: application to assessing impacts of shoreline modifications. Second Joint Meeting of the Coastal Environment Science and Technology (CEST) Panel of the United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (UNJR), 25-29 October 1999, Silver Spring, MD and Charleston, NC, USA.

Simenstad, C. A., B. J. Nightengale, R. M. Thom and D. K. Shreffler. 1999. Impacts of ferry terminals on juvenile salmon migrating along Puget Sound shorelines, Phase I: synthesis of state of knowledge. Final Res. Rept., Res. Proj. T9903, Task A2, Wash. State Dept. Transportation, Washington Sate Trans. Center (TRAC), Seattle, WA. 116 pp + appendices.

Simenstad, C., J. Toft, H. Higgins, J. Cordell, M. Orr, P. Williams, L. Gimaldo, Z. Hymanson and D. Reed. 1999. Preliminary results from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Breached Levee Wetland Study (BREACH). IEP Newsletter 4: 15-21.

Avent, S.R., S.M. Bollens, W. Kimmerer, and J. Cordell. 2000. Copepods invade the San Francisco estuary. Ballast Exchange 2:4-5.

Cederholm, C. J., D. H. Johnson, R. E. Bilby, L. G. Dominguez, A. M. Garrett, W. H. Graeber, E. L. Greda, M. D. Kunze, B. G. Marcot, J. F. Palmisano, R. W. Plotnikoff, W. G. Pearcy, C. A. Simenstad and P. C. Trotter. 2000. Pacific salmon and wildlife--ecological contexts, relationships, and implications for management. Special Ed. Tech. Rep., prep. for D. H. Johnson and T. A. O’Neil (Manag. Dirs.), Wildlife-Habitat Relationships in Oregon and Washington. Wash. Dept. Fish. Wildl., Olympia, WA.138 p.

Simenstad, C. A. 2000. Estuarine landscape impacts on Hood Canal and Strait of Juan de Fuca summer chum salmon and recommended actions. Appendix Report 3.5, pp. A3.111-A3.132 in J. Ames, G. Graves, and C. Weller (eds.), Summer Chum Salmon Conservation Initiative: An Implementation Plan to Recover Summer Chum in the Hood Canal and Strait of Juan de Fuca Region. Wash. Dept. Fish. Wildl.., and Point-No-Point Treaty Tribes, Olympia, WA.

Simenstad, C. A. 2000. Tidal wetland restoration: promise and uncertainty (extended abstract). Pp. 40-41 in Restoration Primer--State of the Estuary 2000. San Francisco Estuary Project, San Francisco, CA.

Nightengale, B., and C. A. Simenstad. 2001. Overwater structures: marine issues. White Paper, Res. Proj. T1803, Task 35, Wash. State Dept. Transportation, Washington Sate Trans. Center (TRAC), Seattle, WA. 133 pp + appendices.

Haas, M. E., C. A. Simenstad, J. R. Cordell, D. A. Beauchamp and B. S. Miller. 2002. Effects of large overwater structures on epibenthic juvenile salmon prey assemblages in Puget Sound, Washington. Report WA-RD 550.1, Washington State Trans. Center, Univ. Wash., Seattle, WA.

Day, J., D. Bosch, W. Mitsch, K. Orth, K. Shabman, C. Simenstad, W. Streever, C. Watson, J. Wells, and D. Whigham. 2004. Lessons learned by the National Technical Review Committee for the Louisiana Coastal Area Study.Natl. Tech. Rev. Comm., Louisiana Coast. Area Study, New Orleans, LA.29 p.

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