Background

We introudce the topic of ecohydraulics and the plan for the semester by diving in to a State of the Science article we published on Upscaling Site-Scale Ecohydraulic Models to Inform Salmonid Population-Level Life Cycle Modelling and Restoration Actions – Lessons from the Columbia River Basin (Wheaton et al. 2017) , based on our experience in running the Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program to explore whether ESA-listed anadromous salmon populations could be recovered through tributary habitat improvements.

Why we’re covering it

This paper provides us with a roadmap for the organization of the rest of the class. Its section headings (§) map perfectly to the modules we cover in the class:

• § Inroduction →Introduction
• § Key Management Questions and Role of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation in Columbia River Basin → Introduction
• § Ecohydraulic and Geomorphic Sampling and Analyses at Individual Sites
  • Hydraulics ♠
  • Fluvial Geomorphology ♠
  • § Spawning life stage – HSI and FIS modeling:
    • → Traditional Ecohydraulics - HSI
    • → Ecohyraulics - Fuzzy Models
  • § Juvenile rearing life stage – NREI modeling
    • → Bioenergetics Models
    • → NREI Models
• § Upscaling Site-Scale Information and Network Modeling → Riverscape Network Models
  • § Network Co-Variates
    • § Physical template - geomorphic reach type and habitat condition
      • → River Styles
    • § Temperature Modelling → Temperature & Gross Primary Production Network Models
    • § Primary production – Food proxy → Temperature & Gross Primary Production Network Models
  • § Design-Based Estimation & Imputation Techniques → Upscaling to Network
• § Population – Life Cycle Modeling → Fish Life Cycle Modeling

♠ - Topics not covered in depth in paper, but prerequisites to being able to apply subsequent steps.

Resources

2022 Lecture & Slides

Enrolled students, please take Module 1 Quiz prior to watching lecture.

Intro Lecture

1 hours 10 minutes

Slides

Module 1 - Slides

2020 Slides

• Ecohydraulics Intro & Review of Paper - Slides
• Quiz from Class

Reading

Please read both papers after having watched the lecture.

• Kemp PS, Katopodis C. 2016. Introducing the Journal of Ecohydraulics: fundamental and applied research on the road to transdisciplinarity. Journal of Ecohydraulics 1 : 1–4. DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2016.1259139.
• Wheaton JM, Bouwes N, McHugh P, Saunders WC, Bangen SG, Bailey PE, Nahorniak M, Wall CE and Jordan C. 2017. Upscaling Site-Scale Ecohydraulic Models to Inform Salmonid Population-Level Life Cycle Modelling and Restoration Actions – Lessons from the Columbia River Basin. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4137.

Note: PDFs for students also available in Canvas.