N.L. Poff Publications
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Poff N.L., J.D. Olden & D.S. Strayer. 2012. Climate change and freshwater extinction risk. Pages 309-336 in Species Extinctions and Climate Change (L. Hannah, Ed.), Island Press.
Poff N.L. & B.D. Richter. 2011. Aquatic ecosystem sustainability in 2050. Pages xxx-xxx in Environment and Water Resources in 2050: A Vision and Path Forward (American Society of Civil Engineers special publication). (in press)
Auerbach D.A., N.L. Poff, R.R. McShane, D.M. Merritt, M.I. Pyne & T. Wilding 2011. Historical range of variation in streamflow as template for understnading stream responses to rapid climate change. Pages xxx-xxx in Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management (J. Wiens, Ed.). (in press)
Auerbach D.A. & N.L. Poff. 2011. Spatiotemporal controls of simulated metacomunity dynamics in dendritic networks. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30:235-251.
Finn D.S. & N.L. Poff. 2011. Examining spatial concordance of genetic and species diversity patterns to evaluate
the role of dispersal limitation in structuring headwater metacommunities. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30:273-283.
Olden J.D., M.J. Kennard, J.J. Lawler & N.L. Poff. 2011. Challenges and opportunities in implementing managed relocation for conservation of freshwater species. Conservation Biology 25:40-47. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01557.x)
Baker, D.W., B.P. Bledsoe, C.M. Albano, and N.L. Poff. 2011. Downstream effects of diversion dams on sediment and hydraulic conditions of Rocky Mountain streams. River Research and Applications 27:388-401 (DOI: 10.1002/rra.1376)
Culp, J.M., D.G. Armanini, M.J. Dunbar, J.M. Orlofske J.M., N.L. Poff, A.I. Pollard, A.G. Yates & G.C. Hose. 2011. Incorporating traits in aquatic biomonitoring to enhance causal diagnosis and prediction. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 7:187-197. (DOI: 10.1002/ieam.128)
Sanderson, J.S., N. Rowan, T. Wilding, B.P. Bledsoe, W.J. Miller, & N.L. Poff. Getting to scale with environmental flow assessment: the Watershed Flow Evaluation Tool. River Research and Applications. Article first published online 27 June 2011, DOI: 10.1002/rra.1542)
Poff N.L., B. Richter, A.H. Arthington, S.E.Bunn, R.J. Naiman, E. Kendy, M. Acreman, C. Apse, B.P. Bledsoe, M. Freeman, J. Henriksen, R.B. Jacobson, J. Kennen, D.M. Merritt, J. O’Keeffe, J.D. Olden, K. Rogers, R.E. Tharme & A. Warner. 2010. The Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards. Freshwater Biology 55:147-170.
Poff N.L. and Zimmerman J.K.H. 2010. Ecological responses to altered flow regimes: a literature review to inform environmental flows science and management. Freshwater Biology 55:194-20.
Merritt, D.M., M.L. Scott, N.L. Poff, G.T. Auble, and D.A. Lytle. 2010. Theory, methods, and tools for determining environmental flows for riparian vegetation: riparian vegetation-flow response guilds. Freshwater Biology 55:206-225.
Stewart-Koster, B., S.E. Bunn, S.J. Mackay, N.L. Poff, R.J. Naiman, and P.S. Lake. 2010. The use of Bayesian networks to guide investments in flow and catchment restoration for impaired river ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 55:243-260.
NOTE: The special issue of Freshwater Biology (Volume 55 (1)) devoted to environmental flows can be veiwed at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117962093/home
Merritt, D.A., and N.L. Poff. Shifting dominance of riparian Populus and Tamarix along gradients of flow alteration in western U.S. rivers. Ecological Applications 20:135-152.
Webb, C.T., J.A. Hoeting, G.M. Ames, M.I. Pyne, and N.L. Poff. A structured and dynamic framework to advance traits-based theory and prediction in ecology. Ecology Letters 13:267–283.
Poff N.L., M.I. Pyne, B.P. Bledsoe, C.C. Cuhaciyan, and D.M. Carlisle. 2010. Developing linkages between species traits and multiscaled
environmental variation to explore vulnerability of stream benthic
communities to climate change Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29:1441-1458.
Supplemental Material
Mims M.C., J.D. Olden, Z.R. Shattuck, and N.L. Poff. Life history trait diversity of
native freshwater fishes in North America. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 19:390-400
Poff, N.L. Managing for variation to sustain freshwater ecosystems. 2009. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 135:1-4. (invited editorial)
Gao, X., R.M. Vogel, C.N. Kroll, N.L. Poff, and J.D. Olden. 2009. Development of representative indicators of hydrologic alteration. Journal of Hydrology 374:136-147.
Palmer, M.A., D.P. Lettenmaier, N.L. Poff, S. Postel, B. Richter, and R. Warner. 2009. Climate change and river ecosystems: protection and adaptation options. Environmental Management 44:1053–1068
2008
Olden, J.D., N.L. Poff, and K. Bestgen. Trait synergisms and the rarity, extirpation, and extinction risk of endiemic fishes in the Colorado River Basin. Ecology 89:847-856.
Olden, J.D., J.J. Lawler, and N.L. Poff. Machine learning methods without tears: a primer for ecologists. Quarterly Review of Biology 83:171-193.
Moline, A.B. and N.L. Poff. Growth of an invertebrate shredder on native (Populus) and non-native (Tamarix, Elaeagnus) leaf litter. Freshwater Biology 53:1012-1020.
Souchon, Y., C. Sabaton, R. Deibel, D. Reiser, J. Kershner, M. Gard, C. Katopodis, P. Leonard, N.L. Poff, W.J. Miller, and B.L. Lamb. 2008. Detecting biological responses to flow management: missed opportunities, future directions. River Research & Applications 24:506-518.
Barbour, M.T., N.L. Poff, R.H. Norris, and J.D. Allan. 2008. Perspective: communicating our science to influence public policy. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27:562-569.
Palmer, M.A., D. Lettenmaier, N.L. Poff, S. Postel, B.D. Richter and R. Warner. 2008. Wild and Scenic Rivers, pp. 6-1 to 6-73 in Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [Julius, S.H., J.M. West (eds.), J.S. Baron, B. Griffith, L.A. Joyce, P. Kareiva, B.D. keller, M.A. Palmer, C.H. Peterson, and J.M. Scott (authors)]. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, USA, (873 pp.). Available at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-3/final-report/default.htm
Lettenmaier, D.P., D. Major, N.L. Poff, and S. Running. 2008. Water Resources, pp. 121-150 in The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.4. [M. Walsh, Managing editor), P. Backlund, A. Janetos, and D. Schimel (convening lead authors). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington DC, USA Available at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-4/final-report/
Parasiewicz, P., J. Nestler, N. L. Poff, and R. A. Goodwin. 2008. Virtual reference river: a model for scientific discovery and reconciliation. Pages 189-206 in M. S. Alonso and I. M. Rubio, editors, Ecological Management: New Research. Editors, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (ISBN: 978-1-60456-786-1)
Poff, N.L., J.D. Olden, D. Merritt, and D. Pepin. 2007. Homogenization of regional river dynamics by dams and global biodiversity implications. Proceedings of the National Academcy of Sciences 104:5732-5737.
Wohl, E., D. Cooper, N.L. Poff, F. Rahel, D. Staley, and D. Winters. 2007. Assessment of stream ecosystem function and sensitivity in the Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming. Environmental Management 40:284-302.
Thorp, R.A., J.B. Monroe, E.C. Thorp, T.A. Wellnitz, and N.L. Poff. 2007. Food and habitat relationships of Claassenia sabulosa (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in the upper Colorado River, Colorado. Western North American Naturalist 67:57-62.
Kennard, M.J., J.D. Olden, A.H. Arthington, B.J. Pusey, and N.L. Poff. Flow regime and habitat interact at multiple scales to shape fish assemblages in hydrologically variable rivers of eastern Australia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:1346-1259.
Poff, N.L., J.D. Olden, N.K.M. Vieira, D.S. Finn, M.P. Simmons, and B.C. Kondratieff. 2006. Functional trait niches of North American lotic insects: trait-based ecological applications in light of phylogenetic relationships. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:730-755. [Rosemary Mackay Fund special paper]
link to supplemental data - http://rydberg.biology.colostate.edu/Research/poff-etal-2006/
Poff, N.L., B.D. Bledsoe, and C.O. Cuhaciyan. Hydrologic variation with land use across the contiguous United States: geomorphic and ecological consequences for stream ecosystems. Geomorphology 79:264-285. [Invited paper for 2006 Binghamton Conference]
Poff, N. L.,
J. D. Olden, D. M. Pepin and B. P. Bledsoe. 2006. Placing global stream
flow variability in geographic and geomorphic contexts. River Research and Applications 22(2): 149-166.
Finn, D.L., D.M. Theobald,
W.C. Black IV, and N.L. Poff. 2006. Spatial population genetic
structure and limited dispersal in a Rocky Mountain alpine stream insect. Molecular Ecology 15:3553-3566.
Olden, J. D., N.
L. Poff and K. R. Bestgen. 2006. Life-history strategies predict fish
invasions and extirpations in the Colorado River Basin. Ecological
Monographs 76(1): 25-40.
Arthington, A.H., S.E. Bunn, N.L. Poff, and R.J. Naiman. 2006. The challenge of providing environmental environmental flow rules to sustain river ecosystems. Ecological Applications 16:1311-1318.
Hoffman, A.L., J.D. Olden, J.B.Monroe, N.L. Poff, T. Wellnitz, and J.A. Wiens. 2006. Flow velocity and benthic structure shape aquatic herbivore movement. Oikos 115:358-368.
Olden, J.D, N.L.
Poff, and B. P. Bledsoe. 2006. Incorporating ecological knowledge
into ecoinformatics: An example of modeling hierarchically structured
aquatic communities with neural networks. Ecological Informatics
1: 33-42.
Olden, J. D., N.
L. Poff and M. L. McKinney. 2006. Forecasting faunal and floral homogenization
associated with human population geography in North America. Biological
Conservation 127(3): 261-271.
Wellnitz, T. A. and N. L. Poff. 2006. Herbivory, current velocity and algal regrowth: how does the periphyton grow when the grazers have gone? Freshwater Biology 51:2114-2123.
Williams, J. B. and N. L. Poff. 2006. Informatics software for the ecologist's toolbox: a basic example. Ecological Informatics 1:325-329.
Groffman, P.M., J.S. Baron, T. Blett, A.J. Gold, I. Goodman, L.H. Gunderson, B. Levinson, M.A. Palmer, H.W. Paerl, G.D. Peterson, N.L. Poff, D.W. Rejeski, J.F. Reynolds, M.G. Turner, K.C. Weathers, J. Wiens. 2006. Ecological thresholds: the key to successful environmental management or an important concept with no practical application? Ecosystems 9:1-13.
Vieira, N. K.M., Poff, N. L., Carlisle, D. M., Moulton, S. R., Koski, M. L., and Kondratieff, B. C., 2006. A database of lotic invertebrate traits for North America: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 187, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/ds187/pdf/ds187.pdf
Finn, D.S. and N.L.
Poff. 2005. Variability and convergence in benthic communities along
the longitudinal gradients of four physically similar Rocky Mountain streams.
Freshwater Biology 50(2): 243-261.
Wohl, E., P. L. Angermeier,
B. Bledsoe, G. M. Kondolf, L. MacDonnell, D. M. Merritt, M. A. Palmer,
N. L. Poff and D. Tarboton. 2005. River restoration. Water Resources
Research 41 W10301, doi:10.1029/2005WR003985.
Gibson, C. A., J.
L. Meyer, N. L. Poff, L. E. Hay and A. Georgakakos. 2005. Flow
regime alterations under changing climate in two river basins: Implications
for freshwater ecosystems. River Research and Applications
21(8): 849-864.
Olden,
J.D. and N.L. Poff. 2005.
Long–term trends of native and non–native fish faunas in the
American
Southwest. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 28(1): 75–89.
Olden, J.D., N.L. Poff, and M.L. McKinney. 2005. Forecasting patterns of faunal and floral homogenization associated with human population geography in North America. Biological Conservation 127:261-271.
Monroe, J.B., N.L. Poff, and R. Thorp. 2005. Natural history of Pogastia partica in a regulated reach of the upper Colorado River. 2005. Southwestern American Naturalist 65:451-461. NA
Allan, J.D., M.A. Palmer, and N.L. Poff. 2005. Climate Change and Freshwater Ecosystems. Pages 274-290 in T.E. Lovejoy and L. Hannah (eds.), Climate Change and Biodiversity. Yale University Press. NA
Benda, L., N. L. Poff, D. Miller, T. Dunne, G. Reeves, G. Pess and M. Pollock. 2004. The network dynamics hypothesis: How channel networks structure riverine habitats. Bioscience 54(5): 413-427.
Olden, J.D., N.L. Poff, M.R. Douglas, M.E. Douglass, and K.D. Fausch. 2004. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of biotic homogenization beyond a simple focus on species diversity loss. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19:18-24.
Olden J.D. and N.L. Poff. 2004. Clarifying biotic homogenization - response. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19(6): 283.
Olden, J. D. and N.
L. Poff. 2004. Ecological processes driving biotic homogenization:
Testing a mechanistic model using fish faunas. Ecology
85(7): 1867-1875.
Olden, J. D., A. L.
Hoffman, J. B. Monroe and N. L. Poff. 2004. Movement behaviour
and dynamics of an aquatic insect in a stream benthic landscape. Canadian
Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 82(7): 1135-1146.
Olden, J. D., R. L.
Schooley, J. B. Monroe and N. L. Poff. 2004. Context-dependent
perceptual ranges and their relevance to animal movements in landscapes.
Journal of Animal Ecology 73(6): 1190-1194.
Cook, R. R., P. L.
Angermeier, D. S. Finn, N. L. Poff and K. L. Krueger. 2004. Geographic
variation in patterns of nestedness among local stream fish assemblages
in Virginia. Oecologia 140(4): 639-649.
Lytle, D.A., and N.L.
Poff. Adaptation to natural flow regimes. 2004. Trends in Ecology
& Evolution 19:94-100.
Poff, N. L.,
J. D. Allan, M. A. Palmer, D. D. Hart, B. D. Richter, A. H. Arthington,
K. H. Rogers, J. L. Meyers and J. A. Stanford. 2003. Fiver flows and water
wars: emerging science for environmental decision making. Frontiers
in Ecology and the Environment 1(6): 298-306.
Olden,
J.D., and N.L. Poff. 2003. Toward a mechanistic understanding and
prediction of biotic homogenization. American Naturalist 162:442-460.
Poff, N.L.,
T.A. Wellnitz, and J.B. Monroe. 2003. Redundancy among three herbivorous
insects across an experimental current velocity gradient. Oecologia
134:262-269
Olden, J.D., and N.L.
Poff. 2003. Redundancy and the choice of hydrologic indices for characterizing
streamflow regimes. River Research and Applications 19:101-121.
Blinn, D.W., and N.L. Poff. The Colorado River System, Pages 483-538 in Rivers of North America (A.C. Benke and C.E. Cushing, eds.) 2003. Academic Press. (In Press) NA
Opsahl, R.W., T. Wellnitz,
and N.L. Poff. 2003. Current velocity and invertebrate grazing
regulate stream algae: results of an in situ electrical exclusion. Hydrobiologia
499(1-3): 135-145.
Baron, J.S., N.L. Poff, P.L. Angermeier, C.N. Dahm, P.H. Gleick, N.G. Hairston, Jr., R.B. Jackson, C.A. Johnston, B.G. Richter, and A.D. Steinman. 2003. Sustaining healthy freshwater ecosystems. Issues in Ecology#10. Ecological Society of America.
Poff, N.L.,
and D.D. Hart. 2002. How dams vary and why it matters for the emerging
science of dam removal. BioScience 52: 659-668.
Hart, D.D., and N.L.
Poff. 2002. Introduction to Special Issue. BioScience
52(8): 653-655.
Poff, N.L.
2002. Ecological response to and management of increased flooding due
to climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (A)
360:1497-1510.
Lamouroux, N., N.L.
Poff, and P.L. Angermeier. 2002. Convergence of stream fish community
traits in France and Virginia (USA) streams along hydraulic and geomorphic
gradients Ecology 83:1792-1807.
Baron, J.S., N.L.
Poff, P.L. Angermeier, C.N. Dahm, P.H. Gleick, N.G. Hairston, Jr.,
R.B. Jackson, C.A. Johnston, B.G. Richter, and A.D. Steinman. 2002. Meeting
ecological and societal needs for freshwater. Ecological Applications
121247-1260.
Benda, L., N.L.
Poff, C. Tague, M.A. Palmer, J. Pizzuto, S.L. Cooper, E.H. Stanley,
G. Moglen, and N. Boekstel. How to avoid train wrecks when using science
in environmental problem solving. 2002. BioScience 52:1127-1136.
Cardinale, B.J., M.A.
Palmer, C.M. Swan, S. Brooks, and N.L. Poff. 2002. The influence
of substrate heterogeneity on biofilm metabolism in a stream ecosystem.
Ecology 83:412-422
Pepin, D., N.L. Poff, and J. Baron. 2002. Ecological Effects of Stream and River Water Development, Pages 113-132 in Rocky Mountain Futures (J. Baron, ed.), Island Press. NA
Poff, N.L., M. Brinson, and J.B. Day. 2002. Freshwater and coastal ecosystems and global climate change: a review of projected impacts for the United States. Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, VA. 44 pp.
Poff, N.L,
P.L. Angermeier, S.D. Cooper, P.S. Lake , K.D. Fausch, K.O. Winemiller,
L.A.K. Mertes, M.W. Oswood, J.Reynolds, and F.J. Rahel. 2001. Fish diversity
in streams and rivers. Pages 315-349 in F.S. Chapin, O.E. Sala, and R.
Huber-Sannwald (eds.), Scenarios of future biodiversity.
Springer-Verlag, New York.
Wellnitz, T.A., and
N.L. Poff. 2001. Functional redundancy in heterogeneous environments:
implications for conservation Ecology Letters 4:177-179.
Wellnitz, T.A., N.L.
Poff, G. Cosyleon, and B. Steury. 2001. Current velocity and spatial
scale as determinants of the distribution and abundance of two rheophilic
herbivorous insects. Landscape Ecology 16:111-120.
Frissell, C.A., N.L.
Poff, and M.E. Jensen. 2001. Assessment of biotic patterns in freshwater
ecosystems. Pages 390-403 in M.E. Jensen and P.S. Bourgeron (eds.), A
Guidebook for Integrated Ecological Assessments. Springer, New
York.
Jensen, M.E., I.A.
Goodman, P.S. Bourgeron, N.L. Poff, and C.K. Brewer. 2001. Effectiveness
of direct and indirect biophysical criteria in the hierarchical classification
of drainage basins. Journal of the American Water Resources Association
37:1155-1167.
Sala, O.E., F.S. Chapin
III, J.J. Armesto, E. Berlow, J. Bloomfield, R. Dirzo, E. Huber-Sanwald,
L.F. Huenneke, R. Jackson, A. Kinzig, R. Leemans, D. Lodge, H.A. Mooney,
M. Oesterheld, N.L. Poff, M.T. Sykes, B.H. Walker, M. Walker, and
D.H. Wall. 2000. Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100. Science
287:1770-1774.
Meyer, J.L., M.J.
Sale, P.J. Mulholland, and N.L. Poff. 1999. Impacts of climate
change on aquatic ecosystem functioning and health. Journal of the
American Water Resources Association 35:1373-1386.
Poff, N.L.,
and J.D. Allan. 1998. Not a panacea -- reply. BioScience 48:427-428.
Poff, N.L.,
and A.D. Huryn. 1998. Multi-scale determinants of secondary production
in Atlantic salmon streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 55 (Suppl. 1): 201-217.
Marschall, E.A., D.A.
Roff, T.P. Quinn, J.A. Hutchings, N.B. Metcalf, T.A. Bakke, R.L. Saunders,
and N.L. Poff. 1998. A framework for understanding Atlantic salmon
life history. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
55 (Suppl. 1): 48-58.
Poff, N.L.,
J.D. Allan, M. B. Bain, J.R. Karr, K.L. Prestegaard, B. Richter, R. Sparks,
and J. Stromberg. 1997. The natural flow regime: a new paradigm for riverine
conservation and restoration. BioScience 47:769-784.
Poff, N.L.
1997. Landscape filters and species traits: towards mechanistic understanding
and prediction in stream ecology. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society16:391-409.
Poff, N.L.,
and Nelson-Baker, K. 1997. Habitat heterogeneity and algal-grazer interactions
in streams: Explorations with a spatially explicit model. Journal
of the North American Benthological Society 16:263-276.
Palmer, M.A., R.L.
Ambrose, and N.L. Poff. 1997. Restoration and community ecology.
Restoration Ecology 17:291-301.
Palmer, M.A., and
N.L. Poff. 1997. The influence of environmental heterogeneity on
patterns and processes in streams. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 16:169-173.
Poff, N.L.
1996. A hydrogeography of unregulated streams in the United States and
an examination of scale-dependence in some hydrological descriptors. Freshwater
Biology 36:71-91.
Poff, N.L.,
S. Tokar, and P. Johnson. 1996. Simulated streamflow and ecological responses
to climate change using artificial neural networks. Limnology &
Oceanography 36:857-863.
Poff, N.L.,and
J.D. Allan. 1995. Functional organization of stream fish assemblages in
relation to hydrologic variability. Ecology 76:606-627.
Poff, N.L.,
and J.V. Ward. 1995. Herbivory under different flow regimes: a field experiment
and test of a model with a benthic stream insect. Oikos
71:179-188.
Voelz, N.J., N.L.
Poff, and J.V. Ward. 1994. Differential effects of a brief thermal
disturbance on caddisfly species in a high elevation regulated river.
American Midland Naturalist 132:173-182.
Ward, J.V., N.J. Voelz, and N.L. Poff. 1994. Gradient analysis of zoobenthic community structure along a mountain stream continuum. Verhandlungen der internationale Vereinigung des angewandten und theoretische Limnologie 25:1462-1464. NA
Poff, N.L.,
M.A. Palmer, P.A. Angermeier, C.C. Hakenkamp, R.L. Vadas, A. Bely, P.
Arensburger, and A. Martin. 1993. Size structure of the metazoan community
in a temperate Piedmont stream. Oecologia 95:202-209.
Poff, N.L.
1992. Why disturbances can be predictable: a perspective on the definition
of disturbance in streams. Journal of the North American Benthological
Society 11:86-92.
Poff, N.L.
1992. Regional stream hydrology: climate change and ecological implications.
In P.L. Firth and S.G. Fisher (eds.), Global climate change and freshwater
ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York. pp. 88-115.
Poff, N.L.,
and J.V. Ward. 1992. Heterogeneous currents and algal resources mediate
in situ foraging activity of a mobile stream grazer. Oikos
65:465-478.
Poff, N.L.,
R. DeCino, and J.V. Ward. 1991. Size-dependent mayfly responses to experimental
streamflow variation: active predator avoidance or passive hydrodynamic
displacement? Oecologia 88:577-586.
Poff, N.L.,
and J.V. Ward. 1991. Drift responses of benthic invertebrates to experimental
hydrologic variation in a regulated stream. Canadian Journal of
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:1926-1936.
Poff, N.L.,
and J.V. Ward. 1990. The physical habitat template of lotic systems: recovery
in the context of historical pattern of spatio-temporal heterogeneity.
Environmental Management 14:629-646.
Poff, N.L.,
N.J. Voelz, J.V. Ward, and R.E. Lee. 1990. Algal colonization under four
experimentally-controlled current regimes in a high mountain stream. Journal
of the North American Benthological Society 9:303-318.
Poff, N.L.,
and J.V. Ward. 1989. Implications of streamflow variability and predictability
for lotic community structure: a regional analysis of streamflow patterns.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 46:1805-1818.
Poff, N.L., and J.V. Ward. 1988. Use of occupied Glossosoma verdona (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) cases by early instars of Baetis spp. (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in a Rocky Mountain stream. Entomological News 99:97-101. NA
Poff, N.L.,
and R.A. Matthews. 1986. Benthic macroinvertebrate community structural
and functional group response to thermal enhancement in the Savannah River
and a Coastal Plain tributary. Archiv für Hydrobiologie
106: 119-137.
Hauer, F.R., N.L.
Poff, and P. Firth. 1986. Leaf litter decomposition across broad thermal
gradients in southeastern Coastal Plain streams and swamps. Journal
of Freshwater Ecology 3:545-552. NA
Poff, N.L.,
and R.A. Matthews. 1985. The replacement of Stenonema spp. by Caenis
diminuta Walker as the numerical dominant in the mayfly assemblage
of a thermally-stressed stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology
3:19-26.
Book Reviews
Poff, N.L. 1991. An Assessment of the Kalabagh Dam Project on the River Indus Pakistan, by M. N. Gazdar. Environmental Management Society, Pakistan Environmental Network, Karachi Pakistan, 1990. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management. NA
Poff, N.L. 1990. Climate Change and U.S. Water Resources, by P.E. Waggoner (ed). Wiley Interscience Publication, NY, 1990. Water Resources Bulletin. NA
Reports and Non-peer-reviewed papers
Rader, R.B., and N.L. Poff. 1999 (January). Development of an individual-based trout instream flow model. Published in "Stream Notes", US Forest Service, Ft. Collins, CO. NA
Poff, N.L., and J.D. Allan. 1993. Streamflow variability, fish community structure, and implications for climatic change. Report for contract #CR-81654-0010, ERL-D, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 308 pp. NA
Trout Unlimited's North American Salmonid Policy: Science-based guidance for 21st Century coldwater conservation. 1997. 46 pp. (Arlington, VA 22209.) NA
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