Publications

Watercourse has made a significant contribution to the understanding of water systems in California and Oregon, and has published peer-reviewed work in several scientific journals. Notable publications by Watercourse staff include:

Refereed Journals

  • Jeffers, C., A. Nichols, R. Lusardi, M. Deas, J. Mount, P. Moyle, R. Dahlgren. Geologic Subsidies Drive High Productivity in Volcanic Spring-Fed Streams. In submission: Environmental Biology of Fishes.

  • McCoy, A., R. Holmes, B. Boisjolie. 2016. Flow Restoration in the Columbia River Basin: An Evaluation of a Flow Restoration Accounting Framework. Environmental Management, 61:506-519, doi:  10.1007/s00267-017-0926-0.

  • Mejica, B.N, D.A. Ebert, S.K. Tanaka, M.L. Deas. Managing cyanobacteria with a water quality control curtain in Iron Gate Reservoir, California. In submission: Lake and Reservoir Management.

  • Power, M.E., S.J. Kupferberg, S.D. Cooper, and M.L. Deas. 2016. Chapter 33. Rivers. In H. Mooney and E. Zavaleta (Eds), Ecosystems of California (pp 713-754). Oakland, CA: University of California Press.

  • Oliver, A. A., R. G. M. Spencer, M. L. Deas, and R. A. Dahlgren. 2016. Impact of seasonality and anthropogenic impoundments on dissolved organic matter dynamics in the Klamath River (Oregon/California, USA), J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JG003497

  • Willis, A.D., A.L. Nichols, C.A. Jeffres, A.C. Fowler, C.A. Babcock, M.L. Deas. 2015. Seasonal aquatic macrophytes reduce water temperatures via a riverine canopy in a spring-fed stream. Freshwater Science. 2017. 36(3):000-000.

  • Willis, A., Campbell, A., Fowler, A., Babcock, C., Howard, J., Deas, M., and Nichols, A. 2015. “Instream Flows:  New Tools to Quantify Water Quality Conditions for Returning Adult Chinook Salmon.” J. Water Resour. Plann. Manage., 10.1061/(ASCE)WR. 1943-5452.0000590, 04015056.

  • Oliver, A.A., R.A. Dahlgren, M.L. Deas. 2014. “The upside-down river: Reservoirs, algal blooms, and tributaries affect temporal and spatial patterns in nitrogen and phosphorus in the Klamath River, USA.” Journal of Hydrology. 519, 164-176.

  • Nichols, A.L., A.D. Willis, C.A. Jeffres and M.L. Deas. 2013. Water Temperature Patterns Below Large Groundwater Springs:  Management Implications for Coho Salmon in the Shasta River, California. River Research and Applications. Wiley Online Library. DOI: 10.1002/rra.2655.

  • Null, S.E., J.H. Viers, M.L. Deas, S.K. Tanaka, J.F. Mount. 2013. Stream temperature sensitivity to climate warming in California’s Sierra Nevada:  impacts to coldwater habitat. Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-012-0459-8.

  • Null, S.E., M.L. Deas, J.R. Lund. 2009. "Flow and Water Temperature Simulation for Habitat Restoration in the Shasta River, California." River Research and Applications. May.

  • McCullough, D.A., J.M. Bartholow, H.I. Jager, R.L. Beschta, E.F. Cheslak, M.L. Deas, J.L. Ebersole, J.S. Foott, S.L. Johnson, K.R. Marine, M.G. Mesa, J.H. Petersen, Y. Souchon, K.F. Tiffan, and W.A. Wurtsbaugh. 2009. “Research in Thermal Biology: Burning Questions for Coldwater Stream Fishes.” Reviews in Fisheries Science.  17(1):90-115.

  • Sutton, R.J., M.L. Deas, S.K. Tanaka, T. Soto, R.A. Corum. 2007. “Salmonid observations at a Klamath River thermal refuge under various hydrological and meteorological conditions.” River Research and Applications. 23: 775-785.

Peer Review Panels and Agency Reports

  • Anderson, J.J., L. Crozier, M.L. Deas, R. Hinrichsen, K. Rose. 2012. Independent Review of SALSIM 2, Salmon Simulator. Organized by the U.C. Davis Project Review Office for the Ecosystem Restoration Program, implemented by the California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service. March 26.

  • Anderson, J.J., M.L. Deas, P.B. Duffy, D.L. Erickson, R. Reisenbichler, K.A. Rose, P.E. Smith. 2009. Independent Review of a Draft Version of the 2009 NMFS OCAP Biological Opinion. CALFED Science Review Panel. January 23. 52 p.

  • California Central Coast Regional Temperature Study, Technical Review Panel (TRP). 2021-2023. 2023. TRP: M. Deas, N. Fangue, A. Farrell, P. Moyle. Central California Coast Steelhead Regional Temperature Study, Technical Review Panel Recommendations. A report developed for Valley Water and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board in conjunction with the SFEI-ASC Resilient Landscapes Program. SFEI-ASC Publication #1126. San Francisco Estuary Institute-Aquatic Science Center, Richmond, CA.

  • CALFED Science Program. 2008. Temperature Management and Modeling Workshop in Support of an Operations Criteria and Plan Biological Assessment and Biological Opinion. Prepared for Michael Healey, CALFED Lead Scientist, by M.L. Deas (Panel Chair), P. Goodwin, S. Lindley, C. Woodley, and T. Williams. April 1.

  • CALFED Science Program. 2005. Review of the Biological Opinion of the Long-Term Central Valley Project and State Water Project Operations Criteria and Plan. Prepared for Johnnie Moore, Lead Scientist, California Bay-Delta Authority.  Prepared by J.A. Lichatowich, J. Anderson, M. Deas, A. Giorgi, K. Rose, and J. Williams. December.

  • Deas, M.L., I.E. Sogutlugil, A.E. Bale, and S.K. Tanaka. 2020.  Shasta Lake and Keswick Reservoir Flow and Temperature Modeling - Development Report. December.

  • Deas, M.L., J. Bartholow, C. Hanson, C. Myrick. 2004. Peer Review of Water Temperature Objectives Used as Evaluation Criteria for the Stanislaus – Lower San Joaquin  River Water Temperature Modeling and Analysis. Prepared for AD Consultants under CALFED – CBDA Project Number: ERP-02-P08. June.

  • Deas, M.L. and C.L. Lowney. 2001. Water Temperature Modeling Review: Focusing on California’s Central Valley. Bay Delta Modeling Forum Technical Publication 01-2.

  • Holmes, S.R., Willis, A.D., Nichols, A.L., Jeffres, C.A. Deas, M.L., Purkey, A. 2013. Water Transaction Monitoring Protocols: Gathering information to assess instream flow transactions. Prepared for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. December, 2013. 45 pp.

  • Jeffres, C.A., A.L. Nichols, A.D. Willis, M.L. Deas, J.F. Mount, and P.B. Moyle. 2010. Assessment of Restoration Actions on Big Springs Creek, Shasta River, California 2009-2010. Report prepared for: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

  • Mahugh, S, M.L. Deas, R.A. Gearheart, J. Vaughn, R. Piaskowski, and A. Rabe. 2008. Keno Reservoir Feasibility Study, Phase II – Identification and Assessment of Potential Treatment Wetland Sites in the Upper Klamath River. Prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Basin Area Office.  Proposal No. 07SF200051. June 18. 49 pp.

  • McPherson, M., M. Deas. 2023. Keno Reservoir Sedimentation and Decomposition Study. Report prepared for: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Klamath Basin Area Office. 42 pp.

  • Nichols, A.L., C.A Jeffres, A.D. Willis, N.J. Corline, A.M. King, R.A. Lusardi, M.L. Deas, J.F. Mount, and P.B. Moyle. 2010.  Longitudinal Baseline Assessment of Salmonid Habitat Characteristics of the Shasta River, March to September, 2008.  Prepared for the United States Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath Basin Area Office.

  • State Water Resources Control Board. Delta Water Quality Modeling Science Work Group. Group: M.L. Deas (Chair), E. Danner, C. Foe, W. Fleenor, M. Guerin, E. Ateljevich, C. Enright, L. Thompson, J. Domogalski, P. Hutton. Purpose: produce a white paper identifying appropriate models, modeling, and intuitional framework to support long-term water quality modeling in the Delta related to Regional Board (V) nutrient objectives. 2015.

  • Sullivan, A.B., Sogutlugil, I.E., Deas, M.L., and Rounds, S.A., 2014, Water-quality modeling of Klamath Straits Drain recirculation, a Klamath River wetland, and 2011 conditions for the Link River to Keno Dam reach of the Klamath River, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1185, 75 p.

  • Sullivan, A.B., Sogutlugil, I.E., Rounds, S.A., and Deas, M.L., 2013, Modeling the water-quality effects of changes to the Klamath River upstream of Keno Dam, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5135, 60 p.

  • Sullivan, A.B., Rounds, S.A., Asbill-Case, J.R., and Deas, M.L., 2013, Macrophyte and pH buffering updates to the Klamath River water-quality model upstream of Keno Dam, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5016, 52 p.

  • State Water Resources Control Board. Mono Basin Facilitated Process. Technical team member. Purpose: address unresolved technical issues in the Mono Basin. 2013.

  • Sullivan, A.B., Rounds, S.A., Deas, M.L., and Sogutlugil, I.E., 2012, Dissolved oxygen analysis, TMDL model comparison, and particulate matter shunting--Preliminary results from three model scenarios for the Klamath River upstream of Keno Dam, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1101, 30 p.

  • Sullivan, A.B., Rounds, S.A., Deas, M.L., Asbill, J.R., Wellman, R.E., Stewart, M.A., Johnston, M.W., and Sogutlugil, I.E., 2011, Modeling hydrodynamics, water temperature, and water quality in the Klamath River upstream of Keno Dam, Oregon, 2006-09: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5105, 70 p.

  • Sullivan, A.B., Deas, M.L., Asbill, J., Kirshtein, J.D., Butler, K., and Vaughn, J., 2009, Klamath River water quality data from Link River Dam to Keno Dam, Oregon, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2009-1105, 25 p.

  • Sullivan, A.B., Deas, M.L., Asbill, J., Kirshtein, J.D., Butler, K., Wellman, R.W., Stewart, M.A., and Vaughn, J., 2008, Klamath River Water quality and acoustic Doppler current profiler data from Link River Dam to Keno Dam, 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2008-1185, 24 p.

  • Tanaka, S.K., L. Basdekas, M.L. Deas. 2009.  Large spatial scale water temperature modeling – range wide application to the Sierra Nevada. Prepared for the Watershed Sciences Center, University of California, Davis. January.

  • United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). 2017. Water Temperature Management in Reservoir-River Systems through Selective Withdrawal. Reference Technical Memorandum for Central Valley Project Operation, California. September.

  • Vignola, A., and M.L. Deas. 2005. Lake Shastina Limnology. Prepared for the Information Center for the Environment, Department of Environmental Science & Policy, University of California, Davis, and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. April.

  • Watercourse  Engineering, Inc. 2022. Klamath River Water Quality Sampling – 2021 Annual Report.  Prepared for PacifiCorp. July 12. (reports available for monitoring years 2009-2022)

  • Watercourse  Engineering, Inc. 2016. Water Quality Effects of an Intake Barrier Curtain to Reduce Algae Concentrations Downstream of Iron Gate Reservoir. Prepared for PacifiCorp. July.

  • Watercourse  Engineering, Inc. 2015. Water Conceptual Design Evaluation for Full-Scale Particulate Organic Matter Removal from Klamath River Source Water Using Stormwater Treatment Technology. March.

  • Willis, A.D., Nichols, A.L., Jeffres, C.A., Deas, M.L., 2013. Water Resources Management Planning: Conceptual Framework and Case Study of the Shasta Basin. Prepared for: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.