Robert J. Naiman—Research

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Dr. Naiman's research interests focus on the structure and dynamics of stream and rivers, riparian processes, the role of large animals in influencing ecosystem dynamics, and the environmental consequences of changing water regimes.

Current projects are located in the coastal temperate rain forests of Washington and Alaska, savanna rivers in South Africa, and an international research consortium with project offices in Paris and Bonn.


Current Research Projects

PROJECT

TIMEFRAME

GRADUATE STUDENT(S)

COLLABORATORS

Desgining a Freshwater Monitoring Program for the Alaska National Parks

APR 2004 - MAR 2006

No students

Tom O'Keefe

Using Riparian Trees to Reconstruct Historical Salmon Escapement

OCT 2003 - MAY 2005

Deanne Drake

Pete Bisson, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Olympia

Global Water System Project

MAY 2004 - APR 2014

No students (yet)

Charles Vörösmarty (Univ. New Hampshire), Joseph Alcamo (Univ. Kassel, Germany), Dennis Lettenmaier (UW)

Elwha Dam Removal—Conceptual Model

JUN 2004 - MAY 2007

No students (yet)

T.J. Beechie (NMFS, Seattle), George Pess (NMFS, Seattle)

Savanna Rivers in South Africa

JAN 1998 - JAN 2004*

Shayne Jacobs, Neil Pettit

Tracy Benning, UC Berkeley; Harry Biggs, Kruger National Park; Steward T.A. Pickett, Institute for Ecosystem Studies; Kevin H. Rogers, University of Witwatersrand

Queets River in the Temperate Rainforest of the Olympic Penninsula

DEC 1995 - FEB 2005

J. Scott Bechtold, Joshua Latterell

Thomas O'Keefe, UW SAFS
Robert Van Pelt, UW SAFS


* Projects for which we are currently preparing for a continuation of funding


Recent Research Projects

PROJECT

TIMEFRAME

GRADUATE STUDENT(S)

COLLABORATORS

Fresh Water and Environmental Change

JUL 1999 - JUL 2001

Lisa Thompson, NCEAS (and several others)

PRISM, Rivers and Riparian Habitat Project:: Land Use and Cutthroat Distribution

JAN 1999 - JUNE 2001

Joshua Latterell

Robert Bilby, NMFS; Pete Bisson, Forest Service; Brian Fransen, Weyerhaeuser; Thomas O'Keefe, UW Fisheries; Jeffrey Richey, UW PRISM

Tropical Rivers of the Peruvian Amazon Basin

AUG 1998 - DEC 2002

Ann J. Glauber

Jay Brandes, Univ. Texas; Michael McClain,, Florida International University; Carlos Reynel, Univ. Nacional Agraria La Molina

Alaska Bear and Salmon Project

JUNE 1997 - MAR 2003*

Krista Bartz, Deanne Drake, James Helfield

Rick Edwards, USFS Juneau Lab; Thomas O'Keefe, UW Fisheries; Gilles Pinay, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

Retrospective Analysis of Riparian Restoration

DEC 1997 - SEPT 2000

Scott Elliott

Pete Bisson, Forest Service

Lake and Stream Training Program with the University of Wisconsin

SEPT 1994 - AUG 2000

J. Scott Bechtold, Scott Elliott, and Ann J. Glauber

David E. Armstrong, Wisconsin; Stephen R. Carpenter, Wisconsin; Rick Edwards, UW Forestry; James F. Kitchell, Wisconsin; John J. Magnuson, Wisconsin

last update 7/28/04