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Robert C. Wissmar, Professor
School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Box 357980
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-7467, -4560; FAX (206) 685-7471
e-mail: wissmar@u.washington.edu

Education

B.S., Zoology, University of Utah, 1965
M.S., Zoology, University of Idaho, 1968

Horizontal Dispersion and Density of Limnetic Crustaceans in Four Subalpine Lakes

Ph.D., Zoology, University of Idaho, 1972

Some Effects of Mine Drainage on Primary Production in Coeur d'Alene River and Lake, Idaho

Professional Employment

1972-74	Research Associate, School of Fisheries (SOF), Univ. Washington
1974-79	Research Assistant Professor, SOF, Univ. Wash.
1979-84	Research Associate Professor, SOF, Univ. Wash.
1983-84	Visiting Professor, Western Washington University (Bellingham)
1984-	Research Professor, Fisheries Research Institute/School of Fisheries, Univ. Washington
1990-	Professor, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, Univ. Washington

Professional Memberships

American Fisheries Society
American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
North American Benthological Society (NABS)
International Association for Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL)
The Scientific Research Society of North America

Publications

Wissmar, R.C., W.H. Parr, and F.W. Rabe. 1968. Investigations of subalpine lakes, Five Lakes Butte, Idaho. J. Idaho Acad. Sci. 8:1-5.

Wissmar, R.C., and F.W. Rabe. 1968. Limnological studies of benthic waters in Idaho. Research Tech. Comp. Rept., Proj. A-DIS-IDA (Water Res. Inst., Univ. Idaho, Moscow). 22 pp.

Wissmar, R. C., and F. W. Rabe. 1969. Some effects of antimycin in an oligotrophic lake. Prog. Fish-Cult. 31:163.

Wissmar, R. C., and F. W. Rabe. 1970. Crustacean populations and sampling techniques in four mountain lakes of Idaho. Trans. Amer. Microscop. Soc. 89(2):205-215.

Wissmar, R. C., F. W. Rabe, and R. F. Minter. 1973. Plankton populations and some effects of mine drainage on primary productivity of the Coeur d'Alene River, delta, and lake. Research Tech. Comp. Rept. Proj. A-030-IDA (Water Res. Inst., Univ. Idaho, Moscow). 20 pp.

Wissmar, R. C., D. M. Eggers, and N. W. Bartoo. 1974. Analysis of lake ecosystems: Lake Washington drainage basin. Pages 76-77 in R. H. Waring and R. L. Edmonds (eds.). 1974. Integrated Research in the Coniferous Forest Biome. Bull. 5, Coniferous Forest Biome, Ecosystem Analysis Studies, Univ. ?Washington, Seattle.

Wissmar, R. C., J. E. Richey, and D. E. Spyridakis. 1977. The importance of allochthonous particulate carbon pathways in a subalpine lake. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 34:1410-1418.

Eggers, D. M., N. W. Bartoo, N. A. Rickard, R. E. Nelson, R. C. Wissmar, and R.L. Burgner. 1978. The Lake Washington ecosystem:The perspective from fish community production and forage base. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 35(12):1553-1571.

Richey, J.E., R.C. Wissmar, A.H. Devol, G.E. Likens, R.G. Wetzel, O.L. Loucks, W.E. Odum, P.H. Rich, N.M. Johnson, J.S. Eaton, and R.T. Prentki. 1978. Carbon flow in four lake ecosystems: A structural approach. Science 202:1183-1186.

Wissmar, R. C., and R. G. Wetzel. 1978. Analysis of five North American lake ecosystems. VI. Consumer community structure and production. Verh. Internat. ?Ver. Limnol. 20:587-586.

Devol, A. H., and R. C. Wissmar. 1978. Analysis of five North American lake ecosystems. V. Primary producer community structure. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 20:581-586.

Richey, J. E., and R. C. Wissmar. 1979. Sources and influences of allochthonous inputs on the productivity of a subalpine lake. Ecology 60:318-328.

Wissmar, R.C. 1979. Freshwater Fisheries Inventory of Chile: Workplan and Methods. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de Recursos Naturales (IREN-CORFO). Republica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 41 pp.

Wissmar, R. C. 1979. Marine Fisheries Information Center: Workplan and Methods. Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de Recursos Naturales (IREN-CORFO). Republica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 20 pp.

Wissmar, R. C., J. E. Richey, R. F. Stallard, and J. M. Edmond. 1980. Metabismo do plancton e ciclo do carbono no rio Amazonas, sens tributaries e aquas de varzea, Peru-Brazil, mais-junho. Acta Amazonica 10(4):823-834.

Richey, J. E., R. C. Wissmar, J. T. Brock, and R. Naiman. 1980. Transport and processing of organic carbon in the Amazon River. Science 207:1348-1351.

Wissmar, R. C., J. E. Richey, R. F. Stallard, and J. M. Edmond. 1981. Plankton metabolism and carbon cycling in the Amazon River, tributaries and floodplain water (Peru-Brazil 1977). Ecology 62(6):1622-1633.

Wissmar, R. C. 1981. Chemical composition and adenylate energy charge ratios of Scenedesmus abundans (Kirchner) Chod. as a function of nitrate and phosphate limitation. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 21:1449-1453.

Dahm, C. N., J. A. Baross, A. K. Ward, M. D. Lilley, R. C. Wissmar, and A. H. Devol. 1981. North Coldwater Lake and vicinity: Limnology, chemistry, and microbiology. U.S. Dept. Army, Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon. 49 pp.

Wissmar, R. C., J. E. Richey, A. H. Devol, and D. M. Eggers. 1982. Lake ecosystems of the Lake Washington drainage basin. Pages 333-385 in R. L. Edmonds (ed.), Chapter 11. Analysis of of Coniferous Forest Ecosystems in the Western United ?States. Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsberg, Penn. US/IBP Synthesis Series No. ?14.

Wissmar, R. C., A. H. Devol, A. E. Nevissi, and J. R. Sedell. 1982. Chemical changes of lakes within the Mt. St. Helens blast zone. Science 216:175-178.

Wissmar, R. C., A. H. Devol, J. T. Staley and J. R. Sedell. 1982. Biological responses in lakes of Mt. St. Helens blast zone. Science 216:178-181.

Staley, J. T., L. G. Lehmicke, F. E. Palmer, R. W. Peet, and R.C. Wissmar. 1982. Impact of Mt. St. Helens eruption on bacteriology of lakes in the blast zone. Appl.Environ.Microbiol 43:664-670.

Wissmar, R. C. 1982. Limnological features of lakes within the 18 May 1980 Mt. St. Helens Blast Zone. Pages 119-123 in S. A. C. Keller (ed.), Mt.St.Helens One Year Later Proceedings. EWU Press. Cheney, WA.

Simenstad, C.A., D.M. Eggers, R.C. Wissmar, and E.C. Volk. 1982. Beyond guts: The powers and pitfalls of experimentally documenting functional aspects of fish foraging behavior. Pages 33-46 in C. A.Simenstad and G. M. Cailliet (eds.), Proc. GUTSHOP '81, Fish Food Habits Studies Workshop, 6-9 December 1981, Pacific Grove, Calif. Wash. Sea Grant Prog. Seattle, Wash.

McKnight, D. M., W. E. Pereira, M. L. Ceazan, and R. C. Wissmar. 1982. Characterization of dissolved organic material in surface waters within the blast zone of Mt. St. Helens. Org. Geochem. 4:85-92.

Volk, E. C., R. C. Wissmar, C. A. Simenstad, and D. M. Eggers. 1984. Relationship between otolith microstructure and the growth of juvenile chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) under different prey rations. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 41:126-133.

Simenstad, C. A., and R. C. Wissmar. 1984. Variability in estuarine food webs and production supporting juvenile Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus). Pages 273-286 in W. G. Pearcy, ed., Workshop on Influence of Ocean Conditions on the Production of Salmonids, Nov. 1983, Marine Science Center, Newport, Oregon.

McKnight, D. M., J. Klein, R. C. Wissmar. 1984. Changes in the organic material in lakes in the blast zone of Mt. St. Helens. U.S. Geol. Survey Circular 850-L. 26 ?pp.

Wissmar, R. C., and C. A. Simenstad. 1984. Surface foam chemistry and productivity in the Duckabush River estuary and Puget Sound, Washington. Pages 331-348 in V. S. Kennedy (ed.). The Estuary as a Filter. Academic Press.

Simenstad, C. A., R. C. Wissmar, and E. C. Volk. 1984. Getting a handle on carrying capacity: Time for experimental approaches. Pages 86-96 in K. L. Fresh and S. L. Schroder (eds.). Proceedings of the N.E. Pacific Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop, Rosario Resort, Orcas Island. January 1983. Washington Dept. Fish., Olympia, WA.

Wissmar, R. C., M. D. Lilley, and M. DeAngelis. 1984. Nitrification and the inhibition of nitrite oxidation by chlorate in riverine surface sediments. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 22:2051-2055.

Wissmar, R. C. and C. A. Simenstad. 1984. Research perspectives on estuarine productivity, nutrient cycles, and hydrologic regimes in the Pacific Northwest. Pages 53-62 in B. J. Copeland (ed.). National Estuarine Research Symposium, March, 1984, Raleigh, N.C.

Simenstad, C. A. and R. C. Wissmar. 1985. Definition of the origins and fates of carbon in estuarine food webs of Puget Sound using stable carbon isotopes. Mar. Ecol.-Progress Series. 22: 141-152.

Wissmar, R.C. and C.A. Simenstad. 1985. Estimating estuarine carrying capacity for juvenile chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). Estuaries 8: 30.

Thom, R.M., C.A. Simenstad, R.C. Wissmar, and E.O. Salo. 1985. Nisqually River estuary study design project: An environmental baseline and monitoring program. Fisheries Research Institute, University of Washington. 144 pp.

Wissmar, R.C. 1986. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in Pacific Northwest wetlands. Pages 51-69 in R.S. Strickland (ed.), Wetland Functions, Rehabilitation, and Creation in the Pacific Northwest: The State of Our Understanding. Wash. Dept. Ecol. Pub. 86-14, Lacy, WA.

Beauchamp, D.A., S. Tracy, R. Ladley and G. Lucchetti. 1987. Stillaguamish River juenile salmon outmigration study, 1987. Rep. to U.S. Navy by Tulalip Tribes, Marysville, Washington. R.C. Wissmar, technical consultant.

Wissmar, R.C. 1987. Definition of nitrogen sources and fates in Padilla Bay, Washington. NOAA Tech. Rep. Ser., OCRM/MEMD. 20 pp.

Wissmar, R.C., M.D. Lilley and M. DeAngelis. 1987. Nitrous oxide release from aerobic riverine sediments. J. Freshwat. Ecol. 4(2):209-218.

Wissmar, R.C. and C.A. Simenstad. 1987. Organic carbon and nitrogen sources and food web linkages in Padilla Bay. Northwest Environ. J. 3(1):156-157.

Ruckelshaus, M.H., R.C. Wissmar and C.A. Simenstad. 1988. Mussel growth and estuarine habitat quality. Proceedings of First Annual Meeting, Puget Sound Research, March 1988, Puget Sound Water quality Authority 2:463-472.

Simenstad, C.A., J.R. Cordell, R.C. Wissmar, S.L. Schroder, K.L. Fresh, M. Carr, G. Sanborn and M. Burg. 1988. Assemblage structure, microhabitat distribution, and food web linkages of epibenthic crustaceans in Padilla Bay Natural Estuarine Research Reserve, Washington. NOAA Tech. Rep. Serv. OCRM/MEMD. Univ. Washington, Fish. Res. Inst. FRI-UW-8813. 60 pp.

Wissmar, R.C. and C.A. Simenstad. 1988. Energetic constraints of juvenile chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) migrating in estuaries. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 45(9):1555-1560.

Wissmar, R. C., J. A. Baross, M. D. Lilley and C. N. Dahm. 1988. Nitrogen cycling in altered and newly created lakes near the Mount St. Helens volcano. J. Freshwat. Ecol. 4(4):551-568.

Resh, V.H., A.V. Brown, A.P. Covidi, M.E. Gurtz, H.W. Li, G.W. Minshall, S.R. Reice, A.L. Sheldon, J.B. Wallace and R.C. Wissmar. 1988. The role of disturbance in stream ecology. In J. A. Stanford and A. F. Covidi (eds.), Community, Structure, and Function in Temperate and Tropical Streams, Proceedings of a Symposium, 24-28 April 1987, Flathead Lake Biological Station, Univ. Montana. J. N. Amer. Benthol. Soc. 7(4). 433-455.

Wissmar, R.C., M.D. Lilley, A.H. Devol and S.L. King 1989. Methane fluxes and isotopic composition from the Copper River wetlands, Alaska. EOS. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 70(43): 1118-1119.

Wissmar, R.C. and Swanson, F.J. 1990. Landscape Disturbance and Lotic Ecotones.pp.65-89. In: Naiman, R.J. and H. Decamps (eds.). Ecology and Management of Aquatic-Terrestrial Ecotones, Parthenon Press, London.

Wissmar, R.C., McKnight, D.M. and Dahm, C.M. 1990. Contribution of organic solutes to alkalinity in lakes within Mount St. Helens blast zone. Limnol. Oceanogr.35 (2): 535-542.

Reice, S., R.C. Wissmar and R.J. Naiman. 1990. Influence of spatial-temporal heterogeneity and background disturbance regime on the recovery of lotic ecosystems. Environ. Management 14 (5): 647-659.

Wissmar, R.C. 1990. Recovery of lakes in the 1980 Blast Zone of Mount St. Helens. Northwest Science. 64 (5).

Wissmar, R. C. 1991. Forest detritus and nitrogen cycling in a Cascade mountain lake. Can. J. Forest Research.21: 990-998.

Wissmar, R.C., M.D. Lilley and A.H. Devol. 1991. Dissolved Gases, Nutrients and Water Chemistry. Page 14-23. In M.D. Bryant (ed.), The Copper River Delta Pulse Study: An Interdisciplinary Survey of the Aquatic Habitats. Pac. Northwest Res. Sta., USDA For. Serv. PNW-GTR-282.

Bryant, M.D. and R.C. Wissmar 1991. Synthesis. Pages 40-41. In M.D. Bryant (ed.), The Copper River Delta Pulse Study: An Interdisciplinary Survey of the Aquatic Habitats. Pac. Northwest Res. Sta., USDA For. Serv. PNW-GTR-282.

Bryant, M.D., F. Everest, G. Reeves, J. Sedell, and R.C. Wissmar. 1991. Anadromous fish habitat: Distribution of juvenile salmonids. Pages 30-33. In M.D. Bryant (ed.), The Copper River Delta Pulse Study: An Interdisciplinary Survey of the Aquatic Habitats. Pac. Northwest Res. Sta., USDA For. Serv. PNW-GTR-282.

MacDonald, L., A. Smart and R. C. Wissmar. 1991. Monitoring Guidelines to Evaluate Effects of Forestry Activities on Streams in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. EPA/910/9-91-001. Edwards Brothers Press, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Wissmar, R. C. 1992. Predation in Riverine Habitats of Juvenile Salmon. Pages 20-22, In C.D. Levings and G.A Hunter (ed.), An Account of a Workshop on Research Approaches to Predation/Competition Questions in River Fish Communities. Canadian Fisheries and Aquatic Sci. 2150.

Weitkamp, L. A., R.C. Wissmar, C. A. Simenstad, K.L. Fresh and J.G. Odell. 1992. Gray whales on the littoral: Exploitation of a concentrated prey. Can. J. Zoology. 70: 2275-2280.

Benda, L., T. Beechie, R.C. Wissmar and A.C. Johnson. 1992. Morphology and evolution of salmonid habitats in a recently deglaciated river basin, Washington State, U.S.A. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49(6): 1246 -1256.

Ruckelshaus, M , R.C. Wissmar, C.A. Simenstad. 1993. Mussel growth and carbon availability in estuarine food webs. Estuaries 16: 898-912.

Wissmar, R.C. 1993. Long-Term Monitoring in Stream Ecosystems. Environ. Monitoring and Assessment 26: 219-234.

Wissmar, R.C., C. Halbert, J. Chu and J. Doyle 1993. Skagit River Wild and Scenic River Corridor: Fishery and Wildlife Resource Issues. In : proceedings of a conference "Riparian Management: Common Threads and Shared Interests, A Western Regional Conference on River Management Strategies, Albuquerque, N.M. February 1993 (Editor, B. Tellman and others). Conference coordinated by the Water Resources Research Center, Univ. Arizona. 373-388.

McIntosh, B.A., J.R. Sedell, J.E. Smith, R.C. Wissmar, S.E. Clarke and G.R. Reeves. 1993. "Management history of eastside ecosystems: Changes in fish habitat over fifty years, 1935 - 1992", Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-321. USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR. 55 p.

Wissmar, R.C. J.E. Smith, B.A. McIntosh, H. W. Li, G.H. Reeves and J.R. Sedell. 1994. "Ecological health of river basins in forested regions of eastern Washington and Oregon", Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-326. USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR, 65 p.

Wissmar, R.C. and W.N. Beer. 1994. Distribution of fish and stream habitats and influences of watershed conditions, Beckler River, Washington. Fisheries Research Institute Technical Report FRI-UW-9417, School of Fisheries WH-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 98195. 54 p.

Wissmar, R.C., J.E. Smith, B.A. McIntosh, H. W. Li, G.H. Reeves and J.R. Sedell. 1994. A history of resource use and disturbance in riverine basins of eastern Washington and Oregon. Special Issue: Northwest Science.69: 1 -35.

McIntosh, B.A., J.R. Sedell, J.E. Smith, R.C. Wissmar, S.E. Clarke and G.R. Reeves,and L.A. Brown. 1994. Historical changes in fish habitat for select river basins of eastern Oregon and Washington. Special Issue: Northwest Science.69: 36-53.

Wissmar, R. C. 1996. Assessment of spatial continuity of erosion-prone riparian and valley vegetation aereas, Chewuch River, Washington. Fisheries Research Institute Technical Report FRI-UW-9604, School of Fisheries Box 357980, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 98195. 20 p.

Wissmar, R. C. 1996. Recommeded Guidelines for Developing Bank Stabilization Facilities of Rivers in Western Washington. Fisheries Research Institute Technical Report FRI-UW-9619, School of Fisheries Box 357980, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 98195. 22 p.

Doppelt, R., J. E Smith, R. C. Wissmar, C. D. Williams. 1996. What is watershed analysis, p 81- 108, In Pacific River Council (ed), Healing the Watershed: A Guide to the Restoration of Watersheds and Native Fish in the West. Pacific River Council, PO Box 10798, Eugene, OR 97440, 200 pages.

Wissmar, R. C. 1997. Historical perspectives. Pages 65-78 in J. E. Williams, C.A. Wood, and M. P. Dombeck (eds.), Watershed Restoration: Principles and Practices. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Wissmar, R. C. and S. Craig. 1997. Bull trout spawning activity, Gold Creek,Washington. Fisheries Research Institute, FRI-UW-9701, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 15 p.

Wissmar, R. C., J. Stanford, and B. K. Ellis. 1997. 15N natural isotope tracing of nitrogen in insect food webs of hyporheic habitats. Pages 166-171 in J. Gilbert, J. Mathieu, and F. Fournier (eds.), Groundwater/Surface Water Ecotones: Biological and Hydrological Interactions and Management Options. International Hydrology Series, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Wissmar, R. C., D. N. Swanston, M. Bryant, and K. McGee. 1997. Factors influencing stream chemistry in catchments on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Freshwat. Biol. 38: 301-314.

Wissmar, R. C. 1998. Catchment hydrology and status of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in Washington State. Pages 535-541 In: Kovar, K., Tappeiner, U., Peters N. E., and R. G. Hydrology, Water Resources and Ecology in Headwaters (Proc. HeadWater'98 Conf., Merano, Italy, April 1998). IAHS Publ. no. 248, IAHS Press, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK.

Bryant, M. D., D. N. Swanston, R. C. Wissmar, and B. E. Wright. 1998. Salmonid populations in the karst landscape of north Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 127:425-433.

Wissmar, R. C. and C. A. Simenstad. 1998. Variability of estuarine and riverine ecosystem producitivity for supporting Pacific salmon. Chapter 6. Pages 253-301 in G. R. McMurray and R. J. Bailey (eds.), Change in Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems Regional Study Workshop, August 13-14, 1996, Troutdale, Oregon. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program, Decision Analysis Series No. 11. NOAA Coastal Ocean Office, Silver Spring, MD. 342 pp.

Wissmar, R. C. and R. Beschta. 1998. Restoration and the management of riparian ecosystems. Freshwater Biol. 40 (3): 571-585.

Tabacchi, E, R. D. L. Correll, R. Hauer, G. Pinay, A. P. Tabacchi and R. C. Wissmar. 1998. Landscape connectivity of riparian ecosystems. Freshwater Biol. 40 (3): 497-516.

Wissmar, R. C., Douglas C. Pflugh and Ray K. Timm. 2000. Changes in Developed Land Cover (1991-1998): Cedar River, Washington. Pages 287 - 292, in P. J. Wigington and R. L. Beschta, editors. Proceedings of the International Conference on Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Land Use Watersheds. American Water Resources Association.

Olson, P. L. and Robert C. Wissmar. 2000. Thermal Definition of Sources of Subsurface Flows Within Cascadian Riparian Landscapes. Pages 155- 160, in P. J. Wigington and R. L. Beschta, editors. Proceedings of the International Conference on Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Land Use Watersheds. American Water Resources Association.

Hall, J. L., R. K. Timm and R. C. Wissmar. 2000. Physical And Biotic Factors Affecting Use of Riparian Ponds Sockeye Salmon. Pages 89 – 94, in P. J. Wigington and R. L. Beschta, editors. Proceedings of the International Conference on Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-Land Use Watersheds. American Water Resources Association.

Wissmar, R. C. and P.A. Bisson, editors. 2003. Strategies for restoring river ecosystems: sources of variability and uncertainty in natural and managed systems. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Wissmar, R. C. and R. K. Timm. 2003. Changes in land uses, hydrology and fish habitats in an urban drainage, Cedar River, Washington. Pages 709-714 in Proceedings of the First Interagency Conference in Watersheds, 27-30 October 2003, Bensen, AZ.

Wissmar, R. C. and P.A. Bisson. 2003. Strategies for restoring rivers: problems and opportunities. Pages 245-262 in R.C. Wissmar And P.A. Bisson, editors. Strategies for restoring river ecosystems: sources of variability and uncertainty in natural and managed systems. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Wissmar, R. C., J. H. Braatne, R. L. Beschta, S. B. Rood. 2003. Variability of riparian ecosystems: implications for restoration. Pages 107-127 in R.C. Wissmar And P.A. Bisson, editors. Strategies for restoring river ecosystems: sources of variability and uncertainty in natural and managed systems. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

Wissmar, R. C. and P.A. Bisson. 2003. Strategies for restoring rivers: problems and opportunities. Pages 245-262 in R.C. Wissmar And P.A. Bisson, editors. Strategies for restoring river ecosystems: sources of variability and uncertainty in natural and managed systems. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland

Hall, J. L. and R. C. Wissmar 2004. Redd site selection in Floodplain ponds by sockeye salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133:1480-1496.

Timm, R. K., R. C. Wissmar, J. W. Small, T. M. Leschine, and G. Lucchetti 2004. Multi-Scale prioritization of riparian habitats for restoration and preservation. Environmental Management 33:151-161.

Wissmar, R.C. 2004. Riparian corridors of Eastern Oregon and Washington: functions and sustainability along lowland-arid to mountain gradients. Aquatic Sciences. 66:373-387.

Wissmar, R. C., W. N. Beer, R. K. Timm 2004. Spatially explicit estimates of erosion-risk indices and variable riparian buffer widths in watersheds. Aquatic Sciences 66: 446-455.

Wissmar, R. C. and S. D. Craig. 2004. Factors affecting habitat selection by a small spawning charr population, bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus: implications for recovery of an endangered species. Fish. Mgmt. Ecol. 11:23-31.

Wissmar, R. C., R. K. Timm and M. G. Logsdon. 2004. Effect of land cover change on discharge regimes of urbanizing watersheds. Environmental Management 34:91- 98.

Bryant, M. D., B. E. Wright, S. Stolnack, A Truesdell and R. C. Wissmar 2004. Development and testing of a protocol to use coho salmon as a management indicator species for the Tongass Land Management Plan. Progress Report FY 2004. Aquatic/Land Interactions Research Program, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2770 Sherwood Ln., 2A, Juneau, AK 99801

Stolnack, S. M. D. Bryant and R. C Wissmar 2005. A review and critique of monitoring strategies applied to land management practices. PNW-GTR-625, USDA Forest Service, Portland Oregon.

Dahm, C. Larson, D., R. Petersen and R. C. Wissmar 2005. Response and recovery of lakes in the blast zone of Mount St. Helens, Washington. Pages 255-276 in VH Dale, FJ Swanson, CM Crisafulli (eds.), Ecological responses to the 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens. Springer-Verlag, NY.

Wissmar R. C. and R. K. Timm. 2006. Effect of landcover change on the hydrology of urbanizing watersheds. Proceedings of the ninth biennial watersheds management council conference: Watersheds across boundaries: Science, Sustainability, Security (eds) C. W. Slaughter and N. Berg. Watershed Management Council. Water Resource Center Report 107, University of California, Berkley, CA.

Timm, R. K. and R. C. Wissmar. 2006. Multi-scale prioritization of riparian habitats for restoration and protection. Proceedings of the ninth biennial watersheds management council conference: Watersheds across boundaries: Science, Sustainability, Security (eds) C. W. Slaughter and N. Berg. Watershed Management Council, , Water Resource Center Report 107, University of California, Berkley, CA.

Wissmar R. C. and R. K. Timm.. 2006. Watershed and Stream Landscapes, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. USDA Forest Service, Ketchikan, Alaska. 

Wissmar, R. C. 2006. Realities of fish habitat improvements in a developed river. 4th World Fish Congress, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2004. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. 587-594.

Cowley, D.E., R. C. Wissmar and R. Sallenave. 2007.Fish assemblages and seasonal movements of fish in irrigation canals and river reaches of the middle Rio Grande, New Mexico (U.S.A.). Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 1–11.

Publications in Review and In Press

Hall, J. L., R. C. Wissmar and D.A. Beauchamp. A bioenergetic comparison of sockeye salmon rearing conditions in off-channel pond and lake habitats. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Ayesha G., C. A. Simenstad, D. L. Bottom, D. A. Beauchamp, D. E. Schindler and R. C. Wissmar. Modeling juvenile chinook growth potential in the recovering wetlands of the salmon river estuary, Oregon, USA. Estuaries.

Wissmar, R. C. Effectiveness of created spawning habitats. Fisheries.

Logsdon MG, Timm RK, Wissmar RC, Storck P, Pflugh DC. Variation of impervious areas and urban watershed hydrology. Journal of Environmental Management

Wissmar, R. C. Long-term changes in large wood abundance in a Cascadian River. Regulated Rivers.

Timm, R. K., R. C. Wissmar, H. Berg and s. Foley (in press). Spawning habit preferences of salmon following landslide-induced damming and river channel adjustments. Society of Ecological Restoration.