Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Yager, Elowyn M Professor

Positions

Member, Idaho EPSCoR
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering , College of Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Ecohydraulics Research (CER) , College of Engineering

Research Areas

Publications

selected publications

abstract
- Understanding Existing Salmonid Habitat Availability and Connectivity to Improve River Management 2017
academic article
- Flume Experiments on the Erosive Energy of Bed Load Impacts on Rough and Planar Beds. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. 126:e2020JF005834. 2021
- Detecting Multi-scale Riverine Topographic Variability and Its Influence on Chinook Salmon Habitat Selection. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2021
- Spatial and temporal changes in aeolian redistribution of sediments and nutrients following fire. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2020
- History-Dependent Threshold for Motion Revealed by Continuous Bedload Transport Measurements in a Steep Mountain Stream. Geophysical Research Letters. 46:2583-2591. 2019
- Resistance Is Not Futile: Grain Resistance Controls on Observed Critical Shields Stress Variations. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. 123:3308-3322. 2018
- Sex that moves mountains: The influence of spawning fish on river profiles over geologic timescales. Geomorphology. 305:163-172. 2018
- The trouble with shear stress. Geomorphology. 323:41-50. 2018
- Effects of Bed Forms and Large Protruding Grains on Near-Bed Flow Hydraulics in Low Relative Submergence Conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. 122:1845-1866. 2017
- Effects of gradient, distance, curvature and aspect on steep burned and unburned hillslope soil erosion and deposition. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 42.0:1033.0-1048.0. 2017
- REI: riparian ecosystem index to assess the impact of hydrologic regime changes on riparian ecosystems. Ecohydrology. 9:153-166. 2016
- Taking the river inside: Fundamental advances from laboratory experiments in measuring and understanding bedload transport processes. Geomorphology. 244:21-32. 2015
- The relative stability of salmon redds and unspawned streambeds. Water Resources Research. 51:6074-6092. 2015
- Modeling the influence of salmon spawning on hyporheic exchange of marine-derived nutrients in gravel stream beds. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72:1146-1158. 2015
- Development of a spatially-distributed hydroecological model to simulate cottonwood seedling recruitment along rivers. Journal of Environmental Management. 145:277-288. 2014
- Numerical simulation of the impact of sediment supply and streamflow variations on channel grain sizes and Chinook salmon habitat in mountain drainage networks. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 38:1822-1837. 2013
- Application of 210Pbex inventories to measure net hillslope erosion at burned sites. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 38:133-145. 2013
- The impact of river modification and dam operation on floodplain vegetation succession trends in the Kootenai River, USA. Ecological Engineering. 46:88-97. 2012
- Patch dynamics and stability in steep, rough streams. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. 117. 2012
- Prediction of sediment transport in step-pool channels. Water Resources Research. 48. 2012
- Sediment supply, grain protrusion, and bedload transport in mountain streams. Geophysical Research Letters. 39. 2012
- The impact of different sediment concentrations and sediment transport formulas on the simulated floodplain processes. Journal of Hydrology. 450:230-243. 2012
- Coarse bed material patch evolution in low-order, ephemeral channels. Catena. 81:126-136. 2010
- The impact of exceptional events on erosion, bedload transport and channel stability in a step-pool channel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 34:1661-1673. 2009
- Calculating bedload transport in steep, boulder-bed channels. Water Resources Research. 43. 2007
- Valley formation and methane precipitation rates on Titan. Journal of Geophysical Research. 111. 2006
- Evaluating the performance of topobathymetric LiDAR to support multi-dimensional flow modelling in a gravel-bed mountain stream. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
conference paper
- A flume investigation of the influence of flood recession rate and vegetation patches on channel bar morphology. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2012
- An investigation into the turbulence parameter responsible for the onset of grain motion. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2012
- Development of Forced Patches in Steep Channels. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2012
- Intermediate conditions: The Goldilocks hypothesis defines sediment transport processes and pothole forms in bedrock streams. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2012
- Intermittency in bedload transport: the importance of coherent flow structures and grain to grain interactions. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2012
- The Influence of Salmonid Spawning on Grain Architecture, Critical Bed Shear Stress, and Bed Load Transport in Streams. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2012
- Investigation of bed load sediment pulse sources and frequencies using spectral and wavelet analysis. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2011
- Using sediment transport and river restoration to link research and education, and promote K-12 female involvement in STEM fields. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2011
- Quantifying the Influence of Hillslope Form, Aspect and Burn Severity on Post-Wildfire Hillslope Erosion Rates. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2010
- Stochastic predictions of bedload flux and sediment availability in steep channels. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2010
- The Influence of Climate Change and Fire on Sediment Transport and Aquatic Habitat: a Case Study of the South Fork of Salmon River Basin, Idaho. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2010
- Disturbances caused by probes that penetrate through the water surface of an open channel flow. Proceedings of the IAHR 33rd biennial conference: Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment. 2009
- Mobility of sediment patches. Proceedings of the 7th IAHR International Symposium on Ecohydraulics. 2009
- Simulation of different scenarios to reconnect a historic floodplain with the channel of the Kootenai River, USA. Proceedings of the IAHR 33rd biennial conference: Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment. 2009
- The geomorphic signature of life: effects of riparian vegetation on bedload transport and sediment accretion. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2009
- The impacts of sediment supply, flow hydrology and channel restoration on floodplain sedimentation. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2009
- Persistence and transience in bed surface texture. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2007
- The effects of emergent vegetation on sediment transport and channel morphology. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2007
- The influence of emergent vegetation on turbulence and sediment transport in rivers. Proceedings of the 5th IAHR International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics. 69-74. 2007
- The influence of emergent vegetation on sediment transport through river channels and floodplains. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2006
- Valley Formation Mechanisms and Short-Term Methane Precipitation Rates on Titan. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2006
- Prediction of sediment transport and patch dynamics in a steep, rough stream. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2005
- Sediment patches, sediment supply, and channel morphology. Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics. 79-90. 2005
- The effect of large roughness elements on local flow and bedload transport. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2004
- Prediction of sediment transport in steep boulder-bed channels. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2002
- Physical modeling of sediment transport in steep boulder-bed channels. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2001
- Sediment transport in steep boulder-bed channels. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 2000
- Tree-ring based history of Sheridan Glacier, southern Alaska. GSA Abstracts with Programs. 1998

Research

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CAREER: A mechanistic understanding of sediment transport in mountain streams with applications in river restoration and science education awarded by NSF Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) 2009 - 2014
The geomorphic signature of salmon spawning: understanding the impact of redd density on stream morphology and habitat for future spawners awarded by United States Forest Service 2012 - 2013
Kootenai River Floodplain Ecosystem Operational Loss Assessment, Protection, Mitigation and Rehabilitation VIIII awarded by Kootenai Tribe 2011 - 2013
Improving Idaho Infrastructure through Long-term Monitoring of Sediment Transport awarded by United States Geological Survey 2011 - 2012
Kootenai River Floodplain Ecosystem Operational Loss Assessment, Protection, Mitigation and Rehabilitation VIII awarded by Kootenai Tribe 2010 - 2011
Kootenai River Floodplain Ecosystem Operational Loss Assessment, Protection, Mitigation and Rehabilitation VII awarded by Kootenai Tribe 2009 - 2010
Kootenai River Floodplain Ecosystem Operational Loss Assessment, Protection, Mitigation and Rehabilitation VI awarded by Kootenai Tribe 2008 - 2009

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Background

education and training

Ph.D. in Geology, University of California, Berkeley 2006
B.A. in Geology, State University of New York, Buffalo 1998