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Brouwer, Greg (2001 December). Oregon drought forces tough water control decisions.
Civil Engineering v. 71, 18 (2p.). Retrieved May 14, 2002 from EBSCOhost
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Eheart, J.W. & Ng, T.L. (2004). Role of effluent permit trading in total maximum
daily load programs: Overview and uncertainty and reliability implications.
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Field, J.A., Reed, R.L., Sawyer, T.E., Griffith, S.M. & Wigington, P.J., Jr.
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water associated with grass seed production. Journal of Environmental
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Larson, Douglas W. (2001, Spring) Technological promises, scientific disputes.
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McFall, K. (2003, November 3). Portland's 'Big Pipe Project' Gets Down to The Big
Grind. ENR: Engineering News-Record 251, 15. Retrieved March 16, 2004, from
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Oetter, D.R., Gregory, S.V., Ashkenas, L.R., & Minear, P.J. (2004). GIS methodology
for characterizing historical conditions of the Willamette River flood plain,
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to this journal.
Pan, Y., Herlihy, A., Kaufmann, P., Wigington, J., van Sickle, J. & Moser, T. (2004).
Linkages among land-use, water quality, physical habitat conditions and lotic
diatom assemblages: A multi-spatial scale assessment. Hydrobiologia, 515,
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Qian, Song S., & Anderson, Chaucey W. (1999, August 17). Exploring factors
controlling the variability of pesticide concentrations in the Willamette
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subscribes to this publication. Abstract only is available online.
River of risk. (December 2000). [A series of articles from the Oregonian newspaper.]
Retrieved January 2, 2003, from http://www.oregonlive.com/special/river/
Note: For other articles in the Oregonian, search at The Oregonian. You
will needyour My Chemeketa user name and password
if you are accessing it from off campus.
Stone, Michael A. (2002, October). Rapid delivery. Civil Engineering 72, 70-73.
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number 7440515). Full text is available online. Chemeketa subscribes
to this journal.
Tunnel system to keep Portland's waterways clean (2000 September).
Civil Engineering v. 70, 24 (2/3 p.). Retrieved May 14, 2002 from EBSCOhost
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Wernstedt, Kris (May 2002). Gauging the vulnerability of local water systems
to extreme events. Journal of Environmental Planning & Management 45.
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Full text is available online. Chemeketa does not subscribe to this periodical.
Description: Examines the vulnerability of water utilities in
the Willamette basin to extreme climatic events and institutional
pressures as a model for Northwest water systems relying primarily
on surface water.
Wigington P.J., Jr, et al. (2003). Nitrate removal effectiveness of a riparian
buffer along a small agricultural stream in western Oregon. Journal
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Altman, B., Henson, C. M. & Waite, I. R. (1997). Summary of information
on aquatic biota and their habitats in the Willamette basin, Oregon, through
1995. Portland, OR:U.S. Geological Survey (U.S. Geological Survey Water-
Resources Investigations Report 97-4023). Retrieved November 12, 2002, from
http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Online/Pdf/97-4023.pdf
Description: 174 p. (3 MB).
Anderson, C. W., Wood, T. M. & Morace, J. L. (1997). Distribution of
dissolved pesticides and other water quality constituents in small streams,
and their relation to land use, in the Willamette River basin, Oregon, 1996
(U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4268).
Portland, OR: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved January 30, 2007, from
http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Pdf/97-4268.pdf
Description: 87 p. (1.9 MB).
Annear, R.L., Wells, S.A., Berger, C.J., McKillip, M., Khan, S.J. (2003).
Willamette River System Temperature Waste Load Allocation Model. In
Getting It Done: The Role of TMDL Implementation in Watershed Restoration,
October 29-30, 2003, Stevenson, WA. Pullman: State of Washington Water
Research Center. Retrieved March 16, 2004, from
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Session%208B/PAPER_Annear.pdf
Description: 10 p. (369 KB)
Berger, C.J., Annear, R. L. & Wells, S.A. (2002). Willamette River and Columbia
River waste load allocation model. Paper presented at the 2nd Federal
InterAgency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, July 28-Aug 1, 2002.
RetreivedMarch 13, 2003 from
http://www.ce.pdx.edu/~scott/pubs/Willamette_River.pdf
Description:12 p. (203 KB)
Bonn, B. A. (1998). Dioxins and furans in bed sediment and fish tissue of the
Willamette basin, Oregon, 1992-95. Portland, OR: U.S. Geological Survey.
(U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4082-D)
Retrieved November 12, 2002, from
http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Pdf/97-4082d.pdf
Description: 12 p. (305 KB)
Conlon, T.D., et al. (2005). Ground-water hydrology of the Willamette basin,
Oregon (U.S. Geological Survey scientific Investigations Report no. 2005-5168).
Reston, VA: U.S. Geological survey. Retrieved April 4, 2006, from
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Curtis, L., Anderson, K., Jenkins, J., Kent, M., & Markle, D. (2003).
Environmental stresses and fish deformities in the Willamette River:
Project Status Report. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University.
Retrieved March 16, 2004, from agsci.oregonstate.edu/admin/will_river_fish.pdf
Description: 17 p. (266 KB) See also final report, below.
Dole, D. & Niemi, E.. (2002). The Future of Municipal water resources in the
Willamette River basin: A basin-level analysis. Washington, DC: National
Center for Environmental Economics. (Working Paper No. 02-01). Retrieved March 17,
2005, from http://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/epa/eed.nsf/WPNumberNew/2002-01?OpenDocument
Description: Forecast of water-supply issues. 35 pp.
Ellis, S.G. (2000). Characterization of skeletal deformities in three species of
juvenile fish from the Willamette River Basin, February 2000. Salem, OR: Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality. (Willamette River Basin Studies: Ecological
Health Technical Study; EVS Project No. 2/839-02). Retrieved January 7, 2003,
from http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/willamette/docs/studies/fsdrpt.pdf
Description: 50 p. (408 KB) report on fish deformities in naturally-occurring
fish populations in the "Newberg Pool;" prepared by EVS Environment Consultants
for Oregon DEQ.
EVS Environment Consultants, Inc. (2000). In situ bioassay for fish embryo
development, September 2000. Salem, OR: Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality. (Willamette River Basin Studies: Ecological Health Technical
Study; EVS Project No. 2/839-02). Retrieved January 7, 2003, from
http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/willamette/docs/studies/fedrpt.pdf
Description: 46 p. (4.9 MB) study on the use of rainbow trout embryos to
investigate fish deformities in the "Newberg Pool," prepared by EVS
Environment Consultants for Oregon DEQ.
EVS Environment Consultants, Inc. (2000). Human health risk assessment of chemical
contaminants in four fish species from the Middle Willamette River, November 21,
2000. Salem, OR: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. (Willamette River
Basin Studies: Human Health Technical Study; EVS Project No. 2/839-01). Retrieved
January 30, 2007, from http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/willamette/docs/studies/hhrarpt.pdf
Description: 112 p. (4.3 MB) study on the risk of eating fish from the Middle
Willamette River, prepared by EVS Environment Consultants for Oregon DEQ.
Fernald, Alexander. (2002). Groundwater/surface water interactions. In Proceedings,
46th Annual New Mexico Water Conference : New Mexico watershed management,
restoration, utilization, and protection, November 5-7, 2001, La Fonda,
Santa Fe (WRRI Report No 323). Las Cruces, N.M.: New Mexico
Water Resources Research Institute. Retrieved June 11, 2003, from
http://wrri.nmsu.edu/publish/watcon/proc46/fernald.pdf
Description: A conference paper about ground water and surface water
interactions; the bulk of the paper deals with research done on the
Willamette River.
Gannett M.W. & Caldwell R.R. (1998). Geologic framework of the Willamette
Lowland aquifer system, Oregon and Washington (US Geological Survey
Professional Paper no. P 1424-A). Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved
April 4, 2006, from http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/pp/pp1424A
Description: 32 p., 8 plates.
Haddad, J., Ellis, S., & Read, L. (2000). Characterization of bacteria concentrations
at water recreational sites in the Middle Willamette River, July 1999. Salem,
OR: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. (Willamette River Basin Studies:
Human Health Technical Study; EVS Project No. 2/839-01). Retrieved March
18, 2003, from http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/willamette/docs/studies/bacteriarpt.pdf
Description: 23 p. (1 MB) report and appendices by EVS Environment Consultants,
Inc., for DEQ.
Hägglöf, K. (1996). Working paper: The implementation of the stochastic branch
and bound method for applications in river basin water quality management
(IIASA WP-96-89). Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis. Retrieved March 19, 2003, from
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Publications/Documents/WP-96-089.pdf
Description: 12 p. (274 KB) Describes a mathematical model, an extension of a
stochastic branch and bound method,applied to water quality management, as
exemplified by the Willamette River.
Harrison, H. E., Anderson, C. W., Rinella, F. A., Gasser, T. M.& Pogue, T. R., Jr.
(1997). Analytical data from phases I and II of the Willamette River basin
water quality study, Oregon, 1992-94 (Rev. ed.). Portland, OR: U.S.
Geological Survey(U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-373). Retrieved
November 14, 2002,
from http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Online/Pdf/95-373.pdf
Description: "This report presents trace-element, organic-compound (pesticides,
volatile and semivolatile organic compounds, and dioxin and furan compounds),
and nutrient concentration data from the analyses of water column, suspended-
sediment, and bed-sediment samples." 171 p. (2234K)
Hart Crowser, Inc. (2002). Lower Willamette River reference area study, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon. [Seattle, WA]: The author.
Retrieved November 12, 2002, from
http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/ec/h/hr/Reports/Willamette/willamette_ref_02.pdf
Description: "This reference area study is part of a comprehensive
effort by the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to develop a Dredged
Material Management Plan (DMMP) for the Willamette River. Reference
areas are defined as locations from which reference sediments are
obtained to be used as part of a biological testing program." 114 p.
(8173K)
Herrett, T.A., Hess, G.W., House, J.G., Ruppert, G.P. & Courts, M.L. (2003).
Water Resources Data for Oregon, Water Year 2002 (U.S. Geological
Survey Water-Data Report OR-02-1). Portland, OR: U.S. Geological Survey.
Retrieved March 16, 2004, from http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wdr/WDR-OR-02/
Description: The report is available in two .PDF formats: a full report with
appendices (l1 Megabytes), or a version in which the portions of the report are
separate files.
Herrett, T.A., Hess, G.W., House, J.G., Ruppert, G.P. & Courts, M.L. (2004).
Water Resources Data for Oregon, Water Year 2003 (U.S. Geological
Survey Water-Data Report OR-04-1). Portland, OR: U.S. Geological Survey.
Retrieved April 4, 2006, from http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/WDR-OR-03/
Description: The report is available in PDF format (6.5 Mb).
Herrett, T.A., Hess, G.W., House, J.G., Ruppert, G.P. & Courts, M.L. (2005).
Water Resources Data for Oregon, Water Year 2004 (U.S. Geological
Survey Water-Data Report OR-04-1). Portland, OR: U.S. Geological Survey.
Retrieved April 4, 2006, from http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2004/wdr-or-04/
Description: The report is available in PDF format in sections by river basin.
Herrett, T.A., Hess, G.W., Stewart, M.A., Ruppert, G.P. & Courts, M.L. (2006).
Water Resources Data for Oregon, Water Year 2005 (U.S. Geological
Survey Water-Data Report OR-05-1). Portland, OR: U.S. Geological Survey.
Retrieved April 4, 2006, from http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-or-05/
Description: The report is available in PDF format in sections by river basin.
Hulse, D., Gregory, S. & Baker J. (Eds.) (2002). Willamette River Basin Planning
Atlas Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. Retrieved April 5, 2006,
from http://www.fsl.orst.edu/pnwerc/wrb/Atlas_web_compressed/PDFtoc.html
Laenen, A. & Risley, J. C. (1997). Precipitation-runoff and streamflow-
routing models for the Willamette River basin, Oregon. (U.S.
Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4284).
Portland, OR: U.S.Geological Survey. Retrieved March 15, 2005, from
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri954284
Description: 197 pp.
Lee, K.K. (1995). Stream Velocity and Dispersion Characteristics Determined
by Dye-Tracer Studies on Selected Stream Reaches in the Willamette River
Basin, Oregon (U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations
Report 95–4078). Portland, OR: OR: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved
March 19, 2003, from http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Online/Pdf/95-4078.pdf
Description: 48 pp.
Lee, Karl K. & Risley, John C. (2002). Estimates of ground-water recharge, base
flow, and stream reach gains and losses in the Willamette River basin, Oregon
(U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report No. 01-4215).
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved January
30, 2007, from http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/WRIR01-4215/wri014215.pdf
Description: 5.8 MB.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. (1999). Portland Harbor Sediment
Management Plan. [Portland]: The Department. Retrieved May 2, 2003, from
http://www.deq.state.or.us/nwr/PortlandHarbor/phsmp/contents.htm
Description: Divided by sections into numerous separate PDF files.
Oregon Water Resources Department (2001). Willamette Basin reservoir study 2001
update. Salem: Oregon Water Resources Department. Retrieved March 18, 2002 from
http://egov.oregon.gov/OWRD/mgmt_res_study.shtml
Description: Gives background of the reservoir study.
Orzol, Leonard L., Wozniak, Karl C., Meissner, Tiffany R., & Lee, Douglas B. (2000).
Ground-water and water-chemistry data for the Willamette basin, Oregon (U.S.
Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report No. 99-4036).
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved November 12,
2002, from http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Online/Pdf/99-4036.pdf
Description: 141 p. (5.4 MB).
Pogue, T. R.; Anderson, C. W. (1995). Processes controlling dissolved oxygen
and pH in the upper Willamette River basin, Oregon, 1994. (U.S.
Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report No. 95-4205).
Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved January 30, 2007, from
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri954205
Description: 71 pp.
Rinella, F.A. & Janet, M.L. (1998). Seasonal and spatial variability of
nutrients and pesticides in streams of the Willamette Basin, Oregon,
1993-95 (U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report
97-4082-C). Portland, OR: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved March 19,
2003, from http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Online/Pdf/97-4082c.pdf
Description: 72 pp.
Tanner, D.Q. (2002). Selected elements and organic chemicals in streambed
sediment in the Salem area, Oregon, 1999 (U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4194). Portland, OR: U.S.
Geological Survey. Retrieved November 14, 2002, from
http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/WRIR02-4194/
Description: Streams in Salem, Oregon, are analyzed for contaminants such
as metals and pesticides. The majority of sites are found to exceed sediment
quality guidelines. 43 p. (5000K)
Villeneuve, D.L., Curtis, L.R., Jenkins, J.J., Warner, K.E., Tilton, F.A.,
Kent, M.L., et al. (2004, June 15). Environmental stresses and skeletal
deformities in fish from the Willamette River, Oregon, USA. Corvallis:
Oregon State University Department of Environmental and Molecular
Toxicology, Department of Microbiology, and Department of Fisheries and
Wildlife. Retrieved March 15, 2004, from
http://emt.oregonstate.edu/research/owebreport.htm
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North Pacific Region Water Management Division (2002).
Willamette River basin,. Portland, OR: The author. Retrieved June 3, 2002 from
http://www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/report/willamette.htm#top
Description: Information on water control projects along the Willamette River.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (2002). Sediment quality evaluation
reports. Portland, OR: The author. Retrieved November 7, 2002,
from http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/ec/h/hr/sqer.htm
Description: Reports include analysis of sediment samples obtained at
multiple locations in the Willamette River from 1988 to 2002. The reports
include tables showing the levels of various pollutants.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District. (2003, July). Willamette River
temperature control McKenzie Subbasin, Oregon Cougar Dam Reservoir final
supplemental information report & environmental assessment amendment.
Portland, OR: US Army Corps of Engineers Portland District. Retrieved March 17,
2005, from http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/issues/wrtcp/cougarfinal.asp
Description: The report is available in two .PDF formats: a full
report with appendices (6.76 Megabytes), or a version in which the main
report and appendices are separate files.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development. (2002).
Willamette basin alternative futures analysis: Environmental assessment
approach that facilitates consensus building. Washington, DC: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved March 18, 2003, from
http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/projects/alternativefutures/ninepager.pdf
Description: Document describes alternative scenarios for the Willamette
Basin in the year 2050 assuming a variety of management plans. 9 pp.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Science and Technology. (December
2001). Ambient water quality criteria recommendations: Information
supporting the development of state and tribal nutrient criteria for rivers
and streams in Nutrient Ecoregion I, Willamette and Central Valleys....
Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved May
5, 2004, from
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient/ecoregions
/rivers/rivers_1.pdf
Description: Statistics and recommendations for establishing criteria
for values of causal variables (nitrogen and phosphorous) and response
variables (turbidity and chlorophyll a).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water. (2001, December).
Ambient water quality criteria recommendations information supporting the
development of state and tribal nutrient criteria: Rivers and streams in
nutrient ecoregion I: Willamette and Central Valleys including all or
parts ofthe states of Washington, Oregon and California and the
authorized Tribes within the region.Washington, DC: The author. (EPA
822-B-01-012). Retrieved March 17, 2005, from
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient/ecoregions/rivers/rivers_1.pdf
Description: 125 pp.
U.S. Geological Survey (2001). Published Reports -- Willamette NAWQA. Retrieved
January 30, 2007 from http://or.water.usgs.gov/projs_dir/pn366/nawqa_pubs.html
Description: Published reports on the Willamette from the National Water
Quality Assesment. Many available online. Abstracts also available in html.
U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon District (2001). USGS Water Resources of Oregon.
Retrieved from http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/online_list.html
Description: Online publications on the Willamette River.
U.S. National Center for Environmental Research (2000). 2000 progress report:
Establishing correlations between upland forest management practices and
the economic consequences of stream turbidity in municipal supply watersheds
(EPA Grant No. R825822). Retrieved May 31, 2002 from
http://cfpub1.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/727/report/2000
Description: Progress report of a research project aimed at estimating the
cost of downstream sedimentation caused by land and reservoir management and
coordinating with stakeholders to manage those costs.
Wentz, D.L., Bonn, B.A., Carpenter, K.D., Hinkle, S.R., Janet, M.L., Rinella, F.A.,
et al. (1998). Water quality in the Willamette basin, Oregon,
1991-95. Portland, OR: U.S. Geological Survey. (U.S. Geological
Survey Circular 1161). Retrieved November 12, 2002, from
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1161/index.html
Description: 3 MB.
Whitehead, R.L. (1994). Puget-Willamette Trough regional aquifer system In Ground
water atlas of the United States: Idaho, Oregon, Washington (Hydrologic
investigations atlas HA 730-H). Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved
3 June, 2002 from http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/ch_h/H-text10.html
Description: Examines the aquifer system underlying the Willamette Valley
and its effect on the environment.
Willamette Restoration Initiative. (2004). Draft Willamette subbasin plan
prepared for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. [Salem,
OR: The author.]
Note: 7 MB.
Willamette River TMDLs Council. (2003). Willamette Basin Mercury Study. [Salem,
OR]: Department of Environmental Quality. Retrieved March 16, 2004, from
http://www.deq.state.or.us/lab/wqm/wbmercurystudy.htm
Description: 18 pp.
Wood, T.M. (2001). Herbicide use in the management of roadside vegetation, western
Oregon, 1999-2000: Effects on water quality of nearby streams. Portland, OR:
U.S. Geological Survey, 2001. Retrieved March 17, 2003, from
http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs/Abstracts/01-4065.html
Description: Describes an experiment to test the degree to which roadside
spraying contributes to the load of herbicides a Willamette Valley stream.
Oregon Plan For Salmon and Watersheds (2001). Welcome to the Oregon Plan! Retrieved
March 16 , 2004, from http://www.oregon-plan.org
Description: Includes 2001 Oregon report, Oregon plan for Salmon,
team activities, photographs, and maps.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (2004, December). Willamette River Basin Website
Retrieved March 15, 2005 at http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/willamette/willamette.htm
Description: Basic information about the Willamette River Basin. Enviromental
problems and physical characteristics. Includes the "303(d)" list of stream segments
which do not meet federal standards, TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Load), fact sheets,
progress reports, and the DEQ Groundwater Quality page. Many new reports on TMDLs for
bacteria, mercury, etc.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. (2007). Portland Harbor Site. Retrieved January
30, 2007, from http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/cu/nwr/PortlandHarbor/index.htm
PortlandHarbor/ph.htm
Description: Information and documents pertaining to the stretch of the
Willamette known as Portland Harbor, which has been placed on the National
Priorities List by the EPA.
Oregon Governor. (n.d.). Willamette River Legacy. Salem, OR: Governor.
Retrieved April 5, 2006, from http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/
Willamette_River_Legacy/restore.shtml
Description: Governor's site with descriptions of actions being taken to
restore the Willamette River.
Oregon State University. Biosystems Analysis Group (n.d.). Developing Methods
and Tools for Watershed Restoration: Design, Implementation, and Assessment
in the Willamette Basin, Oregon. Retrieved June 3, 2002 from
http://biosys.bre.orst.edu/restore/default.cfm
Description: Home page of Oregon State University/Environmental Protection
Agency project.
Oregon Water Resources Department (2002). State of Oregon Water Resources Department.
Retrieved March 17, 2005 from http://www.wrd.state.or.us/OWRD/index.shtml
Description: Contains links to archives of OWRD documents. Also has
links to real-time and historial stream flow measurements. Measurements at
some locations include temperature and dissolved oxygen.
The Pacific Northwest Ecosystem Research Consortium (n.d.). The Pacific Northwest
Ecosystem Research Consortium. Retrieved June 3, 2002 from
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/pnw-erc/
Description: Home page of a consortium dedicated to the human ecology of
the Pacific Northwest. Includes Willamette Valley datasets and links to other
resources.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, (2001). Graphics: Willamette.
Retrieved April 4, 2006 from http://www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/nwp/graphics/willamette.html
Description: Streamflow and river level information that is updated every hour.
U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northwest Regional Office. (2006). Consultation
Query Page, Endangered Species Act Biological Opinions and Essential Fish Habitat
Conservation Recommendations. [Seattle, WA]: The Office.
Description: Lets the user look up Biological Opinions; click
"Advanced Query" to search by Activity Location, e.g., Willamette.
A Biological Opinion, or BO, is prepared by the Fish and Wildlife
Service or National Marine Fisheries Service to document effects of an action
on species listed under the Endangered Species Act. The Act requires
consulation when the Biological Opinion shows that a proposed action may affect
a species listed as threatened or endangered or its critical habitat. A BO
may discuss, for example, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH.
Willamette Partnership. (2005). A conservation investment for the Willamette
Basin. Retrieved April 5, 2006, from http://clev17.com/~willamet/?q=
Description: The Willamette Partnership is a stakeholder organization
that has taken the place of the disbanded Willamette Restoration Initiative.
Full texts of the following articles are not available online and Chemeketa does not subscribe to the periodicals, but they may be found in other libraries or obtained by interlibrary loan.
Bernert, Joseph A., Eilers, Joseph M., & Bierly, Kenneth F. (September, 1999) Recent Wetlands
Trends (1981/82-1994) in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Wetlands 19, 545.
Abstract only available online.
Carpenter, Kurt D., & Waite, Ian R. (September, 2000) Relations of Habitat-Specific Algal
Assemblages to Land Use and Water Chemistry in the Willamette Basin, Oregon.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 64, 247-257. Abstract only available
online.
Curtis, Lawrence R., & Carpenter, Hilary M. (1993, October) Sensitivity of cytochrome
P450-1A1 induction in fish as a biomarker for distribution of TCDD and...
Enviromental Science & Technology, 2149 (9 p.). Abstract only available
on EBSCOhost database (Academic Search Premier, Article Number 9401271038)
Fernald, A.G., Wigington, P.J., & Landers, D.H. (2001) Transient storage and
hyporheic flow along the Willamette River, Oregon: Field measurements and
model estimates. Water Resources Research 37, 1681-1694. Abstract only
available at
http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/publications/abstracts/archive2001/fernald01.htm.
Gannett, Marshall W., & Woodward, Dennis G. (1997) Groundwater and Surface-Water
Relations inthe Willamette Valley, Oregon. In Dunnette, Antonius; Laenen,
David A. (Eds.) River Quality; Dynamics and Restoration. International River
Quality Symposium (pp. 131-139). Boca-Raton, FL: CRC/Lewis.
Henny, C.J., Kaiser, J.L., Grove, R.A., Bentley, V.R. & Elliott, J.E. (2003).
Biomagnification factors (fish to Osprey eggs from Willamette River, Oregon,
U.S.A.) for PCDDs, PCDFs, PCBs and OC pesticides. Environmental
Monitoring & Assessment 84, 275-315. Abstract only is available at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=PubMed&details_term=12807265%5BUID%5D.
Herlihy, Alan, Kaufmann, Phillip R., Reynolds Lou, Li, Judith, & Robison, George E.
(1997). Developing Indicators of Ecological Condition in the Willamette Basin.
In Dunnette, Antonius; Laenen, David A. (Eds.) River Quality; Dynamics And
Restoration. International River Quality Symposium. Boca-Raton, FL: CRC/Lewis.
Hinkle, S.R., Duff, J.H., Triska, F.J., Laenen, A., Gates, E.B., Bencala, K.E., et
al.(2001). Linking hyporheic flow and nitrogen cycling near the Willamette River
- a large river in Oregon, USA. Journal of Hydrology 244, 157-180. Abstract
only is available at http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/waterusgsgov/water.usgs.gov/nrp/proj.bib/abstracts.01.html#duff.triska.bencala.silva.
Hope B. (2003). A basin-specific aquatic food web biomagnification model for estimation
of mercury target levels. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 22,
2525-37. Abstract only is available at
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=PubMed&details_term=14552019%5BUID%5D.
Laenen, A., & Bencala, K.E. (2001) Transient Storage Assessments of Dye-Tracer
Injections in Rivers of the Willamette Basin, Oregon. Journal of the
American Water Resources Association 37, 367-377.
Laenen, A. & Dojlido, J.R. (1997) The Willamette and Vistula rivers;
contrast and comparison. In Dunnette, Antonius; Laenen, David A. (Eds.)
River Quality; Dynamics and Restoration. International River
Quality Symposium (pp. 117-130). Boca-Raton, FL: CRC/Lewis.
Laenen, A. & Risley, J.C. (1997). Precipitation-runoff and streamflow-routing
modeling as a foundation for water-quality simulation in the Willamette
River basin, Oregon. In Dunnette, Antonius; Laenen, David A. (Eds.) River
Quality; Dynamics and Restoration. International River Quality Symposium
(pp. 117-130). Boca-Raton, FL: CRC/Lewis.
Ng, T.L., ∓ Eheart, J.W. (2005). Effects of discharge permit trading on water
quality reliability. Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management, 131,
81-88.
Thomas, C.M., & Anthony, R.G. (1999 December) Environmental Contaminants in great
blue herons (Ardea herodias) from the Lower Columbia and Willamette Rivers,
Oregon and Washington. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry vol. 18,
2804-2816. Abstract only available at
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00220-8.
Wentz D.A., Waite I.R. & Rinella F.A. (July 1998). Comparison of Streambed
Sediment and Aquatic Biota as Media for Characterizing Trace Elements
and Organochlorine Compounds in the Willamette Basin, Oregon.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 51 pp. 673-693. Abstract
only available at http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Abstracts/wentz_ema_abs.html