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Key Reports & Documents
Seminal Documents
The CEERP Synthesis Memos
Monitoring Protocols
Action Effectiveness Monitoring Programmatic Plan
Action Effectiveness Monitoring Program Annual Reports
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Ecosystem Monitoring Program Reports
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Key ERTG Work Products
See the ERTG Work Product Library for a full list of ERTG work products.
Scientific Publications by Research Topic
Adaptive Management and Cumulative Effects of Estuary Restoration
Diefenderfer et al., 2011: A Levels-of-Evidence Approach for Assessing Cumulative Ecosystem Response to Estuary and River Restoration Programs
Ke et al., 2013: Temporal land cover analysis for net ecosystem improvement
Diefenderfer et al., 2016: Evidence-based evaluation of the cumulative effects of ecosystem restoration
Ebberts et al., 2017: Estuary ecosystem restoration: implementing and institutionalizing adaptive management
Diefenderfer et al., 2020: Applying cumulative effects to strategically advance large-scale ecosystem restoration
Water Quality
(Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen)
Roegner et al., 2011: Coastal Upwelling Supplies Oxygen-Depleted Water to the Columbia River Estuary
Scott et al., 2023: Warming of the lower Columbia River, 1853 to 2018
Floodplain Hydrology and Habitat
Diefenderfer et al., 2012: Application of the diminishing returns concept in the hydroecologic restoration of riverscapes
Coleman et al., 2015: A spatially based area-time inundation index model developed to assess habitat opportunity in tidal-fluvial wetlands and restoration sites
Jay et al., 2015: Tidal-Fluvial and Estuarine Processes in the Lower Columbia River: I. Along-Channel Water Level Variations, Pacific Ocean to Bonneville Dam
Jay et al., 2016: Tidal-Fluvial and Estuarine Processes in the Lower Columbia River: II. Water Level Models, Floodplain Wetland Inundation, and System Zones
Brand et al., 2023: Impacts of a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake on Water Levels and Wetlands of the Lower Columbia River and Estuary
Templeton et al., 2023: Shallow-Water Habitat in the Lower Columbia River Estuary: A Highly Altered System
Wetland Plant Communities
Klopfenstein, 2016: Restoring the Columbia River Estuary: Chinook Salmon Recovery and Invasive Species Management (Thesis)
Borde et al., 2020: Ecohydrology of wetland plant communities along an estuarine to tidal river gradient
Sinks et al., 2021: Assessment of methods to control invasive reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in tidal freshwater wetlands
Cordell et al., 2023: Ecological effects of reed canarygrass in the lower Columbia River
Channel Geomorphology and Sediment
Diefenderfer et al., 2008: Hydraulic Geometry and Microtopography of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands and Implications for Restoration, Columbia River, U.S.A.
Diefenderfer and Montgomery, 2009: Pool spacing, channel morphology, and the restoration of tidal forested wetlands of the Columbia River, U.S.A.
Fish Studies
Roegner et al., 2010: Juvenile Salmonid Use of Reconnected Tidal Freshwater Wetlands in Grays River, Lower Columbia River Basin
Roegner et al., 2012: Distribution, Size, and Origin of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in Shallow‐Water Habitats of the Lower Columbia River and Estuary, 2002–2007
Craig et al., 2014: Rearing in natural and recovering tidal wetlands enhances growth and life-history diversity of Columbia Estuary tributary coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch population
Roegner and Teel, 2014: Density and Condition of Subyearling Chinook Salmon in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary in Relation to Water Temperature and Genetic Stock of Origin
Teel et al., 2014: Genetic identification of Chinook Salmon in the Columbia River Estuary: stock‐specific distributions of juveniles in shallow tidal freshwater habitats
Johnson et al., 2015: Residence times of juvenile salmon and steelhead in off-channel tidal freshwater habitats, Columbia River, USA
Sather et al., 2016: Shallow Tidal Freshwater Habitats of the Columbia River: Spatial and Temporal Variability of Fish Communities and Density, Size, and Genetic Stock Composition of Juvenile Chinook Salmon
Roegner et al., 2016: Comparative Use of Shallow and Deepwater Habitats by Juvenile Pacific Salmon in the Columbia River Estuary Prior to Ocean Entry
Toft et al., 2018: Impact of multiple stressors on juvenile fish in estuaries of the northeast Pacific
Roegner et al., 2021: Indexing habitat opportunity for juvenile anadromous fishes in tidal-fluvial wetland systems
Food Web Flux Research and Macroinvertebrate Studies
Roegner et al., 2013: Surface distribution of brachyuran megalopae and ichthyoplankton in the Columbia River plume during transition from downwelling to upwelling conditions
Roegner et al., 2021: Benthic video landers reveal impacts of dredged sediment deposition events on mobile epifauna are acute but transitory
Expert Regional Technical Group Publications
Krueger et al., 2017: An expert panel process to evaluate habitat restoration actions in the Columbia River estuary
Research Reports
Bottom et al., 2008: Salmon life histories, habitat, and food webs in the Columbia River Estuary: an overview of research results, 2002-2006
Sobocinski et al., 2008: Ecology of Juvenile Salmonids in Shallow Tidal Freshwater Habitats in the Vicinity of the Sandy River Delta, Lower Columbia River, 2007
Sather et al., 2009: Ecology of Juvenile Salmon in Shallow Tidal Freshwater Habitats in the Vicinity of the Sandy River Delta, Lower Columbia River, 2008
Borde et al., 2011: Lower Columbia River and Estuary Restoration Reference Site Study: 2010 Final Report and Site Summaries
Borde et al., 2011: Lower Columbia River and Estuary Ecosystem Restoration Program Reference Site Study: 2011 Restoration Analysis
Bottom et al., 2011: Estuarine Habitat and Juvenile Salmon: Current and Historical Linkages in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary
ESA PWA, Ltd. and PC Trask, 2011: Design Guidelines for the Enhancement and Creation of Estuarine Habitats in the Middle Reaches of the Lower Columbia River
ESA PWA, Ltd. and PC Trask, 2011: Design Guidelines for the Enhancement and Creation of Estuarine Habitats in the Middle Reaches of the Lower Columbia River – Appendices
Johnson et al., 2011: Ecology of Juvenile Salmon in Shallow Tidal Freshwater Habitats of the Lower Columbia River, 2007–2010
Johnson et al., 2012: Evaluation of Cumulative Ecosystem Response to Restoration Projects in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary, 2010
Diefenderfer et al., 2013: A Synthesis of Environmental and Plant Community Data for Tidal Wetland Restoration Planning in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary
Diefenderfer et al., 2013: An Evidence-Based Evaluation of the Cumulative Effects of Tidal Freshwater and Estuarine Ecosystem Restoration on Endangered Juvenile Salmon in the Columbia River
Sagar et al., 2013: Juvenile Salmon Ecology in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands of the Lower Columbia River and Estuary: Synthesis of the Ecosystem Monitoring Program, 2005–2010
Roegner et al., 2015: Salmon Habitat Use of Tidal-fluvial Habitats of the Columbia River Estuary, 2010-2013
Sol et al., 2021: Juvenile Salmon Ecology in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands in the Lower Columbia River Estuary
Tools & Databases
CBFish is a central information hub for BPA’s implementation of the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. The website provides information about the program’s activities, accomplishments, and the data used to track restoration efforts.
The Action Effectiveness Monitoring and Research Tableau Dashboard provides interactive data and visualizations related to CEERP’s Action Effectiveness and Research program.
The Ecosystem Monitoring Program Tableau Dashboard provides interactive data and visualizations related to CEERP’s Environmental Monitoring Program.
Coming soon: BPA GIS Completed Actions Dashboard
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