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Fluvial Geomorphology Group

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

The Fluvial Geomorphology Group studies the movement of water, sediment, organic matter, nutrients and other molecules through watersheds to better understand watershed hydrology, geomorphology, and biogeochemistry. We also investigate how watershed land use and river channel restoration practices influence hydrologically mediated processes such as surface-groundwater interaction, sediment transport, and channel evolution.

Fluvial Geomorphology Staff

Melinda Daniels, Ph.D.

Melinda Daniels, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
Kristen McCarthy

Kristen McCarthy

Staff Scientist
David Montgomery

David Montgomery

Research Watershed Manager

Fluvial Geomorphology News

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The Stream Biome Gradient Concept: controlling factors of streams across broad biogeographic scales
Walter, K.D., K. Gido, M.R.While, M.D. Daniels, and B.P. Grudzinski. 2015. Freshwater Science 34(1):1–19.
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Rapid response of a sand-dominated river to installation and removal of a temporary run-of-the-river dam
Costigan, K.H., C.M. Ruffing, M.D. Daniels, and J.S. Perkin. 2014. River Research and Applications 32(1):110–124.
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Fragmentation and drying ratchet down Great Plains stream fish diversity
Perkin, J.S., K.B. Gido, K.H. Costigan, M.D. Daniels, and E.R. Johnson. 2014. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 25(5):639–655.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Influence of riparian and watershed alterations on sandbars in a Great Plains river
Fischer, J., C. Paukert, and M.D. Daniels. 2014. River Research and Applications 31(9):1140–1150.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Longitudinal variability in hydraulic geometry and substrate characteristics of a Great Plains sand-bed river
Costigan, K.H., M.D. Daniels, J.S. Perkin, and K.B. Gido. 2014. Geomorphology 210:48–58.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Classification of the alterations of beaver dams to headwater streams in northeastern Connecticut, USA
Burchsted, D., and M.D. Daniels. 2014. Geomorphology 205:36–50.