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Charles H Luce

Macroscale hydrologic modeling of ecologically relevant flow metrics in small streams, credited to Hamlet, A F, published in 2010. Published in USFS Region 6 annual meeting, Vancouver, WA., in 2010.
Mountain streams provide important habitats for many species, but their faunas are especially vulnerable to climate change because of ectothermic physiologies and movements that are constrained to linear networks that are easily fragmented. Effectively conserving biodiversity in these systems requires accurate downscaling of climatic trends to local habitat conditions, but downscaling is difficult in complex terrains given diverse microclimates and mediation of stream heat budgets by local conditions. We compiled a stream temperature database (n = 780) for a 2500-km river network in central Idaho to assess possible trends in summer temperatures and thermal habitat for two native salmonid species from 1993 to 2006....
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Linkages between unpaved forest roads and streambed sediment: why context matters in directing road restoration
Abstract Unpaved forest roads remain a pervasive disturbance on public lands and mitigating sediment from road networks remains a priority for management agencies. Restoring roaded landscapes is becoming increasingly important for many native coldwater fishes that disproportionately rely on public lands for persistence. However, effectively targeting restoration opportunities requires a comprehensive understanding of the effects of roads across different ecosystems. Here, we combine a review and a field study to evaluate the status of knowledge supporting the conceptual framework linking unpaved forest roads with streambed sediment. Through our review, we specifically focused on those studies linking measures of...
Stream thermal regimes and aquatic ecosystems in a changing climate, credited to Luce, Charles H., published in 2009. Published in Western Watersheds and Climate Change Workshop. Boulder, CO. November 17 – 19., in 2009.
Temperature, flow regime and biotic interactions determine differential responses of four trout species to projected climate change (In preparation), credited to Dauwalter, M.M., published in 2011.
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