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  8. Stream Temperature Data in the Willow-Whitehorse watershed of SE Oregon, 2011-15

Stream Temperature Data in the Willow-Whitehorse watershed of SE Oregon, 2011-15

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2011-07-08
End Date
2015-08-30

Citation

Hockman-Wert, D.P., Heck, M.P., Schultz, L.D., and Dunham, J.B., 2017, Stream Temperature Data in the Willow-Whitehorse watershed of SE Oregon, 2011-15: U.S. Geological Survey release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7BR8QFV.

Summary

This dataset includes stream temperatures from a network of 100 data loggers that was installed throughout the Willow-Whitehorse watershed of SE Oregon in September 2014, as well as 10 additional sites that were installed in 2011 and 2012, before and after a 2012 fire that burned nearly the entire watershed. Data loggers were downloaded in August 2015. A spatial data layer contains the site locations and associated information about the sites, along with summary temperature information and a comparison to modeled stream temperatures (NorWeST).

Contacts

Point of Contact :
GS-B-FRESC Outreach
Originator :
David Hockman-Wert, Michael Heck, Luke D Schultz, Jason Dunham
Metadata Contact :
GS-B-FRESC Outreach
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Stream_Temperature_Data_in_the_Willow_Whitehorse_watershed_of_SE_Oregon_2011_15.xml
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WillowWhitehorse_StreamTemperatureData_2011-15.txt 42.02 MB text/plain
WillowWhitehorse_TemperatureDataLoggers_2011-15_NorWeSTlink.zip 16.11 KB application/zip

Purpose

Data were collected to help us study how drought and an associated stressor, wildfire, influenced stream flow permanence and thermal regimes in a Great Basin stream network of western North America. Meteorological drought can influence stream hydrology and have important ecological consequences. The combination of drought and post-fire conditions in the watershed appeared to restrict thermally-suitable habitat for Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) across this watershed.

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