Tahoe Research, Scholarship & Outreach at the University of Nevada, Reno

Publications about the Tahoe Basin
by University of Nevada, Reno Faculty and Staff

Water
 

Butt, A. Z., K. Comanor, K. Krauter, D. S.Olsen, J. P. Potyondy. (1999). Impacts of land use on sediment concentrations of selected streams, Lake Tahoe basin; analysis of GIS data. American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series TPS, vol.99-3. Bethesda, AWRA - American Water Resources Association:509-515.
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Butt, A. Z., M. B. Ayers, S. Swanson, P. T. Tueller. (1998). Relationship of stream channel morphology and remotely sensed riparian vegetation classification. American Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series TPS, Report: TPS-98-1. D. F. Potts. Bethesda, American Water Resources Association:409-416.

Chandra, S., M.J. Vander Zanden, A.C. Heyvaert, B.C. Richards, B.C. Allen, C.R. Goldman. (2005). The Effects of Cultural Eutrophication on the Coupling between Pelagic Prmary Producers and Benthic Consumers. Limnology and Oceanography 50(5):1368-1376.

Christopherson, J. and W. S. Johnson. (1992). Turf and Erosion Control Grasses for the Tahoe Basin. Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet FS 92-53. Online publication

Cobourn, J. (2001). Tahoe’s Amazing Plan: The Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). LTEEC Newsletter 1(2):1,6.

Cobourn, J., Segale, H. (2003). What is the Prognosis for Lake Tahoe's Water Quality? Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet FS-03-67. Online publication

Datta, S.; K. Ohyama, D.Y. Dunlap, F. Matsumura. (1999). Evidence for organochlorine contamination in tissues of salmonids in Lake Tahoe. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 42(1):94-101. Abstract, Online Article (UNR access only)

Doyle, G. A., W. B. Lyons, G. C. Miller, S. G. Donaldson. (1995). Oxyanion concentrations in eastern Sierra Nevada rivers; 1, Selenium. Applied Geochemistry 10(5):553-564. Abstract, Online Article (UNR access only)

Ferguson, J. W., R. G. Qualls, J. Reuter. (2004). Availability of Phosphorus for Algal Growth in Sediment Inputs to Lake Tahoe. Abstracts of 2nd Biennial Conference on Tahoe Environmental Concerns. May 2004, Lake Tahoe, CA.

Guerrant, D. G., W. W. Miller, C. N. Mahannah, R. Narayanan. (1990). Infiltration evaluation of four mechanical rainfall simulation techniques in Sierra Nevada watersheds. Water Resources Bulletin 26:127-134.

Hardman, G.; Venstrom, C. (1941). A 100-year record of Truckee River runoff estimated from changes in levels and volumes of Pyramid and Winnemucca Lakes. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union Part 1:71-90.

Huntsinger, L. (1997). Managing Nature: Stories of Dynamic Equilibrium. Report -- University of California Water Resources Center 92:3-8.

Ichinose, G. A., J. G. Anderson, K. Satake, R. A. Schweickert, M.L. Lahren. (2000). The potential hazard from tsunami and seiche waves generated by large earthquakes within Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada. Geophysical Research Letters 27(8):1203-1206. Online Article

Kleppe, J. A. (2005). A Study of Ancient Trees Rooted 36.5 m (120’) Below the Surface Level of Fallen Leaf Lake, California. Journal of the Nevada Water Resources Association 2(1): 29-40. Online Article

Marcus, J. A., W. W. Miller, R. R. Blank. (1998). Inorganic and suspended/dissolved-organic nitrogen in Sierra Nevada soil core leachates. Journal of Environmental Quality 27(4):755-760.
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Marcus, J.A., W.W. Miller, R.R. Blank. (1998). Soil Processes and Chemical Transport: Inorganic and Suspended/Dissolved-Organic Nitrogen in Sierra Nevada Soil Core Leachates. Journal of Environmental Quality 27(4):755-760.

Mensing, S. A. (2000). Holocene Vegetation and Climate Change in the Tahoe and Pyramid Lake Watershed, California/Nevada. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 32(7):403.

Miller, W. W., R. R. Blank, J. A. Marcus. (1998). Inorganic N and P in leachate from post-snowmelt Sierran riparian and upland soil cores. Amean Water Resources Association Technical Publication Series TPS, Report: TPS-98-1. D. F. Potts. Bethesda, American Water Resources Association:447-455.

Miller, W. W.; D. W. Johnson. (2000). Lake Tahoe in the 21st Century; Where Have We Been? Where Are We Now? What Next? Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 32(7):243.

Miller, W.W., D.W. Johnson, C. Denton, P.S.J. Verburg, G.L. Dana, R.F. Walker. (2005). Inconspicuous Nutrient Laden Surface Runoff from Mature Forest Sierran Watersheds. Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 163:3-17.

Miller, W.W., D.W. Johnson, C. Denton, P.S.J. Verburg, G.L. Dana, R.F. Walker. (1999). Water Quality Expert Commentary. Tahoe Forest Software: An Interactive Program Estimating the Impact of Different Treatments on Air Quality, Water Quality, Fire Hazard, and Forest Health in the Lake Tahoe Basin Alan Taylor. Web Publication

Naslas, G. D., W. W. Miller, R. R. Blank, G. F. Gifford. (1994). Sediment, Nitrate, And Ammonium In Surface Runoff From 2 Tahoe Basin Soil Types. Water Resources Bulletin 30(3):409-417.

Naslas, G. D., W. W. Miller, G. F. Gifford, G. C. J. Fernandez. (1994). Effects Of Soil Type, Plot Condition, And Slope On Runoff And Interrill Erosion Of 2 Soils In The Lake Tahoe Basin. Water Resources Bulletin 30(2):319-328.

Post, R. and J. Christopherson. (1994). Turf Fertilization at Lake Tahoe. Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet FS-94-64. Online publication

Qualls, R. G., J. W. Ferguson, J. Reuter. (2004). Bioavailability of Sediment and Dissolved Phosphorus for Algal Growth in Sediments, Erodable Streambank Sediments, and Tributary Water at Lake Tahoe. Abstracts of Lake Tahoe TMDL Symposium. Dec. 2004, Stateline, NV.

Reuter, J.E., W.W. Miller. (2000). Aquatic Resources, Water Quality and Limnology of Lake Tahoe and its Upland Watershed. The Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment; Vol I & II; ed. by D.D. Murphy and C.M. Knopp; General Technical Report PSW-GTR-175/176; Ch. 4: 215-402.

Rhea, S. A., W. W. Miller, R. R. Blank, D. E. Palmquist. (1996). Presence and behavior of colloidal nitrogen and phosphorus in a sierra Nevada watershed soil. Journal Of Environmental Quality 25(6):1449-1451.

Rood, S. B., C. R. Gourley, E. M. Ammon, L. G. Heki, J. R. Klotz, M. L. Morrison, D. Mosley, G. G. Scoppettone, S. Swanson, P. L. Wagner. (2003). Flows for floodplain forests: A successful riparian restoration. Bioscience 53(7):647-656. Abstract, Project Website, Online Article (UNR access only)

Schweickert, R. A., M. M. Lahren, R. Karlin, J. Howle, K. Smith. (2000). Lake Tahoe active faults, landslides, and tsunamis. GSA Field Guide 2:1-21.

Sullivan, M., J. J. Warwick, S. W. Tyler. (1996). Quantifying and delineating spatial variations of surface infiltration in a small watershed. Journal Of Hydrology 181(1-4):149-168. Abstract, Online Article (UNR access only)