Joe's Publications & Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Darby SE and Sear D. 2010. Accounting for Uncertainty in DEMs from Repeat Topographic Surveys: Improved Sediment Budgets. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 35 (2): 136-156. DOI: 10.1002/esp.1886.

• Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Darby SE, Merz JE, Pasternack GB, Sear DA and Vericat D. 2009. Linking Geomorphic Changes to Salmonid Habitat at a Scale Relevant to Fish. River Research and Applications. DOI: 10.1002/rra.1305.
  
  
• Vericat, D, Brasington, J, Wheaton, JM and Cowie, M. 2008. Accuracy Assessment of Aerial Photographs Acquired using Lighter-Than-Air Blimps: Low-Cost Tools for Monitoring Fluvial Systems. River Research and Applications. DOI: 10.1002/rra.1198.
   
• Wheaton, J.M., Darby, S.E. and Sear, D., 2008. The Scope of Uncertainties in River Restoration. In: S.E. Darby and D. Sear (Editors), River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, U.K., pp. 21-39.
   
• Sear, D.A., Wheaton, J.M. and Darby, S.E., 2008. Uncertain restoration of gravel-bed rivers and the role of geomorphology. In: H. Habersack, H. Piegay and M. Rinaldi (Editors), Gravel-Bed Rivers VI: From Process Understanding to River Restoration. Elseiver, pp. 739-760.
   
• MacWilliams, M. L. Jr., Wheaton, J.M., Pasternack, G.B., Street, R. L. and Kitanidis, P. K. , 2006. Flow convergence and routing hypothesis for pool-riffle maintenance in alluvial rivers, Water Resources Research, 42, W10427. DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004391.
   
• Pasternack, G.B., Gilbert, A.T., Wheaton, J.M. and Buckland, E.M., 2006. Error Propagation for Velocity and Shear Stress Prediction: Using 2D Models For Environmental Management. Journal of Hydrology. 328 (1-2): 227-241. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.12.003.
   
• Wheaton, Darby, S.E., Sear, D.A. and J.M., Milne, J.A., 2006. Does scientific conjecture accurately describe restoration practice? Insight from an International River Restoration Survey. Area. 38(2): 128-142. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00685.x.
   
• Merz, J.E., Pasternack, G.B. and Wheaton, J.M., 2006. Sediment budget for salmonid spawning habitat rehabilitation in a regulated river. Geomorphology. 76(1-2): 207-228. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.11.004.
   
• Wheaton, J. M., Pasternack, G. B., & Merz, J. E. 2004. Spawning Habitat Rehabilitation - I. Conceptual Approach and Methods, International Journal of River Basin Management, 2(1): 3-20.
   
• Wheaton, J. M., Pasternack, G. B., & Merz, J. E. 2004. Spawning Habitat Rehabilitation - II. Using Hypothesis Testing and Development in Design, Mokelumne River, California, U.S.A., International Journal of River Basin Management, 2(1): 21-37.
   
• Merz JE, Setka JD, Pasternack GB and Wheaton JM. 2004. Predicting benefits of spawning-habitat rehabilitation to salmonid (Oncorhynchus spp.) fry production in a regulated California river. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 61(8): 1433-1446. DOI: 10.1139/f04-077.
   

Selected Presentations, Conference Papers and Posters

• Presentation: Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Darby SE, Sear D and Vericat D. 2008. Beyond the gross reach-scale sediment budget – using repeat topographic surveys for mechanistic geomorphic interpretation, British Society for Geomorphology Annual Meeting, Exeter, UK.
   
• Talk: Wheaton, JM, Vericat D, Brasington J, Darby S, Sear D, Pasternack GB. 2008. Linking Morphological Sediment Budgeting to Salmonid Ecohydraulics, BHS Meeting: Ecohydraulics at Scales Relevant to Organisms, Loughborough.
   
• Poster: Wheaton JM. 2008. Do Geomorphic Dynamics Matter to Fish?, MYRES 2008: Dynamic Interactions of Life and its Landscape. New Orleans.
   
• I nvited Presentation: Brasington J, Vericat D, Wheaton JM and Hodge R. 2008. Reach-scale retrieval of alluvial bed roughness, Geophysical Research Abstracts: EGU General Assembly. European Geophysical Union: Vienna, Austria, pp. EGU2008-A-01295. (See here for details on Remote Sensing of Rivers Session).
   
• Vericat D, Brasington J, Wheaton JM and Rychov I. 2008. Determinación de la rugosidad de lechos de grava mediante láser terrestre de alta resolución. In: Benavente J and Gracia FJ (Eds), Trabajos de Geomorfología en España. Martínez Encuadernaciones A.G., S.L.: Cádiz, pp. 167-170.
   
• Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Brewer PA, Darby SE, Pasternack GB, Sear D, Vericat D and Williams RD. 2007. Improved Fluvial Geomorphic Interpretation from DEM Differencing. Eos Trans. AGU. 88(52): Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H43E-1672.
   
• Vericat D, Brasington J, Wheaton JM and Hodge R. 2007. Reach-Scale Retrieval of Alluvial Bed Roughness. Eos Trans. AGU. 88(52): Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51E-0799.
   
• Brasington J, Wheaton JM, Vericat D and Hodge R. 2007. Modelling Braided River Morphodynamics With Terrestrial Laser Scanning. Eos Trans. AGU. 88(52): Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51L-02.
   
• Brewer PA et al. 2007. Suspended and bedload dynamics in a tidally influenced river: the river Dyfi, Wales, UK. Eos Trans. AGU. 88(52): Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51l-0895.
   
• Wheaton JM, Brasington J and Williams RD. 2004. Modelling Fluvial Sediment Budgets Under Uncertainty. Eos Trans. AGU. 85(47): Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H53C-1264.
   
• Brasington J, Wheaton JM and Williams RD. 2004. Sub-Reach Scale Morphological Interpretations from DEM Differencing: Accounting for DEM Uncertainty. Eos Trans. AGU. 85(47): Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H43A-0352.
   
• Presentation and Paper: Wheaton, J.M., Pasternack, G.B. and Merz, J.E., 2004. Use of habitat heterogeneity in salmonid spawning habitat rehabilitation design. In: D. Garcia and P.V. Martinez (Editors), Fifth International Symposium on Ecohydraulics: Aquatic Habitats: Analysis and Restoration. IAHR-AIRH, Madrid, Spain, pp. 791-796.
   
• Presentation: Wheaton JM, Sear D and Darby SE. 2004. Uncertain Notions of `Natural' Targets in River Restoration. Joint International Geomorphology Conference: Abstract Volume. British Geomorphological Research Group: Glasgow, UK.
   
• Poster: Wheaton, J.M., Sear, D.A. and Darby, S.E., 2004. Preliminary Results of an International River Restoration Survey, River Restoration Centre Annual Network Conference, Durham, UK.
   
• Presentation: Wheaton, J.M., Pasternack, G.B. and Merz, J.E., 2003. Salmonid Spawning Habitat Rehabilitation in Regulated Rivers, The Restoration Toolbox: Joint Regional Conference of Society for Ecological Restoration and Society of Wetland Scientists, Portland, OR.
   
• Poster: Wheaton, J.M., Pasternack, G.B. and Merz, J.E., 2002. The Use of Spatial Complexity in a Spawning Gravel Rehabilitation Project, Eos Trans. AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, San Francisco, CA, pp. Abstract H72B-0855.
   
• Poster: Wheaton, J.M., Pasternack, G.B. and Merz, J.E., 2002. Integrated Approach to Designing Salmon Spawning Gravel Habitat Enhancement Alternatives, Salmon Restoration Federation Annual Conference, Ukiah, California.
   
• Poster: Wheaton, J. M., Pasternack, G. B., and Merz, J. E. "Integrating Empirical Geomorphology, CAD and 2-D Hydraulic Models as Design Tools for Salmonid Spawning Gravel Rehabilitation Projects", Eos Trans. AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, (2001), pp. Abstract H52B-0399.
   
• Invited Presentation: Wheaton, J.M., Pasternack, G.B. and Merz, J.E., 2001. Utilizing 2-D Hydrodynamic Models as Design Tools for Salmonid Spawning Gravel Enhancement Projects, U.C. Davis Extension- Instream Habitat Improvement for Regulated Rivers Course, Davis, California.
   

Selected Grey Literature Reports

• Gee JHR, Keirle I, Wheaton JM and Wootton RJ. 2007. A Monitoring Strategy for the Afon Teifi Restoration Project. CCW Contract Science Report No: 773, Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor, 45 pp.
   
• Wheaton JM. 2002. Physical Habitats of Salmonids in a Glacial Watershed, Copper River, Alaska. Roy Shlemon Course in Applied Watershed Science,University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, 22 pp.
   
• Koenig M, Jeffres C and Wheaton JM. 2002. Fishes of the Copper River Watershed: Results of Sampling, June 28 to July 8, 2002. Roy Shlemon Course in Applied Watershed Science, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA .
   
• Wheaton, J. M., and Pasternack, G. B. (2002). The Integrated Design Approach to Designing In-Stream Spawning Habitat Enhancement Projects: A Case Study on the Mokelumne River (Draft Final Report Presented to East Bay Municipal Utility District). University of California at Davis Watershed Hydrology & Geomorphology Laboratory, Davis, CA, pp. 111.
   

Theses

• Wheaton JM. 2008. Uncertainty in Morphological Sediment Budgeting of Rivers. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Southampton, Southampton, 412 pp.
   
• Wheaton, J.M., 2004. The Significance of Ecohydraulic and Geomorphic Uncertainties in River Restoration. Mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the transfer from Master of Philosophy (MPhil) to Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Thesis, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K., 80 pp.
   
• Wheaton, J. M. (2003). Spawning Habitat Rehabilitation , M.S. Thesis, University of California at at Davis, Davis, CA, 223 pp.(WARNING! Over 222 MB.)