scholarly works tracking

I try to post all my peer-reviewed publications, books, book chapters, theses, reports and presentations on Research Gate.

peer-reviewed publications

  1. Llena M**, Vericat D, Smith M, and Wheaton J. 2020. Geomorphic process signatures reshaping sub-humid Mediterranean badlands: 1.Methodological development based on High Resolution Topography. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4821.
  2. Llena M**, Vericat D, Smith M, and Wheaton J. 2020. Geomorphic process signatures reshaping sub-humid Mediterranean badlands: 2. Application to 5 years dataset. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4822.
  3. Williams RA, Wheaton JM, Bangen S*, Gilles E, Kramer-Anderson N, Moir H.  2020. Let the river erode! Enabling lateral migration increases geomorphic unit diversity. Science of the Total Environment.  DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136817
  4. Fryirs, K.A., Wheaton, J.M., Bizzi, S., Williams, R. and Brierley, G.J., 2019. To plug-in or not to plug-in? Geomorphic analysis of rivers using the River Styles Framework in an era of big data acquisition and automation. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 6(5): e1372. DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1372
  5. Wheaton J.M., Bennett S.N., Bouwes, N., Maestas J.D. and Shahverdian S.M. (Editors). 2019. Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes: Design Manual. Version 1.0. Utah State University Restoration Consortium. Logan, UT. 286 pp. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19590.63049/2. Book. ISBN:1543972993
  6. O'Brien, G.R., Wheaton, J.M., Fryirs, K., Macfarlane, W.W., Brierley, G., Whitehead, K., Gilbert, J. and Volk, C., 2019. Mapping valley bottom confinement at the network scale. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(9): 1828-1845. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4615
  7. Kasprak, A.*, Brasington, J., Hafen, K., Williams, R.D. and Wheaton, J.M., 2019. Modelling braided river morphodynamics using a particle travel length framework. Earth Surface Dynamics, 7(1): 247-274. DOI: 10.5194/esurf-7-247-2019
  8. Silverman NL, Allred BW, Donnelly JP, Chapman TB, Maestas JD, Wheaton J, White J and Naugle DE. 2018. Low-tech riparian and wet meadow restoration increases vegetation productivity and resilience across semi-arid rangelands. Restoration Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/rec.12869.
  9. Nahorniak M, Wheaton J, Volk C, Bailey P, Reimer M, Wall E, Whitehead K and Jordan C. 2018. How do we efficiently generate high-resolution hydraulic models at large numbers of riverine reaches? Computers & Geosciences. 119: 80-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2018.07.001.
  10. Macfarlane WW, Gilbert JT, Gilbert JD, Saunders WC, Hough-Snee N, Hafen C, Wheaton JM and Bennett SN. 2018. What are the Conditions of Riparian Ecosystems? Identifying Impaired Floodplain Ecosystems across the Western U.S. Using the Riparian Condition Assessment (RCA) Tool. Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1061-2.
  11. Hamill D.*, Buscombe D., and Wheaton JM. 2018. Alluvial substrate mapping by automated texture segmentation of recreational-grade side scan sonar imagery. PLOS ONE. 13(3): e0194373.  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194373
  12. Weber N, Bouwes N, Pollock M, Volk C,  Wheaton JM, Wathen G, and Jordan C. 2017.  Alteration of stream temperature by natural and artificial beaver dams. PLOS ONE. 12(5): e0176313. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176313
  13. Vericat D, Wheaton JM and Brasington J. 2017. Revisiting the Morphological Approach, Gravel-Bed Rivers. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 121-158. DOI:  10.1002/9781118971437.ch5. (see Damia's talk here)
  14. McHugh P, Saunders C, Bouwes N, Wall E, Bangen S, Wheaton JM, Nahorniak M, Ruzycki J, Tattam I and Jordan C. 2017.  Linking models across scales  to assess the viability and restoration potential of a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon, USA. Ecological Modelling, 355: pp 24-38.  DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.03.022.
  15. Wheaton JM, Bouwes N, McHugh P, Saunders WC, Bangen SG, Bailey PE, Nahorniak M, Wall CE and Jordan C. 2017.  Upscaling Site-Scale Ecohydraulic Models to Inform Salmonid Population-Level Life Cycle Modelling and Restoration Actions – Lessons from the Columbia River Basin. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.4137
  16. O’Brien GR, Wheaton JM, Fryirs, K, McHugh, P, Bouwes, N, Brierley, G and Jordan, C, 2017.  A geomorphic assessment to inform strategic stream restoration planning in the Middle Fork John Day Watershed, Oregon, USA. Journal of Maps, 13(2): 369-381.DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2017.1313787.
  17. Karran DJ, Westbrook CJ, Wheaton JM, Johnston CA, and Bedard-Haughn, A. 2017.  Rapid surface-water volume estimations in beaver ponds. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21(2): 1039-1050. DOI: 10.5194/hess-21-1039-2017.
  18. Wall E, Bouwes N, Wheaton JM, Bennett SN, Saunders WC, McHugh PA, and Jordan CE. 2016. Design and monitoring of woody structures and their benefits to juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) using a net rate of energy intake model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0131.
  19. Macfarlane, WW, Gilbert, JT, Jensen, ML, Gilbert, JD, McHugh, PA, Hough-Snee, N, Wheaton, JM and Bennett, SN.  2016.  Riparian vegetation as an indicator of riparian condition: detecting departures from historic condition across the North American West. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.054.
  20. Gilbert J, Macfarlane W, and Wheaton JM. The Valley Bottom Extraction Tool (V-BET): a GIS tool for delineating valley bottoms across entire drainage networks. 2016. Computers & Geosciences. DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2016.07.014.
  21. Bouwes N, Weber N, Jordan CE, Saunders WC, Tattam IA, Volk C, Wheaton JM and Pollock MM. 2016.  Ecosystem experiment reveals benefits of natural and simulated beaver dams to a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Scientific Reports. 6: 28581. DOI: 10.1038/srep28581.
  22. Kasprak AK*, Hough-Snee N*, Beechie T, Bouwes N, Brierley G, Camp R*, Fryirs K, Imaki H, Jensen M*, O'Brien G, Rosgen D, and Wheaton JM.  2016. The Blurred Line between Form and Process: a Comparison of Stream Channel Classification Frameworks. PLOS One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150293.
  23. Bangen S‡ , Hensleigh J‡, McHugh P, and Wheaton JM.  2016.   Error modeling of DEMs from topographic surveys of rivers using Fuzzy Inference Systems.  Water Resources Research. DOI: 10.1002/2015WR018299.
  24. Bouwes N, Bennett S and Wheaton JM. 2016.  Adapting Adaptive Management for Testing the Effectiveness of Stream Restoration: An Intensively Monitored Watershed Example. Fisheries. 41: 2: pp. 84-91.  DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2015.1127806
  25. Fryirs K, Wheaton JM, and Brierley G. 2015.  An approach for measuring confinement and assessing the influence of valley setting on river forms and processes. Earth Surface Processes & Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3893
  26. Wall E, Bouwes N, Saunders C., Bennett S., McHugh P, Wheaton JM. 2015. Net rate of energy intake predicts reach-level steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) densities in diverse basins from a large monitoring program. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0290.
  27. Macfarlane WW‡ , Wheaton JM, Bouwes N, Jensen M*, Hough-Snee N*, and Shivick J.  2015. Modeling the capacity of riverscapes to support beaver dams. Geomorphology. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.11.019.
  28. Hough-Snee N*, Laub B, Merritt DM, Long L, Nackley LL, Roper BB, and Wheaton JM. 2015. Multi-scale environmental filters and niche partitioning govern the distributions of riparian vegetation guilds. Ecosphere. 6 (9): .  DOI: 10.1890/ES15-00064.1.
  29. Schaffrath K, Belmont P and Wheaton JM.  2015. Landscape-scale geomorphic change detection: Quantifying spatially-variable uncertainty and circumventing legacy data issues. Geomorphology. 250: 334-338. DOI:  10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.09.020.
  30. Hough-Snee, N*, Kasprak A*, Rossi R*, Bouwes N, Roper BB, and Wheaton JM. 2015. Hydrogeomorphic and biotic drivers of instream wood differ across sub-basins of the Columbia River Basin, USA. River Research and Applications. 32 (6): 1302-1315. DOI: 10.1002/rra.2968.
  31. Wheaton JM, Fryirs K, Brierley G, Bangen S, Bouwes N, and O’Brien G. Geomorphic Mapping and Taxonomy of Fluvial Landforms. 2015. Geomorphology. 248: 273-295. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.010
  32. Majerova, M., Neilson, B.T., Schmadel, N.M., Wheaton, J.M., Snow, C.J.  2015. Impacts of beaver dams on hydrologic and temperature regimes in a mountain stream. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19(8), 3541-3556.  DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-3541-2015.
  33. Passalacqua P, Belmont P, Staley D, Simley J, Arrowsmith JR, Bodee C, Crosby C, DeLongg S, Glenn N, Kelly S, Lague D, Sangireddy H, Schaffrath K, Tarboton D, Wasklewicz T, Wheaton J. 2015.  Analyzing high resolution topography for advancing the understanding of mass and energy transfer through landscapes: A review. Earth Science Reviews. 148. pp. 174-193. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.05.012
  34. Kasprak* A, Wheaton JM, Ashmore PE, Hensleigh JH, & Peirce S.  2015. The Relationship Between Particle Travel Distance and Channel Morphology: Results from Physical Models of Braided Rivers. JGR Earth Surface. 120: 55-74.  DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003310.
  35. Camp R* and Wheaton JM. 2014. Streamlining Field Data Collection With Mobile Apps.  EOS. 95 (49): 453-454. DOI: 10.1002/2014EO490001.
  36. Jackson, JR, Pasternack, GB and Wheaton, JM. 2014. Virtual manipulation of topography to test potential pool-riffle maintenance mechanisms. Geomorphology. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.10.016.
  37. Hough-Snee N*, Roper BB, Wheaton JM and Lokteff RL*. 2014. Riparian Vegetation Communities of the American Pacific Northwest are Tied to Multi-Scale Environmental Filters.  River Research & Applications. DOI: 10.1002/rra.2815.
  38. Bangen SG*, Wheaton JM, Bouwes N, Jordan C, Volk C and Ward M. 2014  Crew variability in topographic surveys for monitoring wadeable streams: a case study from the Columbia River Basin. Earth Surface Processes and Land Forms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3600. 
  39. Pollock, M., Beechie T , Wheaton JM, Jordan C,  Bouwes N, Weber N, and Volk C. 2014. Using Beaver Dams  to Restore Incised Stream Ecosystems. Bioscience. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu036.
  40. Tang C‡, Dong C, Crosby BT, Piechota TC, Thomas C and Wheaton JM. 2014. Is the PDO or AMO the climate driver of soil moisture in the Salmon River Basin, Idaho? Global and Planetary Change. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.05.008.
  41. Bangen SG*, Wheaton JM and Bouwes N. 2014. A methodological intercomparison of topographic survey techniques for characterizing wadeable streams and rivers. Geomorphology. DOI:  10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.10.010.
  42. Hough-Snee N*, Roper BB, Wheaton JM, Budy P, Lokteff RL. 2013. Riparian vegetation communities change rapidly following passive restoration at a northern Utah stream. Ecological Engineering 58: 371-377.7. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.042.
  43. Lokteff RL*, Roper B and Wheaton JM. 2013. Do beaver dams impede the movement of trout?  Transactions of American Fisheries Society. DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2013.797497.
  44. Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Darby SE, Sear DA, Vericat D‡., and Kasprak A*. 2013. Morphodynamic signatures of braiding mechanisms as expressed through change in sediment storage in a gravel-bed river. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20060.
  45. Manners RB**, Schmidt J and Wheaton JM. 2013. Multi-scalar model for the determination of spatially explicit riparian vegetation roughness.  Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface. 118: 1-19. DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002188.
  46. Pollock M, Wheaton JM, Bouwes N and Jordan CE. 2012. Working with Beaver to Restore Salmon Habitat in the Bridge Creek Intensively Monitored Watershed: Design Rationale and Hypotheses. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, 108 pp. 
  47. Erwin, SO, Schmidt, JC, Wheaton, JM and Wilcock, PR. 2012. Closing a sediment budget for a reconfigured reach of the Provo River, Utah, United States. Water Resources Research. 48: WR10512. DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011035.
  48. Tang C‡, Crosby BT, Wheaton JM and Piechota TC. 2012. Assessing streamflow sensitivity to climate changes in the Salmon River Basin, Idaho. Global and Planetary Change. 88-89: 32-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.03.002.
  49. Wheaton JM, Garrard C, Volk C, Whitehead K and Bouwes N. 2012. A Simple, Interactive GIS Tool for Transforming Assumed Total Station Surveys to Real World Coordinates - The CHaMP Transformation Tool. Computers & Geosciences. 42: 28-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.02.003.
  50. Wheaton JM, Gibbins C, Wainwright J, Larsen L and McElroy B. 2011. Preface: Multiscale Feedbacks in Ecogeomorphology☆. Geomorphology. 126(3-4): 265-268. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.01.002.
  51. 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
  52. Wheaton JM, Brasington J, Darby SE, Merz JE, Pasternack GB, Sear DA and Vericat D‡. 2010. Linking Geomorphic Changes to Salmonid Habitat at a Scale Relevant to Fish. River Research and Applications.26: 469-486. DOI: 10.1002/rra.1305.
  53. 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.
  54. Wheaton, JM, Darby, SE and Sear, DA, 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. DOI:  10.1002/9780470867082.ch3.
  55. Sear, DA, Wheaton, JM, and Darby, SE, 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. DOI: 10.1016/S0928-2025(07)11162-7.
  56. MacWilliams, ML, Wheaton, JM, Pasternack, GB, Street, RL and Kitanidis, PK.  2006. Flow convergence and routing hypothesis for pool-riffle maintenance in alluvial rivers, Water Resources Research, 42, W10427. DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004391.
  57. 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.
  58. Wheaton, JM, Darby, SE, Sear, DA, and Milne, JA. 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.
  59. Merz, JE, Pasternack, GB, and Wheaton, JM, 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.
  60. Wheaton, JM, Pasternack, GB, & Merz, JE. 2004. Spawning Habitat Rehabilitation - I. Conceptual Approach and Methods, International Journal of River Basin Management, 2(1): 3-20. DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2004.9635218. 
  61. Wheaton, JM, Pasternack, GB, & Merz, JE. 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. DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2004.9635219.
  62. 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. 
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KEY:  *Wheaton Graduate Student;  **Wheaton Graduate advisee;    ‡ Wheaton Post-Doc or Research Associate

theses

​See here for my former Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations
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