Wendy S. Brown

In the Elk Mountains, September 2014

Current Projects

• The Aquatic Insects of Gunnison County, Colorado https://www.gunnisoninsects.org (continually under construction :-) 1993-2024
  
  
• Bugs Unlimited, LLC - Field biology and aquatic entomology consulting. 1990-2024
  
  
• Water chemistry and climate modeling in the East River catchment. With Ken Williams, Rosemary Carroll, Tetsu Tokunaga, Jiamin Wan, Li Li, Wei Zhi (page down), Don Nuzzio, Ruby Ghosh, Heidi Steltzer, Nick Sutfin, and a number of other collaborators. 2014-2024
  
  
• Climate change in the southern Rockies. GLobal Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) and Alpine Treeline Warming Experiment. 2010-2017
  
  
• Field research on stream insects with Bobbi Peckarsky (University of Wisconsin) Angus McIntosh (University of Canterbury) Maruxa Álvarez, Marge Penton, Brad Taylor (Dartmouth) and other friends studying streams at RMBL 1986-2014.
  
  
• Spider Survey with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  
  
• I'm interested in the effects of Mining on Aquatic Insects.
  







Project History

• Mix of field research at RMBL. See list of acknowledgments. 1985-2024
  
  
• The Rocky Mountain Biological Lab website    http://www.rmbl.org 1999-2003 Way Back Machine
  
  
• Studied buffer zones around wetlands (original, under construction version) and commenting about wetlands on Snodgrass mountain at Mt Crested Butte Planning commission meetings. 1998-1999
  
  
• Field research at the Mexican Cut Nature Preserve aquatic insects with Dr. Scott Wissinger (Allegheny College) and students at RMBL. 1991-1998
  
  
• Drift of stream mayflies with Dr. Dave Allan (University of Maryland), Alex Flecker and crew at RMBL. 1985-1990
  
  
• Soil compaction after skyline logging on three different soil types with Leo Cummins (University of Montana)1983-1984
  
  
• B.S. in Forest Resource Management, Minor in Geology. University of Montana. 1979-1984

Publications      pubs with abstracts

Berkelhammer,M; Page,GF; Zurek,F; Still,C; Carbone,MS; Talavera,W; Hildebrand,L; Byron,J; Inthabandith,K; Kucinski,A; Carter,M; Fossa,K; Brown,W; Carroll,RWH; Simonpietri,A; Worsham,M; Breckheimer,I; Ryken,A; Maxwell,R; Gochis,D; Raleigh,M; Small,E and Williams,KH 2024 Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability. EGUsphere, 2024, pp.1-23. PDF

Bouskill,NJ; Newcomer,M; Carroll,RWH; Beutler,C; Bill,M; Brown,WS; Conrad,M; Dong,WS; Falco,N; Maavara,T and Newman,A 2024 A Tale of two catchments: Causality analysis and isotope systematics reveal mountainous watershed traits that regulate the retention and release of nitrogen. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(3), p.e2023JG007532. PDF

Carroll,RWH; Bearup,LA; Brown,W; Dong,W; Bill,M and Willlams,KH 2018 Factors controlling seasonal groundwater and solute flux from snow-dominated basins. Hydrological Processes. 1-16. PDF

Carroll,RW; Deems,J; Sprenger,M; Maxwell,R; Brown,W; Newman,A; Beutler,C and Williams,KH 2022 Modeling snow dynamics and stable water isotopes across mountain landscapes. Geophysical Research Letters, p.e2022GL098780. html

Fox,PM; Carrero,S; Anderson,C; Dewey,C; Keiluweit,M; Conrad,M; Naughton,HR; Fendorf,S; Carroll,R; Dafflon,B; and Malenda-Lawrence,H; Dwivedi,D; Gilbert,B; Christensen,JN; Boye,K; Beutler,C; Brown,W; Newman,A; Versteeg,R; Williams,KH and Nico,PS 2022 Sulfur biogeochemical cycling and redox dynamics in a shale-dominated mountainous watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(6), p.e2021JG006769. PDF

Johnson,K; Christensen,J; Gardner,WP; Sprenger,M; Li,L; Williams,KH; Carroll,RW; Thiros,N; Brown,W; Beutler,C and Newman,A 2024 Shifting groundwater fluxes in bedrock fractures: Evidence from stream water radon and water isotopes. Journal of Hydrology, p.131202.

Peckarsky,BL; McIntosh,AR; Horn,SC; McHugh,K; Booker,DJ; Wilcox,AC; Brown,W and Alvarez,M 2014 Characterizing disturbance regimes of mountain streams. Freshwater Science 33(3) 716-730. PDF

Sprenger,M; Carroll,RW; Dennedy-Frank,J; Siirila-Woodburn,ER; Newcomer,ME; Brown,W; Newman,A; Beutler,C; Bill,M; Hubbard,SS; and Williams,KH 2022 Variability of snow and rainfall partitioning into evapotranspiration and summer runoff across nine mountainous catchments. Geophysical Research Letters, p.e2022GL099324. html

Sprenger,M; Carroll,RW; Marchetti,D; Bern,C; Beria,H; Brown,W; Newman,A; Beutler,C and Williams,KH 2024 Stream water sourcing from high-elevation snowpack inferred from stable isotopes of water: a novel application of d-excess values. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(7), pp.1711-1723. PDF

Tokunaga,TK; Tran,AP; Wan,J; Dong,W; Newman,AW; Beutler,CA; Brown,WS; Henderson,AN and Williams,KH 2022 Quantifying Subsurface Flow and Solute Transport in a Snowmelt-recharged Hillslope with Multiyear Water Balance. Water Resources Research, p.e2022WR032902. http://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032902 PDF

Tokunaga,TK; Wan,J; Williams,KH; Brown,W; Henderson,A; Kim,Y; Tran,AP; Conrad,ME; Bill,M; Carroll,RW; and Dong,W 2019 Depth-and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport, and their contributions to surface waters. Water Resources Research. PDF

Varadharajan,C; Agarwal,DA; Brown,W; Burrus,M; Carroll,RW; Dafflon,B; Dwivedi,D; Enquist,BJ; Faybishenko,B; Henderson,A; Henderson,M; Hendrix,V; Hubbard,S; Kakalia,Z; Newman,A; Potter,B; Steltzer,H; Versteeg,R;Williams,K; Wilmer,C; Wu,Y 2019 Challenges in building an end-to-end system for acquisition, management, and integration of diverse data from sensor networks in watersheds: lessons from a mountainous community observatory in East River, Colorado.

Wan,J; Tokunaga,T; Brown,W; Newman,AM; Dong,W; Bill,M; Beutler,CA; Henderson,AN; Harvey-Costello,N; Conrad,ME; Bouskill,NJ; Hubbard,SS and Williams,KH 2021 Bedrock weathering contributes to subsurface reactive nitrogen and nitrous oxide emissions. Nature Geoscience 14(4)217-224. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00717-0 Data

Wan,J; Tokunaga,TK; Williams,KH; Dong,W; Brown,W; Henderson,AN; Newman,AW and Hubbard,SS 2019 Predicting sedimentary bedrock subsurface weathering fronts and weathering rates. Scientific Reports (9) 17198 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53205-2" PDF

Whiteman,HH; Wissinger,SA and Brown,WS 1996 Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum. Evolutionary Ecology (10) 433-446. PDF (190 KB)

Wissinger,SA; Brown,WS and Jannot,JE 2003. Caddisfly life histories along permanence gradients in high altitude wetlands in Colorado (U.S.A.). Freshwater Biology 48(2) PDF (427 KB)

Wissinger,SA; Bohonak,A; Whiteman,HH and Brown,WS 1999 Subalpine Wetlands in Colorado. In: Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management. (Eds: Batzer,D; Rader,R; Wissinger,S) John Wiley & Sons,, 757-790. PDF (3407 KB)

Wissinger,SA; Sparks,GB; Rouse,GL; Brown,WS and Steltzer,H 1996 Intraguild predation and cannibalism among larvae of detritivorous caddisflies in subalpine wetlands. Ecology 77(8) 2421-2430. Abstract PDF (1372 KB)

Wissinger,SA; Steinmetz,J; Alexander,JS and Brown,WS. 2004 Larval cannibalism, time constraints, and adult fitness in caddisflies that inhabitat temporary wetlands. Oecologia 138: 39-47. PDF (198 KB)

Wissinger,SA; Whiteman,HH; Sparks,GB; Rouse,GL and Brown,WS 1999 Foraging trade-offs along a predator-permanence gradient in subalpine wetlands. Ecology 80(6) 2102-2116. PDF (2543 KB)

Wissinger,SA; J. Whissel,J; Eldermire,C and Brown,W 2006 Predator defense along a permanence gradient: roles of case structure, behavior, and developmental phenology in caddisflies, Oecologia, Pages 1 - 12. Abstract PDF (311 KB)

Zhi,W; Li,L; Dong,W; Brown,W; Kaye,J; Steefel,C; and Williams,KH 2019 Distinct source water chemistry shapes contrasting concentration-discharge patterns. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024257

Zhi,W; Williams,KH; Carroll,RW; Brown,W; Dong,W; Kerins,D. and Li,L 2020 Significant stream chemistry response to temperature variations in a high-elevation mountain watershed. Communications Earth & Environment, 1(1) 1-10. Html

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