RMRS Air, Water, & Aquatic Environments Science Program US Forest Service - RMRS Air, Water, & Aquatic Environments Science Program

US Forest Service Research and Development

 

decorative green bar

Rocky Mountain Research Station
 RMRS Science Program Areas
 Air, Water and Aquatics Science Program
 Research Subjects
 Scientists
 Field Locations
 Publications
 Contact
 Search
   
About the Rocky Mountain Research Station
   

AWAE Program Headquarters
322 East Front St., Ste 401

Boise, ID 83702

(208) 373-4340

 


Rocky Mountain Research Station Headquarters

2150 Centre Ave., Bldg A
Fort Collins, CO 80526

(970) 295-5923

 

USDA Link USDA Link

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. USDA Link Forest Service Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

top

AWAE Home | Field Units | Research Subjects | Publication Search | Science for Kids | Site Map | Contact Us
 

Rocky Mountain Research Station Home > Science Program Areas > Air, Water and Aquatics > Scientists

 

AWAE Program Scientists

 

John Buffington

Research Geomorphologist at the Boise Aquatic Sciences Laboratory

 

email: jbuffington [at] fs.fed.us
phone: 208-373-4384

 

Personal Research Program

Briefing Papers

Recent Publications

 

John Buffington

 
Personal Research Program

 

Briefing Papers

 

Hyporheic Exchange in Gravel Bed Rivers with Pool-Riffle Morphology

 

Sediment Impacts From Debris Flows

 

Sediment Sources and Yields in the Idaho Batholith

 

Assessing Environmental Impacts of Dam Operation

 

Recent Publications

2013

Buffington, J.M., and D.R. Montgomery. 2013. Geomorphic classification of rivers. In: Shroder, J. (Editor in Chief), Wohl, E. (Ed.), Treatise on Geomorphology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, vol. 9, Fluvial Geomorphology, pp. 730–767.

 

Goode, J. R., J. M. Buffington, D. Tonina, D. J. Isaak, R. F. Thurow, S. Wenger, D. Nagel, C. Luce, D. Tetzlaff, and C. Soulsby. 2013. Potential effects of climate change on streambed scour and risks to salmonid survival in snow-dominated mountain basins. Hydrologic Processes. 27(5): 750-765.

2012

Caamaño, D., P. Goodwin, and J.M. Buffington. 2012. Flow structure through pool-riffle sequences and a conceptual model for their sustainability in gravel-bed rivers. River Research and Applications 28(3): 377-389.

Goode, J. R., C. H. Luce, and J. M. Buffington. 2012. Enhanced sediment delivery in a changing climate in semi-arid mountain basins: Implications for water resource management and aquatic habitat in the northern Rocky Mountains. Geomorphology 139-140: 1-15.

Buffington, J.M., 2012. Changes in channel morphology over human time scales. In: Church, M., Biron, P.M., Roy, A.G. (Eds.), Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes, Tools, Environments. Wiley, Chichester, UK, pp. 435-463. 

2011

Tonina, D., and J. M. Buffington. 2011. Effects of stream discharge, alluvial depth and bar amplitude on hyporheic flow in pool-riffle channels. Water Resources Research. 47:W08508. doi:10.1029/2010WR009140.

Rosenberger, A. E., J. B. Dunham, J. M. Buffington, and M. S. Wipfli. 2011. Persistent effects of wildfire and debris flows on the invertebrate prey base of rainbow trout in Idaho streams. Northwest Science 85(1):55-63.

2010

Beechie, T.J., D.A. Sear, J.D. Olden, G.R. Pess, J.M. Buffington, H.J. Moir, P. Roni, and M.M. Pollock. 2010. Process-based principles for restoring river ecosystems. BioScience 60(3): 209-222. 

Roper, B.B., Buffington, J.M., Bennett, S., Lanigan, S.H., Archer, E., Downie, S., Faustini, J., Hillman, T.W., Hubler, S., Jones, K., Jordan, C., Kaufmann, P.R., Merritt, G., Moyer, C., and Pleus, A. 2010. A comparison of the performance and compatibility of protocols used by seven monitoring groups to measure stream habitat in the Pacific Northwest. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30: 565-587. 

2009 and Earlier

Buffington, J.M., and D. Tonina, 2009. Hyporheic exchange in mountain rivers II: Effects of channel morphology on mechanics, scales and rates of exchange, Geography Compass 3(3): 1038-1062, doi 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00225.x.   

Buffington, John M.; Roper, Brett B.; Archer, Eric; Moyer, Chris  2009.  Reply to discussion by David L. Rosgen: The role of observer variation in determining Rosgen stream types in northeastern Oregon mountain streams.   Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 45(5): 1298-1312..

Burke, M., Jorde, K., and Buffington, J.M. 2009. Application of a hierarchical framework for assessing environmental impacts of dam operation: changes in hydrology, channel hydraulics, bed mobility and recruitment of riparian trees in a western North American river. Journal of Environmental Management 90: S224-S236, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.07.022. 

Caamaño, D., P. Goodwin, J.M. Buffington, J.C.P. Liou, and S. Daley-Laursen, 2009, A unifying criterion for the velocity reversal hypothesis in gravel-bed rivers, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 135(1): 66-70, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2009)135:1(66).  

Faux, Russell N.; Buffington, John M.; Whitley, M. German; Lanigan, Steve H.; Roper, Brett B. 2009. Chapter 6.- Use of airborne near-infrared LiDAR for determining channel cross-section characteristics and monitoring aquatic habitat in Pacific Northwest rivers: A preliminary analysis In: Bayer, J.M.; Schei, J.L., eds. PNAMP special publication: Remote sensing applications for aquatic resource monitoring. Cook, WA: Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring partnership. p. 43-60. 

Moir, H.J., Gibbins, C.N., Buffington, J.M., Webb, J.H., Soulsby, C., and Brewer, M.J. 2009. A new method to identify the fluvial regimes used by spawning salmonids. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66(9): 1404-1408. 

Tonina, D. and J.M. Buffington, 2009. Hyporheic exchange in mountain rivers I: Mechanics and environmental effects, Geography Compass 3(3): 1063-1086, doi 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00226.x.   

Tonina, D., and J. M. Buffington. 2009. A three-dimensional model for analyzing the effects of salmon redds on hyporheic exchange and egg-pocket habitat. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66(12):2157-2173. 

_______________

Barry, J.J., Buffington, J.M., Goodwin, P., King, J.G., and W.W. Emmett, 2008, Performance of bed-load transport equations relative to geomorphic significance: predicting effective discharge and its transport rate, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 134(5): 601-615, doi 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:5(601).  

Buffington, J.M., and D. Tonina, 2008, Discussion of "Evaluating vertical velocities between the stream and the hyporheic zone from temperature data" by I. Seydell, B.E. Wawra, and U.C.E. Zanke, in Gravel-Bed Rivers 6–From Process Understanding to River Restoration, edited by H. Habersack, H. Piégay, and M. Rinaldi, Elsevier, pp. 128-131.

Roper, B.B., J.M. Buffington, E. Archer, C. Moyer, and M. Ward, 2008, The role of observer variation in determining Rosgen stream types in northeastern Oregon mountain streams, Journal of the American Water Resources Association 44(2): 417-427, doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00171.x.

Buffington, John M.; Roper, Brett B.; Archer, Eric; Moyer, Chris, 2009. REPLY TO DISCUSSION - The Role of Observer Variation in Determining Rosgen Stream Types in Northeastern Oregon Mountain Streams. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 45 (5), 1298-1312.

Tonina, D., C.H. Luce, B. Rieman, J.M. Buffington, P. Goodwin, S.R. Clayton, S.M. Ali, J.J. Barry, and C. Berenbrock, 2008, Hydrological response to timber harvest in northern Idaho: implications for channel scour and persistence of salmonids, Hydrological Processes, 22: 3223–3235. doi: 10.1002/hyp.6918.

 

Research Scientists

 

bulletBuffington, John

bulletDare, Matt

bulletDwire, Kate

bulletElder, Kelly

bulletElliot, William

bulletFoltz, Randy

bulletGoode, Jaime

bulletHubbard, Robert

bulletIsaak, Daniel

bulletLuce, Charlie

bulletMagana, Hugo

bulletMcCormick, Frank

bulletMcKean, James

bulletMusselman, Bob

bulletNeary, Daniel

bulletOverton, Kerry

bulletRhoades, Chuck

bulletRieman, Bruce

bulletRinne, John

bulletRobichaud, Pete

bulletRyan-Burkett, Sandra

bulletThurow, Russ

bulletWagenbrenner, Joe

bulletWagenbrenner, Natalie

bulletYoung, Mike


RESEARCH SUBJECT AREAS

 

 

Resources

 

Upper Verde River: Review of Stream-Riparian Monitoring Efforts Conducted by the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

 

Climate-Aquatics Decision Support Workshop 2/28-3/1

 

Stream Temperature Modeling Website

 

Bull Trout and Climate Change - Risks, Uncertainties and Opportunities for Mapping the Future

 

Technology Transfer Program

 

Western Watersheds and Climate Change Workshop - November 17-19, 2009

 

Buffington Boise Lab Scientist Profile Page

 


Rocky Mountain Research Station - Air, Water and Aquatic Environments Sciences Program
Last Modified:  Tuesday, 19 March 2013 at 18:10:17 EDT

USDA logo which links to the department's national site. Forest Service logo which links to the agency's national site.