Publications
(2011).
Transferability of habitat suitability criteria for a stream breeding frog (Rana boylii) in the Sierra Nevada, California.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 8(1), 88-103.
(2013). Tools for sediment management in rivers.
Water for the Environment: Policy, Science, and Integrated Management.
(2017). Stream Habitat Associations of the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii): The Importance of Habitat Heterogeneity.
Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach. 193-212.
Chapter 11 in Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach (3.99 MB)
(2013). 
River research and applications across borders.
River Research and Applications. early view online,
(2019).
(2008).
Pulsed flow wave attenuation on a regulated montane river.
River Research and Applications. 32(5), 1047-1058.
(2016).
(2009). Montane Meadows in the Sierra Nevada: Changing Hydroclimatic Conditions and Concepts for Vulnerability Assessment.
Center for Watershed Sciences Technical Report. 63.
Montane Meadows in the Sierra Nevada: Changing Hydroclimatic Conditions and Concepts for Vulnerability Assessment. CWS Report (4.08 MB)
(2013). 
Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession in Regulated Systems.
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 52, 723-736.
(2016).
(2013).
(2019).
The influence of relative sediment supply on riverine habitat heterogeneity.
Geomorphology. 80, 310-324.
(2006).
(2012). Hydropower Costs Of Environmental Flows And Climate Warming In California’s Upper Yuba River Watershed.
River Research and Applicatiions. 29(10), 1291-1305.
(2013).
(2011). Functional Flows in Modified Riverscapes: Hydrographs, Habitats and Opportunities.
BioScience. 65(9),
BioScience-2015-Yarnell-biosci_biv102.pdf (327.28 KB)
(2015). 
A functional flows approach to selecting ecologically relevant flow metrics for environmental flow applications.
River Research and Applications. 36(2), 318–324.
Yarnell et al. 2020 RRA (759.84 KB)
(2020). 
Ecology and Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession.
Bioscience. 60(2),
(2010).
(2018). Dynamic flow modelling of riverine amphibian habitat with application to regulated flow management.
River Research and Applications. 28, 177-191.
(2012). Associating metrics of hydrologic variability with benthic macroinvertebrate communities in regulated and unregulated snowmelt-dominated rivers.
Freshwater Biology. 63(8), 844-858.
(2018). Adaptive management in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing.
The Water Sustainability Reader: Lessons from California for the 21st Century. 193-211.
(2015).