Publications
Adaptive management in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing.
The Water Sustainability Reader: Lessons from California for the 21st Century. 193-211.
(2015). Associating metrics of hydrologic variability with benthic macroinvertebrate communities in regulated and unregulated snowmelt-dominated rivers.
Freshwater Biology. 63(8), 844-858.
(2018). The California Environmental Flows Framework: Meeting the Challenges of Developing a Large-Scale Environmental Flows Program.
Frontiers in Environmental Sciences. 9,
Stein et al-CEFF Development _Frontiers 2021 PUBLISHED.pdf (1.17 MB)
(2021). 
Dynamic flow modelling of riverine amphibian habitat with application to regulated flow management.
River Research and Applications. 28, 177-191.
(2012). The ecological importance of unregulated tributaries to macroinvertebrate diversity and community composition in a regulated river.
Hydrobiologia. 829, 291-305.
(2018). Ecology and Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession.
Bioscience. 60(2),
(2010). 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). 
Functional Flows in Modified Riverscapes: Hydrographs, Habitats and Opportunities.
BioScience. 65(9),
BioScience-2015-Yarnell-biosci_biv102.pdf (327.28 KB)
(2015). 
Habitat Models for the Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) in the Sierra Nevada of California.
139.
Yarnell et al FYLF modeling final report CWS.pdf (3.69 MB)
(2011). 
Hydropower Costs Of Environmental Flows And Climate Warming In California’s Upper Yuba River Watershed.
River Research and Applicatiions. 29(10), 1291-1305.
(2013).
(2012).
The influence of relative sediment supply on riverine habitat heterogeneity.
Geomorphology. 80, 310-324.
(2006).
(2019).
Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession.
137.
CEC_Recsn_Limb_Draft_Final_Report.pdf (8 MB)
Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession in Regulated Systems (AGU 2013 presentation) (1.87 MB)
(2013). 

Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession in Regulated Systems.
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 52, 723-736.
(2016). 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). 
(2009).
Pulsed flow wave attenuation on a regulated montane river.
River Research and Applications. 32(5), 1047-1058.
(2016).
(2008).
River research and applications across borders.
River Research and Applications. early view online,
(2019). 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). 
Tools for sediment management in rivers.
Water for the Environment: Policy, Science, and Integrated Management.
(2017). 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). The use of umbrella fish species to provide a more comprehensive approach for freshwater conservation management.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 1-17.
Obester et al 2021.pdf (1.67 MB)
(2021). 