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2021
Stein, E. D., Zimmerman J., Yarnell S. M., Stanford B., Lane B. A., Taniguchi-Quan K. T., et al. (2021).  The California Environmental Flows Framework: Meeting the Challenges of Developing a Large-Scale Environmental Flows Program. Frontiers in Environmental Sciences. 9, PDF icon Stein et al-CEFF Development _Frontiers 2021 PUBLISHED.pdf (1.17 MB)
Obester, A., Lusardi R. A., Santos N. R., Peek R. A., & Yarnell S. M. (2021).  The use of umbrella fish species to provide a more comprehensive approach for freshwater conservation management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 1-17.PDF icon Obester et al 2021.pdf (1.67 MB)
2020
Yarnell, S. M., Stein E. D., Webb J.A., Grantham T. E., Lusardi R. A., Zimmerman J., et al. (2020).  A functional flows approach to selecting ecologically relevant flow metrics for environmental flow applications. River Research and Applications. 36(2), 318–324.PDF icon Yarnell et al. 2020 RRA (759.84 KB)
2019
Yarnell, S. M., Peek R. A., Keung N., Todd B. D., Lawler S., & Brown C. (2019).  A lentic breeder in lotic waters: Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana sierrae) habitat suitability in northern Sierra Nevada streams. Copeia.
Pinter, N., Brasington J., Gurnell A., Kondolf G. Matthias, Tockner K., Wharton G., et al. (2019).  River research and applications across borders. River Research and Applications. early view online,
2018
Steel, A. E., Peek R. A., Lusardi R. A., & Yarnell S. M. (2018).  Associating metrics of hydrologic variability with benthic macroinvertebrate communities in regulated and unregulated snowmelt-dominated rivers. Freshwater Biology. 63(8), 844-858.
Milner, V., Yarnell S. M., & Peek R. A. (2018).  The ecological importance of unregulated tributaries to macroinvertebrate diversity and community composition in a regulated river. Hydrobiologia. 829, 291-305.
2017
Rheinheimer, D. E., & Yarnell S. M. (2017).  Tools for sediment management in rivers. Water for the Environment: Policy, Science, and Integrated Management.
2016
Yarnell, S. M., Peek R. A., Epke G., & Lind A. J. (2016).  Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession in Regulated Systems. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 52, 723-736.
Fong, C. A., Yarnell S. M., & Viers J. H. (2016).  Pulsed flow wave attenuation on a regulated montane river. River Research and Applications. 32(5), 1047-1058.
2015
Podolak, K., & Yarnell S. M. (2015).  Adaptive management in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing. The Water Sustainability Reader: Lessons from California for the 21st Century. 193-211.
Yarnell, S. M., Petts G., Schmidt J., Whipple A., Beller E., Dahm C., et al. (2015).  Functional Flows in Modified Riverscapes: Hydrographs, Habitats and Opportunities. BioScience. 65(9), PDF icon BioScience-2015-Yarnell-biosci_biv102.pdf (327.28 KB)
2013
Rheinheimer, D. E., Yarnell S. M., & Viers J. H. (2013).  Hydropower Costs Of Environmental Flows And Climate Warming In California’s Upper Yuba River Watershed. River Research and Applicatiions. 29(10), 1291-1305.
Yarnell, S. M., Peek R. A., Rheinheimer D. E., Lind A. J., & Viers J. H. (2013).  Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession. 137.PDF icon CEC_Recsn_Limb_Draft_Final_Report.pdf (8 MB)PDF icon Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession in Regulated Systems (AGU 2013 presentation) (1.87 MB)
Viers, J. H., Purdy S., Peek R. A., Fryjoff-Hung A., Santos N. R., Katz J. V. E., et al. (2013).  Montane Meadows in the Sierra Nevada: Changing Hydroclimatic Conditions and Concepts for Vulnerability Assessment. Center for Watershed Sciences Technical Report. 63.PDF icon Montane Meadows in the Sierra Nevada: Changing Hydroclimatic Conditions and Concepts for Vulnerability Assessment. CWS Report (4.08 MB)
Yarnell, S. M. (2013).  Stream Habitat Associations of the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii): The Importance of Habitat Heterogeneity. Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach. 193-212.PDF icon Chapter 11 in Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach (3.99 MB)
Bondi, C., Yarnell S. M., & Lind A. J. (2013).  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.
2012
Yarnell, S. M., Lind A. J., & Mount JF. (2012).  Dynamic flow modelling of riverine amphibian habitat with application to regulated flow management. River Research and Applications. 28, 177-191.
Yarnell, S. M., Yager E., Kenworthy M., Merrit D., & Lind A. J. (2012).  Impacts of Flow Recession Dynamics on Channel Bar Morphology. 30.
2011
Yarnell, S. M., Bondi C., Lind A. J., & Peek R. A. (2011).  Habitat Models for the Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) in the Sierra Nevada of California. 139.PDF icon Yarnell et al FYLF modeling final report CWS.pdf (3.69 MB)
Kupferberg, S., Lind A. J., Thill V., & Yarnell S. M. (2011).  Water velocity tolerance in tadpoles of the Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii): Swimming performance, growth, and survival. Copeia. 1, 141-152.
2010
Yarnell, S. M., Viers J. H., & Mount JF. (2010).  Ecology and Management of the Spring Snowmelt Recession. Bioscience. 60(2), 
2009
Mount, JF., Yarnell S. M., Kupferberg S., & Lind A. J. (2009).  Pulsed Flow Effects on the Foothill Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana boylii): Integration of Empirical, Experimental and Hydrodynamic Modeling.
2008
Yarnell, S. M. (2008).  Quantifying physical habitat heterogeneity in an ecologically meaningful manner: A case study of the habitat preferences of the Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii). Landscape Ecology Research Trends.
2006
Yarnell, S. M., Mount JF., & Larsen E. W. (2006).  The influence of relative sediment supply on riverine habitat heterogeneity. Geomorphology. 80, 310-324.