Jennifer Courtwright PhD Defense - Assessing ecological integrity of streams across the western U.S.
Maintaining and restoring the ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems is both legally mandated by the Clean Water Act and a management goal of diverse natural resource management agencies. Historically, most ecological assessments of aquatic ecosystems have focused on determining whether individual water bodies are supporting desired aquatic life conditions. However, agencies also have to report to Congress on overall status and trends in ecological condition across all streams within their jurisdiction. Ideally, assessments of ecological integrity would be both precise enough to inform site-specific management decisions and also be readily scaled up to accurately characterize watershed-, regional-, and national-scale conditions. My dissertation research improves the range of naturally occurring environmental settings to which indices of biological, chemical, and physical condition apply and scales up reach-level assessments of ecological integrity to regional and national scales in the western US.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | 9:00 am - 10:00 amWhere
Merrill cazier LibraryRoom: 154
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Watershed Sciences
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Name: Jennifer Courtwright
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Email: jennifer.courtwright@usu.edu
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