| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2013 | “Initial response of step-pool streams to wildfire” in Geological Society of America Annual Meeting |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2013 | “Response of step-pool mountain channels to wildfire under changing climate-fire regimes” in American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2012 | "Estimating the Impact of Invasive Spartina densiflora on Primary Productivity in Humboldt Bay" in UC San Diego: California Sea Grant College Program |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2012 | “Biological-physical interactions in step-pool streams: a guide for future restoration efforts” in River Restoration Northwest’s Stream Restoration Symposium |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2012 | “Invasive Spartina densiflora Reduces Primary Productivity in a Northern California Salt Marsh” in Humboldt Bay Symposium |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2012 | “A comparison of terrestrial invertebrate communities of invaded and restored salt marsh of Humboldt Bay” in Humboldt Bay Symposium |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2012 | “Landscapes in transition: Private lands oak woodland management in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion” in The California Society for Ecological Restoration (SERCAL) Conference |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2012 | “Stream condition in the Lake Tahoe Basin using River Invertebrate Prediction and Classification System (RIVPACS)” in Tahoe Science Conference |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2012 | "Estimating the Impact of Invasive Spartina densiflora on Primary Productivity in Humboldt Bay" in UC San Diego: California Sea Grant College Program |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2011 | "Encouraging salmon recovery and restoring ecosystem function" in California Forests Magazine |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2010 | “Dipteran larvae as predators of macroinvertebrate egg masses” in Humboldt State University’s Ecology Seminar Series |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Assessment Tools for Urban Catchments: Defining Observable Biological Potential" in Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Assessment Tools for Urban Catchments: Developing Biological Indicators Based on Benthic Macroinvertebrates" in Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Long-Term Variability in Bioassessments: A Twenty-Year Study from Two Northern California Streams" in Environmental Management |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Assessment Tools for Urban Catchments: Developing Stressor Gradients" in Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Linking theory and practice for restoration of step-pool streams" in Environmental Management |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Development of a local-scale urban stream assessment method using benthic macroinvertebrates: an example from the Santa Clara Basin, California" in Journal of the North American Benthological Society |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Assessing geomorphological and ecological responses in restored step-pool systems" in Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Twenty-six key research questions in urban stream ecology: an assessment of the state of the science" in Journal of the North American Benthological Society |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2009 | "Urbanization and stream ecology: five years later" in Journal of the North American Benthological Society |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2008 | "Life history of a dipteran predator (Scathophagidae: Acanthocnema) of insect egg masses in a northern California stream" in Freshwater Biology |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2007 | "Urban riparian restoration: an outdoor classroom for college and high school students collaborating in conservation" in Madrõno |
| O'Dowd, Alison P. | 2002 | "An assessment of a small, urban stream restoration project in northern California" in Restoration Ecology |
| O'Gara, Bruce A. | 2006 | "The Vitamin E analog Trolox reduces copper toxicity in the annelid Lumbriculus variegatus but is also toxic on its own" in NeuroToxicology |
| O'Gara, Bruce A. | 2004 | "Copper-induced changes in locomotor behaviors and neuronal physiology of the freshwater oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus" in Aquatic Toxicology |