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Andrew Stubblefield
Professor - Hydrology and Watershed Management
I am interested in the source, transport and fate of fine sediment and associated nutrients in watersheds. In particular, I am interested in investigating the hydrological processes that link land management, erosion and sediment transport with water quality. I am interested in climate change science and its impacts on water resources. Other interests include the application of active learning pedagogies in higher education.
My specializations include:
- Water quality monitoring, chemistry and instrumentation.
- Methods for the assessment of erosional processes; sediment budgets, naturally occurring radionuclides, and erosion plot studies.
- Ecosystem health assessment
- Ph.D. University of California, Davis, Watershed Hydrology
- M.S. University of Michigan, Terrestrial Ecosystem Science
- B.S. Oberlin College, Biology
- WSHD 310 Hydrology and Watershed Management
- WSHD 333 Wildland Water Quality
- WSHD 424 Watershed Hydrology
- WSHD 458/558 Climate Change and Land Use
* denotes a graduate student under my supervision.
Stubblefield, A. P., & Reddy, K. 2021. Measurement and prediction of water consumption by Douglas‐fir, Northern California, USA. Ecohydrology, e2388.
Ivan D. Medel, Andrew Phillip Stubblefield & Conor Shea. 2020. Sedimentation and Erosion Patterns within Anabranching Channels in a Lowland River Restoration Project, International Journal of River Basin Management, DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1809435
Flannery*, J., A.P. Stubblefield, Fiore, R., and C. Shea. 2016. Observations of channel change from constructed wood jams on a forested gravelbed stream. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 146(1): 181-193.
Harrison, N.M*., A.P. Stubblefield, J.M. Varner, E.E. Knapp. 2016. Finding balance between fire hazard reduction and erosion control in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California–Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management (360) 40–51.
Bond, R.M*., A.P. Stubblefield, R.W. Van Kirk. 2015. Sensitivity of summer stream temperatures to climate variability and riparian reforestation strategies.Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 4 (B) 267–279.
Maurin, L.P*., A.P. Stubblefield. 2011. Channel adjustment following culvert removal from forest roads in northern California, USA. Ecological Restoration 29 (4), 382-391
Royer, C.F*., A.P. Stubblefield. 2009. Klamath River Basin Water Quality Monitoring Plan. Report assembled for the Klamath Basin Monitoring Program, a multi-state stakeholder group consisting of over 40 agencies, tribal nations and non-profit organizations.
Huggett, B.W*., A.P. Stubblefield, A.S. Dhakal, K. Sullivan. 2009 Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model (DHSVM) and Sediment Discharge Validation in a small, Pacific Northwestern Watershed. EOS Trans. AGU 90 (52), Fall Meet, Suppl., Abstract H11E-0849.
Stubblefield, A.P., J.E. Reuter, C.R. Goldman. 2009. Sediment budget for subalpine watersheds, Lake Tahoe California, USA. Catena 76: 163-172.
Stubblefield, A.P., J.E. Reuter, R.A. Dahlgren, C.R. Goldman. 2007. Use of turbidometry to characterize suspended sediment and phosphorus fluxes in the Lake Tahoe basin. Hydrological Processes 21:281-291.
Stubblefield, A.P., P.J. Whiting, G. Matisoff, C. Fondran, and M.E. Ketterer. Radionuclide and rare earth element tracers of erosional processes on the plot scale. Proceedings of the 8th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference. Reno, Nevada. April 3-6, 2006.
Stubblefield, A.P., J.E. Reuter, E.W. Larsen, M.I. Escobar C.R. Goldman. Turbidity measurements for determination of sediment source and retention in river and marsh environments. Proceedings of the 8th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference. Reno, Nevada. April 3-6, 2006.
Stubblefield, A.P., M.I. Escobar, E.W. Larsen. 2006. Retention of suspended sediment and phosphorus on a freshwater delta, South Lake Tahoe, California. Wetlands Ecology and Management 14: 287-302.
Stubblefield, A., S. Chandra, S. Eagan, T. Dampil, G. Davaadorzh, D. Gilroy, J. Sampson, B. Allen, J. Thorne, Z. Hogan. Impacts of goldmining and land use alterations on the water quality of central Mongolian rivers. 2005. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 1(4): 365-373.
Current Students
| Name | Thesis | Graduation Year |
|---|---|---|
 | Assessment of Carbon Storage and Aquifer Recharge in Beaver Meadows of the Sierra Nevada, USA | |
 | Tree Water Use and Streamflow Dynamics in Coastal Northern California Forests: Implications for Forest Resilience in the Face of Climate Change | |
 | Quantifying summer water budget use by fir and oak trees within overtopped and released forest stands. |
