USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center: Staff Profile

Torgersen, Christian E.

Research Landscape Ecologist
Email: ctorgersen@usgs.gov
Ph: 206-616-1874; Fax: 206-685-0790
Univ. of Washington, School of Forest Resources, Box 352100
Seattle, WA 98195-2100

Featured Studies:

+ CFER: Modeling Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Alternative Landscape Management Scenarios in Western Oregon

+ Longitudinal Patterns of Fish Assemblage Structure, Stream Habitat, and Water Temperature in the Lower Crooked River, Oregon

+ Cooperative Forest Ecology

+ Primer for Identifying Cold-water Thermal Refugia for the Protection and Restoration of Habitat for Native Salmonids

+ Developing Modeling Capabilities and Evaluating Effects of Fuel and Timber Management on Forest Landscapes: Landscape Scenario Analysis Project (Phase II - Applegate Watershed)

+ Puget Sound Integrated Landscape Monitoring (PSILM) - Lessons Learned, Conceptual Framework, and Analysis Methods

+ Multivariate Classification of Hydrologic Landscapes for Paired Watershed Studies in Headwater Catchments

+ Landscape Patterns of Forest Disturbance and Climate Change on the Olympic Peninsula

+ Linking Hydrogeology and Aquatic Communities for Ecological Monitoring of Wadeable Mountain Streams (Multi-Park) - NRPP

+ Developing a Multivariate Tool for Classifying Aquatic Ecosystems and Predicting Zooplankton and Water Quality Response to Climate Change in Lakes and Ponds of Mount Rainier National Park

+ Multi-layered, Interdisciplinary Mapping of Wilderness Rivers

+ Linkages between Spring Chinook Habitat Quality and Spawning Sites in the Yakima River

+ Predicting the Spread of Invasive Exotic Plants into De-watered Reservoirs Following Dam Removal on the Elwha River, Olympic National Park, WA

+ Spatial Models for Connecting Landscapes to Fish Diversity in Alaska

+ Variability in Cutthroat Trout Abundance Relative to Habitat Characteristics in Headwater Catchments

+ Integrating Future Climate Change and Riparian Land-Use to Forecast the Effects of Stream Warming on Species Invasions and Their Impacts on Native Salmonids


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