Hester Ecosystem Hydraulics Research Group       

ecohydraulics and pollutant transformation in streams, rivers, and wetlands


Publications

 

Peer reviewed publications

Please email me for copies of any of these publications.  Underline indicates student author.

Cranmer, E.N., and E.T. Hester.  Variation of hyporheic exchange potential along an urbanization gradient in northeastern Virginia, USA.  Submitted.

Hester, E.T., K.S. Bauman, and D.J. Orth.  Impacts of urban heat pulses during summer storms on streams and ponds.  Submitted.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2011.  Human impacts to river temperature and their effects on biological processes: a quantitative synthesis.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association.  47(3): 571-587.

Hester, E.T. and M.N. Gooseff.  2011.  Hyporheic restoration in streams and rivers.  Chapter in Stream Restoration in Dynamic Fluvial Systems: Scientific Approaches, Analyses, and Tools (Simon, A., S.J. Bennett, and J.M. Castro, Eds.).

Hester, E.T., and M.N. Gooseff.  2010.  Moving Beyond the Banks: Hyporheic Restoration Is Fundamental to Restoring Ecological Services and Functions of Streams.  Environmental Science & Technology.  44: 1521-1525.  Link to cover article and feature.

Hester, E.T., M.W. Doyle, and G.C. Poole.  2009.  The influence of in-stream structures on summer water temperatures via induced hyporheic exchange.  Limnology and Oceanography  54(1): 355-367.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2008.  In-stream geomorphic structures as drivers of hyporheic exchange.  Water Resources Research  44: W03417.

Newsletters

Science Wednesday: Going with the Flow - Does Stream Restoration Work?  Greenversations: Official blog of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  November 5, 2008.

Conference presentations

Underline indicates student presenter.

Menichino, G.T., A.S. Ward, D.T. Scott, and E.T. Hester.  2011.  Macropore effects on stream hydrology at multiple scales.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  December 8, 2011.

Sicking, V.G., G.T. Menichino, A.S. Ward, and E.T. Hester.  2011.  Characterizing the effects of macropores on hyporheic zone hydraulics in meander bends.  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.  October 10, 2011.

Hester, E.T., and M.N. Gooseff.  2011.  Hyporheic restoration in streams and rivers.  World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (American Society of Civil Engineers, Environmental and Water Resources Institute), Palm Springs, CA.  May 25, 2011.

Menichino, G.T., and E.T. Hester.  2010.  Effect of in-stream geomorphic structures and hydraulic conductivity on stream temperature dynamics.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  December 14, 2010.      

Hester, E.T., and E.N. Cranmer.  2010.  Variation of hyporheic exchange metrics along an urbanization gradient.. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  December 14, 2010.

Hester, E.T., and K.S. Bauman.  2010.  Impact of thermal perturbations from urban runoff during summer storms on stream and wetland temperatures.  American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.  June 7, 2010.

Hester, E.T., and K.S. Bauman.  2009.  Impact of thermal perturbations from urban runoff during summer storms on stream and wetland temperatures.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  December 17, 2009.

Hester, E.T., and K.S. Bauman.  2009.  Impact of thermal perturbations from urban runoff during summer storms on stream and wetland temperatures.  Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, VA.  October 16, 2009.

Hester, E.T.  2009.  Impact of vegetation-geomorphology feedbacks on microthermal gradients in streams.  Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, Blacksburg, VA.  October 3-4, 2009.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2009.  Sensitivity of river organisms to anthropogenic temperature change.  North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI.  May 18, 2009.

Hester, E.T., and M.N. Gooseff.  2008.  Hyporheic restoration in streams and rivers.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  December 18, 2008.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2008.  Impact of in-stream geomorphic structures on hyporheic exchange and stream temperature.  American Ecological Engineering Society Meeting, Blacksburg, VA.  June 11, 2008.

Hester, E.T., G.C. Poole, and M.W. Doyle.  2007.  Effect of in-stream geomorphic structures on stream temperatures and streambed heat flux through induced hyporheic exchange.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  December 10, 2007.

Hester, E.T., G.C. Poole, and M.W. Doyle.  2007.  Effect of in-stream geomorphic structures on hyporheic flowpaths and temperatures.  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition, Denver, CO.  October 30, 2007.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2007.  Impact of hyporheic exchange and floodplain wetland exchange on stream and river temperatures.  Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing for Ecological Characterization Workshop, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, OR.  September 10-15, 2007.

Hester, E.T., G.C. Poole, and M.W. Doyle.  2007.  Impact of in-stream geomorphic structures on hyporheic exchange of water and heat in streams.  North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC.  June 5, 2007.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2007.  Impact of in-channel geomorphic structures on hyporheic exchange of water and heat in streams.  Northwest Stream Restoration Design Symposium (River Restoration Northwest), Stevenson, WA.  February 5-8, 2007.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2006.  Impact of in-channel geomorphic structures on surface-subsurface exchange of water and heat in streams.  American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  December 11-15, 2006.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2006.  Impact of in-channel geomorphic structures on surface-subsurface exchange of water and heat in streams.  Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, Columbia, SC.  October 20-22, 2006.

Hester, E.T., and M.W. Doyle.  2005.  Modeling the effects of in-channel geomorphic forms on hyporheic interaction.  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.  October 16-19, 2005.