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The Santa Clara River watershed knowledge base is a searchable catalog of science-based information relevant to the management, conservation, and restoration of the Santa Clara River and the surrounding watershed. The knowledge base is essentially a bibliographic system, containing references with links to digital documents and data where available. The knowledge base also catalogs river-related projects within the watershed, with a focus on projects that increase scientific understanding and contribute to management and restoration efforts. Project pages contain links to relevant references in the bibliographic system, providing a "project view" of information in the knowledge base.
The database includes literature on Santa Clara River-specific and regional topics including southern steelhead, water quality, terrestrial resources, conservation planning, geomorphology and geology, and botany. Also included are a number of primary literature references useful in providing basic conceptual understanding of riverine ecosystems.
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| Conducted by | Funding | Status | Title | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Sciences |
California State Coastal Conservancy
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Active | Santa Clara River Parkway Floodplain Restoration Feasibility Study | 100% |
| Authors | Date | Title | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman, VM | (1968). | People-Land-Water: Santa Clara Valley and Oxnard Plain, Ventura County, California | 100% |
| VCPWAFCD (Ventura County Public Works Agency Flood Control Department) | (1994). | Santa Clara River 1994 hydrology study | 89% |
| Weins, JA | (2002). | Riverine landscapes: taking landscape ecology into the water | 88% |
| Graf, WL | (2001). | Fluvial Hydrology of Regulated Rivers in the Range of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher | 88% |
| RBF Consulting | (2007). | Santa Paula Creek Watershed Planning Project: Hydrology and Hydraulic Watershed Assessment (DRAFT) | 84% |
| Bozkurt, S, Denkens, P, Gartland, R, Gragg, J, Lawyer, J, and McGoogan, M | (2000). | Evaluation of Setback Levees on the Sacramento River | 83% |
| Goodwin, P, Slaughter, CW, and Marbury, R | (1998). | Dominant Discharge as a Design Criteria in River Restoration | 79% |
| Graf, WL, Stromberg, J, and Valentine, B | (2002). | Rivers, dams, and willow flycatchers: a summary of their science and policy connections | 79% |
| Harris, R, and Olson, C | (1997). | Two-stage system for prioritizing riparian restoration at the stream reach and community scales | 77% |
| Baird, K, Stromberg, J, and Maddock, T | (2005). | Linking riparian dynamics and groundwater: An eco-hydrologic approach to modeling groundwater and riparian vegetation | 72% |
| Duvall, A, Kirby, E, and Burbank, D | (2004). | Tectonic and lithologic controls on bedrock channel profiles and processes in coastal California. | 55% |
| Stillwater Sciences | (2007). | Santa Paula Creek Watershed Planning Project: Geomorphology and Channel Stability Assessment (DRAFT) | 54% |
| Lite, SJ, Bagstad, KJ, and Stromberg, JC | (2005). | Riparian plant species richness along lateral and longitudinal gradients of water stress and flood disturbance, San Pedro River, Arizona, USA. | 54% |
| Ham, DG, and Church, M | (2000). | Bed-Material Transport Estimated From Channel Morphodynamics: Chilliwack River, British Columbia | 53% |
| Stromberg, JC, Bagstad, KJ, Leenhouts, JM, Lite, SJ, and Makings, E | (2005). | Effects of stream flow intermittency on riparian vegetation of a semiarid region river (San Pedro River, Arizona). | 52% |
| No authors specified | (2008). | Conservation Plan for the Lower Santa Clara River Watershed and Surrounding Areas | 52% |
| Harrison, LR, Keller, EA, Kelley, E, and Mertes, L | (2006). | Minimum Flow Requirements for Southern Steelhead Passage on the Lower Santa Clara River, CA | 50% |
| Gabet, EJ, Reichman, OJ, and Seabloom, EW | (2003). | The Effects of Bioturbation on Soil Processes and Sediment Transport | 48% |
| Ventura County Planning Division | (2006). | Wetland Project Permitting Guide: Permitting Stream and Wetland Projects in Ventura County and along the Santa Clara River in Los Angeles County | 47% |
| Lite, SJ, and Stromberg, JC | (2005). | Surface water and ground-water thresholds for maintaining Populus - Salix forests, San Pedro River, Arizona | 46% |
| Gaeuman, DA, Schmidt, JC, and Wilcock, PR | (2003). | Evaluation of in-channel gravel storage with morphology-based gravel budgets developed from planimetric data | 46% |
| Mertes, LA, and Warrick, JA | (2001). | Measuring flood output from 110 coastal watersheds in California with field measurements and SeaWiFS | 45% |
| Gabet, EJ | (2003). | Post-fire thin debris flows: sediment transport and numerical modelling | 45% |
| Nanson, GC, and Croke, JC | (1992). | A genetic classification of floodplains | 44% |
| Gabet, EJ | (2003). | Sediment transport by dry ravel | 42% |
| The Nature Conservancy | (2006). | Santa Clara River - Upper Watershed Conservation Plan | 42% |
| Harris, RR | (1999). | Defining Reference Conditions for Restoration of Riparian Plant Communities: Examples from California, USA | 40% |
| AMEC Earth and Environmental | (2005). | Santa Clara River Enhancement and Management Plan. Final Document. | 37% |
| Hawkins, CP, Bartz, KL, and Neale, CM | (1997). | Vulnerability of riparian vegetation to catastrophic flooding: Implications for riparian restoration | 37% |
| Hooke, J | (2003). | Coarse sediment connectivity in river channel systems: a conceptual framework and methodology | 37% |
| Eaton, BC, and Lapointe, MF | (2001). | Effects of large floods on sediment transport and reach morphology in the cobble-bed Sainte Marguerite River | 36% |
| Ventura County Planning Division | (2006). | Guide to Native and Invasive Streamside Plants: Restoring Riparian Habitats in Ventura County & along the Santa Clara River in Los Angeles County | 36% |
| Bendix, J, and Hupp, CR | (2000). | Hydrological and geomorphological impacts on riparian plant communities | 35% |
| Stromberg, JC | (2001). | Influence of stream flow regime and temperature on growth rate of the riparian tree, Platanus wrightii , in Arizona | 35% |
| Hauer, FR, and Lorang, MS | (2004). | River regulation, decline of ecological resources, and potential for restoration in a semi-arid lands river in the western US. | 34% |
| Drezner, TD, Fall, PL, and Stromberg, JC | (2001). | Plant distribution and dispersal mechanisms at the Hassayampa River Preserve , Arizona , USA | 34% |
| ESA (Environmental Science Associates) | (2003). | McGrath State Beach Natural Resources Management Plan | 34% |
| Gilman, R, Abell, RA, and Williams, CE | (2004). | How can conservation biology inform the practice of Integrated River Basin Management? | 31% |
| ENTRIX, Inc | (2004). | VWRF Discharge Beneficial Uses on the Distribution and Utilization of Santa Clara River Estuary Tidewater Goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) | 31% |
| Lavé, J, and Burbank, D | (2004). | Denudation processes and rates in the Transverse Ranges, southern California: erosional response of a transitional landscape to external and anthropogenic forcing. | 30% |
| Dvorsky, JR | (2000). | The influence of valley morphology and coarse sediment distribution on rainbow trout populations in Sespe Creek, California at the landscape scale | 28% |
| Puckett, LK, and Villa, NA | (1985). | Lower Santa Clara River Steelhead Study (Final Report) | 27% |
| Shafroth, PB, Stromberg, JC, and Patten, DT | (2002). | Riparian vegetation response to altered disturbance and stress regimes | 27% |
| Aquatic Bioassay and Consulting Laboratories | (2004). | Santa Clara River Estuary Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment Monitoring. Annual Report 2003 | 27% |
| Stoecker, M, and Kelley, E | (2005). | Santa Clara River Steelhead Trout: Assessment and Recovery Opportunities. | 25% |
| Kelley, E | (2008). | Steelhead Trout Smolt Survival in the Santa Clara and Santa Ynez River Estuaries | 24% |
| Kelley, E | (2004). | Information Synthesis and Priorities Regarding Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on the Santa Clara River | 21% |
| Nautilus Environmental | (2005). | Comprehensive Analysis of Enhancements and Impacts Associated with Discharge of Treated Effluent from the Ventura Water Reclamation Facility to the Santa Clara River Estuary | 20% |
| ENTRIX, Inc. | (2002). | Resident Species Study, Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura Water Reclamation Facility NPDES Permit No. CA0053651, CI-1822 | 15% |
| Stillwater Sciences | (2008). | Santa Clara River Parkway: Floodplain Restoration Feasibility Study | 12% |
| Stillwater Sciences | (2007). | Santa Clara River Parkway Floodplain Restoration Feasibility Study: Analysis of Riparian Vegetation Dynamics for the Lower Santa Clara River and Major Tributaries, Ventura County, California. | 7% |
| Stillwater Sciences | (2007). | Santa Clara River Parkway Floodplain Restoration Feasibility Study: Assessment of Geomorphic Processes | 6% |
| Stillwater Sciences | (2007). | Santa Clara River Parkway Floodplain Restoration Feasibility Study: Focal Species Analysis and Habitat Characterization for the Lower Santa Clara River and Major Tributaries, Ventura County, California. | 2% |