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Overview

Joseph M. Wheaton is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Water Science and Technology, Soil Science, Plant Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scholar's work addresses multiple topics within these areas, particularly Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, as well as Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Joseph M. Wheaton has published papers in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Water, The Science of The Total Environment, and Anthropocene.

Recent publications include:

  • "Let the river erode! Enabling lateral migration increases geomorphic unit diversity" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Riverscapes as natural infrastructure: Meeting challenges of climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration" (2022) in Anthropocene
  • "Hydropeaked rivers need attention" (2020) in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Modelling Eurasian beaver foraging habitat and dam suitability, for predicting the location and number of dams throughout catchments in Great Britain" (2020) in European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • "Geomorphic process signatures reshaping sub-humid Mediterranean badlands: 2. Application to 5-year dataset" (2020) in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Frequent collaborators in their research include William W. Macfarlane, Jordan Gilbert, Manel Llena, Damià Vericat, and Emily Fairfax.

Best Publications

  • Accounting for uncertainty in DEMs from repeat topographic surveys: improved sediment budgets

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;David A. Sear

  • Using Beaver Dams to Restore Incised Stream Ecosystems

    Michael M. Pollock;Timothy J. Beechie;Joseph M. Wheaton;Chris E. Jordan

  • Analyzing High Resolution Topography for Advancing the Understanding of Mass and Energy Transfer Through Landscapes: A Review

    Paola Passalacqua;Patrick Belmont;Dennis M. Staley;Jeffrey D. Simley

  • Ecosystem experiment reveals benefits of natural and simulated beaver dams to a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    Nicolaas Bouwes;Nicholas Weber;Chris E. Jordan;W. Carl Saunders

  • Geomorphic mapping and taxonomy of fluvial landforms

    Joseph M. Wheaton;Kirstie A. Fryirs;Gary Brierley;Sara G. Bangen

  • Flow convergence routing hypothesis for pool-riffle maintenance in alluvial rivers

    Michael L. MacWilliams;Joseph M. Wheaton;Joseph M. Wheaton;Gregory B. Pasternack;Robert L. Street

  • Morphodynamic signatures of braiding mechanisms as expressed through change in sediment storage in a gravel-bed river

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;Alan Kasprak

  • Spawning habitat rehabilitation ‐I. Conceptual approach and methods

    Joseph M. Wheaton;Gregory B. Pasternack;Joseph E. Merz

  • Linking geomorphic changes to salmonid habitat at a scale relevant to fish

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;Joseph E. Merz

  • An approach for measuring confinement and assessing the influence of valley setting on river forms and processes

    Kirstie A. Fryirs;Joseph M. Wheaton;Gary J. Brierley

  • A methodological intercomparison of topographic survey techniques for characterizing wadeable streams and rivers

    Sara G. Bangen;Joseph M. Wheaton;Nicolaas Bouwes;Boyd Bouwes

  • Modeling the capacity of riverscapes to support beaver dams

    William W. Macfarlane;Joseph M. Wheaton;Nicolaas Bouwes;Martha L. Jensen

  • Alteration of stream temperature by natural and artificial beaver dams.

    Nicholas Weber;Nicolaas Bouwes;Michael M. Pollock;Carol Volk

  • Predicting benefits of spawning-habitat rehabilitation to salmonid (Oncorhynchus spp.) fry production in a regulated California river

    Joseph E Merz;Jose D Setka;Gregory B Pasternack;Joseph M Wheaton

  • Impacts of beaver dams on hydrologic and temperature regimes in a mountain stream

    M. Majerova;B. T. Neilson;N. M. Schmadel;J. M. Wheaton

  • Accuracy assessment of aerial photographs acquired using lighter-than-air blimps: low-cost tools for mapping river corridors

    Damia Vericat;James Brasington;Joseph M. Wheaton;Michaela Cowie

  • Spawning habitat rehabilitation ‐ II. Using hypothesis development and testing in design, Mokelumne river, California, U.S.A.

    Joseph M. Wheaton;Gregory B. Pasternack;Joseph E. Merz

  • Revisiting the Morphological Approach

    Damià Vericat;Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington

  • Error propagation for velocity and shear stress prediction using 2D models for environmental management.

    Gregory B. Pasternack;Andrew T. Gilbert;Joseph M. Wheaton;Joseph M. Wheaton;Evan M. Buckland

  • Sediment budget for salmonid spawning habitat rehabilitation in a regulated river

    Joseph E. Merz;Joseph E. Merz;Gregory B. Pasternack;Joseph M. Wheaton

  • The relationship between particle travel distance and channel morphology: Results from physical models of braided rivers

    Alan Kasprak;Joseph M. Wheaton;Peter E. Ashmore;James W. Hensleigh

Frequent Co-Authors

James Brasington
James Brasington University of Canterbury
Damià Vericat
Damià Vericat University of Lleida
Gregory B. Pasternack
Gregory B. Pasternack University of California, Davis
David Sear
David Sear University of Southampton
Kirstie Fryirs
Kirstie Fryirs Macquarie University
Stephen E. Darby
Stephen E. Darby University of Southampton
Gary Brierley
Gary Brierley University of Auckland
Ramon J. Batalla
Ramon J. Batalla University of Lleida
John C. Schmidt
John C. Schmidt Utah State University
Patrick Belmont
Patrick Belmont Utah State University

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