Publications

Shaw*, E. L. and C. J. Westbrook. Lateral exchange of water, nitrogen and DOC along a beaver-dammed montane stream. Ecohydrology (in revision)

Westbrook, C.J., D.J. Cooper, D. Butler. Beaver Hydrology and Geomorphology. In: Treatise on Geomorphology - Ecogeomorphology (Butler, D. and Hupp, C., eds.), Elsevier (in production).

Brunet*, N.N. and C.J. Westbrook. 2012. Wetland drainage in the Canadian Prairies: nutrient, salt and bacteria characteristics. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 146(1): 1-12 doi:10.1016/j.agee.2011.09.010.

Guo, X.,  J. W. Pomeroy, X. Fang, S. Lowe, X. Li, C. J. Westbrook, and A.G. Minke*. 2011. Effects of classification approaches on CRHM model performance. Remote Sensing Letters 3(1): 39-47.

Janzen*, K. F. and C. J. Westbrook. 2011. Hyporheic flows along a channelled peatland: influence of beaver dams. Canadian Water Resources Journal (in press) doi: 10.4296/cwrj3604846  

Seitz*, N. E., C. J. Westbrook, and B. F. Noble. 2011. Bringing science into river systems cumulative effects assessment practice. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 31(3): 172-179.

Westbrook, C. J., D. J. Cooper, and B. W. Baker. 2011. Beaver assisted river valley formation. River Research and Applications 27: 247-256. DOI 10.1002.rra/1359.

Fang, X.,  J. W. Pomeroy, C. J. Westbrook,  X. Guo, A. G. Minke*, and T. Brown. 2010. Prediction of snowmelt derived streamflow in wetland dominated prairie basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 14: 991-1006. 

Guan*, X. J.,  C. J. Westbrook and C. Spence. 2010. Shallow soil moisture-ground thaw interactions and controls: 1. Spatiotemporal patterns and correlations over a subarctic landscape. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 14, 1375-1386.

Guan*, X. J.,  C. Spence, C. J. Westbrook. 2010. Shallow soil moisture-ground thaw interactions and control: 2. Influences of water and energy fluxes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 14, 1387-1400.

Minke*, A. G.,  C. J. Westbrook and G. van der Kamp. 2010. Simplified volume-area-depth method for estimating water storage of prairie potholes. Wetlands 30(3): 541-551. doi:10.1007/s13157-010-0044-8

Squires*, A. J., C. J. Westbrook, and Dubé, M. G. 2010. An approach for assessing cumulative effects in a model river, the Athabasca River basin. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 6(1): 119-134.

Green*, K. C. and C. J. Westbrook. 2009. Changes in sediment yield, channel hydraulics and riparian area structure following loss of beaver dams. B.C. Journal of Ecosystems and Management 10(1): 68-78.

Clayton, J. A. and C. J. Westbrook. 2008. The effect of the Grand Ditch on the abundance of benthic invertebrates in the Colorado River, Rocky Mountain National Park. River Research and Applications 24: 975-987.

Westbrook, C. J., D. J. Cooper, and B.W. Baker. 2006. Beaver dams and overbank floods influence groundwater-surface water interactions of a Rocky Mountain riparian area. Water Resources Research 42, W06404, doi:10.1029/2005WR004560.

 

Westbrook, C. J., K. J. Devito and C. J. Allan. 2006. Soil nitrogen cycling in harvested and pristine boreal forests and peatlands. Forest Ecology and Management, 234(1-3): 227-237.

 

Woods, S.W., L. H. MacDonald and C. J. Westbrook. 2006. Hydrologic interaction between an alluvial fan and a slope wetland in the central Rocky Mountains, USA. Wetlands 26(1): 230-243. 

Westbrook, C. J. and K. J. Devito. 2004. Gross nitrogen mineralization and immobilization in uncut and cut conifer and peatland boreal forest soils. Biogeochemistry 68: 33-50.

 

Depoe, S. and Westbrook, C. J. 2003. AESA Stream Survey: 2001 Technical Report. Conservation and Development Branch, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Edmonton, Alberta.

 

Westbrook, C. J. and P. McEachern. 2002. A review of trend analysis methodologies for water quality time series. Conservation and Development Branch, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and Alberta Environment, Edmonton, Alberta.

 

Westbrook, C. J. and K. J. Devito. 2002. Comparative analysis of the effects of clearcut harvesting and wildfire on physical and chemical properties of upland forest soil. In: Song, S.J. (ed.). Ecological basis for stand management: a synthesis of ecological responses to wildfire and harvesting. Alberta Research Council Inc., Vegreville, Alberta.  

 

Devito, K. J., C. J. Westbrook and S. L. Schiff. 1999. Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in upland and peatland forest soils in two Canadian Shield catchments. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 29(11): 1793-1804.

 

*denotes student mentored by Dr. Westbrook