Two USGS scientists collecting surface water samples in the Rabenberg Waterfowl Protection Area, Montana, as part of an effort to study if historic oil and gas production in the Williston Basin has impacted amphibians in the Prairie Pothole Region.
Chauncey Anderson
Welcome to the Staff Profile for Chauncey Anderson, Hydrologist and Water Quality Specialist at USGS Oregon Water Science Center in Portland, Oregon.
Chauncey Anderson is a Hydrologist and Water Quality Specialist for the USGS Oregon Water Science Center (ORWSC), where he has worked since 1991. He studies the effects of land and water management on aquatic resources; primarily water quality, sediment, and ecosystem responses, in Oregon and nationally. He has worked extensively around the hydrologic impacts of reservoir operations. In 2009-2013, he was Co-Chair of the Water Quality Subteam for the Secretarial Determination on the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, and currently works on other Klamath Basin issues. Since 2000 he has also studied hydrologic and water quality effects on amphibians as part of USGS's Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative, or ARMI. He is the author of the USGS' national protocol on measurement of turbidity in water, which led him to work on the use of turbidity and other continuously measured surrogates to estimate real-time concentrations of suspended sediment and other constituents in water.
Science and Products
Klamath Dam Removal Studies
The USGS is collecting continuous and discrete monitoring data to document baseline conditions and physical responses in downstream river reaches before, during, and after dam removal. These monitoring data will be integral for post-removal assessments and collaborations with basin partners.
Klamath Basin Studies
In 1992, the USGS began studying possible causes for the change in trophic status of Upper Klamath Lake. Since then research has expanded to include groundwater, geomorphology, streamflow forecasting, and fish ecology.
Dam removal: synthesis of ecological and physical responses
Dam decommissioning is rapidly emerging as an important river restoration strategy in the U.S., with several major removals recently completed or in progress. But few studies have evaluated the far-reaching consequences of these significant environmental perturbations, especially those resulting from removals of large (>10-15 m tall) structures during the last decade. In particular, interactions b
Collecting Surface Water Samples in the Rabenberg Waterfowl Protection
Two USGS scientists collecting surface water samples in the Rabenberg Waterfowl Protection Area, Montana, as part of an effort to study if historic oil and gas production in the Williston Basin has impacted amphibians in the Prairie Pothole Region.
Science and Products
- Science
Klamath Dam Removal Studies
The USGS is collecting continuous and discrete monitoring data to document baseline conditions and physical responses in downstream river reaches before, during, and after dam removal. These monitoring data will be integral for post-removal assessments and collaborations with basin partners.Klamath Basin Studies
In 1992, the USGS began studying possible causes for the change in trophic status of Upper Klamath Lake. Since then research has expanded to include groundwater, geomorphology, streamflow forecasting, and fish ecology.Dam removal: synthesis of ecological and physical responses
Dam decommissioning is rapidly emerging as an important river restoration strategy in the U.S., with several major removals recently completed or in progress. But few studies have evaluated the far-reaching consequences of these significant environmental perturbations, especially those resulting from removals of large (>10-15 m tall) structures during the last decade. In particular, interactions b - Data
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Collecting Surface Water Samples in the Rabenberg Waterfowl Protection
Two USGS scientists collecting surface water samples in the Rabenberg Waterfowl Protection Area, Montana, as part of an effort to study if historic oil and gas production in the Williston Basin has impacted amphibians in the Prairie Pothole Region.
Two USGS scientists collecting surface water samples in the Rabenberg Waterfowl Protection Area, Montana, as part of an effort to study if historic oil and gas production in the Williston Basin has impacted amphibians in the Prairie Pothole Region.
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