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Micelis C Doyle

Micelis Doyle is a supervisory hydrologic technician at the USGS Oregon Water Science Center.

Micelis Doyle has been a Hydrologic Technician at the USGS Oregon Water Science Center in Portland, Oregon since 1990.

Professional Experience

  • Provide input in the development of hydrologic research projects, assist in establishing budgets, and communicate with current project cooperators for water-quality studies.

    Develop, research, and follow effective and innovative research methodologies, saving staff time and project funds.

  • Serve as Project Chief, organizing research projects, hiring project personnel, and assisting in the coordination of water-quality based research projects.

    Recognized for communication skills, organization, and ability to work effectively and collaboratively on research teams involving multiple colleagues, cooperators, and community partners.

  • Write, research, and publish reports, based on field research projects.

  • Install, program, monitor, and repair water-quality research instrumentation. Collect water, sediment, fish, and aquatic insect samples for lab analysis based on changing protocols, according to specific project objectives.

  • Selected for special research project deployments in Northern California in cooperation with the USGS California District and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board of California; similar detail with the USGS Caribbean District in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

  • Fabricate, modify, and operate sediment-oxygen demand (SOD) chambers and associated hydrologic data-collection instrumentation for SOD studies conducted in Oregon, California and St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands.

  • Serve as Lead Technician for the Willamette Basin National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) and Columbia Basin National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) projects in the OR WSC.

  • Oversee quality-control/quality-assurance (QA/QC) program for inter-lab comparisons.Oversee quality-control/quality-assurance (QA/QC) program for inter-lab comparisons.

Education and Certifications

  • B.S. in Anthropology Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 1991

  • Post-Baccalaureate Courses: Calculus 251, 252, and 253; General Physics 201, 202, 203, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon,  1993-1994, 1997-1998

  • Graduate Certificate in Hydrology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 2013

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Water-Quality Field Methods Refresher, 2007

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Guidelines for the Operation and Computation of Continuous Water-Quality Monitors

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Quality Assurance and Quality Control, 2004

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  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Field Water-Quality Methods for Ground Water and Surface Water, 1999

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Quality Control Sample Design and Interpretation, 1998

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Ground-Water/Surface-Water Relationships, 1997

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Aquatic Chemistry, 1996

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Ground-Water Principles, 1994

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Water-Quality Principles, 1993

  • U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training: Sediment Data-Collection Techniques, 1992

Science and Products

Evaluation of restoration alternatives using water-budget tools for the Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge, northwestern Oregon

The lakebed in Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in northwestern Oregon was farmed for decades prior to the establishment of the refuge in 2013. Planning for restoration of these lands required extensive data collection and construction of a water budget and tools to design and evaluate potential restoration strategies. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Water Resources, Oregon Water Science Center

Reconnaissance of pharmaceutical chemicals in urban streams of the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 2002

A reconnaissance of pharmaceutical chemicals in urban streams of the Tualatin River basin was conducted in July 2002 in an effort to better understand the occurrence and distribution of such compounds, and to determine whether they might be useful indicators of human-related stream contamination. Of the 21 pharmaceutical chemicals and metabolites tested, only 6 (acetaminophen, caffeine, carbamazep
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Water Resources, Ecosystems, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, Oregon Water Science Center, Colorado Water Science Center

Sediment oxygen demand in Lake Ewauna and the Klamath River, Oregon, June 2003

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Water Resources, Oregon Water Science Center

Water-quality data from 2002 to 2003 and analysis of data gaps for development of total maximum daily loads in the Lower Klamath River Basin, California

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected water-quality data during 2002 and 2003 in the Lower Klamath River Basin, in northern California, to support studies of river conditions as they pertain to the viability of Chinook and Coho salmon and endangered suckers. To address the data needs of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board for the development of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMD

The effect of chamber mixing velocity on bias in measurement of sediment oxygen demand rates in the Tualatin River basin, Oregon

Three sediment oxygen demand (SOD) measurement chambers were deployed in the Tualatin River near Tigard, Oregon, at river mile 10 in August 2000. SOD rates were calculated for three different circulation velocities during each chamber deployment. The SOD rate at each velocity was calculated from a graph of dissolved oxygen concentration versus elapsed time. An acoustic doppler current profiler (AD
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Water Resources, Oregon Water Science Center

Water-temperature, specific-conductance, and meteorological data for the Tualatin River basin, Oregon, 1994-95

Water-temperature, air-temperature, specific- conductance, wind-speed, and solar-radiation data are presented from a study conducted in the Tualatin River Basin in northwestern Oregon during 7-month periods from May 1 through November 30, 1994 and May 1 through November 30, 1995. The study was done to assist local and State agencies in understanding temporal and spatial patterns of water temperatu
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Water Resources, Oregon Water Science Center

Sediment oxygen demand in the lower Willamette River, Oregon, 1994

An investigation of sediment oxygen demand (SOD) at the interface of the stream and stream bed was performed in the lower Willamette River (river mile 51 to river mile 3) during August, 1994, as part of a cooperative project with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The primary goals of the investigation were to measure the spatial variability of SOD in the lower Willamette River and to
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Water Resources, Oregon Water Science Center
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Tualatin River Basin Water Quality Assessment

In 1990, the USGS began assessing water-quality in the Tualatin River. Almost 30 years later, we are still monitoring conditions in the basin.
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Oregon Water Science Center
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Tualatin River Basin Water Quality Assessment

In 1990, the USGS began assessing water-quality in the Tualatin River. Almost 30 years later, we are still monitoring conditions in the basin.
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A Momentous Anniversary for USGS Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring in Oregon

May 7th, 2021 will mark 30 years of continuous water-quality monitoring in the Tualatin River for the USGS Oregon Water Science Center.

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