Micelis C Doyle
Biography
Micelis Clyde Doyle
US Geological Survey
Oregon Water Science Center
2130 SW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97201
(503) 251-3226
EDUCATION
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Graduate Certificate in Hydrology; 2013
Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon
Post-Baccalaureate Courses: Calculus 251, 252, and 253; General Physics 201, 202, 203;
1993-1994, 1997-1998
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
B.S. in Anthropology; 1991
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Training, National Training Center, Denver, Colorado
Water-Quality Field Methods Refresher, Spring 2007
Guidelines for the Operation and Computation of Continuous Water-Quality Monitors:
Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Spring 2004
Field Water-Quality Methods for Ground Water and Surface Water, Spring 1999
Quality Control Sample Design and Interpretation, Fall 1998
Ground-Water/Surface-Water Relationships, Spring 1997
Aquatic Chemistry, Winter 1996
Ground-Water Principles, Spring 1994
Water-Quality Principles, Fall 1993
Sediment Data-Collection Techniques, Fall 1992
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hydrologic Technician, U. S. Geological Survey: Oregon Water Science Center (OWSC),Portland, Oregon, 1990-Current
- Provide input in the development of hydrologic research projects, assist in establishing budgets, and communicate with current project cooperators for water-quality studies within the Environmental Quality Section of the OWSC
- 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
- Fabricate, modify and operate sediment-oxygen demand (SOD) chambers and associated hydrologic data-collection instrumentation for SOD studies conducted inOregon, California and St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands
- 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
- 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 OWSC
- Oversee quality-control/quality-assurance (QA/QC) program for interlab comparisons of nutrient standards for Tualatin Basin water-quality study in cooperation with Clean Water Services Water Quality Laboratory in Washington County, OR
- QA/QC, calibration/maintenance and troubleshooting of real-time water-quality field-data collection monitors on the main-stem Tualatin and Clackamas Rivers
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Water-quality and hydrologic streamflow modeling
- Theoretical and field studies involving water-quality issues
- Dynamics of streamflow chemistry and associated ecological communities
- Surface-water/ground-water interaction
TEACHING and COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
Co-Instructor: Portland State University, Geology Department, Portland, Oregon, Spring 2008.
- Water quality portion of the Geology Field Methods Course (GEO 485)
Adjunct Faculty: Portland State University, Center for Science Education Department, Portland, Oregon, 2003-2004.
- Co-instructed Capstone course “Pharmaceuticals in the Environment”
Instructor: Water Resources Technician Training Program, Bureau of Indian Affairs at theCispus Center, Randle, Washington, 1994 – 1996
AWARDS and HONORS
November, 2008 - U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Star Award for a “Superior” rating of overall Employee Performance Appraisal for fiscal year 2008
December, 2007 - U.S. DOI Star Award for serving as Lead Technician for data-collection and data-collection coordination on the Willamette Basin NAWQA Project
November, 2006 - U.S. DOI Star Award for successful operation and calibration of continuous-water-quality monitors on the Clackamas and Tualatin Rivers
January 2006 - U.S. DOI Award for a “Superior” rating for overall Employee Performance Appraisal for fiscal year 2005
August 2004 - U.S. DOI Star Award for assisting in hiring, organizing and training efforts of project personnel involved in the collection, maintenance and QA/QC of continuous-water-quality monitoring data on Upper Klamath Lake in Klamath Falls, OR
August, 2003 - U.S. DOI Star Award for serving as Project Chief on a Sediment Oxygen Demand study of Lake Ewuana and the upper Klamath River
August, 2002 - U.S. DOI Star Award for assisting on a dye study to determine time-of-travel during low and high-flow periods on the Willamette and Long Tom Rivers
July, 2001 - U.S. DOI Star Award for leadership and successfully substituting for Project Chief in data collection for a storm-sampling project on Fanno Creek
July, 2000 - U.S. DOI Star Award for outstanding contributions as a core member of the Columbia Basin NASQAN sampling program
June, 2000 - U.S. DOI Star Award for organization and coordination of fieldwork activities during a spring storm-water runoff event to assess pesticide contamination in the lowerClackamas River Basin
September, 1999 - U.S. DOI Star Award for logistical coordination and organization of fieldwork activities for the measurement of Sediment Oxygen Demand in Upper Klamath Lake
COMMITTEES
Oregon Representative to the U.S. Geological Survey Western Region Technicians Advisory Committee, 2000-2003
- Appointed Committee Chairperson for regional committee responsible for representing, addressing, and improving employee development opportunities, personnel issues, and the interests of Hydrologic Technicians within the U.S. Geological Surveys’ nine Western Region States (AK, WA, HI, OR, CA, NV, UT, ID, AZ)
Hydrologic Technician representative on the U.S. Geological Survey Scientific and Technical Employee Development Committee, 2003-2006
- Represented Hydrologic Technicians’ interests on committee that provided the leadership, guidance, and design for a coordinated scientific and technical employee development program for Water Resources Discipline staff nationwide
PUBLICATIONS
Rounds, S.A., Doyle, M.C., Edwards, P.M., and Furlong, E.T., 2009, Reconnaissance of pharmaceutical chemicals in urban streams of the Tualatin River basin, Oregon, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5119, 22 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5119/
Doyle, Micelis C., and Lynch. Dennis D., 2005, Sediment oxygen demand in Lake Ewauna and the Klamath River, Oregon, June 2003:U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5228.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20055228
Doyle, Micelis C., and Rounds, Stewart A., 2003, The effect of chamber mixing velocity on bias in measurement of sediment oxygen demand rates in the Tualatin River basin, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4097.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri034097
Flint, Lorraine E., Flint, Alan L., Curry, Debra S., Rounds, Stewart A., Doyle, Micelis C., 2004. 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: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5255.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/sir/sir20045255
Risley, John C., and Doyle, Micelis C., 1997, Water-temperature, specific-conductance, and meteorological data for the Tualatin River basin, Oregon, 1994-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 96-315.
http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Abstracts/96-315.html
Rounds, Stewart A., and Doyle, Micelis C. Sediment oxygen demand in the Tualatin River basin, Oregon, 1992-1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4103.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri974103
Doyle, Micelis.C., and James M. Caldwell, 1996. Water-quality, streamflow, and meteorological data for Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 1991-1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 96-173
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr96173
Caldwell, James M., and Doyle, Micelis C., 1995, Sediment oxygen demand in the lower Willamette River, Oregon, 1994: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report -4196.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri954196
Science and Products
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.
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....
Rounds, Stewart A.; Freed, T. Zach; Snyder, Daniel T.; Smith, Cassandra D.; Doyle, Micelis C.; Holmes, Erin; Mykut, Curt; Mayer, Tim; Stockenberg, Erin; Pilson, Stephen L.
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...
Rounds, Stewart A.; Doyle, Micelis C.; Edwards, Patrick M.; Furlong, Edward T.
Sediment oxygen demand in Lake Ewauna and the Klamath River, Oregon, June 2003
Doyle, Micelis C.; Lynch, Dennis D. 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...
Flint, Lorraine E.; Flint, Alan L.; Curry, Debra S.; Rounds, Stewart A.; Doyle, Micelis C.
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...
Doyle, Micelis C.; Rounds, Stewart
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...
Risley, John C.; Doyle, Micelis C.
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...
Caldwell, James M.; Doyle, Micelis C.