W. Carl Saunders

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

W. Carl Saunders is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Carl Saunders has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 5 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in W. Carl Saunders's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (23 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (11 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). W. Carl Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (23 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (11 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers). W. Carl Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. Carl Saunders's co-authors include Kurt D. Fausch, Colden V. Baxter, Nicolaas Bouwes, Chris E. Jordan, Joseph M. Wheaton, Mary M. Conner, Nicholas Weber, Carol Volk, Michael M. Pollock and Stephen N. Bennett and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Freshwater Biology.

In The Last Decade

W. Carl Saunders

26 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Tangled webs: reciprocal flows of invertebrate prey link streams and riparian zones

2005 903 citations Colden V. Baxter, Kurt D. Fausch et al. Freshwater Biology profile →

Peers

W. Carl Saunders

ECOLO

NLC

GPC

WST

María Laura Miserendino Argentina

Andreas Bruder Switzerland

Núria Cid Spain

James M. Helfield United States

Sally Hladyz Australia

Paul Reich Australia

Matthew W. Diebel United States

Beixin Wang China

Diane C. Whited United States

Francesca Pilotto Germany

María Laura Miserendino Argentina

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1.3k ×1.0

ECOLO

824 ×0.9

NLC

130 ×0.5

GPC

311 ×1.4

WST

276 ×1.9

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Countries citing papers authored by W. Carl Saunders

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Carl Saunders

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Carl Saunders

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20 of 20 papers shown

Al‐Chokhachy, Robert, Geoffrey C. Poole, W. Carl Saunders, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Unpaved Roads on Instream Sediment: Patterns and Challenges for Monitoring. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 61(2).

Bayer, Jennifer M., Jennifer Courtwright, David Hockman‐Wert, et al.. (2024). A data exchange standard for wadeable stream habitat monitoring data. Techniques and methods.

Saunders, W. Carl, et al.. (2024). Comparing commonly used aquatic habitat modeling methods for native fish. Ecological Modelling. 499. 110909–110909. 1 indexed citations

Roper, Brett B., David M. Merritt, & W. Carl Saunders. (2023). Distribution of Willows Along Streambanks of Publicly Managed Streams in the Interior Pacific Northwest. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 90. 121–133.

Bayer, Jennifer M., Jennifer Courtwright, David Hockman‐Wert, et al.. (2023). Sharing FAIR monitoring program data improves discoverability and reuse. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(10). 2 indexed citations

Pennock, Casey A., W. Carl Saunders, & Phaedra Budy. (2022). High densities of conspecifics buffer native fish from negative interactions with an ecologically similar invasive. Biological Invasions. 24(5). 1283–1297. 3 indexed citations

Roper, Brett B., et al.. (2022). The Relationship between Disturbance Events and Substantial Changes in Stream Conditions on Public Lands in the Inland Pacific Northwest. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 43(1). 268–290. 1 indexed citations

Saunders, W. Carl, et al.. (2021). Phylogenetic diversity efficiently and accurately prioritizes conservation of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities. Ecosphere. 12(3). 2 indexed citations

Budy, Phaedra, et al.. (2020). Resilient and rapid recovery of native trout after removal of a non‐native trout. Conservation Science and Practice. 3(2). 15 indexed citations

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Roper, Brett B. & W. Carl Saunders. (2020). How Cattle and Wild Ungulate Use of Riparian Areas Effects Measures of Streambank Disturbance. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 74. 32–42. 3 indexed citations

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Roper, Brett B., et al.. (2019). Did changes in western federal land management policies improve salmonid habitat in streams on public lands within the Interior Columbia River Basin?. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 191(9). 574–574. 14 indexed citations

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Saunders, W. Carl, Nicolaas Bouwes, Peter A. McHugh, & Chris E. Jordan. (2018). A network model for primary production highlights linkages between salmonid populations and autochthonous resources. Ecosphere. 9(3). 18 indexed citations

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McHugh, Peter A., W. Carl Saunders, Nicolaas Bouwes, et al.. (2017). Linking models across scales to assess the viability and restoration potential of a threatened population of steelhead ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon, USA. Ecological Modelling. 355. 24–38. 23 indexed citations

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Bouwes, Nicolaas, et al.. (2016). Design and monitoring of woody structures and their benefits to juvenile steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) using a net rate of energy intake model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74(5). 727–738. 12 indexed citations

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Bouwes, Nicolaas, Nicholas Weber, Chris E. Jordan, et al.. (2016). Ecosystem experiment reveals benefits of natural and simulated beaver dams to a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28581–28581. 134 indexed citations

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Conner, Mary M., W. Carl Saunders, Nicolaas Bouwes, & Chris E. Jordan. (2016). Evaluating impacts using a BACI design, ratios, and a Bayesian approach with a focus on restoration. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 188(10). 555–555. 98 indexed citations

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Bouwes, Nicolaas, et al.. (2015). Net rate of energy intake predicts reach-level steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) densities in diverse basins from a large monitoring program. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 73(7). 1081–1091. 32 indexed citations

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Saunders, W. Carl, Phaedra Budy, & Gary P. Thiede. (2014). Demographic changes following mechanical removal of exotic brown trout in an Intermountain West (USA), high‐elevation stream. Ecology Of Freshwater Fish. 24(2). 252–263. 18 indexed citations

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Saunders, W. Carl & Kurt D. Fausch. (2012). Grazing management influences the subsidy of terrestrial prey to trout in central Rocky Mountain streams (USA). Freshwater Biology. 57(7). 1512–1529. 26 indexed citations

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Baxter, Colden V., Kurt D. Fausch, & W. Carl Saunders. (2005). Tangled webs: reciprocal flows of invertebrate prey link streams and riparian zones. Freshwater Biology. 50(2). 201–220. 903 indexed citations breakdown →

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