USGS Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Institute of Arctic Biology
209 Irving I Building
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences &
Department of Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775

office: 907-474-6654
laboratory: 907-474-6740
lab 2: 907-474-7061
fax: 907-474-6101
mwipfli@alaska.edu

Education

• Ph.D., 1992, Michigan State University, Aquatic Ecology & Environmental Toxicology
• M.Sc., 1987, University of Wisconsin Madison, Entomology
• B.Sc., 1984, University of Wisconsin Madison, Natural Science

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor & Assistant Unit Leader, USGS Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska; 2004-present
• Research Ecologist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Wenatchee, Washington; 2002-2003
• Research Ecologist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska; 1996-2001
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Juneau, Alaska; 1993-1995

Teaching Experience

• Climate Change Seminar 692, Fall 2009, 2010; University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Aquatic Entomology 665, Fall 2008, 2010; University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Riverine Ecosystems 693 (2 credits); Fall semester 2007; Univeristy of Alaska Fairbanks
• Freshwater Ecosystems seminar 692 (1 credit); Spring semester 2007; University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Freshwater Ecosystems seminar 692 (1 credit); Spring semester 2006; University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Freshwater Foodwebs 693 (3 credits); Fall semester 2005; University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Freshwater Foodweb seminar 692 (1 credit); Fall semester 2004; University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Aquatic Entomology 422 laboratory; 1989-1990; Michigan State University
• Aquatic Entomology 422 lecture; 1989-1990 guest lectures; Michigan State University
• Forest Entomology 407 laboratory; 1991 lab assistance; Michigan State University

Research Interests

• Processes that govern freshwater-riparian productivity
• Spatial subsidies in freshwater food webs
• Linkages between freshwater-marine and freshwater-terrestrial ecosystems
• Salmonid foraging ecology and trophic interactions
• Invasive species impacts in freshwater/riparian ecosystems
• Climate change effects on freshwater food webs
• Restoration and management of freshwater and riparian ecosystems

Publications

• Martin, A.E., M.S. Wipfli, and R. Spangler. 2010. Aquatic community responses to salmon analog and wood bundle additions in restored floodplain habitats in an Alaskan stream. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. In press.
• Wipfli, M.S., and C.V. Baxter. 2010. Linking ecosystems, food webs, and fish production: Subsidies in salmonid watersheds. Fisheries 35(8): 373-387. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, N.L. Mitchell, J.L. Lessard, R.A. Heintz, and D.T. Chaloner. 2010. Salmon carcasses increase stream productivity more than inorganic fertilizer pellets: A test on multiple trophic levels in streamside experimental channels. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139: 824-839. (pdf)
• Heintz, R.A., M.S. Wipfli, and J.P. Hudson. 2010. Identification of marine-derived lipids in juvenile coho salmon and aquatic insects through fatty acid analysis. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139: 840-854. (pdf)
• Binckley, C., M.S. Wipfli, R.B. Medhurst, K. Polivka, P. Hessburg, B. Salter, and J.Y. Kill. 2010. Ecoregion and land-use influence invertebrate and detritus transport from headwater streams. Freshwater Biology 55: 1205-1218. (pdf)
• Medhurst, R.B., M.S. Wipfli, K. Polivka, C. Binckley, P. Hessburg, and B. Salter. 2010. Headwater streams and forest management: Does ecoregional context influence logging effects on benthic communities? Hydrobiologia 641: 71-83. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2009. Food supplies of stream-dwelling salmonids. In Krueger, C.C. and Zimmerman, C.E. (eds.). Pacific Salmon: Ecology and Management of Western Alaska’s Populations. American Fisheries Society Symposium 70: 39-52.
• Mellon, C.D., M.S. Wipfli, and J.L. Li. 2008. Effects of forest fire on headwater stream macroinvertebrate communities in eastern Washington, USA. Freshwater Biology 53: 2331–2343. (pdf)
• Kimbirauskas, R.K., R.W. Merritt, M.S. Wipfli, and P. Hennon. 2008. Headwater macroinvertebrate community response to riparian red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) in southeastern Alaska. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84: 220-237. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.S. Richardson, and R.J. Naiman. 2007. Ecological linkages between headwaters and downstream ecosystems: transport of organic matter, invertebrates, and wood down headwater channels.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association 43: 72-85. (pdf)
• Lang, D.W., G.H. Reeves, D.D. Hall, and M.S. Wipfli. 2006. The influence of fall-spawning coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) on growth and production of juvenile coho salmon rearing in beaver ponds on the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 917-930. (pdf)
• Gomi, T., A.C. Johnson, R.L. Deal, P.E. Hennon, E.H. Orlikowska, and M.S. Wipfli. 2006.  Factors affecting distribution of wood, detritus, and sediment in headwater streams draining managed young-growth red alder-conifer forests in Southeast Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 725-737. (pdf)
• Hernandez, O., R.W. Merritt, and M.S. Wipfli. 2005. Benthic invertebrate community structure in headwater streams is influenced by forest succession after clearcut logging in southeastern Alaska. Hydrobiologia. 533: 45-59. (pdf)
• LeSage, C.M., R.W. Merritt, and M.S. Wipfli. 2005. Headwater riparian invertebrate communities associated with red alder and conifer wood and leaf litter in southeastern Alaska. Northwest Science 79: 218-232. (pdf)
• Hicks, B.J., M.S. Wipfli, D.W. Lang, and M.E. Lang. 2005. Marine-derived nitrogen and carbon in freshwater-riparian food webs of the Copper River Delta, southcentral Alaska. Oecologia 144: 558-569. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2005. Trophic linkages between headwater forests and downstream fish habitats: implications for forest and fish management. Landscape and Urban Planning. 72: 205-213. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S. , J.P. Hudson, and J.P. Caouette. 2004. Restoring productivity of salmon-based food webs: contrasting effects of salmon carcass and salmon analog additions on stream-resident salmonids. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 133: 1440-1454. (pdf)
• Chaloner, D.T., G.A. Lamberti, R.W. Merritt, N.L. Mitchell, P.H. Ostrom, and M.S. Wipfli. 2004. Variation in responses to spawning Pacific salmon in three southeastern Alaska streams. Freshwater Biology. 49: 587-599. (pdf)
• Heintz, R.A., B.D. Nelson, J.P. Hudson., M. Larsen, L. Holland, and M.S. Wipfli. 2004. Marine subsidies in freshwater: Effects of salmon carcasses on the lipid class and fatty acid composition of juvenile coho salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 133: 559-567. (pdf)
• Orlikowska, E.H., R.L. Deal, P.H. Hennon, and M.S. Wipfli. 2004. Role of red alder in riparian forest structure along headwater streams in southeastern Alaska. Northwest Science. 78: 111-123.
• Wipfli, M.S. and J. Musslewhite. 2004. Density of red alder (Alnus rubra) in headwaters influences invertebrate and organic matter subsidies to downstream fish habitats in Alaska. Hydrobiologia. 520: 153-163. (pdf)
• Allan, J.D., M.S. Wipfli , J.P. Caouette, A. Prussian, and J. Rodgers. 2003. Influence of streamside vegetation on terrestrial invertebrate inputs to salmonid food webs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 60: 309-320. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S. , R.L. Deal, P.E. Hennon, A.C. Johnson, R.T. Edwards, T.L. De Santo, T. Gomi, E.H. Orlikowska, M.D. Bryant, M.E. Schultz, C. LeSage, R. Kimbirauskus, and D.V. D'Amore. 2003. Compatible management of red alder-conifer ecosystems in southeastern Alaska. In Monserud, R.A., Haynes, R., and Johnson, A. (eds.). Compatible Forest Management. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Pp. 55-81.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, and D.T. Chaloner. 2003. Marine subsidies in freshwater ecosystems: salmon carcasses increase the growth rates of stream-resident salmonids. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 132: 371-381. (pdf)
• Chaloner, D.T., K.M. Martin, M.S. Wipfli, P.H. Ostrom, and G.A. Lamberti. 2002. Marine carbon and nitrogen in southeastern Alaska stream food webs: evidence from artificial and natural streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 59: 1257-1265. (pdf)
• Gende, S.M., R.T. Edwards, M.F. Willson, and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Pacific salmon in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. BioScience. 52: 917-928. (pdf)
• Piccolo, J.J., and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Does red alder (Alnus rubra) along headwater streams increase the export of invertebrates and detritus from headwaters to fish-bearing habitats in southeastern Alaska? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 59: 503-513. (pdf)
• Chaloner, D.T., and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Influence of decomposing Pacific salmon carcasses on macroinvertebrate growth and standing stock in southeastern Alaska streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 21: 430-442.
• Wipfli, M.S., and D.P. Gregovich. 2002. Export of invertebrates and detritus from fishless headwater streams in southeastern Alaska: implications for downstream salmonid production. Freshwater Biology. 47: 957-969. (pdf)
• Chaloner, D.T., M.S. Wipfli, and J.P. Caouette. 2002. Mass loss and macroinvertebrate colonization of Pacific salmon carcasses in southeastern Alaska streams. Freshwater Biology. 47: 263-273. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, D.T. Chaloner, and J.P. Caouette. 1999. Influence of salmon spawner densities on stream productivity in Southeast Alaska, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 56: 1600-1611. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, and J.P. Caouette. 1998. Influence of salmon carcasses on stream productivity: response of biofilm and benthic macroinvertebrates in southeastern Alaska, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 55: 1503-1511. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S. 1997. Terrestrial invertebrates as salmonid prey and nitrogen sources in streams: contrasting old-growth and young-growth riparian forests in southeastern Alaska, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 54: 1259-1269. (pdf)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1994. Disturbance to a stream food web by a bacterial larvicide specific to black flies: feeding responses of predatory macroinvertebrates. Freshwater Biology. 32: 91-103.
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1994. Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis on non-target benthic insects through direct and indirect exposure. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 13: 190-205.
• Wipfli, M.S., R.W. Merritt, and W.W. Taylor. 1994. Low toxicity of the black fly larvicide Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis to early stages of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis; brown trout, Salmo trutta; and steelhead trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss following direct and indirect exposure. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 51: 1451-1458.
• Wotton, R.S., M.S. Wipfli, L. Watson, and R.W. Merritt. 1993. Feeding variability among individual aquatic predators in experimental channels. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 71: 2033-2037.
• Wipfli, M.S., S.S. Petersen, D.B. Hogg, and J.L. Wedberg. 1992. Spatial analysis and optimum sample size for three plant bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) species associated with birdsfoot trefoil in Wisconsin. Environmental Entomology. 21: 1248-1252.
• Merritt, R.W., M.S. Wipfli, and R.S. Wotton. 1991. Changes in feeding habits of selected nontarget aquatic insects in response to live and Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis-killed black fly larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae). Canadian Entomologist. 123: 179-185.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.L. Wedberg, and D.B. Hogg. 1991. Screen barriers for reducing interplot movement of three adult plant bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) species in small plot experiments. Great Lakes Entomologist. 24: 169-172.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.L. Wedberg, and D.B. Hogg. 1990. Cultural and chemical control strategies for three plant bug (Heteroptera: Miridae) pests of birdsfoot trefoil in northern Wisconsin. Journal of Economic Entomology. 83: 2086-2091.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.L. Wedberg, and D.B. Hogg. 1990. Damage potentials of three plant bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) species to birdsfoot trefoil grown for seed in Wisconsin. Journal of Economic Entomology. 83: 580-584.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.L. Wedberg, D.B. Hogg, and T.D. Syverud. 1989. Insect pests associated with birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus L., in Wisconsin. Great Lakes Entomologist. 22: 25-33.

Technical Reports

• Wipfli, M.S. 2010. Nutrient and prey fluxes across ecosystem boundaries sustain freshwater fishes. Oncorhynchus - Newsletter of the Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society 30:1-4.
• Musslewhite, J. and M.S. Wipfli. 2004. Effects of alternatives to clearcutting on invertebrate and detritus transport from headwaters in southeastern Alaska. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-602. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.
• Deal, R.L., E.H. Orlikowska, P.E. Hennon, M.S. Wipfli, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, M.E. Schultz, R.T. Edwards, and M.D. Bryant. 2002. Red alder as a tool for restoring forest ecosystems in young-growth western hemlock-Sitka spruce stands of southeastern Alaska. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters, Winston-Salem, NC, Oct 5-9, 2002. Pp. 159-169.
• Wipfli, M.S., P.E. Hennon, R.L. Deal, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, E.H. Orlikowska, T. Gomi, M.D. Bryant, R.T. Edwards, M.E. Schultz, and T.A. Hanley. 2002. Ecological role of red alder in even-aged conifer forests of Southeast Alaska, USA . In Proceedings of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) conference on Forest Restoration in the Boreal and Temperate Zones, E.S. Gardiner and L.J. Breland Eds. Published by the Danish Center for Forest Landscapes and Planning, Report 11: 124-125.
• Hennon, P.E., M.S. Wipfli, R.L. Deal, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, M.E. Schultz, T.A. Hanley, E.H. Orlikowska, T. Gomi, M.D. Bryant, and R.T. Edwards. 2002. Mixed alder-conifer forests: managing upland ecosystems in Southeast Alaska for wood products, wildlife, and fish. Special Wood Compatibility Symposium, Hood River, OR . General Technical Report PNW-GTR-563. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. Number 5, Pp. 51-60.
• Deal, R.L., M.S. Wipfli, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, P.E. Hennon, and T.A. Hanley. 2002. Does red alder enhance wildlife, aquatic and fisheries resources in young-growth western hemlock-Sitka spruce forests of southeast Alaska? In Beyond 2001: A silvicultural odyssey to sustaining terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Silviculture Workshop, Hood River , OR , May 6-10, 2001. Compiled by Parker, S. and Hummel-Stevens, S. PNW General Technical Report PNW-GTR-546. USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland, OR . Pp. 93-102.
• Wipfli, M.S., R.L. Deal, P.E. Hennon, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, T.A. Hanley, M.E. Schultz, M.D. Bryant, R.T. Edwards, E.H. Orlikowska, and T. Gomi. 2002. Managing young upland forests in Southeast Alaska for wood products, wildlife, aquatic resources, and fishes: problem analysis and study plan. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-558. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR.
• McClellan, M.H., D.N. Swanston, P.E. Hennon, R.L. Deal, T.L. De Santo, and M.S. Wipfli. 2000. Alternatives to clearcutting in the old-growth forests of Southeast Alaska : study plan and establishment report. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-494. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 48 pp.
• Undersander, D., L. Greub, R. Leep, P. Beuselinck, J. Wedberg, D. Smith, K. Kelling, J. Doll, D. Cosgrove, C. Grau, S. Petersen, M. Wipfli, and J. English. 1993. Birdsfoot trefoil for grazing and harvested forage. University of Wisconsin North Central Region Extension Publication 474.

Graduate Students & Post-docs

Major advisor

• Laura Gutierrez, M.S., Biology
• Jason McFarland, M.S., Biology
• Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D., Biology
• Megan Perry, M.S., Biology
• David Roon, M.S., Biology
• James Willacker (co-advisor), Ph.D., Biology
• Christopher Binckley, Post-doc
• Ruth Rawcliffe, Post-doc
• Emily Benson, M.S., Biology, graduated Aug 2010
• Daniel Rinella, Ph.D., Biology, graduated May 2010
• Elizabeth (Bessie) Green-Markley, M.S., Biology, graduated Dec 2009
• Meagan Boltwood-Krupa, Ph.D., Biology, IGERT, graduated May 2009
• David Gregovich, M.S., Fisheries, graduated Dec 2007
• Bruce Medhurst, M.S., Biology, graduated Aug 2007
• Aaron Martin, M.S., Fisheries, graduated Aug 2007
• Joshua Peirce, M.S., Biology, graduated May 2007
• Cassie Mellon, M.S., Fisheries, graduated Dec 2006

Student advisory committees

• Rick Bernhardt, Ph.D., Biology
• Jeremy Carlson, M.S., Fisheries
• Christoff Furin, Ph.D., Biology
• Deena Jallen, M.S., Fisheries
• Allison Sayer, M.S., Biology, UAA
• Shann Jones, M.S., Education
• Teresa Tanner, M.S., Fisheries
• Matthew Jones, M.S., Fisheries
• Jeremy Carlson, M.S., Fisheries
• Ronald Heintz, Ph.D., Fisheries
• Miranda Plumb, M.S., Fisheries
• Mark Stichert, M.S., Fisheries
• Jenny Neyme, M.S., Fisheries

Inivited Plenary Talks, Seminars, & Lectures

• 2010, lecture, “Resource subsidies affecting salmonid production in riverine ecosystems”, 1-hr lecture for Pacific Salmon Life Histories FISH 663 course, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Sept 17.
• 2010, seminar, “Nutrient and prey fluxes across ecosystem boundaries sustain freshwater fishes”, for Karlstad University faculty and students, May, Karlstad, Sweden.
• 2010, seminar, “Sustaining salmon runs and riverine productivity: Considerations for restoration in Alaska”, at the Norton Sound Fisheries Summit, May, Nome, AK.
• 2010, seminar, “Environmental processes affecting aquatic habitat and stream fishes in Alaska”, for a USFWS special seminar, April, Anchorage, AK.
• 2009, seminar, “Rainforest-river-ocean connections: nutrient and energy pathways that fuel riverine food webs”, for the UAS Sitka Campus Natural History Seminar Series, Nov., Sitka, AK.
• 2009, training seminar, “Climate change and freshwater ecosystems”, for an environmental-specialists training workshop sponsored by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, Fairbanks, AK.
• 2009, plenary talk (co-presenter), “Memorial for Nicholas F. Hughes”, for the opening plenary session of the Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK.
• 2009, plenary address, “Rainforest-river-ocean connections: nutrient and energy pathways that fuel riverine food webs”, for a workshop sponsored by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, Petersburg, AK.
• 2009, training seminar, “River ecology and salmon”, for a teacher training workshop sponsored by COSEE (Centers for Ocean Sciences and Educational Excellence), Fairbanks, AK.
• 2008, seminar, “Prey resources supporting riverine fishes: Spatial and seasonal change throughout drainage networks”, for the American Fisheries Society, Alaska student chapter, Fairbanks, AK.
• 2007, lecture, “Trophic processes in streams”, 1/2-hr lecture for Introduction to Fisheries FISH 101 course, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
• 2006, lecture, “Stream-riparian restoration”, 1-hr lecture for Fisheries Management FISH 401 course, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
• 2006, seminar, “Marine-derived nutrients in river ecology in Alaska”, for an international workshop at Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, Montana.
• 2005, seminar, “Effects of salmon carcasses, analogs, and nutrient pellets on freshwater foodwebs in Alaska”, for a salmon restoration workshop sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA.
• 2005, plenary address, “Alder, fish, and aquatic resources”, for a red alder workshop sponsored by the University of Washington, Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle, WA.
• 2004, lecture, “Marine nutrients from salmon runs in freshwater foodwebs”, 1-hr lecture for Pacific Salmon Life Histories FISH 663 course, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
• 2004, seminar, “Marine subsidies in riverine ecosystems: returning salmon fuel freshwater and riparian food webs”, presented to the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK.
• 2004, seminar, “Marine-derived nutrients in freshwater ecosystems: implications for restoration”, presented to the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
• 2004, seminar, “Marine subsidies in freshwater ecosystems”, presented to the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK.
• 2002, seminar, “Trophic pathways influencing food resources for stream-resident salmonids”, presented to the Center for Water and Watershed Studies, Colleges of Forest Resources, Engineering, and Ocean and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
• 2000, seminar, “Trophic processes governing fish production in freshwater ecosystems”, presented to the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
• 2000, seminar, “Salmon carcasses fuel riverine food webs in Alaska”, presented to the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI.
• 1997, lecture, “Restoration of young-growth forests in Southeast Alaska”, presented to a Restoration Ecology class, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
• 1997, three seminars, “Do salmon carcasses increase stream and riparian productivity?”, presented at Michigan State University, Department of Entomology, E. Lansing, MI; University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences, Notre Dame, IN; and University of Alaska-Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau, AK.
• 1997, seminar, “Management of young-growth riparian forests in southeastern Alaska: consequences for food resources of juvenile salmonids”, presented to the Department of Forest Resources, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
• 1997, seminar, “Nutrient, organic matter, and invertebrate transport from headwater to fish-bearing streams”, presented at the University of British Columbia workshop, Headwater Streams: Are they Ecologically Unique?, UBC, Vancouver, BC.

Presentations

Invited papers

• Neuswanger, J.C., N.F. Hughes, M.S. Wipfli, and L.H. Kelly. 2010. Improved 3-D video analysis methods, with applications to wild juvenile Chinook salmon foraging video. International Symposium: Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids, Luarca, Asturias, Spain, 17-21 May. (APESS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., N.F. Hughes, M.J. Evenson, E.R. Benson, E.C. Green, L. Gutierrez, J.R. Neuswanger, and M.T. Perry. 2010. Environmental processes affecting juvenile Chinook salmon in an interior Alaska river. International Symposium: Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids, Luarca, Asturias, Spain, 17-21 May. (APESS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., N.F. Hughes, M.J. Evenson, E.R. Benson, E.C. Green, L. Gutierrez, J.R. Neuswanger, and M.T. Perry. 2010. Ecology and demographics of Chinook salmon. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative workshop, Fairbanks, AK, 8 March.
• Wipfli, M.S., E. Green, C. Binckley, R. Medhurst, C. Mellon. 2009. Headwater stream productivity: Why does it range so broadly? Special Symposium on headwater streams. American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Nashville, TN, September. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2008. How will climate change affect trophic processes and productivity in freshwater-riparian ecosystems? WildREACH Climate Change Workshop, Fairbanks, AK, November.
• Wipfli, M.S. 2008. How important are fishless headwaters to downstream fishes and food webs? American Fisheries Society national meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2007.  Food resources regulating salmonid populations in fresh water: Variability through time and space. Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative symposium, Anchorage, AK, February. (Proceedings)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2006. Predicting climate change effects on freshwater foodwebs. Special Session, Climate change and Alaska fisheries. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, November. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2006. Marine-derived nutrients in stream ecosystems: The value of setting ecological escapement goals. Special Session, Marine-Derived Nutrients in Alaskan Ecosystems. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, November. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2004. Prey and detritus subsidies in riverine ecosystems: a watershed perspective of marine, terrestrial, and headwater inputs for fish-bearing food webs in coastal Alaska. Special Session, New Directions in Food Web Analysis. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2004. Food versus habitat: understanding the significance of food and nutrient subsidies in salmonid food webs. Special Session, Food Webs and Fish Carrying Capacity. Western Division American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, D.T. Chaloner, G.A. Lamberti, R.W. Merritt, R.T. Edwards, and R.A. Heintz. 2003. Restoring nutrients and productivity in salmonid food webs. Western Division American Fisheries Society, San Diego, CA, April. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2003. Linkages between headwaters and downstream fish habitats: upland forest management influences prey and organic matter subsidies to salmonid food webs. Headwater Stream Research Forum, Oregon Headwaters Research Cooperative and Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, January. (workshop abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, D.T. Chaloner, and R.A. Heintz. 2002. Ecological effects of returning salmon on freshwater food webs. Special Session, Ecological Links to Population Dynamics and Productivity of Salmon. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, BC, June, and Kachemak Bay Science Conference, Homer, AK, April. (ASLO abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.J. Piccolo, J. Musslewhite, and D.P. Gregovich. 2002. Fluvial transport of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates from upland, fishless headwaters to downstream, fish-bearing habitats in southeastern Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Pittsburg, PA, May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2002. Synthesis: linkages and interactions among marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. Kachemak Bay Science Conference, Homer, AK, April.
• Wipfli, M.S., D.P. Gregovich, J.J. Piccolo, and J. Musslewhite. 2002. Headwaters are source areas of food for downstream, fish-bearing stream food webs. Symposium on Small Stream Channels and Their Riparian Zones: Their Form, Function and Ecological Importance in a Watershed Context. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February. (symposium abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, R.A. Heintz, D.T. Chaloner, M.L. Larsen, and L.G. Holland. 2001. Marine subsidies in freshwater ecosystems: salmon carcasses increase growth and lipids of stream-resident salmonids in Alaska . North American Benthological Society annual meeting, LaCrosse, WI, May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, D.T. Chaloner, R.A. Heintz, and B.D. Nelson. 2001. Ecological effects of salmon spawners in stream ecosystems in southeast Alaska. International Conference: Restoring Nutrients to Salmonid Ecosystems, American Fisheries Society North Pacific International Chapter, Eugene, OR, April. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, R.A. Heintz, and D.T. Chaloner. 2001. Salmon-driven marine-freshwater linkages: marine nutrients and energy increase stream food web productivity in Alaska, USA. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography special session Anadromous Fishes as Links Between Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Albuquerque, NM, February. (ASLO abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2000. Role of salmon carcasses in the ecosystem. Audubon Society, Juneau, September.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, D.T. Chaloner, R.E. Heintz, and K.M. Martin. 2000. Marine-freshwater-riparian linkages: salmon carcasses fuel riverine food webs in Southeast Alaska. Special Session: Wanted dead or alive: role of fish in benthic food webs. North American Benthological Society annual conference, Keystone, CO, May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2000. Salmon carcasses fuel riverine food webs in Alaska. Seminar presented for the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. March.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, and D.T. Chaloner. 1999. Marine-derived nutrients from salmon runs subsidize freshwater food webs. Proceedings of the 19th Northeast Pacific Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop, Sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Auke Bay, AK, March. (NPPCSW abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, D.T. Chaloner, and J.P. Caouette. 1998. Managing salmon escapements to sustain stream-riparian food web productivity in Alaska. Special Symposium: American Fisheries Society joint Alaska Chapter and Western Division meeting in conjunction with Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, Anchorage, AK, September. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, and J.P. Caouette. 1997. Do salmon carcasses increase aquatic productivity? Symposium: Achieving Healthy Pacific Salmon Populations: Interfacing Creative Biology, Science, and Management, American Fisheries Society conference, Monterey, CA, August. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 1996. Ecology of freshwater ecosystems in southeastern Alaska . Discovery Foundation Environmental Education seminar, Juneau, AK, May.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1996. Function of alder in stream riparian zones. Society of American Foresters conference, Sitka, AK, April.

Offered papers & posters

• Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, and C. Stricker. 2010. Relationships among spawning salmon abundance, stable isotope measures of marine-derived nutrient assimilation, and the fitness of stream-dwelling fishes. 7th International Conference on Application of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Fairbanks, AK, 9-13 Aug. (ISOECOL abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., A.M. Marcarelli, K.L. Kavanagh, G. Servheen, S.F. Collins, L.A. Felicetti, S.T. Florin, C.V. Baxter, and T. Wheeler. 2010. Mitigating for the loss of marine nutrients from salmon: Ecological effects of salmon carcass and analog additions to headwater aquatic and terrestrial systems. Ecological Society of America annual meetings, Pittsburg, PA, 2-6 Aug. (ESA abstract)
• Collins, S.F., C.V. Baxter, A. Marcarelli, and M.S. Wipfli. 2010. Responses of riparian insects and spiders to experimental additions of salmon carcasses. Joint American Society of Limnology and Oceanography & North American Benthological Society annual meetings, Santa Fe, NM, 6-11 June. (ASLO/NABS abstract)
• Roon, D.A., M.S. Wipfli, T.L. Wurtz, and A. Prakash. 2010. Invasive European bird cherry affects ecological processes within Alaska streams and riparian forests. Joint American Society of Limnology and Oceanography & North American Benthological Society annual meetings, Santa Fe, NM, 6-11 June. (ASLO/NABS abstract)
• Neuswanger, J.C., N.F. Hughes, M.S. Wipfli, L.H. Kelly, and A.E. Rosenberger. 2010. Intra-school competition and drift-feeding behavior in wild juvenile Chinook salmon. International Symposium: Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids, Luarca, Asturias, Spain, 17-21 May. (APESS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and C.V. Baxter. 2010. Managing salmon returns and riparian forests to benefit salmonids and their riverine habitats: Seeing the unseen. International Symposium: Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids, Luarca, Asturias, Spain, 17-21 May. (APESS abstract)
• Perry, M.T., N.F. Hughes, M.S. Wipfli, J.R. Neuswanger, and M.J. Evenson. 2010. Summer growth of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in an Interior Alaskan River. American Fisheries Society Western Division meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 19-23 April. (AFS abstract)
• Benson, E.R., M.S. Wipfli, and N.F. Hughes. 2009. Environmental variation and whole stream metabolism in the Chena River, interior Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 3-5 Nov. (AFS abstract)
• Green, E.C., M.T. Perry, J.R. Neuswanger, E.R. Benson, L. Gutierrez, M.S. Wipfli, N.F. Hughes, and M.J. Evenson. 2009. The ecology of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Chena River, interior Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 3-5 Nov. (AFS abstract)
• Gutierrez, L., M.S. Wipfli, N.F. Hughes, and E.C. Green. 2009. Patterns of prey abundance for juvenile Chinook salmon in the Chena River, interior Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 3-5 Nov. (AFS abstract)
• Neuswanger, J.R., N.F. Hughes, M.S. Wipfli, and L.H. Kelly. 2009. Improved 3-D analysis for underwater video, with applications to wild juvenile Chinook salmon foraging behavior. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 3-5 Nov. (AFS abstract)
• Perry, M.T., N.F. Hughes, M.S. Wipfli, J.R. Neuswanger, and M.J. Evenson. 2009. Growth responses of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to food abundance and temperature in the Chena River, interior Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 3-5 Nov. (AFS abstract)
• Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, C. Stricker, and R. Heintz. 2009. Relationships between spawning salmon abundance and the fitness of stream-dwelling fishes, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 3-5 Nov. (AFS abstract)
• Roon, D.A., M.S. Wipfli, and T.L. Wurtz. 2009. Ecological effects of introduced European bird cherry on salmonid food webs in Anchorage streams. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 3-5 Nov. (AFS abstract)
• Green, E.C., E.R. Benson, L. Gutierrez, J.R. Neuswanger, M.T. Perry, M.S. Wipfli, N.F. Hughes, and M.J. Evenson. 2009. Ecology of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Chena River, interior Alaska. International Polar Year conference, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, 25-27 Sept. (IPY abstract)
• Green, E.C., M.S. Wipfli, and K.M. Polivka. 2009. Falling forest flies, downstream-drifting delicacies, and benthic breakfast bugs: what are headwater fish eating? American Fisheries Society national meeting, Nashville, TN, 31 Aug-3 Sept. (AFS abstract)
• Neuswanger, J.R., N.F. Hughes, M.S. Wipfli, and L.H. Kelly. 2009. Accessible 3-D video methods for in situ fish measurement and behavioral analysis. American Fisheries Society national meeting, Nashville, TN, 31 Aug-3 September. (AFS abstract)
• Perry, M.T., N.F. Hughes, M.S. Wipfli, J.R. Neuswanger, and M.J. Evenson. 2009. Growth of juvenile Chinook salmon in an interior Alaska river: responses to food abundance and temperature. American Fisheries Society national meeting, Nashville, TN, 31 Aug-3 Sept. (AFS abstract)
• Marcarelli, A. M., C.V. Baxter, S.F. Collins, and M.S. Wipfli. 2009. Short-term ecosystem responses to experimental salmon carcass and analog additions in headwater streams. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 2-7 August. (ESA abstract)
• Benson, E.R., M.S. Wipfli, and N.F. Hughes. 2009. Environmental variation, whole stream metabolism, and benthic macroinvertebrates in a subdrainage of the Yukon River, subarctic Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 17-22 May. (NABS abstract)
• Collins, S.F., C.V. Baxter, A. Marcarelli, and M.S. Wipfli. 2009. Adult riparian insect response to experimental in-stream salmon nutrient additions in Idaho. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 17-22 May. (NABS abstract)
• Green, E.C., M.S. Wipfli, and K.M. Polivka. 2009. Effects of logging on salmonids in small, steep eastern Cascade Range streams vary with stream gradient. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 17-22 May. (NABS abstract)
• Gutierrez, L., M.S. Wipfli, N.F. Hughes, and E.C. Green. 2009. Temporal patterns of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrate prey abundance for juvenile Chinook salmon in a subdrainage of the Yukon River, Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 17-22 May. (NABS abstract)
• Martin, R., A. Marcarelli, C.V. Baxter, S. Collins, and M.S. Wipfli. 2009. Nutrient limitation and uptake response to experimental salmon additions in Idaho headwater streams. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 17-22 May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and C.V. Baxter. 2009. Food supplies that drive fish productivity: Modeling prey flux in riverine networks. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 17-22 May. (NABS abstract)
• Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, C. Stricker, and R. Heintz. 2009. Relationship between spawning salmon abundance and fitness of stream-dwelling fishes, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. American Fisheries Society Western Division meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 3-7 May. (AFS abstract)
• Geiger, H.J., and M.S. Wipfli. 2008. Ratcheting down escapements: more realistic goals, marine derived nutrient effects, or artifact of the analysis procedure? American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 27-30 October. (AFS abstract)
• Green, E.C., M.S. Wipfli, and K.M. Polivka. 2008. Ecological linkages between fishless headwaters and downstream fish communities. American Fisheries Society national meeting, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 18-21 August; and American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 27-30 October. (AFS abstracts)
• Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, C. Stricker, R. Heintz, and C. Walker. 2008. Developing tools for monitoring marine-derived nutrients in Alaska watersheds. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 27-30 October. (AFS abstract)
• Roon, D.A., M.S. Wipfli, T.L. Wurtz, M. Rasy, and W. Rice. 2008. Ecological effects of an introduced tree, European birdcherry, on stream food webs in Campbell and Chester Creeks, Anchorage, Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 27-30 October. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., N.F. Hughes, M. Evenson, E.R. Benson, E.C. Green, L. Gutierrez, J.D. Neuswanger, M.T. Perry. 2008. Ecology and demographics of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Chena River, central Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 27-30 October. (AFS abstract)
• Green, E.C., M.S. Wipfli, and K.M. Polivka. 2008/2007. Do drifting invertebrates originating from fishless headwater streams affect downstream fish? North American Benthological Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, 26-29 May, 2008; and American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Ketchikan, AK, 13-15 November. (NABS and AFS abstracts)
• Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, C. Stricker, and C. Walker. 2008. Evaluating stable isotopes and fatty acids for tracking marine-derived nutrient assimilation in stream-resident fish. North American Benthological Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, 26-29 May, 2008. (NABS abstract)
• Medhurst, R.B., M.S. Wipfli, C.A. Binckley, J.Y. Kill, and K.P. Polivka. 2007. Differences in headwater stream invertebrate communities across logging and climatic gradients in the Cascade Range, Washington. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Columbia, S.C., 3-8 June.  (NABS abstract); and Special Workshop, Riparian Management in Headwater Catchments: Translating Science into Management. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 19-21 February. (Workshop abstract)
• Mellon, C.D., M.S. Wipfli, J.L. Li, D.W. Peterson. 2007. Effects of forest fire on invertebrate dispersal from headwater streams to riparian and downstream habitats in eastern Washington. Special Workshop, Riparian Management in Headwater Catchments: Translating Science into Management. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 19-21 February. (Workshop abstract)
• Gregovich, D.P, M.S. Wipfli, and B. Frenette. 2006. Landscape correlates of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) presence in small Southeast Alaska lakes.  American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 14-16 November. (AFS abstract)
• Martin, A.M., M.S. Wipfli, and R. Spangler. 2006. Aquatic community development in response to salmon carcass and salmon analog enrichment in newly-restored fish habitat, Resurrection Creek, Alaska.  American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 14-16 November. (AFS abstract)
• Peirce, J.M., T.O. Otis, M.S. Wipfli, and E.H. Follmann. 2006. Salmon escapement goals for wildlife: a case study at McNeil River, Alaska.  American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 14-16 November. (AFS abstract)
• Binckley, C.A., J.Y. Kill, R.B. Medhurst, M.S. Wipfli, and K. Polivka.  2006.  Spatial subsidies from headwater streams to fish bearing habitats across climatic and disturbance gradients in the North Cascade Mountains.  North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 4-8 June.  (NABS abstract)
• Martin, A.E., M.S. Wipfli, R. Spangler. 2006. Freshwater community development in response to salmon carcass additions to newly created fish habitats in Alaska.  North American Benthological Society annual meeting.  Anchorage, AK, 4-8 June. (NABS abstract)
• Medhurst, R.B., C.A. Binckley, J.Y. Kill, M.S. Wipfli, and K. Polivka.  2006.  Aquatic invertebrate community structure across climatic and disturbance gradients in the Northern Cascade Range, Washington.  North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 4-8 June.  (NABS abstract)
• Mellon, C.D., M.S. Wipfli, and J.L. Li. 2006. Headwater streams and wildfire:
  short-term disturbance effects following a stand-replacing fire in northeastern Washington. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 4-8 June. (NABS abstract)
• Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, C. Walker, C. Stricker, and R. Heintz.  2006.  Marine-derived nutrients (MDN) in riverine ecosystems: developing monitoring tools for tracking MDN in Alaska watersheds.  Marine Science Symposium for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, 22-24 Jan; and North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 4-8 June.
• Kill, J.Y., C.A. Binckley, K.L. Knutsen, and M.S. Wipfli.  2005.  Spatial subsidies from headwater streams to fish bearing habitats across climatic and disturbance gradients in the Wenatchee National Forest. Science and Management of Headwater Streams in the Pacific Northwest.  Corvallis, OR, Nov.
• Gregovich, D.P., M.S. Wipfli, and B.F. Frenette. 2005. Influence of landscape-level physical characteristics on non-game fish species distribution in Southeastern Alaska lakes. American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 12-15 Sept. (AFS abstract)
• Martin, A.E., M.S. Wipfli, R. Spangler.  2005.  Freshwater community development in response to nutrient supplementation within newly restored fish habitat, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.  American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, 12-15 Sept. (AFS abstract)
• Mellon, C.D., M.S. Wipfli, and J.L. Li. 2005. Wildfires and headwater stream productivity: effects of an intense, stand-replacing fire on prey subsidies to downstream and riparian habitats in eastern Washington. American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 12-15 Sept. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2005. Predicted influence of environmental change on nutrient and energy flow in salmonid food webs in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Anchorage, AK, 12-15 Sept. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2005. Spatial subsidies in riverine food webs: consequences of disturbance and environmental change for stream fishes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. American Geophysical Union / North American Benthological Society joint assembly conference. New Orleans, LA, 23-26 May. (AGU abstract)
• Rosenberger, A.E. , J.B. Dunham , M.S. Wipfli , and J.M. Buffington. 2005. Effects of fire and subsequent channel-reorganizing events on invertebrate drift and rainbow trout diet in small headwater streams 10 years post-disturbance. American Geophysical Union / North American Benthological Society joint assembly conference. New Orleans, LA, 23-26 May. (AGU abstract)
• Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, C. Walker, and C.A. Stricker. 2005. Marine-derived nutrients (MDN) in riverine ecosystems: Developing monitoring tools for tracking MDN in Alaska watersheds. American Geophysical Union / North American Benthological Society joint assembly conference. New Orleans, LA, 23-26 May. (NABS abstract)
• Mellon, C.D., M.S. Wipfli, and J.L. Li. 2005. Wildfire and headwater stream productivity: Effects of intense fire on food subsidies to downstream and riparian habitats in eastern Washington. American Geophysical Union / North American Benthological Society joint assembly conference. New Orleans, LA, 23-26 May. (NABS abstract)
• Walker, C., D.J. Rinella, M.S. Wipfli, and C.A. Stricker. 2005. Tracking marine-derived nutrients in Alaska watersheds. State of the Salmon Conference. Anchorage, Alaska, 18-21 April. (EVOS abstract)
• Rinella, D.J., M.S. Wipfli, C. Walker, and C.A. Stricker. 2005. Tracking marine-derived nutrients in riverine ecosystems in Alaska . Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Symposium. Anchorage, AK, 24-26 Jan. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2004. Prey and nutrient subsidies in salmonid food webs: implications for fish and forest management in Alaska. American Fisheries Society-Alaska Chapter annual meeting, Sitka, AK, 16-18 Nov. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 2004. Macroinvertebrate community response to riparian red alder in forested headwaters of southeastern Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June. (NABS abstract)
• Kimbirauskas, R.K., R.W. Merritt, M.S. Wipfli, and P.E. Hennon. 2004. Macroinvertebrate community response to riparian red alder in forested headwaters of southeastern Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June. (NABS abstract)
• Chaloner, D.T., G.A. Lamberti, A.D. Cak, J.P. Hudson, J.L. Lessard, R.W. Merritt, P.H. Ostrom, J.L. Tank, and M.S. Wipfli. 2003. Do salmon carcasses and pellets of processed salmon carcasses have the same effects on streams? North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Athens, GA, May. (NABS abstract)
• Kimbirauskas, R.K., R.W. Merritt, M.S. Wipfli, and P.E. Hennon. 2003. Management of headwater riparian habitats to maximize benthic invertebrate densities in southeastern Alaska streams. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Athens, GA, May. (NABS abstract)
• Lamberti, G.A., D.T. Chaloner, R.T. Edwards, R.W. Merritt, P.O. Ostrom, J.L. Tank, and M.S. Wipfli. 2003. Do salmon migrations subsidize stream food webs in Alaska? Current knowledge and research gaps. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Athens, GA, May. (NABS abstract)
• Piccolo, J.J., and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Influence of upland forest management on the export of invertebrates and detritus from headwaters to downstream, fish-bearing habitats. Presented to: Mountain forests: conservation and management. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Conference, Vernon, BC, Canada, July. (IUFRO abstract)
• Orlikowska, E.H., R.L. Deal, P.E. Hennon, and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Stand structure and composition of red alder-conifer forests along headwater streams in the coastal mountains of Southeast Alaska . Presented to: Mountain forests: conservation and management. International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Conference, Vernon, BC, Canada, July. (IUFRO abstract)
• Piccolo, J.J., and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Export of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates from upland, fishless headwaters to downstream, fish-bearing habitats in southeastern Alaska. Special Session, Headwater Ecosystems in Forested Landscapes and Beyond, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, BC, June. (ASLO abstract)
• Kimbirauskas, R.K., R.W. Merritt, M.S. Wipfli, and P.E. Hennon. 2002/01. Benthic invertebrate communities colonizing red alder and conifer wood in headwater streams, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Pittsburg, PA, May, 2002, and North American Benthological Society annual meeting, LaCrosse, WI, May, 2001. (NABS abstracts)
• Chaloner, D.T., R.T. Edwards, G.A. Lamberti, R.W. Merritt, P.O. Ostrom, and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Do spawning Pacific salmon increase the productivity of freshwater ecosystems? North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Pittsburg, PA , May. (NABS abstract)
• Allan, J.D., and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Influence of streamside vegetation on terrestrial invertebrate subsidies to salmonid food webs. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Pittsburg, PA, May. (NABS abstract)
• LeSage, C.M., R.W. Merritt, M.S. Wipfli, and P.E. Hennon. 2002. Riparian arthropod abundance in leaf litter and wood along headwater streams within mixed coniferous and red alder forests in Southeast Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Pittsburg, PA, May. (NABS abstract)
• Graham, B.S., P.O. Ostrom, D.T. Chaloner, R.W. Merritt, G.A. Lamberti, and M.S. Wipfli. 2002. Incorporation of marine-derived nutrients in Southeast Alaska streams: similarities and variability in carbon and nitrogen isotopes. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Pittsburg, PA, May. (NABS abstract)
• Hudson, J.P., M.S. Wipfli, N.L. Mitchell, J.P. Caouette, R.A. Heintz, D.T. Chaloner, B.S. Graham, C.L. Crenshaw, J.L. Lessard, G.A. Lamberti, R.W. Merritt, P.O. Ostrom, and J.L. Tank. 2002. Salmon carcasses vs. fertilizer: stream food web responses to organic and inorganic nutrient enrichment in Alaska . North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Pittsburg, PA, May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., P.E. Hennon, R.L. Deal, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, E.H. Orlikowska, T. Gomi, M.D. Bryant, R.T. Edwards, M.E. Schultz, and T.A. Hanley. 2002. Ecological role of red alder in even-aged conifer forests of Southeast Alaska, USA : Implications for forest restoration. Presented to: Forest Restoration in the Boreal and Temperate Zones, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Conference. Vejle, Denmark, April.
• Wipfli, M.S., P.E. Hennon, R.L. Deal, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, M.E. Schultz, M.D. Bryant, T.A. Hanley, and R.T. Edwards. 2001. Synthesis of mixed red alder-conifer forests: Managing upland ecosystems in southeast Alaska for multiple values - wood, wildlife, aquatic resources, and fishes. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Wood Compatibility Initiative synthesis workshop, Skamania, OR, December.
• Hennon, P.E., M.S. Wipfli, R.L. Deal, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, M.E. Schultz, T.A. Hanley, E.H. Orlikowska, T. Gomi, M.D. Bryant, and R.T. Edwards. 2001. Mixed alder-conifer forests: managing upland ecosystems in southeastern Alaska for wood products, wildlife, and fish. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Wood Compatibility Initiative synthesis workshop, Skamania, OR, December.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, D.T. Chaloner, and R.A. Heintz. 2001. Ecological effects of marine nutrients from salmon spawners on stream ecosystems in Alaska. Pacific Rim Wild Salmon and Steelhead Conference, Portland, OR, November.
• Lang , M.E. , M.S. Wipfli, B.J. Hicks, R.T. Edwards, and K. Hodges. 2001. Water chemistry and stable isotope analysis (d15N and d13C) of a complex beaver pond system in the Copper River Delta, Cordova , Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter meeting, Sitka, AK, November. (AFS abstract)
• Nelson, B.D., R.A. Heintz, M.S. Wipfli, and J.P. Hudson. 2001. Effect of supplementation with marine-derived nutrients on the lipid class and fatty acid composition of juvenile coho salmon. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter meeting, Sitka, AK, November. (AFS abstract)
• Chaloner, D.T., M.S. Wipfli, G.A. Lamberti, R.W. Merritt, P.O. Ostrom, N.L. Mitchell, J.L. Lessard, B.S. Graham, B.E. Wright, and J.P. Hudson. 2001. The ecological effects of salmon migrations in Southeast Alaska streams. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter meeting, Sitka, AK, November. (AFS abstract)
• Merritt, R.W. and M.S. Wipfli. 2001/1999. The effects of B.t.i. on black flies and non-target organisms. Seminar presented at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, October 2001, and at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October, 1999.
• Lamberti, G.A., D.T. Chaloner, R.W. Merritt, P.H. Ostrom, and M.S. Wipfli. 2001. Marine nutrients in freshwater ecosystems: role of salmon migrations in supporting stream food webs. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Madison, WI. August. (ESA abstract)
• Deal, R.L., M.S. Wipfli, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, P.E. Hennon, T.A. Hanley. 2001. Does red alder enhance wildlife, aquatic and fisheries resources in young-growth western hemlock-Sitka spruce stands in southeast Alaska? Beyond 2001: A silvicultural odyssey to sustaining terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. National Silviculture Workshop, Hood River, OR, May.
• Ostrom, P.H., M.S. Wipfli, R.A. Heintz, J.P. Hudson, M.L. Larsen, D.T. Chaloner, and R.W. Merritt. 2001. Interpreting stream ecosystem responses to marine-derived nutrients using stable isotope and fatty acid analyses. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, LaCrosse, WI, May. (NABS abstract)
• Graham, B.S., P.H. Ostrom, D.T. Chaloner, K.M. Martin, M.S. Wipfli, J.P. Hudson, R.W. Merritt, and G.A. Lamberti. 2001. Influences of marine-derived nutrients from salmon on stream food webs as revealed by stable isotope analysis. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, LaCrosse, WI, May. (NABS abstract)
• Chaloner, D.T., G.A. Lamberti, M.S. Wipfli, R.W. Merritt, P.H. Ostrom, N.L. Mitchell, J.L. Lessard, B.S. Graham, B.E. Wright, and J.P. Hudson. 2001. Ecological consequences of salmon enrichment for streams: where do marine-derived nutrients go? North American Benthological Society annual meeting, LaCrosse, WI, May. (NABS abstract)
• Lang , M.E. , M.S. Wipfli, B.J. Hicks, R.T. Edwards, and K. Hodges. 2001. Water chemistry and stable isotope analysis (d15N and d13C) of a complex beaver pond system in the Copper River Delta, Cordova , Alaska. International Conference: Restoring Nutrients to Salmonid Ecosystems, American Fisheries Society North Pacific International Chapter, Eugene, OR, April. (AFS abstract)
• Heintz, R.A., B.D. Nelson, M.S. Wipfli, and J.P. Hudson. 2001. Effects of supplementation with marine derived nutrients on the lipid class and fatty acid composition of juvenile coho salmon. International Conference: Restoring Nutrients to Salmonid Ecosystems, American Fisheries Society North Pacific International Chapter, Eugene, OR, April. (AFS abstract)
• Chaloner, D.T., M.S. Wipfli, G.A. Lamberti, R.W. Merritt. 2001. Influence of enrichment by Pacific salmon on macroinvertebrate growth and standing stock in southeast Alaska streams. International Conference: Restoring Nutrients to Salmonid Ecosystems, American Fisheries Society North Pacific International Chapter, Eugene, OR, April. (AFS abstract)
• Stricker , C.A. , M. Lang, A. Hodgson, P.O. Ostrom, and M.S. Wipfli. 2001. Tracing marine-derived nutrients into the Chilkat River valley of southeast Alaska: a stable isotope approach. International Conference: Restoring Nutrients to Salmonid Ecosystems, American Fisheries Society North Pacific International Chapter, Eugene, OR, April. (AFS abstract)
• Nelson, B.D., R.A. Heintz, M.S. Wipfli, and J.P. Hudson. 2001. Effects of supplementation with marine derived nutrients on the lipid class and fatty acid composition of juvenile coho salmon. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography special session on Marine Subsidies in Freshwater Ecosystems, Albuquerque, NM, February (ASLO abstract); and University of Alaska Fairbanks Seminar, Juneau, AK, February.
• Hudson, J.P., Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Caouette, and R.A. Heintz. 2000/1999. Salmon carcasses increase growth and lipid content of stream-dwelling salmonids in southeast Alaska. American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter meeting, Fairbanks, AK, November, 2000, and American Fisheries Society Alaska Chapter meeting, Kodiak, AK, November, 1999. (AFS abstracts)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, D.T. Chaloner, J.P. Caouette, and R.A. Heintz. 2000. Marine-freshwater linkages: nutrients and energy from salmon carcasses help sustain the productivity of freshwater food webs in Alaska, USA . Presented to: Feeding the world in the next millennium: the balance between production and the environment. Third World Fisheries Congress, Beijing, China, October. (proceedings abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, D.T. Chaloner, J.P. Caouette, K.M. Martin, and R.A. Heintz. 2000. Marine-freshwater-riparian linkages: salmon carcasses fuel riverine food webs in Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Keystone, CO, May. (NABS abstract)
• Chaloner, D.T., M.S. Wipfli, J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, and K.M. Martin. 2000. Carcass-invertebrate interactions: implications for the influence of Pacific salmon on ecosystem productivity. Special Session: Wanted dead or alive: role of fish in benthic food webs. North American Benthological Society annual conference. Keystone, CO, May. (NABS abstract)
• Hernandez, O., R.W. Merritt, and M.S. Wipfli. 2000. Effects of timber harvesting and forest succession on headwater stream benthic community structure in Southeast Alaska. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Keystone, CO, May. (NABS abstract)
• Gregovich, D.P., and M.S. Wipfli. 2000. Export of macroinvertebrates and detritus from fishless headwater streams that drain upland forests in Southeast Alaska: implications for downstream fish-bearing food webs. North American Benthological Society annual meeting, Keystone, CO, May. (NABS abstract)
• Contreras, G.P., M.S. Wipfli, J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, and D.T. Chaloner. 1999. Bears facilitate energy and nutrient flow in riverine food webs that receive salmon runs in Southeast Alaska, 12th International Conference on Bear Research and Management, Poinana Brasov, Romania, October. (conference abstract)
• Merritt, R.W. and M.S. Wipfli. 1999. The current status of black fly programs in Michigan. Southern Extension and Research Activities Information Exchange Group Mtg., Flamingo, FL, February.
• Merritt, R.W. and M.S. Wipfli. 1998. Effects of B.t.i. on non-target insects, fish and stream community structure. International Black Fly workshop, Kronlund, Sweden, December.
• Chaloner, D.T. and M.S. Wipfli. 1998. Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates colonizing salmon carcasses in southeastern Alaska. Special Symposium: American Fisheries Society joint Alaska Chapter and Western Division meeting in conjunction with Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, Anchorage, AK, September. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, and J.P. Caouette. 1997. Salmon carcasses increase stream macroinvertebrate abundance in Alaska. North American Benthological Society conference, San Marcos, TX, June. (NABS abstract)
• Merritt, R.W. and M.S. Wipfli. 1997. Effects of B.t.i. on non-target organisms. Black Fly Training Mtg., Lake George, N.Y., January.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1996. Influence of juvenile coho salmon on stream macroinvertebrate densities: benthic, drift, adult emergence. Ecological Society of America conference, Providence, RI, Aug., and North American Benthological Society conference, Polson, MT, June. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 1996/1994. Terrestrial invertebrates in stream food webs: their importance to juvenile salmonids in five southeastern Alaska streams with different riparian vegetation. Ecology and Management of Westside Riparian Areas: Ecology, Fisheries, Wildlife & Silviculture workshop, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, May, 1996; American Fisheries Society, Salmon Ecosystem Restoration: Myth and Reality workshop, Eugene, OR, November, 1994; and North American Benthological Society conference, Orlando, FL, May, 1994. (AFS and NABS abstracts)
• Wipfli, M.S. 1995. Terrestrial invertebrates as prey, detritus, and sources of nitrogen in streams: contrasting old-growth and young-growth riparian ecosystems in southeastern Alaska. Ecological Society of America conference, Snowbird, UT, August; and North American Benthological Society conference, Keystone, CO, May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S. 1994. Role of terrestrial invertebrates in streams: their importance to juvenile salmonids in selected southeast Alaska streams within old- and young-growth forest ecosystems. American Fisheries Society conference, Sitka, AK. Presentation was awarded 1 st place by AFS for quality of content. (AFS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1993. B.t.i. for black fly control: trophic-level disturbance for predatory macroinvertebrates. North American Benthological Society conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May. Presentation won 1 st place Hydrolab Award at NABS conference for best student poster in Applied Ecology. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1992. Does B.t.i. affect the feeding habits of predatory stoneflies? North American Benthological Society conference, Louisville, KY, May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1991. Impact of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis on the feeding habits of predatory stoneflies. Entomological Society of America conference, Reno, NV, December. (ESA abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1991. Survival and adult emergence success of Acroneuria lycorias , Isoperla signata (Plecoptera), and Siphlonurus spp. (Ephemeroptera) after consuming Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis -contaminated black fly larvae. North American Benthological Society conference, Santa Fe, NM, May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1991. Impact of the black fly larvicide Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis on two predatory stoneflies and one mayfly. Midwest Pollution Control Biologists conference, Chicago, IL, March.
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1991. Are Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis-contaminated black fly larvae toxic to predatory stoneflies? Michigan Mosquito Control Association conference, E. Lansing, MI, February.
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1990. Effects of B.t.i. on selected non-target insects following its application for larval black fly control. Entomological Society of America conference, New Orleans, LA, December. (ESA abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1990. Impact of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis, a black fly larvicide, on selected non-target aquatic insects. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry conference, St. Clair, MI, September. (SETAC abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1990. Changes in feeding habits of Acroneuria lycorias, Isoperla signata, and Prostoia completa (Plecoptera) in response to B.t.i.-treated larval black flies. North American Benthological Society conference, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA, May. (NABS abstract)
• Wipfli, M.S., and R.W. Merritt. 1989. Changes in stonefly predation in response to B.t.i.-treated larval black flies. Entomological Society of America conference, San Antonio, TX, December. (ESA abstract)

Technology transfer papers & seminars

• Hudson, J.P., M.S. Wipfli, N.L. Mitchell, J.P. Caouette, R.A. Heintz, D.T. Chaloner, J.L. Lessard, G.A. Lamberti, and R.W. Merritt. 2002. Salmon vs. fertilizer: Stream food web responses to organic and inorganic nutrient enrichment in Alaska. US Forest Service Alaska Region workshop, Juneau, AK, April.
• Wipfli, M.S., R.L. Deal, P.E. Hennon, A.C. Johnson, T.L. De Santo, M.E. Schultz, M.D. Bryant, T.A. Hanley, E.H. Orlikowska, T. Gomi, C. LeSage, and R.T. Edwards. 2002. Ecological role of red alder in young-growth conifer forests of southeastern Alaska: Implications for Ecosystem Restoration. US Forest Service Region 10 workshop, Juneau, AK, April.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, D.T. Chaloner, R.A. Heintz, N.L. Mitchell, M.E. Lang, G.A. Lamberti, and R.T. Edwards. 2002. Ecological effects of marine biomass from salmon runs on freshwater food webs. US Forest Service Alaska Region workshop, Juneau, AK, April.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, R.T. Edwards, M. Lang, D.T. Chaloner, R.A. Heintz, and D. Lang. 2002. Changes in aquatic food webs and rearing salmonid populations when salmon carcasses are present. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council annual meeting, Anchorage AK, January.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, R.A. Heintz, and D.T. Chaloner. 2001. Influence of salmon spawners on freshwater productivity: should salmon escapement goals take marine nutrients into account? Alaska Department of Fish and Game annual salmon management workshop, Anchorage, AK. February.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, D.T. Chaloner, R.E. Heintz, and K.M. Martin. 2000. Salmon carcasses fuel riverine food webs: implications for fisheries management in Southeast Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game seminar, Juneau, Alaska. June.
• Wipfli, M.S. 2000. Stream-Riparian Trophic Processes. USFS Alaska Region Silviculture conference, Petersburg, AK. March.
• Wipfli, M.S., R.L. Deal, P.E. Hennon, and M.E. Schultz. 2000. Role of red alder in upland ecosystems: overview of a new study. USFS Alaska Region Silviculture conference, Petersburg, AK. March.
• Wipfli, M.S., R.L. Deal, T.A. Hanley, T.L. De Santo, A.C. Johnson, P.E. Hennon, M.E. Schultz, R. Woodsmith, M.D. Bryant, W.P. Smith. 2000. Overview of a new study: Managing young upland forests in Southeast Alaska for wood products, wildlife, aquatic resources, and fishes. Sealaska Native Corporation "Large Woody Debris Source and Transport" Workshop, Juneau, AK. January.
• Wipfli, M.S., D.P. Gregovich, and J.J. Piccolo. 2000. Transport of invertebrates and detritus from headwaters in Southeast Alaska: implications for upland forest management and downstream salmonid habitats. Sealaska Native Corporation "Large Woody Debris Source and Transport" Workshop, Juneau, AK. January.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, J.P. Caouette, and D.T. Chaloner. 1999. Do marine-derived nutrients from spawning salmon help sustain ecosystem productivity in the Copper River Delta? USFS Copper River Delta Conference, Cordova, AK. May.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1999. Stream-Riparian Trophic Processes. USFS Alaska Region Silviculture conference, Craig, AK. April.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1997. Riparian plant species affect prey abundance for juvenile salmonids: implications for young-growth riparian forest management. USFS Alaska Region Silviculture conference, Petersburg, AK, May.
• Wipfli, M.S., J.P. Hudson, and J.P. Caouette. 1997. Nutrients from salmon carcasses increase stream macroinvertebrate abundances in Alaska. USFS Alaska Region, Wildlife, Fisheries, Ecology, and Watershed conference, Juneau, AK, February.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1997. Update on Prince of Wales Island riparian ecology and restoration project. USFS Alaska Region, Wildlife, Fisheries, Ecology, and Watershed conference, Juneau, AK, February.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1996. Ecology and management of stream riparian areas. Second-Growth Management workshop, Craig Ranger District, Craig, AK, April.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1995. Maintaining stream productivity through restoration of young-growth riparian forests. Riparian Restoration workshop, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Juneau, AK, December.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1995. Stream productivity: interactions of debris and buffers with stream biota. Land Management in Riparian Areas of Alaska training workshop, PNW Research Station, Juneau, AK, March.
• Wipfli, M.S. 1995. Biomonitoring streams with aquatic macroinvertebrates. USDA Forest Service seminar, Juneau, AK, February.