Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 12-2010 Pervasive Thermal Consequences of Stream-Lake Interactions in Small Rocky Mountain Watersheds, USA Jessica D. Garrett Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Water Resource Management Commons Recommended Citation Garrett, Jessica D., "Pervasive Thermal Consequences of Stream-Lake Interactions in Small Rocky Mountain Watersheds, USA" (2010). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 841. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/841 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PERVASIVE THERMAL CONSEQUENCES OF STREAM-LAKE INTERACTIONS IN SMALL ROCKY MOUNTAIN WATERSHEDS, USA by Jessica D. Garrett A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in Ecology Approved: _____________________________ _____________________________ Dr. Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Dr. Michelle A. Baker Major Professor Committee Member _____________________________ _____________________________ Dr. Michael N. Gooseff Dr. Byron R. Burnham Committee Member Dean of Graduate Studies UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, Utah 2010 ii Copyright © Jessica D. Garrett 2010 All Rights Reserved iii ABSTRACT Pervasive Thermal Consequences of Stream-Lake Interactions in Small Rocky Mountain Watersheds, USA by Jessica D. Garrett, Master of Science Utah State University, 2010 Major Professor: Dr. Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Department: Watershed Sciences Limnologists and stream ecologists acknowledge the fundamental importance of temperature for regulating many ecological, biological, chemical, and physical processes.