Shannon Claeson
Aquatic Ecologist
shannon.claeson@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Shannon Claeson, Rebecca Flitcroft, Kate Meyer. 2025. Effect of river and floodplain restoration and reconnection on aquatic macroinvertebrates: seasonal responses over time
- Debra S. Finn, Shannon Claeson, Iris J. Garthwaite, David Fleshman, Carri J. LeRoy. 2025. Highly variable physical and biological characteristics of hyporheic zones among young streams undergoing primary succession
- Carri J. LeRoy, Sabrina J. Heitmann, Madeline A. Thompson, Iris J. Garthwaite, Angie M. Froedin-Morgensen, Sorrel Hartford, Brandy K. Kamakawiwo’ole, Lauren J. Thompson, Joy M. Ramstack Hobbs, Shannon Claeson, Rebecca C. Evans, John G. Bishop, Posy E. Busby. 2024. Insect herbivores, plant sex, and elevated nitrogen influence willow litter decomposition and detritivore colonization in early successional streams
- Michael J. Moore J., Rebecca Flitcroft, Emil Tucker, Katherine M. Prussian, Shannon Claeson, Alejandro Huertas Herrera. 2024. Same streams in a different forest? Investigations of forest harvest legacies and future trajectories across 30 years of stream habitat monitoring on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska
- Jason Dunham, Christine Hirsch, Sean Gordon, Rebecca Flitcroft, Nathan Chelgren, Marcia Snyder, David Hockman-Wert, Gordon Reeves, Heidi Andersen, Scott Anderson, William Battaglin, Tom A. Black, Jason Brown, Shannon Claeson, Lauren Hay, Emily Heaston, Charlie H. Luce, Nathan Nelson, Colin Penn, Mark Raggon. 2023. Northwest Forest Plan—the first 25 years (1994–2018): watershed condition status and trends
- Carri J. LeRoy, Shannon Claeson, Iris J. Garthwaite, Madeline A. Thompson, Lauren J. Thompson, Brandy K. Kamakawiwo’ole, Angie M. Froedin-Morgensen, Victoria McConathy, Joy M. Ramstack Hobbs, Rosalina Stancheva, Christine M. Albano, Debra S. Finn. 2023. Canopy development influences early successional stream ecosystem function but not biotic assemblages
- Charles D. Minsavage-Davis, Iris J. Garthwaite, Marisa D. Fisher, Addison Leigh, Joy M. Ramstack Hobbs, Shannon Claeson, Gina M. Wimp, Carri J. LeRoy. 2023. Spatial habitat structure assembles willow-dependent communities across the primary successional watersheds of Mount St. Helens, USA
- Joy M. Ramstack Hobbs, Iris J. Garthwaite, Logan Lancaster, Jordan A. Moffett‐Dobbs, Kelly Johnson, Nichole Criss, Victoria McConathy, C. Andrew James, Alex Gipe, Shannon Claeson, Carri J. LeRoy. 2022. The influence of weevil herbivory on leaf litter chemistry in dioecious willows
- Rebecca Flitcroft, Jay Munyon, Shannon Claeson, Adelaide C. Johnson, Michael Moore, Emil Tucker, Katherine Prussian, Sheila Jacobson, Heidi Lombard. 2022. Forest legacies and climate realities: spatial and temporal variation in fish populations and habitat characteristics on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska
- Iris J. Garthwaite, Angie Froedin-Morgensen, Sorrel H. Hartford, Shannon Claeson, Joy M. Ramstack Hobbs, Carri J. LeRoy. 2021. Summer flower pulses: Catkin litter processing in headwater streams
- John Kirkland, Carlos M. Polivka, Shannon Claeson. 2021. If you built it, did they come? Evaluating the effects of stream restoration on fish populations
- Shannon Claeson, Carri J. LeRoy, Debra S. Finn, Rosalina H. Stancheva, Emily R. Wolfe. 2021. Variation in riparian and stream assemblages across the primary succession landscape of Mount St. Helens, U.S.A.
- Carlos M. Polivka, Shannon Claeson. 2020. Beyond redistribution: In‐stream habitat restoration increases capacity for young‐of‐the‐year Chinook Salmon and steelhead in the Entiat River, Washington
- Alex Foster, Shannon Claeson, Peter A. Bisson, John Heimburg. 2020. Aquatic and riparian ecosystem recovery from debris flows in two western Washington streams, USA
- Carri J. LeRoy, Joy M. Ramstack Hobbs, Shannon Claeson, Jordan Moffett, Iris Garthwaite, Nichole Criss, Lauren Walker. 2020. Plant sex influences aquatic–terrestrial interactions
- Carlos M. Polivka, Rhiannon A. Volking, Shannon Claeson, Rachel D. Hosman. 2019. Scale of monitoring influences interpretation of stream habitat restoration results for juvenile Chinook salmon
- Shannon Claeson, B. Coffin. 2015. Physical and biological responses to an alternative removal strategy of a moderate-sized dam in Washington, USA.
- Shannon Claeson, Carri J. LeRoy, Jacob R. Barry, Kevin A. Kuehn. 2014. Impacts of invasive riparian knotweed on litter decomposition, aquatic fungi, and macroinvertebrates
- Shannon Claeson, Pete Bisson. 2013. Passive reestablishment of riparian vegetation following removal of invasive knotweed (Polygonum)
- Peter A. Bisson, Shannon Claeson, Steve Wondzell, Alex Foster, Ashley Steel. 2013. Evaluating headwater stream buffers: lessons learned from watershed scale experiments in southwest Washington
- Alex Foster, Shannon Claeson. 2011. Habitats and seasonality of riparian-associated millipedes in southwest Washington, USA
- Shannon Claeson, Judith L. Li, Jana E. Compton, Peter A. Bisson. 2006. Response of nutrients, biofilm, and benthic insects to salmon carcass addition.
- Oregon State University, M.S., Fisheries Science, 2004
Last updated March 10, 2026