Selected Previous Projects
Wells, S., and M.D. Sytsma, 2016. Field evaluation of the service life of foul-release coatings in Columbia River (TI No. 233). Report prepared for Bonneville Power Administration and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, 60 pg. <Wells and Sytsma 2016>
Wells, S., 2015. Lake Quinault Aquatic Invasive Species Survey. Report prepared for Quinault Indian Nation, 84 pg. <Wells 2015>
Wells, S., M.D. Sytsma, and A. Strecker, 2015. Zebra and Quagga Mussel Early-Detection Monitoring in High Risk Oregon Waters 2014. Report prepared for Oregon State Marine Board, 59 pg. <Wells et al 2015>
Wells, S., and M.D. Sytsma, 2014. Early Detection Monitoring Program for Zebra/Quagga Mussels and New Zealand Mudsnails: Boundary Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2144). Report prepared for Seattle City Light, 129 pg.
Wells, S., and M.D. Sytsma, 2014. Zebra and Quagga Mussel Monitoring in the Columbia River Basin by the US Army Corps of Engineers and Portland State University in 2013. Prepared for Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Bonneville Power Administration, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 95 pg.
Wells, S., R. Draheim, R. Miller, and M. Systma, 2013. Quality Assurance Project Plan Early Detection Monitoring Program for Zebra/Quagga Mussels: Boundary Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2144). Report prepared for Seattle City Light, 81 pg.
Wells, S. and M. Sytsma. 2013a. Light microscopy to detect and identify the bivalve larvae of Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis bugensis. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 105 pg. <Wells and Sytsma 2013>
Wells, S. and M. Sytsma, 2013b. Zebra and Quagga Mussel and Other Aquatic Invasive Species Early-Detection Monitoring in Eastern Oregon. Prepared for the Oregon Department of Agriculture and U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 47 pg. <Wells and Sytsma 2013b>
Wells, S. and M. Sytsma, 2013c. Estimating costs of using foul-release type coatings to mitigate Dreissena sp. macrofouling at a FCRPS facility. Prepared for Bonneville Power Administration and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, 66 pg. <Wells and Sytsma 2013c>
Wells, S., T. Counihan, A. Puls, M. Sytsma, and B. Adair, 2010. Prioritizing zebra and quagga mussel monitoring in the Columbia River Basin. Prepared for Bonneville Power Administration and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, 83 pg. <Wells et al 2010>
Wells, S., and M. Sytsma, 2010.Online zebra and quagga mussel monitoring map. Prepared for California Department of Fish and Game. http://mussels.geos.pdx.edu.
Wells, S. and M. Sytsma, 2009. A Review of the Use of Coatings to Mitigate Biofouling in Freshwater. Prepared for Bonneville Power Administration and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, 78 pg.
Kelly, K., D. Hosler, and S. Wells, 2009. Plankton Sample Collection Protocols for Dreissenid Veliger Early Detection. Prepared for Western Regional Advisory Panel.
Wells, S., 2009. Phenology of Potamogeton crispus (Curlyleaf pondweed) in Blue Lake, Oregon: Formation and Sprouting of Turions in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Thesis submitted for Masters of Science at Portland State University. <Wells 2009>
Selected Invited lectures:
Wells, S., and M. Sytsma. Using light microscopy and shell morphology to identify planktonic freshwater mussel larvae in early detection monitoring efforts for zebra and quagga mussels. Dreissena Mussel Early Detection Monitoring Methods and Quality Assurance Workshops. Fort Worth, TX. 2012.
Wells, S. and M. Sytsma, Cross-Polarized Microscopy Methods: Early Detection Monitoring for Dreissenid Veligers. Early Detection of Dreissena Mussels in the West Workshop. Denver, CO. 2009.