I am a field-trained fluvial geomorphologist, meaning I study river processes and landforms. As an interdisciplinary scientist, I am interested in the interactions between streams and adjacent riparian forests and the role of large wood in regulating riverscape function and carbon storage. My research also evaluates anthropogenic impacts to river systems, and field sites have included old-growth to recently logged mountain streams, as well as agriculturally impacted prairie streams. I am interested in the longevity of anthropogenic changes to watersheds and how to approach rehabilitation of stream-riparian functioning.

Selected Publications:

• Lininger, K., A. Rowan, B. Livers, N. Kramer, V. Ruiz-Villanueva, A. Sendrowski, and S. Burrough, 2021. Perspectives on being a field-based geomorphologist during pregnancy and early motherhood. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Special Issue on Women in Geomorphology. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5238.
• Livers, B., and E. Wohl, 2021. All logjams are not created equal. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126, e2021JF006076. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006076.
• Livers, B., K.B. Lininger, N. Kramer, and A. Sendrowski, 2020. Porosity problems: comparing and reviewing methods for estimating porosity and volume of wood jams in the field. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Special Issue on Wood in Rivers 45(13), 3336-3353. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4969.
• Livers, B., E. Wohl, K.J. Jackson, and N.A. Sutfin, 2018. Historical land use as a driver of alternative states for stream form and function in forested mountain watersheds of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 43, 669-684. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4275.
• Livers, B., and E. Wohl, 2016. Sources and interpretation of channel complexity in forested subalpine streams of the Southern Rocky Mountains. Water Resources Research 52, 3910-3929. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018306.
• Livers, B., and E. Wohl, 2015. An evaluation of stream characteristics in glacial versus fluvial process domains in the Colorado Front Range. Geomorphology 231, 72-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.003.