Steven F. Railsback

Cal Poly Humboldt — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

40h-index16.8kcitations171works2.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Fish Ecology and Management Studies(75), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies(29), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes(27), Marine and fisheries research(21), Species Distribution and Climate Change(20)

Publications171 total

Individual-based modeling of Atlantic salmon and brown trout outmigrants in a hydropeaking-regulated river: Effects of minimum baseflow and gravel augmentation on smolt production
Global Ecology and Conservation·2026Open Access
Assessing the Benefits of Valley‐Bottom Restoration for Salmonids Using Spatially Explicit, Individual‐Based Modeling
River Research and Applications·2025
Including predation risk in mechanistic habitat assessment models for stream fish
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Empirical ecology to support mechanistic modelling: Different objectives, better approaches and unique benefits
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Model evaluation of Stage 0 river treatment on juvenile spring Chinook in the South Fork McKenzie River, Oregon
Ecosphere·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Representing mortality risk in mechanistic models
Individual-based Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Behavioural plasticity in circadian foraging patterns increases resistance of brown trout populations to environmental change
Individual-based Ecology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Influence of personality traits on the response of a modelled population of stream-dwelling rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to microplastics consumption
Individual-based Ecology·2025Open Access
A manifesto for Individual-based Ecology
Individual-based Ecology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Mechanisms linking river flow regime and riparian hardwood establishment
Ecosphere·2025Open Access
Using the ODD protocol and NetLogo to replicate agent-based models
Ecological Modelling·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Empirical and model-based evaluation of a step-pool stream restoration project: Consequences for a highly valued fish population
North American Journal of Fisheries Management·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
inSALMO Application - Model evaluation of Stage 0 treatment on juvenile spring Chinook in the South Fork McKenzie River, Oregon.
HydroShare Resources·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Sustaining high-value salmonid populations in regulated rivers: Insights from individual-based modelling of brown trout and Atlantic salmon
Global Ecology and Conservation·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Premises for a digital twin of the Atlantic salmon in its world: Agency, robustness, subjectivity and prediction
Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Can thermal refuges save salmonids? Simulation of cold-pool benefits to salmonid populations
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Spatial scales in instream flow modeling: Why and how to use ecologically appropriate resolutions
River Research and Applications·2023· 3 cited
Modifying and Parameterizing the Individual-Based Model Instream for Atlantic Salmon and Brown Trout in the Regulated Gullspång River, Sweden
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Modifying and parameterizing the individual-based model inSTREAM for Atlantic salmon and brown trout in the regulated Gullspång River, Sweden
MethodsX·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
InSTREAM 7 user manual: model description, software guide, and application guide
2022· 14 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Volker Grimm(17), Bret C. Harvey(17), Uta Berger(7), Daniel Ayllón(7), Jarl Giske(4), Donald L. DeAngelis(4), Pernille Thorbek(4), Richard A. Stillman(3), Gary Polhill(3), Viktoriia Radchuk(3), Roland H. Lamberson(3), Henriëtte I. Jager(3), Ana Almodóvar(3), Nika Galić(3), Geir Huse(2), Wolf M. Mooij(2), Cyril Piou(2), Cara A. Gallagher(2), Jürgen Groeneveld(2), Alice S. A. Johnston(2)