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Impact assessment of extreme storm events using a Bayesian network
This paper describes an investigation on the usefulness of Bayesian Networks in the safety assessment of dune coasts. A network has been created that predicts the erosion volume based on hydraulic boundary conditions and a number of cross-shore profile indicators. Field measurement data along a large part of the Dutch coast has been used to train the network. Corresponding storm impact on the dune
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C.(Kees) den Heijer, Dirk T.J.A. Knipping, Nathaniel G. Plant, Jaap S. M. van Thiel de Vries, Fedor Baart, Pieter H. A. J. M. van Gelder
Ecological controls on the shell geochemistry of pink and white Globigerinoides ruber in the northern Gulf of Mexico: implications for paleoceanographic reconstruction
We evaluate the relationship between foraminiferal test size and shell geochemistry (δ13C, δ18O, and Mg/Ca) for two of the most commonly used planktonic foraminifers for paleoceanographic reconstruction in the subtropical Atlantic Ocean: the pink and white varieties of Globigerinoides ruber. Geochemical analyses were performed on foraminifera from modern core-top samples of high-accumulation rate
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Julie N. Richey, Richard Z. Poore, Benjamin P. Flower, David J. Hollander
PhyloChipTM microarray comparison of sampling methods used for coral microbial ecology
Interest in coral microbial ecology has been increasing steadily over the last decade, yet standardized methods of sample collection still have not been defined. Two methods were compared for their ability to sample coral-associated microbial communities: tissue punches and foam swabs, the latter being less invasive and preferred by reef managers. Four colonies of star coral, Montastraea annularis
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Christina A. Kellogg, Yvette M. Piceno, Lauren M. Tom, Todd Z. DeSantis, David G. Zawada, Gary L. Andersen
Over 100 years of environmental change recorded by foraminifers and sediments in a large Gulf of Mexico estuary, Mobile Bay, AL, USA
The marine microfauna of Mobile Bay has been profoundly influenced by the development and expansion of the primary shipping channel over the last ˜100 years. Foraminifers and sediments from seven box cores with excess lead-210 chronology document that channel dredging and spoil disposal have altered circulation, reduced estuarine mixing, changed sedimentation patterns, and caused a faunal turnover
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Lisa E. Osterman, Christopher G. Smith
In-ground disposal of human sewage can contaminate nearshore waters and reefs with bacteria and viruses
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Erin K. Lipp, Dale W. Griffin, J.C. Futch
Sand grain sources at coral reefs indicate reef health
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Barbara H. Lidz
Initiation of long-term coupled microbiological, geochemical, and hydrological experimentation within the seafloor at North Pond, western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 336 successfully initiated subseafloor observatory science at a young mid-ocean-ridge flank setting. All of the drilled sites are located in the North Pond region of the Atlantic Ocean (22°45′N, 46°05′W) in 4414–4483 m water depth. This area is known from previous ocean drilling and site survey investigations as a site of particularly vigorous ci
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K.J. Edwards, N. Backert, W. Bach, K. Becker, A. Klaus, Dale W. Griffin, L. Anderson, A.G. Haddad, Y. Harigane, P.L. Campion, H. Hirayama, H.J. Mills, S.M. Hulme, K. Nakamura, S.L. Jorgensen, B. Orcutt, T.L. Insua, Y.-S. Park, V. Rennie, E.C. Salas, O. Rouxel, F. Wang, J.A. Russel, C.G. Wheat, K. Sakata, M. Brown, J.L. Magnusson, Z. Ettlinger
On the use of wave parameterizations and a storm impact scaling model in National Weather Service Coastal Flood and decision support operations
National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) are responsible for issuing coastal flood watches, warnings, advisories, and local statements to alert decision makers and the general public when rising water levels may lead to coastal impacts such as inundation, erosion, and wave battery. Both extratropical and tropical cyclones can generate the prerequisite rise in water level to se
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Anthony Mignone, H. Stockdon, M. Willis, J.W. Cannon, R. Thompson
Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data collected in 2010 from Cat Island, Mississippi
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC), in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), conducted geophysical and sedimentological surveys around Cat Island, the westernmost island in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier island chain (fig. 1). The objectives of the study were to understand the geologic evolution of Ca
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Noreen A. Buster, William R. Pfeiffer, Jennifer L. Miselis, Jack L. Kindinger, Dana S. Wiese, B.J. Reynolds
Testing coral-based tropical cyclone reconstructions: An example from Puerto Rico
Complimenting modern records of tropical cyclone activity with longer historical and paleoclimatological records would increase our understanding of natural tropical cyclone variability on decadal to centennial time scales. Tropical cyclones produce large amounts of precipitation with significantly lower δ18O values than normal precipitation, and hence may be geochemically identifiable as negative
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K. Halimeda Kilbourne, Ryan P. Moyer, Terrence M. Quinn, Andrea G. Grottoli
Seasonal flux and assemblage composition of planktic foraminifera from the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2008-2010
The U.S. Geological Survey anchored a sediment trap in the northern Gulf of Mexico to collect seasonal time-series data on the flux and assemblage composition of live planktic foraminifers. This report provides an update of the previous time-series data to include results from 2010. Ten species, or varieties, of planktic foraminifers constituted ~90 percent of the assemblage: Globigerinoides ruber
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Jessica W. Spear, Caitlin E. Reynolds, Richard Z. Poore