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List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

  • Andrews, B.D., Ackerman, S.D., Baldwin, W.E., Foster, D.S., and Schwab, W.C., 2013, High-resolution geophysical data from the inner continental shelf at Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1006, DVD-ROM [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1006/]. 

  • Barnard, P.L., Erikson, L.H., Elias, E.P.L., and Dartnell, P., 2012, Sediment transport patterns in the San Francisco Bay coastal system from cross-validation of bedform asymmetry and modeled residual flux: Marine Geology, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2012.10.011 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.10.011].

  • Bonisteel-Cormier, J.M., Nayegandhi, A., Fredericks, X., Wright, C.W., Brock, J.C., Nagle, D.B., Vivekanandan, S., and Barras, J.A., 2012, EAARL coastal topography—north shore, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 674, DVD [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/674/].

  • Buster, N.A., Pfeiffer, W.R, Miselis, J.L., Kindinger, J.L., Wiese, D.S., and Reynolds, B.J., 2012, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data collected in 2010 from Cat Island, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 739, DVD [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/739/]. 

  • Childs, J.R., Triezenberg, P.J., and Danforth, W.W., 2012, 2008 Joint United States-Canadian program to explore the limits of the extended continental shelf aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy—cruise HLY0806: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1210, 15 p. and appendixes [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1210]. 

  • Falcini, F., Khan, N.S., Macelloni, L., Horton, B.P., Lutken, C.B., McKee, K.L., Santoleri, R., Colella, S., Li, C., Volpe, G., D'Emidio, M., Salusti, A., and Jerolmack, D.J., 2012, Linking the historic 2011 Mississippi River flood to coastal wetland sedimentation: Nature Geoscience, v. 5, p. 803–807, doi:10.1038/NGEO1615 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NGEO1615]. 

  • Gibbs, A.E., Cochran, S.A., and Tierney, P.W., 2013, Seafloor video footage and still-frame grabs from U.S. Geological Survey cruises in Hawaiian nearshore waters: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 735, 11 p. and data [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/735/]. 

  • Gray, M.A., Pratte, Z.A., and Kellogg, C.A., 2013, Comparison of DNA preservation methods for environmental bacterial community samples: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, v. 83, no. 2, p. 468–477, doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12008 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12008].

  • Hapke, C., Kratzmann, M., and Himmelstoss, E., 2012, Geomorphic and human influence on large-scale coastal change: Geomorphology, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.11.025, published online December 6, 2012 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.11.025].

  • Hawkes, L.A., Balachandran, S., Batbayar, N., Butler, P.J., Chua, B., Douglas, D.C., Frappel, P.G., Hou, Y., Milsom, W.K., Newman, S.H., Prosser, D.J., Sathiyaselvam, P., Scott, G.R., Takekawa, J.Y., Natsagdorj, T., Wikelski, M., Witt, M.J., and Bishop, C.M., 2012, The paradox of extreme high-altitude migration in bar-headed geese Anser indicus: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, v. 280, no. 1750, doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2114 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2114]. 

  • Hein, J.R., Mizell, K., Koschinsky, A., and Conrad, T.A., 2013, Deep-ocean mineral deposits as a source of critical metals for high- and green-technology applications—comparison with land-based resources: Ore Geology Reviews, v. 51, p. 1–14, doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.12.001 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.12.001].

  • Jay, C.V., Fischbach, A.S., and Kochnev, A.A., 2012, Walrus areas of use in the Chukchi Sea during sparse sea ice cover: Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 468, p. 1–13, doi:10.3354/meps10057 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10057].

  • Krauss, K.W., McKee, K.L., and Hester, M.W., 2012, Water use characteristics of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) communities along an ecotone with marsh at a northern geographical limit: Ecohydrology, Early View, December 5, 2012, doi:10.1002/eco.1353 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.1353].

  • Lafferty, K.D., and Shaw, J.C., 2013, Comparing mechanisms of host manipulation across host and parasite taxa: Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 216, p. 56–66, doi:10.1242/jeb.073668 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.073668 ].

  • Madej, M.A., Torregrosa, A., Woodward, A., 2012, Linking physical monitoring to coho and Chinook salmon populations in the Redwood Creek watershed, California—summary of May 3–4, 2012 workshop: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1245, 24 p.
[http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1245/].

  • Matteson, K.C., Grace, J.B., and Minor, E.S., 2012, Direct and indirect effects of land use on floral resources and flower-visiting insects across an urban landscape: Oikos, Early View, September 7, 2012, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20229.x. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20229.x].

  • McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Worley, C.R., Nadeau, M.A., and Van Hoy, M.V., 2012, Sea-floor geology in central Rhode Island Sound south of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey
 Open-File Report 2012–1004, DVD-ROM [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1004/]. 


  • Noe, G.B., Krauss, K.W., Lockaby, B.G., Conner, W.H., and Hupp, C.R., 2012, The effect of increasing salinity and forest mortality on soil nitrogen and phosphorus mineralization in tidal freshwater forested wetlands: Biogeochemistry, Online First, November 6, 2012, doi:10.1007/s10533-012-9805-1 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-012-9805-1].

  • Osterman, L.E., and Smith, C.G., 2012, Over 100 years of environmental change recorded by foraminifers and sediments in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Gulf of Mexico, USA: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 115, p. 345–358, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2012.10.001 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.10.001].

  • Patricio, H.C., Ainsley, S.M., Andersen, M.E., Beeman, J.W., and Hewitt, D.A., 2012, The Mekong Fish Network—expanding the capacity of the people and institutions of the Mekong River Basin to share information and conduct standardized fisheries monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1246, 36 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1246/].

  • Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Blankenship, M.A., Glomb,
 K.A., Wright, D.B., and Smith, S.M., 2012, Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Block Island Sound, offshore Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1222, DVD-ROM [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/]. 

  • Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, S.D., Guberski, M.R., and Wood, D.A., 2013, Sea-floor character and geology off the entrance to the Connecticut River, northeastern Long Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1103, DVD-ROM [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1103/].

  • Poppe, L.J., Oldale, R.N., Foster, D.S., and Smith, S.M., 2012, Glaciotectonic deformation associated with the Orient Point-Fishers Island moraine, westernmost Block Island Sound: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 32, no. 4, p. 279–288, doi:10.1007/s00367-012-0296-9 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00367-012-0296-9].




  • Price, O.F., Bradstock, R.A., Keeley, J.E., and Syphard, A.D., 2012, The impact of antecedent fire area on burned area in southern California coastal ecosystems: Journal of Environmental Management, v. 113, p. 301–307, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.08.042 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.08.042].

  • Ramsey, E.W., III, and Rangoonwala, A., 2012, Mapping oil in a coastal marsh with polarimetric synthetic aperture radar: Proceedings of the Oceans 2012 MTS/IEEE—Harnessing the Power of the Ocean, Hampton Roads, Va., October 14–19, 2012, 8 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2012.6404922].

  • Roy, M., Martin, J.B., Cable, J.E., and Smith, C.G., 2013, Variations of iron flux and organic carbon remineralization in a subterranean estuary caused by interannual variations in recharge: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 103, p. 301–315 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.055].

  • Schoolmaster, D.R., Jr., Grace, J.B., and Schweiger, E.W., 2012, A general theory of multimetric indices and their properties: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, v. 3, no. 4, p. 773–781, doi:10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00200.x [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00200.x]. 

  • Tanaka, A., Ohtani, M., Suyama, Y., Inomata, N., Tsumura, Y., Middleton, B.A., Tachida, H., and Kusumi, J., 2012, Population genetic structure of a widespread coniferous tree, Taxodium distichum [L.] Rich. (Cupressaceae), in the Mississippi River alluvial valley and Florida: Tree Genetics and Genomes, v. 8, no. 5, p. 1135–1147, doi:10.1007/s11295-012-0501-z [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11295-012-0501-z]. 

  • Thorne, K.M., Takekawa, J.Y., and Elliott-Fisk, D.L., 2012, Ecological effects of climate change on salt marsh wildlife—a case study from a highly urbanized estuary: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 28, no. 6, p. 1477–1487. doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00136.1 [http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00136.1].

  • Umberger, D.K., Osterman, L.E., Smith, C.G., Frazier, J., and Richwine, K.A., 2012, Seasonal variability in the surface sediments of Mobile Bay, Alabama recorded by geochemistry and foraminifera, 2009–2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 733, 28 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/733/].

  • Vidal-Martinez, V.M., Aguirre-Macedo, M.L., McLaughlin, J.P., Hechinger, R.F., Jaramillo, A.G., Shaw, J.C., James, A.K., Kuris, A.M., and Lafferty, K.D., 2012, Digenean metacercariae of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll, Eastern Indo-Pacific: Journal of Helminthology, v. 86, no. 4, p. 493–509, doi:10.1017/S0022149X11000526 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X11000526].

  • Wilson, R., Davenport, C., and Jaffe, B., 2012, Sediment scour and deposition within harbors in California (USA), caused by the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami: Sedimentary Geology, v. 282, p. 228–240, doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.06.001 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.06.001].

  • Xu, J.P., Barry, J.P., and Paull, C.K., 2013, Small-scale turbidity currents in a big submarine canyon: Geology, v. 41, no. 2, p. 143–146, doi:10.1130/G33727.1 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G33727.1].

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