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

  • Arp, C.D., Jones, B.M., Grosse, G., Bondurant, A.C., Romanovksy, V.E., Hinkel, K.M., and Parsekian, A.D., 2016, Threshold sensitivity of shallow Arctic lakes and sublake permafrost to changing winter climate: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 43, p. 6358–6365. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068506

  • Atwood, T.C., Marcot, B.G., Douglas, D.C., Amstrup, S.C., Rode, K.D., Durner, G.M., and Bromaghin, J.F., 2016, Forecasting the relative influence of environmental and anthropogenic stressors on polar bears: Ecosphere, v. 7. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1370

  • Bernier, J.C., Zaremba, N.J., Wheaton, C.J., Ellis, A.M., Marot, M.E., and Smith, C.G., 2016, Sedimentologic characteristics of recent washover deposits from Assateague Island, Maryland: Data Series Report 999. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds999

  • Bilskie, M.V., Hagen, S.C., Alizad, K., Medeiros, S.C., Passeri, D.L., Needham, H.F., and Cox, A., 2016, Dynamic simulation and numerical analysis of hurricane storm surge under sea level rise with geomorphologic changes along the northern Gulf of Mexico: Earth’s Future, v. 4, p. 177–193. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015EF000347

  • Bishop, J.M., Richmond, B.M., Zaremba, N.J., Lunghino, B.D., and Kane, H.H., 2016, Hurricane Sandy washover deposits on southern Long Beach Island, New Jersey: Open-File Report 2016–1090, 1–14 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161090

  • Dartnell, P., Maier, K.L., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R., Cochrane, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Kvitek, R.G., Sliter, R.W., Greene, H.G., Davenport, C.W., et al., 2016, California State Waters Map Series—Monterey Canyon and vicinity, California: Open-File Report 2016–1072. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161072

  • Dilts, T.E., Weisberg, P.J., Leitner, P., Matocq, M.D., Inman, R.D., Nussear, K.E., and Esque, T., 2016, Multi-scale connectivity and graph theory highlight critical areas for conservation under climate change: Ecological Applications, v. 26, p. 1223–1237. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15-0925

  • Ellings, C.S., Davis, M., Grossman, E., Hodgson, S., Turner, K.L., Woo PR, I., Nakai, G., Takekawa, J.E., and Takekawa, J., 2016, Changes in habitat availability for outmigrating juvenile salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) following estuary restoration: Restoration Ecology, v. 24, p. 415–427. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12333

  • Geist, E.L., and Parsons, T.E., 2016, Reconstruction of far-field tsunami amplitude distributions from earthquake sources: Pure and Applied Geophysics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-016-1288-x

  • Hamman, J.J., Hamlet, A.F., Fuller, R., and Grossman, E., 2016, Combined effects of projected sea level rise, storm surge, and peak river flows on water levels in the Skagit Floodplain: Northwest Science, v. 90, p. 57–78. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3955/046.090.0106

  • Hartman, C., Ackerman, J., Takekawa, J., and Herzog, M., 2016, Waterbird nest-site selection is influenced by neighboring nests and island topography: Wildlife Management. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21105

  • Hood, W.G., Grossman, E., and Curt Veldhuisen, 2016, Assessing tidal marsh vulnerability to sea-level rise in the Skagit Delta: Northwest Science, v. 90, p. 79–93. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3955/046.090.0107

  • Kuffner, I.B., and Toth, L., 2016, A geological perspective on the degradation and conservation of western Atlantic coral reefs: Conservation Biology, v. 30, p. 706–715. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12725

  • Locker, S.D., Reed, J.K., Farrington, S., Harter, S., Hine, A.C., and Dunn, S., 2016, Geology and biology of the “Sticky Grounds,” shelf-margin carbonate mounds, and mesophotic ecosystem in the eastern Gulf of Mexico: Continental Shelf Research, v. 125, p. 71–87. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.06.015

  • Long, J.W., and H.T. Özkan-Haller, 2016, Forcing and Variability of Non-Stationary Rip Currents: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 121, p. 520–539. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JC010990

  • Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., Ellis, A.M., and Wheaton, C.J., 2016, Evaluating the potential effects of hurricanes on long-term sediment accumulation in two micro-tidal sub-estuaries: Barnegat Bay and Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Data Series Report 993. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds993

  • Morgan, K.L.M., 2016, Post-hurricane Joaquin Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Collected from the South Carolina/North Carolina Border to Montauk Point, New York, October 7–9, 2015: Data Series Report 995. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds995

  • Noble, M.A., Rosenberger, K., and Robertson, G.L., 2016, Strongly-sheared wind-forced currents in the nearshore regions of the central Southern California Bight: Continental Shelf Research, v. 106, p. 1–16. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2015.04.019

  • Pfister, C.A., Roy, K., Wootton, T.J., McCoy, S.J., Paine, R.T., Suchanek, T., and Sanford, E., 2016, Historical baselines and the future of shell calcification for a foundation species in a changing ocean: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, v. 283, p. 1–8. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0392

  • Plant, N.G., Thieler, E.R., Passeri, D.L., 2016, Coupling centennial-scale shoreline change to sea-level rise and coastal morphology in the Gulf of Mexico using a Bayesian network: Earth’s Future, v. 4. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015EF000331

  • Prouty, N.G., Sahy, D., Ruppel, C., Roark, E.B., Condon, D., Brooke, S., Ross, S.W., and Demopoulos, A., 2016, Insights into methane dynamics from analysis of authigenic carbonates and chemosynthetic mussels at newly-discovered Atlantic Margin seeps: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 449, p. 332–344. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.023

  • Prouty, N.G., Swarzenski, P.W., Fackrell, J., Johannesson, K., and Palmore, C.D., 2016, Groundwater-derived nutrient and trace element transport to a nearshore Kona coral ecosystem: Experimental mixing model results: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.12.058

  • Reynolds, C.E., and Richey, J.N., 2016, Seasonal Flux and Assemblage Composition of Planktic Foraminifera from the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2008–14: Open-File Report 2016–1115, 18 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161115

  • Ruggiero, P., Kaminsky, G., Gelfenbaum, G.R., and Cohn, N., 2016, Morphodynamics of prograding beaches: A synthesis of seasonal- to century-scale observations of the Columbia River littoral cell: Marine Geology, v. 376, p. 51–68. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.03.012

  • Safak, I., 2016, Variability of bed drag on cohesive beds under wave action: Water, v. 8. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w8040131

  • Salisbury, J., Vandemark, D., Jonsson, B., Balch, W., Chakraborty, S., Lohrenz, S., Chapron, B., Hales, B., Mannino, A., Mathis, J.T., Reul, N., Signorini, S., Wanninkhof, R., and Yates, K.K., 2016, How can present and future satellite missions support scientific studies that address ocean acidification? Oceanography, v. 2, p. 108–121. [http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.35

  • Shope, J.B., Storlazzi, C., Erikson, L., and Hegermiller, C., 2016, Changes to extreme wave climates of islands within the Western Tropical Pacific throughout the 21st century under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5, with implications for island vulnerability and sustainability: Global and Planetary Change, v. 141, p. 25–38. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.03.009

  • Smith, C.G., Price, R.M., Swarzenski, P.W., and Stalker, J.C., 2016, The role of ocean tides on groundwater-surface water exchange in a mangrove-dominated estuary: Shark River Slough, Florida Coastal Everglades, USA: Estuaries and Coasts. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-016-0079-z

  • Snyder, A.G., Lacy, J.R., Stevens, A.W., and Carlson, E.M., 2016, Bathymetric survey and digital elevation model of Little Holland Tract, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Open-File Report 2016–1093. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161093

  • Toth, L.T., Stathakopoulos, A., and Kuffner, I.B., 2016, The structure and composition of Holocene coral reefs in the Middle Florida Keys: Open-File Report 2016–1074. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161074

  • Turk, D., Yates, K.K., Vega-Rodriguez, M., Toro-Farmer, G., L’Esperance, C., Melo, N., Ramsewak, D., Estrada, S.C., Muller-Karger, F.E., Herwitz, S.R., and McGillis, W., 2016, Community metabolism in shallow coral reef and seagrass ecosystems, lower Florida Keys: Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 538, p. 35–52. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11385

  • Vannucchi, P., Morgan, J.P., Silver, E., and Kluesner, J., 2016, Origin and dynamics of depositionary subduction margins: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 17, p. 1966–1974. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GC006259

  • Westrich, J.R., Ebling, A.M., Landing, W.M., Joyner, J.L., Kemp, K.M., Griffin, D.W., and Lipp, E.K., 2016, Saharan dust nutrients promote Vibrio bloom formation in marine surface waters: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 113, p. 5964–5969. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1518080113

  • Zaremba, N.J., Bernier, J.C., Forde, A.S., and Smith, C.G., 2016, Raw and processed ground-penetrating radar and postprocessed differential global positioning system data collected from Assateague Island, Maryland, October 2014: Data Series Report 989. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds989

 

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