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Ripples for Everyone!—Investigating How Sediment Moves on the Sea Floor

Ripples for Everyone!—Investigating How Sediment Moves on the Sea Floor

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center recently conducted two cruises aboard research vessel Pel...

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Oceanographer Joins the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team

Oceanographer Joins the Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team

Jodi Eshleman has recently joined the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)'s Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team as an oceanographer who will be working...

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Eelgrass in Puget Sound—A New Study of Flow, Sediment Transport, and Zostera marina

Eelgrass in Puget Sound—A New Study of Flow, Sediment Transport, and Zostera marina

Meadows of eelgrass (Zostera marina) provide essential habitat to a wide range of fish and wildlife in the nearshore parts of Puget Sound, Washington...

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Recent Publications - September 2004

Recent Publications - September 2004

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

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Upcoming! AGU Chapman Conference on Salt Marshes

Upcoming! AGU Chapman Conference on Salt Marshes

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference on "Salt Marsh Geomorphology: Physical and Ecological Effects on Landform" will be held in...

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USGS Partners with St. Petersburg, FL, Elementary School

USGS Partners with St. Petersburg, FL, Elementary School

“Mentoring provides a unique opportunity to change lives—a child's and your own. I encourage everyone to mentor. In this complex world, it is a simple...

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USGS Participates in Earth Force Teacher Training

USGS Participates in Earth Force Teacher Training

About the training

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Scientists Come to the Point to Talk About Snakes and Birds at Cabrillo National Monument

Scientists Come to the Point to Talk About Snakes and Birds at Cabrillo National Monument

Presentations to the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) at Cabrillo National Monument

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Manatee Population Rising in Some Regions, Likely Stalled or Declining in Others

Manatee Population Rising in Some Regions, Likely Stalled or Declining in Others

Manatee populations are growing at healthy rates in two of four regions off the Florida coast but may be stalled or declining in the other two regions...

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Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Mapping Coastal Landslide Hazards Along the Big Sur Coast

Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Mapping Coastal Landslide Hazards Along the Big Sur Coast

The purpose of this fieldwork was to collect spectra—measurements of reflected sunlight—from the various rock types and fault materials along the Big...

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Microbial Ecology of Deepwater Corals in the Aleutian Islands

Microbial Ecology of Deepwater Corals in the Aleutian Islands

The diversity and abundance of high-latitude reefs, like those found off the Aleutial Islands, rival those seen in tropical coral reefs.

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