Recent Publications - July-August 2013
A sampling of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.
- Bonisteel-Cormier, J.M., Wright, C.W., Fredericks, A.M., Klipp, E.S., Nagle, D.B., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., and Brock, J.C., 2013, EAARL coastal topography and imagery–Western Louisiana, post-Hurricane Rita, 2005; first surface: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 720, DVD [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/720/].
- Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., 2013, Introduction to the special issue on “Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico,” in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 1–5, doi:10.2112/SI63-001.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-001.1].
- Brock, J.C., Danielson, J.J., and Purkis, S., 2013, Emerging methods for the study of coastal ecosystem landscape structure and change: International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 34, no. 18, p. 6283–6285, doi:10.1080/01431161.2013.810445 [https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2013.810445].
- Brothers, L.L., Van Dover, C.L., German, C.R., Kaiser, C.L., Yoerger, D.R., Ruppel, C.D., Lobecker, E., Skarke, A.D., and Wagner, J.S, 2013, Evidence for extensive methane venting on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margin: Geology, v. 41, no. 7, p. 807–810, doi:10.1130/G34217.1 [https://doi.org/10.1130/G34217.1].
- 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 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/739/].
- Cochran, S.A., 2013, Photography applications, chap. 2 of Goodman, J.A., Purkis, S.J., and Phinn, S.R., eds., Coral reef remote sensing—A guide for mapping, monitoring and management: New York, Springer, 436 p.
- Doran, K.S., Stockdon, H.F., Sopkin, K.L., Thompson, D.M., and Plant, N.G., 2013, National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards—Mid-Atlantic coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1131, 28 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1131/].
- Dunne, J.A., Lafferty, K.D., Dobson, A.P., Hechinger, R.F., Kuris, A.M., Martinez, N.D., McLaughlin, J.P., Mouritsen, K.N., Poulin, R., Reise, K., Stouffer, D.B., Thieltges, D.W., Williams, R.J., and Zander, C.D., 2013, Parasites affect food web structure primarily through increased diversity and complexity: PLoS Biology, v. 11, no. 6, e1001579, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001579 [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001579].
- Edwards, B.D., Childs, J.R.,Triezenberg, P.J., Danforth, W.W., and Gibbons, H., 2013, 2010 Joint United States-Canadian Program to explore the limits of the Extended Continental Shelf aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy—Cruise HLY1002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1067, 26 p., plus appendixes [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1067/].
- Flannery, J.A., and Poore, R.Z., 2013, Sr/Ca proxy sea-surface temperature reconstructions from modern and Holocene Montastraea faveolata specimens from the Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, U.S.A., in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 20–31, doi:10.2112/SI63-003.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-003.1].
- Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Miselis, J.L., Flocks, J.G., and Wiese, D.S., 2013, Archive of digital chirp subbottom profile data collected during USGS cruise 11BIM01 offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, June 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 772, 7 DVDs [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/772/].
- Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Wiese, D.S., and Phelps, D.C., 2013, Archive of digital boomer subbottom data collected during USGS cruises 99FGS01 and 99FGS02 offshore southeast and southwest Florida, July and November, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 773, DVD [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/773/].
- Golden, N.E., compiler, 2013, California State Waters Map Series data catalog: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 781 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/].
- Golden, N.E., and Cochrane, G.R., 2013, California Seafloor Mapping Program video and photograph portal: U.S. Geological Survey data set, doi:10.5066/F7J1015K [https://doi.org/10.5066/F7J1015K].
- Halstead, B.J., Wylie, G.D., and Casazza, M.L., 2013, Efficacy of trap modifications for increasing capture rates of aquatic snakes in floating aquatic funnel traps: Herpetological Conservation and Biology, v.81, no. 1, p. 65–74 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70046143].
- Hapke, C.J., Stockdon, H.F., Schwab, W.C., and Foley, M.K., 2013, Changing the paradigm of response to coastal storms: Eos (American Geophysical Union Transactions), v. 94, no. 21, p. 189–190, doi:10.1002/2013EO210001 [https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EO210001].
- Herring, G., Eagles-Smith, C.A., Ackerman, J.T., Gawlik, D.E., and Beerens, J.M., 2013, Landscape factors and hydrology influence mercury concentrations in wading birds breeding in the Florida Everglades, USA: Science of the Total Environment, v.458–460, p. 637–646, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.036 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.036].
- Hodson, T.O., Cochrane, G.R., and Powell, R.D., 2013, Marine benthic habitat mapping of the West Arm, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3253, pamphlet 29 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:50,000 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3253/].
- Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Phillips, E.L., Ritchie, A.C., Kvitek, R.G., Greene, H.G., Endris, C.A., Seitz, G.G., Sliter, R.W., Erdey, M.D., Wong, F.L., Gutierrez, C.I., Krigsman, L.M., Draut, A.E., and Hart, P.E. (S.Y. Johnson and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2013, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Carpinteria, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3261, pamphlet 42 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3261/].
- Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Cochrane, G.R., Golden, N.E., Phillips, E.L., Ritchie, A.C., Kvitek, R.G., Greene, H.G., Krigsman, L.M., Endris, C.A., Seitz, G.G., Gutierrez, C.I., Sliter, R.W., Erdey, M.D., Wong, F.L., Yoklavich, M.M., Draut, A.E., and Hart, P.E. (S.Y. Johnson and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2013, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Ventura, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3254, pamphlet 42 p., 11 sheets [https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3254/].
- Kindinger, J.L., Buster, N.A., Flocks, J.G., Bernier, J.C., and Kulp, M.A., 2013, Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program summary report—Data and analyses 2006 through 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1083, 86 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1083/].
- Kuffner, I.B., Hickey, T.D., and Morrison, J.M., 2013, Calcification rates of the massive coral Siderastrea siderea and crustose coralline algae along the Florida Keys (USA) outer-reef tract: Coral Reefs, published online June 8, 2013, doi:10.1007/s00338-013-1047-8 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1047-8].
- Lafferty, K.D., McLaughlin, J.P., and Dugan, J.E., 2013, Novel foraging in the swash zone on Pacific sand crabs (Emerita analoga, Hippidae) by Mallards: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, v. 125, no. 2, p. 423–426, doi:10.1676/12-141.1 [https://doi.org/10.1676/12-141.1].
- Lavoie, D., Flocks, J., Twichell, D., and Rose, K., 2013, Benthic substrate classification map—Gulf Islands National Seashore: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1051, 14 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1051/].
- Morrison, J.M., Kuffner, I.B., and Hickey, T.D., 2013, Methods for monitoring corals and crustose coralline algae to quantify in-situ calcification rates: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1159, 11 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1159/].
- Muslic, A., Flannery, J.A., Reich, C.D., Umberger, D.K., Smoak, J.M., and Poore, R.Z., 2013, Linear extension rates of massive corals from the Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1121, 22 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1121/].
- Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Kranenburg, C., Barras, J.A., and Brock, J.C., 2013, Land loss due to recent hurricanes in coastal Louisiana, U.S.A., in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 97–109, doi:10.2112/SI63-009.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-009.1].
- Plant, N.G, Long, J.W., Dalyander, P.S., Thompson, D.M., and Raabe, E.A., 2013, Application of a hydrodynamic and sediment transport model for guidance of response efforts related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico along the coast of Alabama and Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1234, 46 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1234/].
- Polgári, M., Hein, J.R., Németh, T., Pál-Molnár, E., and Vigh, T., 2013, Celadonite and smectite formation in the Úrkút Mn-carbonate ore deposit (Hungary): Sedimentary Geology, v. 294, p. 157–163, doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.05.017 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.05.017].
- Poore, R.Z., Tedesco, K.A., and Spear, J.W., 2013, Seasonal flux and assemblage composition of planktic foraminifers from a sediment-trap study in the northern Gulf of Mexico, in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 6–19, doi:10.2112/SI63-002.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-002.1].
- Reich, C.D., Poore, R.Z., and Hickey, T.D., 2013, The role of vermetid gastropods in the development of the Florida Middle Ground, northeast Gulf of Mexico, in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 46–57, doi:10.2112/SI63-005.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-005.1].
- Robbins, L.L., Yates, K.K., Gove, M.D., Knorr, P.O., Wynn, Jonathan, Byrne, R.H., and Liu, X., 2013, USGS Arctic Ocean carbon cruise 2010—Field activity H-03-10-AR to collect carbon data in the Arctic Ocean, August–September 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 741, CD [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/741/].
- Robbins, L.L., Yates, K.K., Knorr, P.O., Wynn, J., Lisle, J., Buczkowski, B., Moore, B., Mayer, L., Armstrong, A., Byrne, R.H., and Liu, X., 2013, USGS Arctic Ocean carbon cruise 2011—Field activity H-01-11-AR to collect carbon data in the Arctic Ocean, August–September 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 748, CD [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/748/].
- Rogers, J.S., Monismith, S.G., Feddersen, F., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2013, Hydrodynamics of spur and groove formations on a coral reef: Journal of Geophysical Research–Oceans, v. 118, p. 1–15, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20225 [https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20225].
- Smith, C.G., Osterman, L.E., and Poore, R.Z., 2013, An examination of historical inorganic sedimentation and organic matter accumulation in several marsh types within the Mobile Bay and Mobile-Tensaw River Delta region, in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 68–83, doi:10.2112/SI63-011.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-011.1].
- Steyer, G.D., Couvillion, B.R., and Barras, J.A., 2013, Monitoring vegetation response to episodic disturbance events by using multitemporal vegetation indices, in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 118–130, doi:10.2112/SI63-007.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-007.1].
- Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.J., Sopkin, K.L., Smith, K.E.L., and Fredericks, X., 2013, Coastal topography—Northeast Atlantic coast, post-Hurricane Sandy, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 765 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/765/pubs765/].
- Stockdon, H.F., Doran, K.S., Thompson, D.M., Sopkin, K.L., and Plant, N.G., 2013, National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards—Southeast Atlantic coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1130, 28 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1130/].
- Subino, J.A., Morgan, K.L.M., Krohn, M.D., and Dadisman, S.V., 2012, Archive of post-Hurricane Isabel coastal oblique aerial photographs collected during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 03CCH01 from Ocean City, Maryland, to Fort Caswell, North Carolina and inland from Waynesboro to Redwood, Virginia, September 21–23, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 761, 3 DVDs [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/761/].
- Swarzenski, P.W., Dulaiova, H., Dailer, M.L., Glenn, C.R., Smith, C.G., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2013, A geochemical and geophysical assessment of coastal groundwater discharge at select sites in Maui and O'ahu, Hawai'i, in Wetzelhuetter, C., ed., Groundwater in the coastal zones of Asia-Pacific (Coastal Research Library, v. 7): New York, Springer, p. 27–46, doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5648-9_3 [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5648-9_3].
- Takesue, R.K., and Jaffe, B.E., 2013, Sediment geochemistry of Corte Madera Marsh, San Francisco Bay, California—Have local inputs changed, 1830–2010?: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1042, 23 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1042/].
- Thatcher, C.A., Brock, J.C., and Pendleton, E.A., 2013, Economic vulnerability to sea-level rise along the northern U.S. Gulf coast, in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 234–243 doi:10.2112/SI63-017.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-017.1].
- Thieler, E.R., Foster, D.S., Mallinson, D.M., Himmelstoss, E.A., McNinch, J.E., List, J.H., and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 2013, Quaternary geophysical framework of the northeastern North Carolina coastal system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1015 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/].
- Thieler, E.R., Smith, T.L., Knisel, J., and Sampson, D.W., 2013, Massachusetts Shoreline Change Mapping and Analysis Project, 2013 update: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1189, 42 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1189/].
- Twichell, D.C., Flocks, J.G., Pendleton, E.A., and Baldwin, W.E., 2013, Geologic controls on regional and local erosion rates of three northern Gulf of Mexico barrier-island systems, in Brock, J.C., Barras, J.A., and Williams, S.J., eds., Understanding and predicting change in the coastal ecosystems of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Journal of Coastal Research, special issue 63, p. 32–45, doi:10.2112/SI63-004.1 [https://doi.org/10.2112/SI63-004.1].
- Warner, J.C., Defne, Z., Haas, K., and Arango, H.G, 2013, A wetting and drying scheme for ROMS: Computers & Geosciences, v. 58, p. 54–61, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2013.05.004 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2013.05.004].
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