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

  • Barnard, P.L., Allan, J., Hansen, J.E., Kaminsky, G.M., Ruggiero, P., and Doria, A., 2011, The impact of the 2009-10 El Niño Modoki on U.S. West Coast beaches: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 38, L13604, 7 p., doi:10.1029/2011GL047707 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL047707].

  • Figurski, J.D., Malone, D., Lacy, J.R., and Denny, M., 2011, An inexpensive instrument for measuring wave exposure and water velocity: Limnology and Oceanography—Methods, v. 9, p. 204-214, doi:10.4319/lom.2011.9.204 [http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lom.2011.9.204].

  • Gray, M.A., Stone, R.P., McLaughlin, M.R., and Kellogg, C.A., 2011, Microbial consortia of gorgonian corals from the Aleutian islands: FEMS Microbiology Ecology, v. 76, no. 1, p. 109-120, doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01033.x [http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01033.x].

  • Hapke, C.J., and Thieler, E.R., 2011, USGS science for the Nation's changing coasts; shoreline change research: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3073, 2 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3073/]. 

  • Holland-Bartels, L., and Pierce, B., 2011, An evaluation of the science needs to inform decisions on Outer Continental Shelf energy development in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3048, 4 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3048/]. 

  • Holland-Bartels, L., and Pierce, B., eds., 2011, An evaluation of the science needs to inform decisions on Outer Continental Shelf energy development in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1370, 278 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1370/]. 

  • Paskevich, V.F., Wong, F.L., O'Malley, J.J., Stevenson, A.J., and Gutmacher, C.E., 2011, GLORIA sidescan-sonar imagery for parts of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and adjacent areas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1332 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1332/]. 

  • Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Irwin, B.J., Schaer, J.D., and Forrest, M.R., 2011, Sea-floor geology and character of eastern Rhode Island Sound west of Gay Head, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1004, DVD [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1004/]. 

  • Storlazzi, C.D., Presto, M.K., and Brown, E.K., 2011, Coastal circulation and water-column properties off Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Molokai, Hawaii, 2008-2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1154 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1154/].

  • Thieler, E.R., and Hapke, C.J., 2011, USGS science for the Nation's changing coasts; shoreline change assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3074, 2 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3074/]. 

  • Wong, F.L., Rosenbauer, R.J., Campbell, P., Lam, A., Lorenson, T.D., Hostettler, F.D., and Thomas, B., 2011, BP Macondo-1 well oil in sediment and tarballs from the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1164 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1164/]. 

  • Xu, J.P., 2011, Measuring currents in submarine canyons; technological and scientific progress in the past 30 years: Geosphere, v. 7, no. 4, p. 868-876, doi:10.1130/GES00640.1 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES00640.1].

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