Recent Publications - January-February 2011
By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
February 28, 2011
List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.
- Amstrup, S.C., DeWeaver, E.T., Douglas, D.C., Marcot, B.G., Durner, G.M., Bitz, C.M., and Bailey, D.A., 2010, Greenhouse gas mitigation can reduce sea-ice loss and increase polar bear persistence: Nature, v. 468, no. 7326, p. 955-958 [https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09653].
- Andrews, B.D., Ackerman, S.D., Baldwin, W.E., and Barnhardt, W.A., 2010, Geophysical and sampling data from the inner continental shelf; northern Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1006 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1006/].
- Barnard, P.L., and Kvitek, R.G., 2010, Anthropogenic influence on recent bathymetric change in west-central San Francisco Bay: San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, v. 8, no. 3, 15 p. [https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2010v8iss3art2].
- Barras, J.A., Brock, J.C., and Travers, L.J., 2010, Remotely sensed imagery revealing the effects of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike on coastal Louisiana, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 566 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/566/].
- Bodkin, J.L., 2010, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Western Region—coastal ecosystem responses to influences from land and sea, Coastal and Ocean Science: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2010-3099, 2 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3099/].
- Burke, A., Robinson, L.F., McNichol, A.P., Jenkins, W.J., Scanlon, K.M., and Gerlach, D.S., 2010, Reconnaissance dating; a new radiocarbon method applied to assessing the temporal distribution of Southern Ocean deep-sea corals: Deep Sea Research Part I—Oceanographic Research Papers, v. 57, no. 11, p. 1510-1520 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2010.07.010].
- Conrad, J.E., Hein, J.R., Chaudhuri, A.K., Patranabis-Deb, Sarbani, Mukhopadhyay, Joydip, Kumar Deb, Gautam, and Beukes, N.J., 2011, Constraints on the development of Proterozoic basins in central India from 40Ar/39Ar analysis of authigenic glauconitic minerals: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 123, no. 1-2, p. 158-167 [https://doi.org/10.1130/B30083.1].
- Damschen, E.I., Harrison, S., and Grace, J.B., 2010, Climate change effects on an endemic-rich edaphic flora; resurveying Robert H. Whittaker’s Siskiyou sites (Oregon, USA): Ecology, v. 91, no. 12, p. 3609-3619 [https://doi.org/10.1890/09-1057.1].
- DeWitt, N.T., Flocks, J.G., Pfeiffer, W.R., and Wiese, D.S., 2011, Archive of side scan sonar and swath bathymetry data collected during USGS cruise 10CCT01 offshore of Cat Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, March 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 563 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/563/].
- Draut, A.E., and Gillette, E.R., 2010, Vegetation and substrate on aeolian landscapes in the Colorado River corridor, Cataract Canyon, Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1273, 61 p. and 14 spreadsheets [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1273/].
- Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J.G., and Wiese, D.S., 2010, Archive of digital chirp sub-bottom profile data collected during USGS cruise 07SCC01 offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, June 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 553, 3 DVDs [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/553/].
- Glorioso, B.M., Vaughn, A.J., and Waddle, J.H., 2010, The aquatic turtle assemblage inhabiting a highly altered landscape in southeast Missouri: Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, v. 1, no. 2, p. 161-168 [https://doi.org/10.3996/072010-JFWM-020].
- Himmelstoss, E.A., Kratzmann, M., Hapke, C., Thieler, E.R., and List, J., 2011, The National Assessment of Shoreline Change; a GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the New England and mid-Atlantic coasts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1119 [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1119/].
- Jenkins, J.A., Eilts, B.E., Guitreau, A.M., Figiel, C.R., Draugelis-Dale, R.O., and Tiersch, T.R., 2011, Sperm quality assessments for endangered razorback suckers Xyrauchen texanus: Reproduction, v. 141, no. 1, p. 55-65 [https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-10-0153].
- Kirwan, M.L., Guntenspergen, G.R., D’Alpaos, Andrea, Morris, J.T., Mudd, S.M., and Temmerman, Stijn, 2010, Limits on the adaptability of coastal marshes to rising sea level: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 37, L23401, 5 p. [https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045489].
- Kusumi, Junko, Zidong, Li, Kado, Tomoyuki, Tsumura, Yoshihiko, Middleton, B.A., Tachida, Hidenori, 2010, Multilocus patterns of nucleotide polymorphism and demographic change in Taxodium distichum (Cupressaceae) in the lower Mississippi River alluvial valley: American Journal of Botany, v. 97, no. 11, p. 1848-1857 [https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1000082].
- Porter, Keith, Wein, Anne, Alpers, Charles, Baez, Allan, Barnard, Patrick, and 34 others, 2011, Overview of the ARkStorm scenario: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1312, 183 p. and appendixes [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1312/].
- Robbins, L.L., Hansen, M.E., Kleypas, J.A., and Meylan, S.C., 2010, CO2calc—A user-friendly seawater carbon calculator for Windows, Max OS X, and iOS (iPhone): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1280, 17 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1280/].
- Robbins, L.L., Knorr, P.O., Liu, Xuewu, Byrne, R.H., and Raabe, E.A., 2010, USGS field activity 09FSH01 on the West Florida shelf, Gulf of Mexico, in February 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 535-B [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/535/b/].
- Robbins, L.L., Knorr, P.O., Liu, Xuewu, Byrne, R.H., and Raabe, E.A., 2010, USGS field activity 09FSH02 on the West Florida shelf, Gulf of Mexico, in August 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 535-C [https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/535/c/].
- Rosenbauer, R.J., Campbell, P.L., Lam, Angela, Lorenson, T.D., Hostettler, F.D., Thomas, Burt, and Wong, F.L., 2010, Reconnaissance of Macondo-1 well oil in sediment and tarballs from the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline, Texas to Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1290, 22 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1290/].
- Smith, L.M., Nestlerode, J.A., Harwell, L.C., and Bourgeois, P., 2010, The areal extent of brown shrimp habitat suitability in Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA; targeting vegetated habitat restoration: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 171, no. 1-4, p. 611-620 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-009-1303-0].
- Spear, J.W., and Poore, R.Z., 2011, Seasonal flux and assemblage composition of planktic foraminifera from the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2008-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1002, 17 p. [https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1002/].
- Zhou, L., Creech, D.L., Krauss, K.W., Yunlong, Y., and Kulhavy, D.L., 2010, Can we improve the salinity tolerance of genotypes of Taxodium by using varietal and hybrid crosses?: HortScience, v. 45, no. 12, p. 1773-1778 [https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.45.12.1773].