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

Ackerman, S.D., Pappal, A.L., Huntley, E.C., Blackwood, D.S, and Schwab, W.C, 2015, Geological sampling data and benthic biota classification: Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1221 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141221].

Andrews, B.D., Miselis, J.L., Danforth, W.W., Irwin, B.J., Worley, C.R., Bergeron, E., and Blackwood, D, 2015, Marine Geophysical data collected in a shallow back-barrier estuary: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey: U. S. Geological Survey Data Series 937 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds937].

Boswell, R., Waite, W.F., Wright, F., Kvenvolden, K., Koh, C.A., Anderson, B., Klauda, J.B., Tans, P., Buffet, B.A., Frye, M., Maslin, M., and Ripmeester, J., 2015, Chapter 1: What are Gas Hydrates? In: Beaudoin, Y.C., Boswell, R., Dallimore, S. D. and Waite, W (Ed.), Frozen Heat: UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates. Volume 1. United Nations Environment Programme, GRID-Arendal.

Brothers, D.S., Conrad, J.E., Maier, K.L., Paull, C.K., McGann, M., and Caress, D.W., 2015, The Palos Verdes Fault offshore southern California: Late Pleistocene to Present tectonic geomorphology, seascape evolution and slip-rate estimate based on AUV and ROV surveys: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 120 no. 7, p. 4734–4758 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015jb011938].

Christeson, G.L., and Barth, G.A., 2015, Aleutian basin oceanic crust: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 426, p. 167–175 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.040].

Cochrane, G.R., 2015, Southern Salish Sea Habitat Map Series data catalog: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 935 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds935].

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Johnson, S.Y., Erdey, M.D., Golden, N.E., Greene, H.G., Dieter, B.E., Hartwell, S.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Endris, C.A., Watt, J.T., Davenport, C.W., Sliter, R.W., Maier, K.L., and Krigsman L.M. (G.R. Cochrane and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Santa Cruz, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, pamphlet 67 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000 [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7348HF0].

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Johnson, S.Y., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Endris, C.A., Hartwell, S.R., Kvitek, R.G., Davenport, C.W., Watt, J.T., Krigsman, L.M., Ritchie, A.C., Sliter, R.W., Finlayson, D.P., Maier, K.L., (G.R. Cochrane and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Scott Creek, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, pamphlet 67 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000 [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F77W697W].

Cochrane, G.R., Dartnell, P., Johnson, S.Y., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Manson, M.W., Sliter, R.W., Endris, C.A., Watt, J.T., Ross, S.L., Kvitek, R.G., Phillips, E.L., Bruns, T.R., and Chin, J.L. (G.R. Cochrane and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Bolinas, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1135, pamphlet 36 p., 10 sheets [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151135].

Cochrane, G.R., Watt, J.T., Dartnell, P., Greene, H.G., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Endris, C.A., Hartwell, S.R., Kvitek, R.G., Davenport, C.W., Krigsman, L.M., Ritchie, A.C., Sliter, R.W., Finlayson, D.P., Maier, K.L., (G.R. Cochrane and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Pigeon Point, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, pamphlet 66 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000 [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7RV0KRZ].

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., Endris, C.A., and Krigsman, L.M. (P. Dartnell and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, 85 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000 [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7251G78].

Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., Baldwin, W.E., Moore, E., and Bergeron, E., 2015, High-resolution geophysical data collected offshore of Fire Island, New York in 2011, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2011-005-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F75X2704].

Dickhudt, P.K., Ganju, N.K., and Montgomery, E.T., 2015, Summary of oceanographic measurements for characterizing light attenuation and sediment resuspension in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary, New Jersey, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1146 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151146].

Doran, K.S., Long, Joseph W., Overbeck, Jacquelyn R., 2015, Beach slopes of North Carolina: Salvo to Duck: U.S. Geological Survey data release [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7M906Q6].

Doyle, T.W., Chivoiu, Bogdan, and Enwright, N.M., 2015, Sea-level rise modeling handbook—Resource guide for coastal land managers, engineers, and scientists: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1815, 76 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1815]

East, A.E., Clift, P.D., Carter, A., Alizai, A., and VanLaningham, S., 2015, Fluvial–Eolian interactions in sediment routing and sedimentary signal buffering: An example from the Indus Basin and Thar Desert: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85 no. 6, p. 715–728 [http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2015.42].

Erikson, L.H., Hemer, M.A., Lionello, P., Mendez, F.J., Mori, N., Semedo, A., Wang, X.L., and Wolf, J., 2015, Projection of wave conditions in response to climate change: a community approach to global and regional wave downscaling: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0243].

Foley, M.M., Duda, J.J., Beirne, M.M., Paradis, R., Ritchie, A., and Warrick, J.A., 2015, Rapid water quality change in the Elwha River estuary complex during dam removal: Limnology and Oceanography, p. 1–14 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10129].

Geologic Materials Repository Working Group, 2015, The U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Collections Management System (GCMS) A Master Catalog and Collections Management Plan for U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Samples and Sample Collections: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1410 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/cir1410].

George, D.A., Largier, J.L., Storlazzi, C.D., and Barnard, P.L., 2015, Classification of rocky headlands in California with relevance to littoral cell boundary delineation: Marine Geology, v. 369, p. 137–152 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2015.08.010].

Gibbs, A.E., Nolan, M., and Richmond, B.M., 2015, Evaluating changes to arctic coastal bluffs using repeat aerial photography and structure from-motion elevation models: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0080].

Gibbs, A.E., Ohman, K.A., and Richmond, B.M., 2015, National assessment of shoreline change—A GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the north coast of Alaska, U.S.-Canadian border to Icy Cape: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1030 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151030]

Gibbs, A.E., and Richmond, B.M., 2015, National assessment of shoreline change—Historical shoreline change along the north coast of Alaska, U.S.–Canadian border to Icy Cape: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1048, 96 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151048]

Goodkin, N.F., Wang, B.-S., You, C.-F., Hughen, K.A., Grumet-Prouty, N., Bates, N.R., and Doney, S.C., 2015, Ocean circulation and biogeochemistry moderate interannual and decadal surface water pH changes in the Sargasso Sea: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42 no. 12, p. 4931–4939 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015gl064431].

Granja Bruña, J.L., ten Brink, U.S., A., Muñoz-Martín A., Carbó-Gorosabel, A., Llanes Estrada, P., 2015, Shallower structure and geomorphology of the southern Puerto Rico offshore margin: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 67, p. 30–56 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.04.014].

Gray, A.B., Pasternack, G.B., Watson, E.B., Warrick, J.A., and Goñi, M.A., 2015, Effects of antecedent hydrologic conditions, time dependence, and climate cycles on the suspended sediment load of the Salinas River, California: Journal of Hydrology, v. 525, p. 632–649 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.04.025].

Harley, M.D., Barnard, P.L., and Turner, I.L., 2015, Linkages between climate oscillations and coastal wave variability across the Pacific Basin: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0197].

Jaffe, B., 2015, The role of suspension events in cross-shore and longshore suspended sediment transport in the surf zone: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0253].

Johnson, C.D., Swarzenski, P.W., Richardson, C.M., Smith, C.G., Kroeger, K.D., Ganguli, P.M., 2015, Ground-truthing electrical resistivity methods in support of submarine groundwater discharge studies: Examples from Hawaii, Washington, and California: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, v. 20 no. 1, p. 81–87 [http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/Jeeg20.1.81].

Johnson, S.Y., Dartnell, P., Golden, N.E., Hartwell, S.R., Erdey, M.D., Greene, H.G., Cochrane, G.R., Kvitek, R.G., Manson, M.W., Endris, C.A., Dieter, B.E., Watt, J.T., Krigsman, L.M., Sliter, R.W., Lowe, E.N., and Chin, J.L. (S.Y. Johnson and S.A. Cochran, eds.), 2015, California State Waters Map Series—Offshore of Bodega Head, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1140, pamphlet 39 p., 10 sheets, scale 1:24,000 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151140].

Kalnejais, L., Martin, W. R., and Bothner, M.H., 2015, Porewater dynamics of silver, lead and copper in coastal sediments and implications for benthic metal fluxes: Science of the Total Environment, v. 517 no. 1, p. 178–194.

Kayen, R.E., Carkin, B.A., Corbett, S.C., Zangwill, A., Estevez, I., and Lai, L., 2015, Shear wave velocity and site amplification factors for 25 strong-motion instrument stations affected by the M5.8 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake of August 23, 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1099 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151099].

Kinsman, N., Gibbs, A., and Nolan, M., 2015, Evaluation of vector coastline features extracted from 'structure from motion'-derived elevation data: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0251].

Kolby, J.E., Ramirez, S.D., Berger, L., Griffin, D.W., Jocque, M., Skerratt, L.F., 2015, Presence of amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in rainwater suggests aerial dispersal is possible: Aerobiologia, v. 31, no. 3, p. 411–419 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10453-015-9374-6].

Lammers, L.N., Brown Jr., G.E., Bird, D.K., Thomas, R.B., Johnson, N.C., Rosenbauer, R.J., Maher, K., 2015, Sedimentary reservoir oxidation during geologic CO2sequestration: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 155, p. 30–46 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.001].

Limber, P., Barnard, P., and Hapke, C., 2015, Towards projecting the retreat of California’s coastal cliffs during the 21st century: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0245].

List, K.M., Buczkowski, B.J., McCarthy, L.P., and Orton, A.M., 2015, Collections Management Plan for the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Data Library: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1141 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151141].

Maier, K.L., Gatti, E., Wan, E., Ponti, D.J., Pagenkopp, M., Starratt, S.W., Olson, H.A., Tinsley, J.C., 2015, Quaternary tephrochronology and deposition in the subsurface Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, U.S.A: Quaternary Research, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.12.007].

Masteller, C.C., Finnegan, N.J., Warrick, J.A., and Miller, I.M., 2015, Kelp, cobbles, and currents: Biologic reduction of coarse grain entrainment stress: Geology, v. 43 no. 6, p. 543–546 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G36616.1].

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Blackwood, D.S., Nardi, M.J., and Andring, M.A., 2015, Sea-floor morphology and sedimentary environments in southern Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1149, 1 DVD-ROM [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151149]

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., and Parker, C.E., 2015, Character, distribution, and ecological significance of storm-wave induced scour in Rhode Island Sound, USA: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 35 no. 2, p. 135–144 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00367-014-0392-0].

Montgomery, E.T., Ganju, N.K., Dickhudt, P.J., Borden, J., Martini, M.A., and Brosnahan, S.M, 2015, Summary of oceanographic and water-quality measurements in Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Wells, Maine, 2013: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1072 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151072].

Morgan, K.L.M., 2015, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Navarre Beach, Florida, to Breton Island, Louisiana, September 1, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 952 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds952].

Morgan, K.L.M., 2015, Baseline coastal oblique aerial photographs collected from Key Largo, Florida, to the Florida/Georgia border, September 5-6, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 953 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds953].

Moseman-Valtierra, S., Kroeger, K.D., Crusius, J., Baldwin, S., Green, A., Brooks, T.W., Pugh, E., 2015, Substantial nitrous oxide emissions from intertidal sediments and groundwater in anthropogenically-impacted West Falmouth Harbor, MA: Chemosphere, v. 119, 1281–1288 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.10.027].

Pendleton, E.A., Ackerman, S.D., Baldwin, W.E., Danforth, W.W., Foster, D.S., Thieler, E.R., and Brothers, L.L, 2015, High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Delmarva Peninsula 2014, USGS Field Activity 2014-002-FA, version 2: U.S. Geological Survey data release [http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2F60].

Pomeroy, A.W.M., Lowe, R.J., Ghisalberti, M., Storlazzi, C.D., Cuttler, M., and Symonds, G., 2015, Mechanics of sediment suspension and transport within a fringing reef: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0086].

Quataert, E., Storlazzi, C., van Rooijen, A., Cheriton, O., and van Dongeren, A., 2015, The influence of coral reefs and climate change on wave-driven flooding of tropical coastlines: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, p. 1–9 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015gl064861].

Richwine, K.A., Marot, M.E., Smith, C.G., Osterman, L.E., and Adams, C.S., 2015, Biological and geochemical data along Indian Point, Vermilion Bay, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1143 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151143]

Robertson, B., Hall, K., Nistor, I., Zytner, R., and Storlazzi, C., 2015, Remote sensing of irregular breaking wave parameters in field conditions: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 300, p. 348–363 [http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/Jcoastres-D-13-00006.1].

Scholl, D.W., Kirby, S.H., von Huene, R., Ryan, H., Wells, R.E., Geist, E.L., 2015, Great (≥Mw8.0) megathrust earthquakes and the subduction of excess sediment and bathymetrically smooth seafloor: Geosphere, v. 11 no. 2, p. 236–265 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES01079.1].

Sevadjian, J.C., McPhee-Shaw, E.E., Raanan, B.Y., Cheriton, O.M., Storlazzi, C.D., 2015, Vertical convergence of resuspended sediment and subducted phytoplankton to a persistent detached layer over the southern shelf of Monterey Bay, California: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 120, 22 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015jc010785].

Shope, J.B., Storlazzi, C.D., Erikson, L.H., Hegermiller, C.A., 2015, Modeled changes in extreme wave climates of the tropical Pacific over the 21st Century: Implications for U.S. and U.S.-affiliated atoll islands: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0247].

Smith, C.G., Marot, M.E., Ellis, A.M., Wheaton, C.J., Bernier, J.C., and Adams, C.S., 2015, Sedimentological and radiochemical characteristics of marsh deposits from Assateague Island and the adjacent vicinity, Maryland and Virginia, following Hurricane Sandy: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1169 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151169].

Storlazzi, C.D., Norris, B.K., and Rosenberger, K.J., 2015, The influence of grain size, grain color, and suspended-sediment concentration on light attenuation: Why fine-grained terrestrial sediment is bad for coral reef ecosystems: Coral Reefs, v. 34, no. 3, p. 967–975 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1268-0].

Sugawara, D., Jaffe, B., Goto, K., Gelfenbaum, G., and Selle, S.L., 2015, Exploring hybrid modeling of tsunami flow and deposit characteristics: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0185].

Van Der Wegen, M., Jaffe, B.E., and Roelvink, D., 2015, Predicting centuries of morphodynamics in San Pablo Bay, California: hindcast and forecast including sea level rise: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0209].

Vitousek, S., and Barnard, P.L., 2015, A nonlinear, implicit one-line model to predict long-term shoreline change: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0215].

Wang, D.T., Gruen, D.S., Sherwood-Lollar, B., Uwe-Hinrichs, K., Stewart, L.C., Holden, J.F., Hristov, A.N., Pohlman, J.W., Morrill, P.L., Konneke, M., Delwiche, K.B., Reeves, E.P., Sutcliffe, C.N., Ritter, D.J., Seewald, J.S., McIntosh, J.C., Hemond, H.F., Kubo, M.D., Cardace, D., Hoehler, T.M., Ono, S, 2015, Nonequilibrium clumped isotope signals in microbial methane: Science, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa4326].

Warrick, J.A., 2015, Trend analyses with river sediment rating curves: Hydrological Processes, v. 29, no. 6, p. 936–949 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10198].

Warrick, J.A., Gelfenbaum, G., Stevens, A.W., Miller, I.M., Kaminsky, G.M., and Foley, M.M., 2015, Coastal change from a massive sediment input: dam removal, Elwha River, Washington, USA: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0161].

Wong, F.L., and Grim, M.S., 2015, Depth-to-basement, sediment-thickness, and bathymetry data for the deep-sea basins offshore of Washington, Oregon, and California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1118, 13 p.[http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151118].

Yates, K.K., Rogers, C.S., Herlan, J.J., Brooks, G.R., Smiley, N.A., and Larson, R.A., 2015, Diverse coral communities in mangrove habitats suggest a novel refuge from climate change: Biogeosciences, v. 11, p. 4321–4337 [http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-4321-2014].

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