Kimberly Yates, Ph.D.
Dr. Kimberly Yates is a senior research oceanographer at the U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Center for Coastal and Marine Science (SPCMSC).
Dr. Yates is also a member of the U.S. Interagency Work Group on Ocean Acidification (IWG-OA), the Executive and founding Steering Committees of the Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network (SOCAN), and served as Co-Chair of the Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry – Ocean Acidification Subcommittee (OCB-OA). She specializes in integrated science studies that examine how changes in coastal ecosystem processes may impact or mitigate risks from coastal hazards, using a whole system perspective that considers the interactions and linkages among chemistry, biology and the physical environment. Much of her recent work has focused on how coral reef seafloor erosion changes risks from sea level rise, waves and storms; impacts on coral reefs and estuaries from coastal and ocean acidification; and identifying and characterizing coastal climate change refuges.
Professional Experience
Senior Research Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL 2007 – Present
Research Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL 1998 – 2007
Research Assistant, University of South Florida, Department of Geology 1989 – 1997
Education and Certifications
University of South Florida (USF), Honors Program & Geology, B.A., 1992
University of South Florida, Geology (Biogeochemistry), Ph.D., 1996
Affiliations and Memberships*
Executive Committee Member and Steering Committee Member, Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network, 2015-present
Committee Member, Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification, National Ocean Science and Technology Subcommittee, 2009-present
Co-Chair, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program – Ocean Acidification Subcommittee, 2011-2016
Committee Member, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Acidification Network, 2016-present
Science and Products
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-25 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Big Pine Key to Marquesas Key, Florida-50 Years From 2011 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Big Pine Key to Marquesas Key, Florida-25 Years From 2011 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
Seafloor Elevation Change From 2016 to 2017 at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys-Impacts From Hurricane Irma
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Big Pine Key to Marquesas Key, Florida-100 Years From 2011 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
Multibeam Bathymetry Data Collected in December 2017, February and March 2018 at Looe Key, the Florida Keys
Seafloor Elevation Change From 2017 to 2018 at a Subsection of Crocker Reef, Florida Keys-Impacts From Hurricane Irma
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-75 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Elevation Change
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-50 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Elevation Change
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-25 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Elevation Change
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-100 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Elevation Change
Multibeam Bathymetry Data Collected in March 2018 at Crocker Reef, the Florida Keys
Management case study: Tampa Bay, Florida
Integrating science and resource management in Tampa Bay, Florida
Productivity of a coral reef using boundary layer and enclosure methods
Management case study: Tampa Bay, Florida
Monitoring and assessment of ocean acidification in the Arctic Ocean-A scoping paper
Effects of ocean acidification and sea-level rise on coral reefs
Coral reefs and ocean acidification
Topobathymetric data for Tampa Bay, Florida
USGS Tampa Bay Pilot Study
Diurnal variation of oxygen and carbonate system parameters in Tampa Bay and Florida Bay
Diurnal variation in rates of calcification and carbonate sediment dissolution in Florida Bay
CO32- concentration and pCO2 thresholds for calcification and dissolution on the Molokai reef flat, Hawaii
Science and Products
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-25 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Big Pine Key to Marquesas Key, Florida-50 Years From 2011 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Big Pine Key to Marquesas Key, Florida-25 Years From 2011 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
Seafloor Elevation Change From 2016 to 2017 at Crocker Reef, Florida Keys-Impacts From Hurricane Irma
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Big Pine Key to Marquesas Key, Florida-100 Years From 2011 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Erosion
Multibeam Bathymetry Data Collected in December 2017, February and March 2018 at Looe Key, the Florida Keys
Seafloor Elevation Change From 2017 to 2018 at a Subsection of Crocker Reef, Florida Keys-Impacts From Hurricane Irma
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-75 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Elevation Change
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-50 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Elevation Change
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-25 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Elevation Change
Projected Seafloor Elevation Along the Florida Reef Tract From Port St. Lucie to Marquesas Key, Florida-100 Years From 2001 Based on Historical Rates of Mean Elevation Change
Multibeam Bathymetry Data Collected in March 2018 at Crocker Reef, the Florida Keys
Management case study: Tampa Bay, Florida
Integrating science and resource management in Tampa Bay, Florida
Productivity of a coral reef using boundary layer and enclosure methods
Management case study: Tampa Bay, Florida
Monitoring and assessment of ocean acidification in the Arctic Ocean-A scoping paper
Effects of ocean acidification and sea-level rise on coral reefs
Coral reefs and ocean acidification
Topobathymetric data for Tampa Bay, Florida
USGS Tampa Bay Pilot Study
Diurnal variation of oxygen and carbonate system parameters in Tampa Bay and Florida Bay
Diurnal variation in rates of calcification and carbonate sediment dissolution in Florida Bay
CO32- concentration and pCO2 thresholds for calcification and dissolution on the Molokai reef flat, Hawaii
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government