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Anima, R.L., Chin, J.L., Finlayson, D.P., McGann, M.L., and Wong, F.L., 2008, Interferometric sidescan mapping, sediment and foraminiferal analyses; a new look at Tomales Bay, California: USGS Open-File Report 2008-1237 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1237/].
Berger, U., Rivera-Monroy, V.H., Doyle, T.W., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Duke, N.C., Fontalvo-Herazo, M.L., Hildenbrandt, H., Koedam, N., Mehlig, U., Piou, C., and Twilley, R.R., 2008, Advances and limitations of individual-based models to analyze and predict dynamics of mangrove forests; a review: Aquatic Botany, v. 89, no. 2, p. 260-274, doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.12.015 [URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.12.015].
Birkeland, Charles, Craig, Peter, Fenner, Douglas, Smith, Lance, Kiene, W.E., and Riegl, B.M., 2008, Geologic setting and ecological functioning of coral reefs in American Samoa, in Riegl, B., and Dodge, R., eds., Coral reefs of the USA, v. 1 of Coral reefs of the world: Berlin, Springer Science+Business Media, p. 741-766 [URL http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/book/978-1-4020-6846-1].
Brame, A.B., Krebs, J.M., and McIvor, C.C., 2005, Wetland habitat use by the nekton community at Weedon Island County Preserve and Feather Sound; summary of 2004 data: Tampa Bay Study Digital Library Results, 27 p. [URL http://dl.cr.usgs.gov/tampa/prod_search_tampa.aspx?prodid=21415].
Brame, A.B., and McIvor, C.C., 2007, A holistic approach to determining juvenile snook habitat use in a Tampa Bay tidal wetland: Estuarine Research Federation Conference, Providence, R.I., November 4-8, 2007, abstracts, p. 18 [URL http://www.erf.org/cgi-bin/conference07_abstract.pl?conference=erf2007&hilite=Brame&id=100].
Butman, B., Sherwood, C.R., and Dalyander, P.S., 2008, Northeast storms ranked by wind stress and wave-generated bottom stress observed in Massachusetts Bay, 1990-2006: Continental Shelf Research, v. 28, no. 10-11, p. 1231-1245, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.010 [URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.02.010].
Carnahan, E.A., Hoare, A.M., Hallock, P., Lidz, B.H., and Reich, C.D., 2008, Distribution of heavy metals and foraminiferal assemblages in sediments in Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 24, no. 1, p. 159-169, doi: 10.2112/06-0666.1 [URL http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/06-0666.1].
Cross, V.A., Bratton, J.F., Crusius, John, Colman, J.A., and McCobb, T.D., Submarine hydrogeological data from Cape Cod National Seashore: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1169 [URL http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2006-1169/].
Dreher, C.A., Flocks, J.G., Ferina, N., Kulp, M.A., and Calderon, K., 2008, Archive of sediment-vibracore data collected from Sandy Point to Belle Pass, Louisiana, 1983 through 2000 (vibracore surveys: 00SCC, 83CR, and P86, and USACE borehole cores): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series DS-344 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/344/].
Elsey-Quirk, T., Middleton, B.A., and Proffitt, C.E., 2008, Seed dispersal and seedling emergence in a created and a natural salt marsh on the Gulf of Mexico coast in southwest Louisiana, U.S.A.: Restoration Ecology, Early View, 11 p., doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00398.x [URL http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120124297/abstract].
Fletcher, C.H., Bochicchio, Chris, Conger, C.L., Engels, M.S., Feirstein, E.J., Frazer, Neil, Glenn, C.R., Grigg, R.W., Grossman, E.E., Harney, J.N., Isoun, Ebitari, Murray-Wallace, C.V., Rooney, J.J., Rubin, K.H., Sherman, C.E., and Vitousek, Sean, 2008, Geology of Hawaii reefs, in Riegl, B., and Dodge, R., eds., Coral reefs of the USA, v. 1 of Coral reefs of the world: Berlin, Springer Science+Business Media, p. 435-488 [URL http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/book/978-1-4020-6846-1].
Hein, J.R., Schulz, M.S., Dunham, R.E., Stern, R.J., and Bloomer, S.H., 2008, Diffuse flow hydrothermal manganese mineralization along the active Mariana and southern Izu-Bonin arc system, western Pacific: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 113, B08S14, doi:10.1029/2007JB005432 [URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007JB005432]
Hine, A.C., Halley, R.B., Locker, S.D., Jarrett, B.D., Jaap, W.C., Mallinson, D.J., Ciembronowicz, K.T., Ogden, N.B., Donahue, B.T., and Naar, D.F., 2008, Coral reefs, present and past, on the west Florida shelf and platform margin, in Riegl, B., and Dodge, R., eds., Coral reefs of the USA, v. 1 of Coral reefs of the world: New York, Springer Science+Business Media, p. 127-173 [URL http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/book/978-1-4020-6846-1].
Krauss, K.W., Lovelock, C.E., McKee, K.L., López-Hoffman, L., Ewe, S.M.L., and Sousa, W.P., 2008, Environmental drivers in mangrove establishment and early development; a review: Aquatic Botany, no. 2, p. 105-127, doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.12.014 [URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.12.014].
Krebs, J.M., Brame, A.B., and McIvor, C.C., 2005, Wetland habitat use by the nekton community at Terra Ceia State Aquatic Buffer Preserve; summary of 2004 data: Tampa Bay Study Digital Library Results, 31 p. [URL http://dl.cr.usgs.gov/tampa/prod_search_tampa.aspx?prodid=21416].
Krebs, J.M., McIvor, C.C., and Bell, S.S, 2007, Assessing restoration success using nekton-based metrics of habitat quality in a tidal mangrove wetland [abs.]: Research Federation Conference, Providence, R.I., November 4-8, 2007, abstracts, p. 115 [URL http://www.erf.org/cgi-bin/conference07_abstract.pl?conference=erf2007&hilite=krebs&id=615].
Kroeger, K.D., and Charette, M.A., 2008, Nitrogen biogeochemistry of submarine groundwater discharge: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 53, no. 3, p. 1025-1039 [URL http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_53/issue_3/].
Lidz, B.H., Shinn, E.A., Hudson, J.H., Multer, H.G., Halley, R.B., and Robbin, D.M., 2008, Controls on late Quaternary coral reefs of the Florida Keys, in Riegl, B., and Dodge, R., eds., Coral reefs of the USA, v. 1 of Coral reefs of the world: Berlin, Springer Science+Business Media, p. 9-74 [URL http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/book/978-1-4020-6846-1].
Miller, M.W., Halley, R.B., and Gleason, A.C.R., 2008, Reef geology and biology of Navassa Island, in Riegl, B., and Dodge, R., eds., Coral reefs of the USA, v. 1 of Coral reefs of the world: Berlin, Springer Science+Business Media, p. 407-433 [URL http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/book/978-1-4020-6846-1].
Osterman, L.E., Poore, R.Z., and Swarzenski, P.W., 2008, 1000 years of recurring natural and anthropogenic low-oxygen water on the Louisiana shelf, Gulf of Mexico [abs.]: “From the Watershed to the Global Ocean,” Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fla., March 2-7, 2008, abstracts, p. 342 [URL http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/orlando2008/viewabstract2.asp?AbstractID=46].
Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J., Woodman, R., and Wright, C.W., 2008, Evaluation of airborne light detection and ranging (lidar) data to classify and predict vegetation communities [abs.], in Helterbrand, W.S., and Sieverling, J.B., eds., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Seventh Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, May 12–16, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5074, p. 46 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5074/].
Parsons, Tom; Chen Ji; and Kirby, Eric, 2008, Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin: Nature, v. 454, no. 7203, p. 509-510, doi:10.1038/nature07177 [URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature07177].
Poore, R.Z., and Richey, J.N., 2008, Northern Gulf of Mexico climate variability [abs.]: “From the Watershed to the Global Ocean,” Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fla., March 2-7, 2008, abstracts, p. 363 [URL http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/orlando2008/viewabstract2.asp?AbstractID=50].
Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Foster, D.S., Blackwood, D.S., Williams, S.J., Ackerman, S.D., Barnum, S.R., and Brennan, R.T., 2008, Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1004 [URL http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2008-1004/].
Raabe, E.A., and Bialkowska-Jelinska, E., 2008, Thermal infrared mapping of coastal-aquifer seeps and associations between seeps and coastal habitats [abs.], in Kuniansky, E.L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, p. 58-60 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5023/].
Raabe, E.A., Harris, M.S., Shrestha, R.L., and Carter, W.E., 2008, Laser-derived ground surface, plant canopy, and geomorphology of a Florida coastal wetland [abs.], in Helterbrand, W.S., and Sieverling, J.B., eds., Proceedings of the U.S. Geological Survey Seventh Biennial Geographic Information Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, May 12–16, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5074, p. 46-47 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5074/].
Robbins, Lisa, Wolfe, Steven, and Raabe, Ellen, 2008, Mapping of Florida’s Coastal and Marine Resources; Setting Priorities Workshop: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1157, 41 p. [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1157/].
Rogers, C., Miller, J., Muller, E., Edmunds, P., Nemeth, R., Beets, J., Friedlander, A., Smith, T., Boulon, R., Jeffrey, C., Menza, C., Caldow, C., Idrisi, N., Kojis, B., Monaco, M., Spitzack, T., Gladfelter, B., Ogden, J., Hillis-Starr, Z., Lundgren, I., Schill, W.B., Kuffner, I., Richardson, L., Devine, B., and Voss, J., 2008, Ecology of coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands, in Riegl, B., and Dodge, R., eds., Coral reefs of the USA, v. 1 of Coral reefs of the world: Berlin, Springer Science+Business Media, p. 303-373 [URL http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/book/978-1-4020-6846-1].
Storlazzi, C.D., and Field, M.E., 2008, Winds, waves, tides, and the resulting flow patterns and fluxes of water, sediment, and coral larvae off West Maui, Hawaii: USGS Open-File Report 2008-1215, 13 p. [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1215/].
Sullivan, C.M., Subino, J., Morgan, K., Krohn, M.D., Dadisman, S.V., and Sallenger, A.H., Jr., 2007, XSTORMS; a processing, archival, and dissemination tool for extreme storm event data [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 211 [URL http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007AM/finalprogram/abstract_130281.htm].
Warner, J.C., Perlin, N., and Skyllingstad, E.D., 2008, Using the Model Coupling Toolkit to couple earth system models: Environmental Modeling and Software, v. 23, no. 10-11, p. 1240-1249, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.03.002 [URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.03.002]
Warrick, J.A., Cochrane, G.R., Sagy, Y., and Gelfenbaum, G., 2008, Nearshore substrate and morphology offshore of the Elwha River: Northwest Science, v. 82 (special issue), p. 153-163 [URL http://www.pc.ctc.edu/coe/publications.htm].
Warrick, J.A., George, D.A., Stevens, A.W., Eshleman, Jodi, Gelfenbaum, Guy, Kaminsky, G.M., Schwartz, A.K., and Bierne, Matt, 2007, Beach morphology monitoring in the Elwha River littoral cell, 2004-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 288, 38 p. [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/288/].

Publications Submitted for Bureau Approval

Bernier, J.C., and Morton, R.A., Recent reductions of subsidence rates in the Mississippi River Delta plain [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Tex., October 5-9, 2008.
Bonisteel, J.M., Nayegandhi, A., and Brock, J.C., Utilizing lidar-derived digital-elevation models to evaluate morphologic change [abs.]: National Lidar Meeting, 2nd, Reston, Va., May 21-22, 2008.
Dartnell, Peter, Collier, Robert, Buktenica, Mark, Jessup, Steven, Girdner, Scott, and Triezenberg, Peter, Multibeam sonar mapping and modeling of a submerged bryophyte mat in Crater Lake, OR: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series.
Galkiewicz, J.P., and Kellogg, C.A., Cross-Kingdom amplification using bacterial-specific primers; complications for coral microbial ecology: Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Kellogg, C.A., Microbiology of deep-sea corals [abs.]: USGS Interdisciplinary Microbiology Workshop, Estes Park, Colo., October 15-17, 2008.
Knorr, P.O., Robbins, L.L., and Harries, P.J., Effects of increased pCO₂ on aragonite crystal morphology in Halimeda spp. [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Tex., October 5-9, 2008.
Krohn, M.D., Morgan, K.L.M., Peterson, R., Sullivan, C.M., and Sallenger, A.H., Response and recovery of barrier-island beaches documented by the USGS Extreme Storms Program [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Tex., October 5-9, 2008.
Morton, R.A., Historical changes in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier-island chain and the roles of extreme storms, sea level, and human activities: Journal of Coastal Research.
Morton, R.A., Bernier, J.C., and Barras, J.A., Historical subsidence and wetland loss in the Mississippi Delta plain and the role of hydrocarbon production [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Tex., October 5-9, 2008.
Nayegandhi, A., Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., and Woodman, R., Determining vegetation structure using small-footprint, waveform-resolving lidar [abs.]: National Lidar Meeting, 2nd, Reston, Va., May 21-22, 2008.
Normark, W.R., Paull, C.K., Caress, D.W., Ussler, William, III, and Sliter, Ray, Fine-scale relief related to late Holocene channel shifting within the floor of upper Redondo fan valley in San Pedro basin, offshore southern California: Marine Geology.
Piper, D.J.W., and Normark, W.R., Initiating processes and turbidity currents; a marine geology perspective: Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Raabe, E., and Pope, D., Climate change and coastal wetlands; patterns of long- and short-term change on Florida’s Gulf Coast [abs.]: Wildlife Society Annual Conference, 15th, Miami, Fla., November 8-12, 2008.
Robbins, L.L., Knorr, P., Hallock, P., and Yates, K.K., Comparison of Halimeda aragonite from 40 years of archived field samples with specimens grown in high pCO₂ seawater [abs.]: Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO₂ World, 2nd, Monaco, October 6-9, 2008.
Ross, S.L., Conrad, J.E., Ryan, H.R., Chin, J.L., Dartnell, Peter, Edwards, B.D., Phillips, E.L., Sliter R.W., and Wong, F.L., Detailed geophysical observations of a double-stranded fault; structure and behavior [abs.]: “New Challenges in Earthquake Dynamics: Observing and Modelling a Multi-Scale System,” European Science Foundation Research Conference, Obergurgl, Austria, October 18-23, 2008.
Storlazzi, C.D., Presto, M.K., Logan, J.B., and Field, M.E., Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kauai; part IV—measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and turbidity; June-August 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.
Tedesco, K.A., Poore, R.Z., Thunell, R.C., and Tappa, E.J., Calibration of Holocene paleoenvironmental proxy records from the northern Gulf of Mexico [abs.]: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Tex., October 5-9, 2008.
Tedesco, K.A., Tappa, E.J., Thunell, R.C., and Poore, R.Z., Holocene paleoenvironmental proxy record calibration for the northern Gulf of Mexico [abs.]: Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting, Orlando, Fla., October 22-23, 2008.
van der Wegen, Mick, Roelvink, Dano, Jaffe, Bruce, Ganju, Neil, and Schoellhamer, Dave, Hindcasting bathymetric change in San Pablo Bay, 1856-1983; a step towards assessing likely geomorphic change in response to climate change [abs.]: CALFED Biennial Science Conference, 5th, Sacramento, Calif., October 22-24, 2008.
Warrick, J.A., and Mertes, L.A., Sediment production from the tectonically active semi-arid Western Transverse Ranges of California: Geological Society of America Bulletin.
Yates, K., Dufore, C., and Smiley, N., In-situ measurements of calcification rates and calcification/dissolution thresholds in coral reef communities of South Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands [abs.]: International Coral Reef Symposium, 11th, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7-11, 2008.
Zawada, D.G., and Brock, J.C., A multiscale analysis of coral reef topographic complexity using lidar-derived submerged topography: Journal of Coastal Research.