Contacts for Beach Monitoring Research

Donna Francy
Phone: (614) 430-7769
E-Mail: dsfrancy@usgs.gov

• General questions about beach monitoring and research issues
• Predictive modeling at beaches
• Source tracking at beaches
• Designing beach monitoring research projects

Rob Darner
Phone: (614) 430-7756
E-Mail: radarner@usgs.gov

• Predictive modeling—spreadsheets and computer software
• Operation and maintenance of wave-height measuring buoy

Rebecca Bushon
Phone: (614) 430-7783
E-Mail: rnbuson@usgs.gov

• Rapid analytical methods

Erin Bertke
Phone: (614) 430-7712
E-Mail: eebertke@usgs.gov

• Sample collection at beaches
• Membrane filtration technique for E. coli
• Compositing samples to determine beach water quality
• Predictive modeling at beaches

Amie Brady
Phone: (614) 430-7760
E-Mail: amgbrady@usgs.gov

• Bed sediment sampling techniques
• Membrane filtration technique for E. coli
• Predictive modeling at beaches
• Equipment and supplies for microbiological monitoring