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Anima, Roberto, Wong, F.L., Hogg, David, and Galanis, Peter, 2007, Side-scan sonar imaging of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1216, 15 p. [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1216/].

Buczkowski, B.J., 2007, Archival policies and managing physical collections for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Coastal and Marine Geology Program [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 293 [URL http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007AM/finalprogram/abstract_128600.htm].

Carnahan, E.A., Hoare, A.M., Hallock, P., Lidz, B.H., and Reich, C.D., 2007, 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 [URL http://www.jcronline.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.2112%2F06-0666.1].

Coco, G., Murray, A., Green, M.O., and Thieler, E., 2007, Sorted bedforms as self-organized patterns; part 2—complex forcing scenarios: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112, F03016, doi:10.1029/2006JF000666 [URL http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2006JF000666.shtml].

Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., 2007, Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, 505 p.

Conner, W.H., Hackney, C.T., Krauss, K.W., and Day, J.W., Jr., 2007, Tidal freshwater forested wetlands; future research needs and an overview of restoration, in Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, p. 461-488.

Conner, W.H., Krauss, K.W., and Doyle, T.W., 2007, Ecology of tidal freshwater forests in coastal deltaic Louisiana and northeastern South Carolina, in Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, p. 223-253.

Cronin, T.M., Vogt, P.R., Willard, D.A., Thunell, R., Halka, J.P., Berke, M., and Pohlman, J.W., 2007, Rapid sea level rise and ice sheet response to 8,200-year climate event: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 34, no. 20, L20603, doi:10.1029/2007GL031318, 6 p. [URL http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2007GL031318.shtml].

Dadisman, S., Calderon, K., Wertz, R., Flocks, J., and Subino, J., 2007, The geodatabase solution to data management; examples from LASED and XSTORMS [abs.], in Henkel, H.S., compiler, Proceedings of the first U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Information Management Workshop, March 21-23, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5232, p. 68-69 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5232/].

Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J.G., and Dwyer, Brendan, 2007, LASED; a data-management scheme for geologic and geophysical data collected from the Louisiana coastal zone [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 211 [URL http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007AM/finalprogram/abstract_131449.htm].

Day, R.H., Williams, T.M., and Swarzenski, C.M., 2007, Hydrology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States, in Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, p. 29-63.

Doyle, T.W., Conner, W.H., Ratard, M., and Inabinette, L.W., 2007, Assessing the impact of tidal flooding and salinity on long-term growth of baldcypress under changing climate and riverflow, in Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, p. 411-445.

Doyle, T.W., O’Neil, C.P., Melder, M.P.V., From, A.S., and Palta, M.M., 2007, Tidal freshwater swamps of the southeastern United States; effects of land use, hurricanes, sea-level rise, and climate change, in Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, p. 1-28.

Faulkner, S.P., Chambers, J.L., Conner, W.H., Keim, R.F., Day, J.W., Gardiner, E.S., Hughes, M.S., King, S.L., McLeod, K.W., Miller, C.A., Nyman, J.A., and Shaffer, G.P., 2007, Conservation and use of coastal wetland forests in Louisiana, in Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, p. 447-460.

Galkiewicz, J.P., and Kellogg, C.A., 2007, Temporal shifts in bacterial communities associated with the Pacific stony coral Pocillopora damicornis: American Society for Microbiology, Florida Branch Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, Fla., October 6-7, 2007, Program and Abstract Booklet (unpaginated).

Gutierrez, B.T., Williams, S.J., and Thieler, E.R., Potential shoreline changes due to sea-level rise along the U.S. mid-Atlantic region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1278 [URL http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2007-1278/].

Harris, R.N., Fisher, A., Ruppel, C., and Martinez, F., 2008, Modern perspectives on measuring and interpreting seafloor heat flux: Eos (American Geophysical Union Transactions), v. 89, no. 3, p. 23.

Harrison, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Kindinger, J.L., Morton, R.A., Bloom, M., Wiese, D.S., and Subino, J.A., 2007, Archive of digital and digitized analog boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruise 96CCT02 in Copano, Corpus Christi, and Nueces Bays and Corpus Christi Bayou, Texas, July 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 296 (DVD) [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/296/].

Harrison, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Ferina, N.F., and Wiese, D.S., 2007, Archive of digital CHIRP seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruise 06SCC03 offshore of Cheniere Caminada, Louisiana, July 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series DS 311, DVD [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/311/].

Harrison, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Reich, C.D., Wiese, D.S., Greenwood, J.W., and Swarzenski, P.W., 2007, Archive of digital boomer and CHIRP seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruise 06FSH03 offshore of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, September 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 308 (DVD) [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/308/].

Keeland, B.D., and McCoy, J.W., 2007, Plant community composition of a tidally influenced, remnant Atlantic white cedar stand in Mississippi, in Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, p. 89-111.

Krauss, K.W., Chambers, J.L., and Creech, D., 2007, Selection for salt tolerance in tidal freshwater swamp species; advances using baldcypress as a model for restoration, in Conner, W.H., Doyle, T.W., and Krauss, K.W., eds., Ecology of tidal freshwater forested wetlands of the southeastern United States: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer, p. 385-410.

Lengyel, N.L., Collie, J.S., and Valentine, P.C., 2007, The invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. on Georges Bank; ecological effects and genetic identification [abs.]: International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, 2nd, Brudenell, Prince Edward Island, Canada, October 1-4, 2007, Abstracts, p. 49 [URL http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=17276&tid=282&cid=33383].
Noble, M.A., Xu, J.P., Kolak, Jon, Gartner, A.L., and Rosenberger, K.J., 2007, Measurements of slope current and environmental geochemistry near the western boundary of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1288 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1288/].

O’Malley, John, 2007, U.S. Geological Survey ArcMap Sediment Classification tool; installation and user guide: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1186 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1186/].

Poppe, L.J., and Eliason, A.H., 2007, A Visual Basic program to plot sediment grain-size data on ternary diagrams [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 628 [URL http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2007AM/finalprogram/abstract_123832.htm]

Presto, M.K., Storlazzi, C.D., Logan, J.B., and Grossman, E.E., 2007, Submarine groundwater discharge and seasonal trends along the coast of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Hawaii, part I; time-series measurements of currents, waves and water properties; November, 2005-July, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1310 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1310/].

Raabe, E.A., 2007, Fly through Tampa Bay; a teacher’s guide: U.S. Geological Survey Web page [URL http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/flash/learningcorner/fly-through.html].

Raabe, E.A., 2007, Mapping the Florida shelf and coastlines, 2007: Information brochure on FLaSH mapping project of the Florida Shelf, produced by the U.S. Geological Survey in partnership with the Clean Beaches Council [URL http://www.cleanbeaches.org/].
Raabe, E.A., and Bialkowska-Jelinska, E., 2007, Temperature anomalies in the lower Suwannee River and tidal creeks, Florida, 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1311 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1311/].

Raabe, E., and Gauron, L., 2007, Historic records shed light on marsh to mangrove change in tidal wetlands: Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) meeting, Providence, R.I., November 4-8, 2007 [URL http://erf.org/cgi-bin/conference07_abstract.pl?conference=erf2007&id=925].

Raabe, E., and Robbins, L., 2007, Mapping and vessel-based capabilities: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3100, 4 p. [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3100/].

Ruppel, C.D., and Pohlman, J.W., 2008, Climate change and the global carbon cycle; perspectives and opportunities: Fire in the Ice, the National Energy Technology Laboratory Methane Hydrate Newsletter (Department of Energy), Winter 2008, p. 5-8 [URL http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/FutureSupply/MethaneHydrates/newsletter/newsletter.htm].

Smith, T.J., III, Tiling, G., and Leasure, P.S., 2007, Restoring coastal wetlands that were ditched for mosquito control; a preliminary assessment of hydro-leveling as a restoration technique: Journal of Coastal Conservation, v. 11, p. 67-74.

Twichell, D.C., Andrews, B.D., Edmiston, H.L., and Stevenson, W.R., 2007, Geophysical mapping of oyster habitats in a shallow estuary; Apalachicola Bay, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1381 [URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1381/].

Valentine, P.C., Carmen, M.R., Dijkstra, Jennifer, Blackwood, D.S., Westerman, Erica, and Harris, L.G., 2007, Seasonal water temperature cycles and recruitment of larvae of the colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. in New England coastal and offshore waters [abs.]: International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, 2nd, Brudenell, Prince Edward Island, Canada, October 1-4, 2007, Abstracts, p. 70 [URL http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=17276&tid=282&cid=31650].

Valentine, P.C., Collie, J.S., and Reid, R.N., 2007, Predicting the possible geographic distribution of the colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. on Georges Bank fishing grounds (Gulf of Maine) based on water temperatures required for the development and release of larvae and on substrate availability [abs.]: International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference, 2nd, Brudenell, Prince Edward Island, Canada, October 1-4, 2007, Abstracts, p. 71 [URL http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=17276&tid=282&cid=31649].

Wilson, A., and Ruppel, C., 2007, Salt tectonics and shallow subseafloor fluid convection; models of coupled fluid-heat-salt transport: Geofluids, v. 7, no. 4, p. 377-386, doi: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2007.00191 [URL http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-8123.2007.00191.x].

Wingfield, D.K., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2007, Spatial and temporal variability in oceanographic and meteorologic forcing along central California and its implications on nearshore processes: Journal of Marine Systems, v. 68, no. 3-4, p. 457-472 [URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09247963].

Yang, L., Li, X., Crusius, J., Jans, U., Melcer, M.E., and Zhang, P., 2007, Persistent chlordane concentrations in Long Island Sound sediment; implications from chlordane, ²¹⁰Pb, and ¹³⁷Cs depth profiles: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 41, no. 22, p. 7723-7729 [URL http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/esthag/2007/41/i22/abs/es070749a.html].

Publications Submitted for Director's Approval

Barnard, P.L., Hanes, D.M., Erikson, L.H., and Rubin, D.M., Determining sediment transport pathways in the San Francisco Bay coastal system by utilizing multibeam bathymetry, numerical modeling and mineral provenance [abs.]: Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fla., March 2-7, 2008.

Brock, J.C., Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Wright, C.W., and Nayegandhi, A., Effects of pulsated rise in Holocene sea level on patch-reef morphology, northern Florida Keys reef tract: Coral Reefs.

Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Nayegandhi, A., Patterson, M., and Wilson, I., USGS-NPS-NASA submarine topography—northern Florida Keys reef tract 2001-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (DVD).

Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Nayegandhi, A., Patterson, M., and Wilson, I., USGS-NPS-NASA bare-earth topography—Padre Island National Seashore: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (DVD).

Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Patterson, M., Nayegandhi, A., Wilson, I., and Travers, L., USGS-NPS-NASA EAARL topography—Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1422 (DVD).

Cochran, S.A., Comparison of a benthic terrain model to benthic habitat classification maps of Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i, USA [abs.]: International Coral Reef Symposium, 11th, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7-11, 2008.

Crusius, J., Berg, P., and Koopmans, D., Eddy correlation measurements of submarine groundwater discharge: Marine Chemistry.

Eshleman, J.L., Barnard, P.L., Erikson, L.H., and Hanes, D.M., Coupling alongshore variations in wave energy to beach morphologic change using the SWAN wave model at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA: International Conference on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Waves (Waves 2007), 8th, Reading, U.K., July 23-27, 2007, Proceedings.

Fisher, M.A., Ji, Chen, Scholl, D.W., Geist, E.L., Wong, F.L., and Sliter, R.W., A revised slip model for the 2007 megathrust earthquake (M_w 8.1) in the Solomon Islands [abs.]: Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, N. Mex., April 16-18, 2008.

Galkiewicz, J.P., and Kellogg, C.A., Cross-Kingdom amplification using bacterial-specific primers; implications for coral microbial ecology [abs.]: International Coral Reef Symposium, 11th, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7-11, 2008.

George, D.A., and Gelfenbaum, Guy, Modeling the hydrodynamic and morphologic response of an estuary restoration: Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.

Grossman, Eric, Knee, K., Paytan, A., Gibbs, Ann, Logan, Joshua, Presto, Katherine, Storlazzi, Curt, Beavers, S., Marrack, L., and Most, R., Submarine groundwater discharge and its role in shaping coral reef community structure along the arid Kona coast of Hawaii, USA [abs.]: International Coral Reef Symposium, 11th, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7-11, 2008.

Grossman, Eric, Webster, J., Ravelo, C., Barry, J., Fallon, S., Sagy, Yael, Richmond, Bruce, Torresan, Michael, and Clague, David, Abrupt drowning and cooling 8200-8400 yr BP observed in a 0.75-m diameter and 24-m long core through a Hawaiian coral reef, Oahu, USA [abs.]: International Coral Reef Symposium, 11th, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7-11, 2008.

Hoeke, Ron, and Storlazzi, C.D., Hydrodynamic modeling of a fringing reef embayment; Hanalei Bay, Hawaii [abs.]: International Coral Reef Symposium, 11th, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7-11, 2008.

Kayen, Robert, Scasserra, Giuseppe, Stewart, J.P., and Lanzo, Giuseppe, Shear wave structure of Umbria and Marche, Italy, strong motion seismometer sites affected by the 1997 Umbria-Marche, Italy, earthquake sequence: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1010.

Kellogg, C.A., Microbial diversity associated with the deep-water scleractinian Lophelia pertusa in the Gulf of Mexico [abs.]: International Coral Reef Symposium, 11th, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., July 7-11, 2008.

Knorr, P.O., and Robbins, L.L., Using Geographic Information System (GIS) hydrology tools to identify geomorphologic variations related to periods of stable sea level: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.

Noble, Marlene, Rosenberger, Kurt, Hamilton, Peter, and Xu, J.P., Coastal ocean transport patterns in the central Southern California Bight: Geological Society of America Special Paper.

Pohlman, J.W., Bauer, J.E., Canuel, E.A., Grabowski, K.S., Knies, D.L., Mitchell, C.S., Whiticar, M.J., and Coffin, R.B., Radiocarbon in natural gas hydrate methane; implications for oceanic and global carbon reservoirs: Geophysical Research Letters.

Raabe, E.A., Edwards, R.E, McIvor, C.C., Grubbs, J.W., and Dennis, G.D., Habitat and hydrology; assessing biological resources of the Suwannee River estuarine system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.

Robbins L.L., Hansen, M., Raabe, E., Browne, J., and Knorr, P.O., Cartographic production for the Florida Shelf Habitat (FLaSH) map study; generation of surface grids, contours, and KMZ files: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report.

Robbins, L.L., VanCleave, K.A., and Ostrom, P., Carbonate precipitation by thermophilic archaeon, Archaeoglobus fulgidus; a model of carbon flow for an ancient microorganism: Geobiology.

Ross, Stephanie, Ryan, Holly, Chin, John, Conrad, Jamie, Dartnell, Peter, Edwards, Brian, Phillips, Eleyne, Sliter, Ray, and Wong, Florence, New view of the San Gregorio fault [abs.]: Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, N. Mex., April 16-18, 2008.

Ryan, H.F., Covault, J.A., Normark, W.R., and Sliter, R.W., Very high-resolution reflection profiles across the San Mateo fault zone with implications for earthquake and tsunami hazards associated with the Oceanside blind thrust [abs.]: Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, N. Mex., April 16-18, 2008.

Ryan, H.F., Legg, M.R., Conrad, J.E., and Sliter, R.W., Recent faulting in the Gulf of Santa Catalina; San Diego to Dana Point: Geological Society of America Special Paper.

ten Brink, U.S., Lee, H.J., Geist, E.L., and Twichell, D.C., Assessment of tsunami hazard to the U.S. east coast using relationships between submarine landslides and earthquakes: Marine Geology.

Warrick, J.A., Cochrane, G.R., Sagy, Yael, and Gelfenbaum, Guy, Nearshore substrate and morphology offshore of the Elwha River, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington: Northwest Science.