Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Publications by year, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
All Publications by WHCMSC Authors for the year 2017
Ackerman, S.D.; Foster, D.S.; Moore, E.M.; Irwin, B.J.; Blackwood, D.S.; Sherwood, C.R., 2017, High-resolution geophysical and sampling data collected at the mouth of Connecticut River, Old Saybrook to Essex, Connecticut, 2012, USGS Field Activity 2012-024-FA:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7PG1Q7VAlpert, A.E.; Cohen, A.L.; Oppo, D.W.; DeCarlo, T.M.; Gaetani, G.A.; Hernandez-Delgado, E.A.; Winter, A.; Gonneea, M.E., 2017, Twentieth century warming of the tropical Atlantic captured by SrU paleothermometry:
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
, v. 32
, no. 2
, pp. 146-160
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10.1002/2016PA002976Aretxabaleta, A.L., Ganju, N.K., Butman, B., and Signell, R.P., 2017, Observations and a linear model of water level in an interconnected inlet-bay system:
Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans
, v. 122
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10.1002/2016JC012318Arsenault, M.A.; Miller, N.C.; Hutchinson, D.R.; Baldwin, W.E.; Moore, E.M.; Foster, D.S.; O'Brien, T.F.; Fortin, W.F., 2017, Geophysical data collected along the Atlantic Continental Slope and Rise 2014, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-011-FA, Cruise MGL1407:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7V69HHSBefus, K.M., Kroeger, K.D., Smith, C.G., Swarzenski, P.W., 2017, The magnitude and origin of groundwater discharge to eastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico coastal waters:
Geophysical Research Letters
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10.1002/2017GL075238Befus, K.M.; Kroeger, K.D., 2017, Continuous and optimized 3-arcsecond elevation model for United States east and west coasts.:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7W37TGKBeudin, A., Ganju, N., Defne, Z., and Aretxabaleta, A, 2017, Physical response of a back-barrier estuary to a post-tropical cyclone:
Journal of Geophysical Research JGR: Oceans
, v. 122
, no. 7
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10.1002/2016JC012344Beudin, A., Ganju, N.K., Warner, J.C., and Kalra, T.S., 2017, Development of a coupled wave-flow-vegetation interaction model:
Computers & Geosciences
, v. 100
, pp. 76-86
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10.1016/j.cageo.2016.12.010Brankovits, Pohlman, Niemann, Leigh, Leewis, Becker, Iliffe, Alvarez, Lehman, Phillips, 2017, Methane- and dissolved organic carbon-fueled microbial loop supports a tropical subterranean estuary ecosystem:
Nature Communications
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10.1038/s41467-017-01776-xBrooks, T.W.; Kroeger, K.D.; Bratton, J.F.; Crusius, J.; Szymczycha, B.; Mann, A.G.; Brosnahan, S.B.; Casso, M.; Erban, L., 2017, Coastal groundwater chemical data from the north and south shores of Long Island, New York:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F78S4NT5Butman, B.; Danforth, W.W.; Hughes Clark, J.E.; Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and Backscatter Intensity of the Sea Floor of the Historic Area Remediation Site in 1996, 1998, and 2000:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F74B2ZGXButman, B.; Danforth, W.W.; Hughes Clarke, J.E.; Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Atlantic Beach artificial reef:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7J38RFKButman, B.; Danforth, W.W.; Hughes Clarke, J.E.; Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef, offshore of New Jersey:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F74F1PNHButman, B.; Danforth, W.W.; HughesClarke, J.E.; Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7C53J1ZDefne, Z., Spitz, F.J., DePaul, V., and Wool, T.A., 2017, Toward a Comprehensive Water-Quality Modeling of Barnegat Bay: Development of ROMS to WASP Coupler:
Journal of Coastal Research
, no. 78
, pp. 34-45
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10.2112/SI78-004.1Defne, Z.; Ganju, N.K., 2017, Wetland data layers derived from Barnegat Bay Little Egg Harbor hydrodynamic model:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7K64GZTDefne, Z.; Ganju, N.K.; Jones, D.K.; Reilly, T.J.; Aquino, K.C.; Carbo, C.L.; Kaufhold, E.E.; Benzel, W.M.; Fisher, S.C.; Griffin, D.W.; Iwanowicz, L.R.; Loftin, K.A., 2017, Exposure potential of salt marsh units in Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge to environmental health stressors:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7765CH1Denny, J.F.; Schwab, W.C.; Ackerman, S.D.; Baldwin, W.E.; Danforth, W.W.; Moore, E.; Nichols, A.R.; Worley, C.R., 2017, Seismic reflection and sample data collected offshore of Fire Island, New York in 2014, U.S. Geological Field Activity 2014-009-FA:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7FF3QTQGanju, N.K., Defne, Z, 2017, Spatially integrative metric reveal hidden vulnerability of salt marshes:
Nature Communications
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10.1038/ncomms14156Gougherty, S.W., Bauer, J.E., and Pohlman, J.W., 2017, Exudation rates and δ13C signatures of tree root soluble organic carbon in a riparian forest:
Biogeochemistry
, v. 137
, pp. 235-252
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10.1007/s10533-017-0415-9Haas, K., Defne, Z., Yang, X., and Bruder, B., 2017, Hydrokinetic Tidal Energy Resource Assessments Using Numerical Models:
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10.1007/978-3-319-53536-4_4Himmelstoss, E.A.; Kratzmann, M.G.; Thieler, E.R., 2017, National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Summary Statistics and Updated Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Atlantic Coasts:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1015
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10.3133/ofr20171015Himmelstoss, E.A.; Kratzmann, M.G.; Thieler, E.R., 2017, National Assessment of Shoreline Change- A GIS compilation of Updated Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Gulf of Mexico Coast:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F78P5XNK.Hutchinson, Jackson, Houseknecht, Li, Shimeld, Chian, Saltus, Oakey, 2017, Significance of Northeast-trending Features in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean:
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
, v. 18
, no. 11
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10.1002/2017GC007099Jang, J., Santamarina, J.C., 2017, Fines Classification Based on Sensitivity to Pore-Fluid Chemistry:
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
, v. 142
, no. 4
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10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001420Kalra, T.S., Aretxabaleta, A., Ganju, N.K., Seshadri, P., Beudin, A, 2017, Sensitivity Analysis of a Coupled Hydrodynamic-Vegetation Model Using the Effectively Subsampled Quadratures Method:
Geoscientific Model Development
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10.5194/gmd-2017-107Kratzmann, M.G.; Himmelstoss, E.A.; Thieler, E.R., 2017, National Assessment of Shoreline Change- A GIS compilation of Updated Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Southeast Atlantic Coast:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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doi.org/10.5066/F74X55X7Kroeger, K.D., Crooks, S., Moseman-Valtierra, S., Tang, J., 2017, Restoring tides to reduce methane emissions in impounded wetlands: A new and potent Blue Carbon climate change intervention:
Scientific Reports
, v. 7
, no. 11914
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10.1038/s41598-017-12138-4Martini, M.A.; Montgomery, E.T.; Sherwood, C.R., 2017, Oceanographic and Water-Quality Measurements collected south of Marthas Vineyard, MA, November-December 2015:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7736P28Montgomery, E.T.; Sherwood, C.R.; Brosnahan, S.M.; Suttles, S.E., 2017, Water level measurements collected in West Falmouth Harbor, MA, 2017:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7K936D0Montgomery, E.T.; Sherwood, C.R.; Brosnahan, S.M.; Suttles, S.E., 2017, Water level measurements collected in West Falmouth Harbor, MA, 2016:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F72Z140XMosher, D. C., Campbell, D.C., Chaytor, J.D., Piper, D.J., and Gardner, J.V., 2017, Geomorphology of the Northwest Atlantic continental margin: the role of deep-water sedimentary processes:
Marine Geology
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10.1016/j.margeo.2017.08.018Moulton, M., Elgart, S. Raubenheimer, B., Warner, J.C., Kumar, N., 2017, Rip currents and alongshore flows in channels dredged in the surf zone:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
, v. 122
, pp. 3799-3816
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10.1002/2016JC012222Nowacki, D.J., Beudin, A., Ganju, N.K., 2017, Spectral wave dissipation by submerged aquatic vegetation in a back-barrier estuary:
Limnology & Oceanography
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10.1002/lno.10456Pendleton, E.A., Brothers, L.L., Thieler, E.R., and Sweeney E.M., 2017, Sand ridge morphology and bedform migration patterns derived from bathymetry and backscatter on the inner-continental shelf offshore of Assateague Island, USA:
Continental Shelf Research
, v. 144
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10.1016/j.csr.2017.06.021Pendleton, E.A.; Brothers, L.L.; Sweeney, E.S.; Thieler, E.R.; Foster, D.S., 2017, Sediment Texture and Geomorphology of the Sea Floor from Fenwick Island, Maryland to Fisherman's Island, Virginia:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F78K779JPohlman, J.W., Greinert, J., Ruppel, C.D., Silyakova, A., Vielstadte, L., Casso, M., Mienert, J., Bunz, S., 2017, Enhanced CO2 uptake at a shallow Arctic Ocean seep field overwhelms the positive warming potential of emitted methane:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
, v. 114
, no. 21
, pp. 5355-5360
. Online at
10.1073/pnas.1618926114Pohlman, J.W.; Brankovits, D., 2017, Water column physical and chemical properties of Cenote Bang, a component of the Ox Bel Ha cave network within the subterranean estuary coastal aquifer of the Yucatan Peninsula, from December 2013 to January 2016:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7DJ5DJWRuppel, C., Demopoulos, A., Prouty, N., Sahy, D., and Condon, D., 2017, Exploring U.S. Atlantic Margin Methane Seeps with a Remotely-Operated Vehicle:
Fire in the Ice, DOE Newsletter
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https://www.netl.doe.gov/File%20Library/Research/Oil-Gas/methane%20hydrates/MHNews_2017_Summer.pdf#page=12Ruppel, C., Kessler, J.D., 2017, The Interaction of Climate Change and Methane Hydrates:
Reviews of Geophysics
. Online at
10.1002/2016RG000534Schwab, W.C., Baldwin, W.E., Warner, J.C., List, J.H., Denny, J.F., Liste, M., and Safak, I, 2017, Change in morphology and modern sediment thickness on the inner-continental shelf offshore of Fire Island, New York between 2011 and 2014: Assessing the effect of hurricane impact.:
Marine Geology
, v. 391
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10.1016/j.margeo.2017.07.010Sherwood, C.R., 2017, Point cloud from low-altitude aerial imagery from unmanned aerial system (UAS) flights over Coast Guard Beach, Nauset Spit, Nauset Inlet, and Nauset Marsh, Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham, Massachusetts on 1 March 2016 (LAZ file):
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F75M63WJSherwood, C.R.; Montgomery, E.T.; Suttles, S.E.; Marsjanik, E.D.; Brosnahan, S.M.,, 2017, Oceanographic, Atmospheric and Water-Quality Measurements Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Massachusetts, 2017:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
. Online at
10.5066/F7B27T6PSturdivant, E.J.; Thieler, E.R.; Lentz, E.E.; Remsen, D.P.; Miner, S., 2017, Topographic, imagery, and raw data associated with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flights over Black Beach, Falmouth, Massachusetts on 18 March 2016:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
. Online at
10.5066/F7KW5F04Sturdivant,E.J., Lentz, E., Thieler, E.R., Farris, A., Weber, K., Remsen,D. Miner, S., Henderson, R., 2017, UAS-SfM for Coastal Change Research: Geomorphic Feature Extraction and Land Cover Classification from High-resolution Elevation and Optical Imagery:
Remote Sensing
, v. 9
, no. 10
. Online at
10.3390/rs9101020Suttles, S.E.; Ganju, N.K.; Brosnahan, S.M.; Montgomery, E.T.; Dickhudt, P.J.; Beudin, A.; Nowacki, D.J.; Martini, M.A., 2017, Summary of Oceanographic and Water-Quality Measurements in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland/Virginia 2014-15:
U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1032
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10.3133/ofr20171032Suttles, S.E.; Ganju, N.K.; Brosnahan, S.M.; Montgomery, E.T.; Dickhudt, P.J.; Borden, J.; Martini, M.A., 2017, Water samples in support of oceanographic and water-quality measurements in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland and Virginia 2014-15, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-048-FA:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
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10.5066/F7WD3XSFSweet, W., Kopp, R.E., Weaver, C.P., Obeysekera, J., Horton, R., Thieler, E.R., Zervas, C., 2017, Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States:
. Online at
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/techrpt83_Global_and_Regional_SLR_Scenarios_for_the_US_final.pdfSzymczycha B, Kroeger K.D., Crusius J., Bratton J.F., 2017, Depth of the vadose zone controls aquifer biogeochemical conditions and extent of anthropogenic nitrogen removal through denitrification:
Water Research
, v. 123
, pp. 794-801
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10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.048Trowbridge, J., Scully, M., Sherwood, C.R., 2017, The Cospectrum of Stress-Carrying Turbulence in the Presence of Surface Gravity Waves:
Journal of Physical Oceanography
, v. 48
, no. 1
. Online at
10.1175/JPO-D-17-0016.1Valentine, P.C.; Cross, V.A., 2017, Sea floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD data collected in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, MA in 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-062-FA:
U.S. Geological Survey data release
. Online at
10.5066/F7N015FSWarner, J.C., Schwab, W.C., List, J.H., Safak, I., Liste, M., and Baldwin, W, 2017, Inner-shelf ocean dynamics and seafloor morphologic changes during Hurricane Sandy:
Continental Shelf Research
, v. 138
, pp. 1-18
. Online at
10.1016/j.csr.2017.02.003Wilkin, Rosenfeld, Allen, Baltes, Baptista, He, Hogan, Durapov, Mehra, Quintrell, Schwab, Signell, Smith, 2017, Advancing coastal ocean modeling, analysis, and prediction for the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System:
Journal of Operational Oceanography
, v. 10
, no. 2
, pp. 115-126
. Online at
10.1080/1755876X.2017.1322026Zeigler, Plan, Thieler, Gutierrez, Plant, Hines, Fraser, Catlin, Karpanty, 2017, Use of mobile smartphone technologies and Bayesian networks to assess habitat selection for shorebirds over broad spatial scales:
Wildlife Society Bulletin
. Online at
10.1002/wsb.820Zeigler,S Catlin,D BombergerBrown,M Fraser,J Dinan,L Hunt,K Jorgensen,J Karpanty,S, 2017, Effects of climate change and anthropogenic modification on a disturbance-dependent species in a large riverine system:
Ecosphere
. Online at
10.1002/ecs2.1653