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Lavoie, D.L, Rosen, B.H., Sumner, D.M., Haag, K.H., Tihansky, A.B, Boynton, Betsy, and Koenig, R.R., (eds.), 2008, USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, 157 p.
DeWitt, N.T., Flocks, J.G., and Reynolds, B.J., 2008, High-resolution single-beam bathymetry of Camille Cut, Ship Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi: Assessing short-term bathymetric change, in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 13 and 104.
Flocks, J.G., and Swarzenski, P.W., 2007, Cruise report: Sediment collection from Orca and Pigmy Basins, Gulf of Mexico, and analyses for texture and trace-metal concentrations, July 2002, PAGE 127 campaign; chapter 13, in Winters, W.J., Lorenson, T.D., and Paull, C.K., eds., Initial report of the IMAGES VIII/PAGE 127 gas hydrate and paleoclimate cruise on the RV Marion Dufresne in the Gulf of Mexico, 2-18 July 2002; Open-File Report 2004-1358: Woods Hole, MA, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 13-11 - 13-32.
Osterman, L.E., Kelley, W.S., and Ricardo, J.P., 2008, Benthic foraminiferal census data from Louisiana shelf cores, Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1348.
Osterman, L.E., Poore, R.Z., and Swarzenski, P.W., 2008, Gulf of Mexico dead zone - 1000-year record: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1009, 2 p.
Twichell, David C., Brian D. Andrews, Brian D., Edmiston, H. Lee, and Stevenson, William R., 2007, Geophysical Mapping of Oyster Habitats in a Shallow Estuary; Apalachicola Bay, Florida, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1381
Baldwin, W.E., Pendleton, E.A., and Twichell, D.C., Geophysical data from offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Eastern Mississippi Delta, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1195 (DVD-ROM)
Barras, J.A., 2008, Observations of the spatial and temporal distribution of hurricane-induced land loss in coastal Louisiana over the latter half of the 20th century [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 21.
Barras, J.A., 2008, Observations of the spatial and temporal distribution of hurricane-induced land loss in coastal Louisiana over the latter half of the 20th century [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 21.
Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Nayegandhi, A., Patterson, M., Wilson, I., Travers, L., USGS-NPS-NASA Topography - Gulf Islands National Seashore – Florida, USGS Open File Report 2007-1422 (DVD)
Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Nayegandhi, A., Patterson, M., Wilson, I., Travers, L., USGS-NPS-NASA Topography - Gulf Islands National Seashore – Mississippi, USGS Open File Report 2007-1377 (DVD)

Manuscripts

Danforth, W.W., Denny, J.F., O’Brien, T.F., Bergeron, E., Twichell, D.C., Worley, C.W., Andrews, B.D., and Irwin, B.J., 2007, USGS shallow water geophysical mapping operations using a new autonomous surface vehicle, in U.S. Hydro 2007, 15-17 May 2008, Norfolk, VA, Hydrographic Society of America.
Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., Twichell, D.C., O’Brien, T.F., Danforth, W.W., Foster, D.S., Bergeron, E., Worley, C.W., Irwin, B.J., Butman, B., Valentine, P.C., Baldwin, W.E., Morton, R.A., Thieler, E.R., Nichols, D.R., and Andrews, B.D., 2007, USGS advances in integrated high-resolution sea-floor mapping, in Coastal Sediments '07: Sixth International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes: Proceedings, New Orleans, LA, May 13-17, 2007, American Society of Civil Engineers, p. 2487-2500.
Lavoie, D., 2007, Current and future science plans for restoring a resilient coast, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G., Holm, T., Robbins, L., and Demas, C., eds., Science and the storms: the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: Lafayette, LA, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 265-269.
Poore, R. Z., 2008, Holocene Climate and Climate Variability of the Northern, Gulf of Mexico and Adjacent Northern Gulf Coast: A Review; The Open, Paleontology Journal, v. 1, p. 7-11
Flocks, J., Ferina, N., and Kindinger, J., Summary of knowledge regarding the recent geologic framework and geomorphology of the Mississippi-Alabama shelf, northern Gulf of Mexico, in, Holmes, C. W. and Buster, N.A. (Eds) Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota: Geology. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas
Williams, S.J., Kulp, M., Penland, S., Kindinger, J.L., and Flocks, J.G., expected 2007, Mississippi River Delta Plain, Louisiana coast and inner shelf: Holocene geologic framework and processes, chapter in Holmes, C. (ed.), The Gulf of Mexico- Its Origin (History, Archaeology and Geology), Texas A&M Press, in press
Barras, J.A., 2007, Land area changes in coastal Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G., Holm, T., Robbins, L., and Demas, C., eds., Science and the storms: the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: Lafayette, LA, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 97-112.
Barras, J.A., Bernier, J.C., and Morton, R.A., 2008, Land area change in coastal Louisiana: a multidecadal perspective (from 1956 to 2006): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3019, scale 1:250,000.
Poore, R.Z., Quinn, T., Richey, J., and Smith, J.L., 2007, Cycles of hurricane landfalls on the eastern United States linked to changes in Atlantic sea surface temperatures, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G., Holm, T., Robbins, L., and Demas, C., eds., Science and the storms: the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: Lafayette, LA, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 7-11.
Swarzenski, P.W, Campbell, P.L., Osterman, L.E. and Poore, R.Z. 2008. A combined geochemical and foraminiferal study on the Louisiana shelf: evidence for recurring low-oxygen events during the last millennium? Marine Chemistry. 109, 130-142. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.01.003
Swarzenski, P.W., Campbell, P.L., Poore, R.Z., Osterman, L.E., Rosenbauer, R.J., 2007. Examining offshore sediment-hosted contaminant transport from Hurricane Katrina, in: Farris, G.S., Smith, G.J., Crane, M.P., Demas, C.R., Robbins, L.L., Lavoie, D.L. (Eds.), Science and the storms—the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1306. pp 198-201
Osterman, L.E., Poore, R.Z. and Swarzenski, P.W. 2007. The last 1000 years of natural and anthropogenic low-oxygen bottom water on the Louisiana shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Micropaleontology (2007), doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.10.005
Swarzenski, P. W., Baskaran, M, Orem, W.H.and Rosenbauer, R.J. 2006. Historical reconstruction of contaminant inputs in Mississippi River delta sediments, Estuaries and Coasts, Estuaries and Coasts, 29, 1094-1107
Kulp, M.A., Miner, M. D., and FitzGerald, D.M., Subsurface controls on transgressive tidal inlet retreat pathways, Mississippi River Delta Plain, USA: Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 50, p. 816-820. (pdf)
M.D. Miner, M.A. Kulp, and D.M. FitzGerald, Tidal Versus Shoreface Ravinement and Tidal Inlet Fill Preservation Potential for Transgressive Tidal Inlets, Mississippi River Delta Plain, USA, Journal of Coastal Research SI 50 805 - 809 ICS2007 (Proceedings) Australia, ISSN 0749.0208 (pdf)
Barras, J.A., 2007, Land area changes in coastal Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G., Holm, T., Robbins, L., and Demas, C., eds., Science and the storms: the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: Lafayette, LA, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 97-112.
Poore, R.Z., Quinn, T., Richey, J., and Smith, J.L., 2007, Cycles of hurricane landfalls on the eastern United States linked to changes in Atlantic sea surface temperatures, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G., Holm, T., Robbins, L., and Demas, C., eds., Science and the storms: the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: Lafayette, LA, U.S. Geological Survey, p. 7-11.
Swarzenski, P.W, Campbell, P.L., Osterman, L.E. and Poore, R.Z. 2008. A combined geochemical and foraminiferal study on the Louisiana shelf: evidence for recurring low-oxygen events during the last millennium? Marine Chemistry. 109, 130-142. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.01.003
Swarzenski, P.W., Campbell, P.L., Poore, R.Z., Osterman, L.E., Rosenbauer, R.J., 2007. Examining offshore sediment-hosted contaminant transport from Hurricane Katrina, in: Farris, G.S., Smith, G.J., Crane, M.P., Demas, C.R., Robbins, L.L., Lavoie, D.L. (Eds.), Science and the storms—the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1306. pp 198-201
Osterman, L.E., Poore, R.Z. and Swarzenski, P.W. 2007. The last 1000 years of natural and anthropogenic low-oxygen bottom water on the Louisiana shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Micropaleontology (2007), doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.10.005
Miner, M. D., FitzGerald, D.M., and Kulp, M.A., 1880 to 2005 Morphologic evolution of a transgressive tidal inlet, Little Pass Timbalier, Louisiana: Coastal Sediments '07, Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, May 13 to 17, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana, p. 1165-1178
Swarzenski, P. W., Baskaran, M, Orem, W.H.and Rosenbauer, R.J. 2006. Historical reconstruction of contaminant inputs in Mississippi River delta sediments, Estuaries and Coasts, Estuaries and Coasts, 29, 1094-1107
Kulp, M.A., Miner, M. D., and FitzGerald, D.M., Subsurface controls on transgressive tidal inlet retreat pathways, Mississippi River Delta Plain, USA: Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 50, p. 816-820. (pdf)
M.D. Miner, M.A. Kulp, and D.M. FitzGerald, Tidal Versus Shoreface Ravinement and Tidal Inlet Fill Preservation Potential for Transgressive Tidal Inlets, Mississippi River Delta Plain, USA, Journal of Coastal Research SI 50 805 - 809 ICS2007 (Proceedings) Australia, ISSN 0749.0208 (pdf)
M.D. Miner, M.A. Kulp, D.M. FitzGerald, I.Y. Georgiou, Hurricane-associated ebb-tidal delta sediment dynamics, Geology, September 2009; v.37; no. 9; p. 851-854; doi:10.1130/G25466A.1 (pdf)
Morton, R. A., and C. W. Holmes, 2009, Geological processes and sedimentation rates of wind-tidal flats, Laguna Madre, Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 59, p. 519-538. (pdf)
Morton, R.A., 2008. Historical changes in the Mississippi-Alabama barrier-island chain and the roles of extreme storms, sea level, and human activities. Journal of Coastal Research, 24(6), 1587 - 1600. West Palm Beach (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208; doi:10.2112/07-0953.1 (pdf)
Brock, J.C., Lavoie, D., and Poore, R.Z., 2009, Introduction: Northern Gulf of Mexico: Ecosystem change and susceptibility to natural hazards: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 343-347.
Twichell, D.C., Pendleton, E.A., Baldwin, W.E., and Flocks, J., 2009, Subsurface control on sea-floor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 349-358.
Flocks, J.G., Miner, M.D., Twichell, D.C., and Kindinger, J.L., 2009, Evolution and preservation potential of fluvial and transgressive deposits on the Louisiana inner shelf: Understanding depositional processes to support coastal management: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 359-378.
Rogers, B., and Kulp, M.A., 2009, Late Holocene chronology, origin, and evolution of the St. Bernard Shoals, northern Gulf of Mexico, USA: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 379-394.
Osterman, L.E., Twichell, D.C., and Poore, R.Z., 2009, Holocene evolution of Apalachicola Bay: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 395-404.
Osterman, L.E., Poore, R.Z., Swarzenski, P.W., Senn, D., DiMarco, S., and Turner, R.E., 2009, The 20th century development and expansion of Louisiana shelf hypoxia, Gulf of Mexico: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 405-414.
Rosenbauer, R., Swarzenski, P., Kendall, C., Orem, W., Hostettler, F., and Rollog, M., 2009, A carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur elemental and isotopic study in dated sediment cores from the Louisiana Shelf: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 415-429.
Miner, M.D., Kulp, M.A., Fitzgerald, D.M., Flocks, J., and Weathers, H.D., 2009, Delta lobe degradation and hurricane impacts governing large scale coastal behavior, south-central Louisiana, USA: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 441-453.
Fearnley, S., Miner, M.D., Kulp, M.A., Bohling, C., and Penland, S., 2009, Hurricane impact and recovery shoreline change analysis of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, USA: 1855-2005: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 455-466.
Georgiou, I.Y., and Schindler, J.K., 2009, Wave forecasting and longshore sediment transport gradients along a transgressive barrier island; Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 467-476.
Poore, R.Z., DeLong, K., Richey, J., and Quinn, T.M., 2009, Evidence of multidecadal climate variability and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation from a Gulf of Mexico sea-surface temperature-proxy record: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 29, no. 6, p. 477-484.

Data Series

DeWitt, N.T., Flocks, J., Hansen, M., Kulp, M., and Reynolds, B.J., 2007, Bathymetric survey of the nearshore from Belle Pass to Caminada Pass, Louisiana: methods and data report: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 312 [CD-ROM].
Dreher, C., Flocks, J.G., Ferina, N., and Kulp, M.A., 2008, Archive of sediment-vibracore data collected from Sandy Point to Belle Pass, Louisiana, 1983 through 2001 (surveys: 00SCC00, 83CR00, and 86P00): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 344.
Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Segura, M., and Yates, X., 2008, EAARL topography - Vicksburg National Military Park 2008: Bare earth: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 390 [DVD].
Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Segura, M., and Yates, X., 2008, EAARL topography - Jean Lafitte National Historical Park 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 389 [DVD].
Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Segura, M., and Yates, X., 2008, EAARL topography - Vicksburg National Military Park 2007: First surface: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 388 [DVD].
Nayegandhi, Amar, Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Miner, M.D., Yates, Xan, and Bonisteel, J.M., 2009, EAARL Coastal Topography–Pearl River Delta 2008: Bare Earth: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 416, 1 DVD
Nayegandhi, Amar, Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Miner, M.D., Yates, Xan, and Bonisteel, J.M., 2009, EAARL Coastal Topography–Pearl River Delta 2008: First Surface: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 417, 1 DVD
Nayegandhi, Amar, Yates, Xan, Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Bonisteel, J.M., Klipp, E.S., and Wright, C.W., 2009, ATM Coastal Topography–Alabama 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 418, 1 DVD.
Smith, K.E.L., Nayegandhi, A., Wright, C.W., Bonisteel, J.M., and Brock, J.C., EAARL Coastal Topography–Northern Gulf of Mexico 2007: Bare Earth, USGS Data Series 400 (DVD)
Smith, K.E.L., Nayegandhi, A., Wright, C.W., Bonisteel, J.M., and Brock, J.C., EAARL Coastal Topography–Northern Gulf of Mexico 2007: First Surface, USGS Data Series 399 (DVD)
Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Sallenger, A.H., Wright, C.W., Travers, L.J., Lebonitte, J., EAARL Coastal Topography - Northern Gulf of Mexico (Post-Ivan), USGS Data Series 384 (DVD)

Abstracts and Presentations

Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J.G., and Dwyer, B., 2007, LASED: A data-management scheme for geologic and geophysical data collected from the Louisiana coastal zone [abstract 78-13]: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 211.
Denny, J.F., O’Brien, T.F., Bergeron, E., Twichell, D.C., Worley, C.W., Danforth, W.W., Andrews, B.D., and Irwin, B.J., 2006, Advances in shallow-water, high-resolution sea-floor mapping; integrating an autonomous surface vessel (ASV) into nearshore geophysical studies [abstract NS31B-1574]: EOS, Transactions AGU, v. 87, no. 52 Fall meeting suppl.
Dreher, C., and Flocks, J., 2008, Comparison of foraminiferal biofacies in modern deltaic environments; proxies for coastal change [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 105.
Flocks, J., Lavoie, D., Twichell, D.C., and Miner, M.D., 2008, Assessing the stability and fate of our barrier islands, Northern Gulf of Mexico [abstract and poster], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 49.
Flocks, J., Twichell, D.C., Baldwin, W.E., Kulp, M., and Miner, M.D., 2008, Influence of antecedent geology on barrier island development, northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana [abstract #2462], in 2008 Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Flocks, J., Twichell, D.C., Baldwin, W.E., Pendleton, E.A., Miner, M.D., and Kulp, M., 2008, Shallow stratigraphic framework and evolution of the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana [abstract], in Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists 2008 annual meeting program with abstracts, New Orleans, LA, p. 63-64.
Flocks, J., Williams, S.J., Kindinger, J.L., and Kulp, M., 2008, Understanding the shallow stratigraphic architecture of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: the key to identifying potential resources for shoreline stabilization [abstract and poster], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 48.
Kulp, M.A., Fitzgerald, D.M., Georgiou, I.Y., Miner, M.D., and Penland, S., 2007, The demise of the Chandeleur Islands in southern Louisiana: not yet! [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 69.
Kulp, M., Tornqvist, T., and Blum, M., 2008, Patterns and causes of Mississippi River delta plain subsidence as recorded by varied approaches to measurement [abstract], in Baton Rouge Geological Society Natural and Anthropogenic Subsidence Impacts on Louisiana Coasts Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA, January 24, 2008, Baton Rouge Geological Society, p. 13.
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 [abstract #46], in 2008 Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Osterman, L.E., Poore, R.Z., and Swarzenski, P.W., 2008, 20th Century development and expansion of Louisiana shelf hypoxia, Gulf of Mexico [abstract and presentation], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 73.
Osterman, L.E., Swarzenski, P.W., and Poore, R.Z., 2008, A 1000 year record of low-oxygen bottom water on the Louisiana shelf, Gulf of Mexico [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, online only.
Osterman, L.E., Twichell, D.C., and Poore, R.Z., 2008, Holocene evolution of Apalachicola Bay, Florida [abstract and poster], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 74.
Pendleton, E.A., Twichell, D.C., and Baldwin, W.E., 2008, Documenting erosion of the St. Bernard Delta: Past and present [abstract]: Eos, Transactions - American Geophysical Union, v. 89, no. 53, Fall meeting supplement, OS43B-1292.
Poore, R.Z., DeLong, K., Tedesco, K., Osterman, L.E., Richie, J., and Quinn, T., 2008, Natural climate variability in northern Gulf of Mexico and adjacent Gulf Coast [abstract and poster], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 76.
Poore, R.Z., and Richey, J.N., 2008, Northern Gulf of Mexico climate variability [abstract #50], in 2008 Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Twichell, D.C., Andrews, B.D., Bergeron, E., Edmiston, L., and Stevenson, W., 2007, Benthic mapping in Apalachicola Bay, FL: Summary of acoustic mapping techniques and findings [abstract], in Coastal GeoTools07 Proceedings, March 5-8, 2007, Myrtle Beach, SC, p. 53.
Twichell, D.C., Baldwin, W.E., Flocks, J.G., Pendleton, E.A., Miner, M.D., and Kulp, M., 2008, Subsurface control on sea-floor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, LA [abstract #1368], in 2008 Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Twichell, D.C., Edmiston, L., Andrews, B.D., Stevenson, W., Osterman, L.E., Donoghue, J., and Poore, R.Z., 2008, The development of oyster beds in Apalachicola Bay, FL during the late Holocene [abstract and poster], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 90.
Twichell, D.C., Flocks, J.G., Miner, M.D., Baldwin, W.E., Pendleton, E.A., Kulp, M., and Georgiou, I.Y., 2008, Assessing the importance of shoreward vs. alongshore sand transport during the late Holocene evolution of the Chandeleur Islands, LA [abstract]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 6, p. 314.
Twichell, D.C., Pendleton, E.A., Baldwin, W.E., and Flocks, J., 2008, Subsurface control on sea-floor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, LA [abstract and poster], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 89.
Denny, JF, Schwab, WC, Twichell, DC, O’Brien, TF, Danforth, WW, Foster, DS, Bergeron, E, Worley, CR, Irwin, BJ, Butman, B, Valentine, PC, Baldwin, WE, Morton, RA, Thieler, ER, Nichols, DR, and Andrews, BD, USGS advances in integrated high-resolution sea-floor mapping: Inner continental shelf to estuaries: Coastal Sediments 2007 Proceedings, v. 3, 14 p.
Danforth, W.W., Denny, J.F., O’Brien, T.F., Bergeron, E., Twichell, D., Worley, C.R., Andrews, B.D., and Irwin, B., 2007, USGS shallow water geophysical mapping operations using a new autonomous surface vehicle:  U.S. Hydro 2007, Norfolk, VA, Conference Proceedings, CD-ROM 4
Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J., Williams, S.J., Reid, J., Calderon, K., and Paskevich, V., LASED and usSEABED data management and analysis tools to assist mapping coastal change of the Gulf Coast [abs]: NOAA Coastal Services Center, Coastal GeoTools Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC, 2007 [Proceedings], p. 59
Osterman, L. E., Poore, R. Z., and Swarzenski, P. W., 1000 years of recurring natural and anthropogenic low-oxygen water on the Louisiana Shelf, Gulf of Mexico: Ocean Sciences Meeting – March 2008. Orlando, Florida
Barras, J.A., Bernier, J.C., and Morton, R.A., 2008, Land area change in coastal Louisiana: 1956 to 2006 [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 22.
Bernier, J.C., and Morton, R.A., 2008, Recent reductions of subsidence rates in the Mississippi River Delta Plain [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 25.
Couvillion, B.R., and Barras, J.A., 2008, Development of high-resolution digital elevation products along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 32.
Miner, M.D., Kulp, M., Flocks, J., Twichell, D.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., and Fitzgerald, D.M., 2008, The role of hurricanes in long-term morphologic evolution of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana [abstract], in Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists 2008 annual meeting program with abstracts, New Orleans, LA, p. 76.
Miner, M.D., Kulp, M., Flocks, J.G., Twichell, D.C., and Fitzgerald, D.M., 2008, Regional coastal evolution along the Mississippi River Delta Plain barrier shorelines [abstract 227-6]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 6, p. 314.
Miner, M.D., Kulp, M., Georgiou, I.Y., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Fitzgerald, D.M., Flocks, J.G., and Twichell, D.C., 2008, Sediment transport trends along the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: Implications for island sustainability and barrier island management [abstract #274], in 2008 Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Smith, K.E.L., Barras, J.A., Penland, S., and Brock, J.C., 2007, Examining the landscape-level impacts of hurricanes on coastal wetlands: a focus on Louisiana [abstract], in Wetlands 2007: Watershed-wide strategies to maximize wetland ecological and social services, Williamsburg, VA, August 28-30, 2007, Association of State Wetland Managers.
Miner, M. D., FitzGerald, D.M., and Kulp, M.A., 1880 to 2005 Morphologic evolution of a transgressive tidal inlet, Little Pass Timbalier, Louisiana: Coastal Sediments '07, Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, May 13 to 17, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana, p. 1165-1178
Barras, J.A., Bernier, J.C., and Morton, R.A., 2008, Land area change in coastal Louisiana: 1956 to 2006 [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 22.
Bernier, J.C., and Morton, R.A., 2008, Recent reductions of subsidence rates in the Mississippi River Delta Plain [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 25.
Couvillion, B.R., and Barras, J.A., 2008, Development of high-resolution digital elevation products along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 32.
Miner, M.D., Kulp, M., Flocks, J., and Fitzgerald, D.M., 2008, Regional coastal evolution in response to rapid sea-level rise and interior wetland loss, south-central Louisiana [abstract], in Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists 2008 annual meeting program with abstracts, New Orleans, LA, p. 76.
Miner, M.D., Kulp, M., Flocks, J., Twichell, D.C., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., and Fitzgerald, D.M., 2008, The role of hurricanes in long-term morphologic evolution of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana [abstract], in Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists 2008 annual meeting program with abstracts, New Orleans, LA, p. 76.
Miner, M.D., Kulp, M., Flocks, J.G., Twichell, D.C., and Fitzgerald, D.M., 2008, Regional coastal evolution along the Mississippi River Delta Plain barrier shorelines [abstract 227-6]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 6, p. 314.
Miner, M.D., Kulp, M., Georgiou, I.Y., Sallenger, A.H., Jr., Fitzgerald, D.M., Flocks, J.G., and Twichell, D.C., 2008, Sediment transport trends along the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: Implications for island sustainability and barrier island management [abstract #274], in 2008 Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Smith, K.E.L., Barras, J.A., Penland, S., and Brock, J.C., 2007, Examining the landscape-level impacts of hurricanes on coastal wetlands: a focus on Louisiana [abstract], in Wetlands 2007: Watershed-wide strategies to maximize wetland ecological and social services, Williamsburg, VA, August 28-30, 2007, Association of State Wetland Managers.
Bonisteel, J.M., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., and Wright, C.W., 2008, Development of high-resolution digital elevation products along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast [abstract and poster], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 26.
Brock, J.C., Lavoie, D., Barras, J.A., and Nayegandhi, A., 2008, Large scale landscape change and natural hazards in the Northern Gulf of Mexico [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 27.
Georgiou, I.Y., Kulp, M., Miner, M.D., Flocks, J.G., and Twichell, D.C., 2008, Preliminary assessment of transport trends in a transgressive barrier island chain using multidimensional numerical models [abstract 227-8]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 6, p. 314.
Klipp, E., Yates, X., Travers, L., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Bonisteel, J.M., and Wright, C.W., 2008, LIDAR-derived data products for coastal parks, sanctuaries, and preserves [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 122.
Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., and Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., 2008, Integrated remote-sensing applications for the ecosystem-based management of coastal parks, sanctuaries, and preserves [abstract and presentation], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., Segura, M., and Yates, X., 2008, EAARL topography - Natchez Trace Parkway 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 392 [DVD].
Nayegandhi, A., Fry, J., Kranenburg, C., and Brock, J.C., 2008, High-resolution coastal land-cover classification in the Northern Gulf of Mexico [abstract and poster], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, p. 71.
Nayegandhi, A., Wright, C.W., and Brock, J.C., 2008, EAARL: An airborne lidar system for mapping coastal and riverine environments [extended abstract], in Pecora Conference, Denver, CO, 16-20 Nov 2008, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).
Palaseanu, M., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J., Woodman, R., and Wright, C.W., 2008, Evaluation of airborne lidar data to predict vegetation presence/absence [abstract]: Eos, Transactions - American Geophysical Union, v. 89, no. 53, p. B41C-0393.
Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M.E., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., and Nagle, D., 2008, Unsupervised classification of vegetation communities using airborne lidar data at Naval Live Oaks Reservation, Florida [abstract], in Lavoie, D., and Rosen, B., eds., USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference and Florida Integrated Science Center Meeting: Proceedings with Abstracts, October 20-23, 2008, Orlando, FL: St. Petersburg, FL, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1329, online only.
Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M.E., Nayegandhi, A., Brock, J.C., Wright, C.W., and Woodman, R., 2008, Unsupervised classification of vegetation communities using airborne lidar data at Jean Lafitte National Park, Louisiana, USA [abstract #2677], in 2008 Ocean Sciences meeting, March 2-7, 2008, Orlando, FL, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Nayegandhi, A., Fry, J., Kranenburg, C., and Brock, J. High-Resolution Coastal Land-Cover Classification in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference, October 2008
Bonisteel, Jamie, Nayegandhi, Amar, Brock, J.C., C. Wayne Wright, Development of High-Resolution Digital Elevation Products along the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast. USGS Gulf Coast Science Conference, October 2008

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