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Coastal Research

Wise management of coastal resources requires sound scientific understanding of the living and mineral resources of both land and water, from the smallest upland streams through bays and estuaries to the broad expanses of the continental shelf. Learn here about efforts at VIMS to understand watershed dynamics and shoreline erosion, and to manage and conserve tidal and non-tidal wetlands, dunes, sandy beaches, and offshore mineral resources.

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Top Stories

VIMS and Longwood commit to restoration partnership (December 2010)
VIMS and Longwood University's Hull Springs Farm will partner to restore wetlands, stream buffers, and streams.

EPA report highlights VIMS management tools (August 2010)
Tools developed by the Center for Coastal Resources Management include interactive maps of York River wetlands and guidance procedures for "living shorelines."

VIMS contributes to NOAA's new coastal website (July 2010)
NOAA's new State of the Coast website incorporates data and findings from several researchers and research teams at VIMS.

VIMS a partner in Coastal America Award (January 2010)
The Lynnhaven River Oyster Restoration Team is honored for innovative efforts to restore the river's oyster population.

Study reveals threat to tidal wetlands (November 2009)
Study shows that continuation of current shoreline-protection strategies will cause more than half of East Coast tidal wetlands to drown beneath rising seas during the coming century.

VIMS hosts oil and gas workshop (December 2008)
VIMS hosts a scientific workshop to determine research needs concerning potential development of Virginia's offshore oil and gas resources

VIMS refines storm-tide predictions (May 2008)
VIMS researchers work to provide street-level predictions of storm-tide flooding along the Chesapeake Bay shoreline.

Norfolk Dredging gift helps VIMS make history (March 2008)
A major gift from Norfolk Dredging Co. will help VIMS researchers advance their studies of seafloor history and ecology through purchase of a high-tech sediment-core analyzer.

Ernesto surprises VIMS (Sep 2006)
Tropical depression packs unexpectedly high winds and a walloping storm tide.

Wright co-authors Academy review of LA  plan (Nov 2005)
VIMS Chancellor Professor Dr. Don Wright co-authors a National Academy of Sciences report that recommends several significant changes to the federal and state plan for restoring Louisiana's receding coastal wetlands.

VIMS researchers share Coastal America Award (Oct 2004)
Walter Priest and William Reay receive a prestigious Coastal America Spirit Award for their efforts to help restore the Elizabeth River.

VIMS scientists quantify Isabel's impacts on the Bay  (Oct 2003)
VIMS sensor provides a unique quantitative record of Hurricane Isabel's significant impact on lower Chesapeake Bay.

Crest Articles

Research helps created wetlands come to life
VIMS researchers collaborate with the Virginia Department of Transportation to study how fast and to what degree newly created wetlands develop into mature, fully functional wetlands like the ones they are meant to replace.

Shoreline program aids Yorktown revitilization
Visitors to historic Yorktown are beneficiaries of a long-term collaboration between York County officials and shoreline scientists at VIMS.

Maa works with local business to test breakwater
VIMS researcher Dr. Jerome Maa tests the efficiency of floating breakwaters in protecting marinas and other coastal structures from wave action.

VIMS plays important role in tidal-wetlands permitting
Staff with VIMS' Center for Coastal Resources Managment review the permit application for every proposed shoreline project in Virginia's  22 tidewater counties.

Researchers test beach-nourishment protocol
An interdisciplinary team of VIMS researchers wraps up a multi-year study in Virginia Beach designed to help government agencies more effectively monitor the environmental impacts of beach nourishment.

Researchers test and refine storm-surge models
Drs. Harry Wang and Jian Shen develop computer models that can predict surge levels more accurately.

Researchers link beach erosion to ice-age channels
VIMS researchers discover that Outer Banks beaches owe their very shape and behavior to now-buried river channels that formed during the last Ice Age.

Pair use neural network to predict hurricane waves
Dr. Jerome Maa and graduate student Jun-Young Kim test whether a new type of computer model can improve wave forecasts and thus help mariners better withstand a windstorm’s fury.

VIMS beach research reveals erosional hotspots
Discovery may help land-use planners and owners of shoreline property to deal with localized areas of accelerated beach erosion.

Continental margins—where the action is
Marine geologist Dr. Steven Kuehl and colleagues at VIMS and around the world have established an interdisciplinary program to systematically study continental margins.

Computer modelers solve real-world problems
VIMS modelers explore the possible environmental impacts of  expanding Hampton Road’s Craney Island landfill using their state-of-the-art computer model.

Can spray dredging help save marshes?
VIMS scientists investigate whether spraying a thin layer of dredge materials onto nearby marshes can help them keep up with rising sea level

Advisory Service Reports

  1. Norris, L., J. E. Perry, K. J. Havens, and Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Wetlands Program. 2002. A summary of methods for controlling Phragmites australis. Wetlands Program, [Gloucester Point, VA].
  2. Virginia Marine Resources Commission, and Virginia Institute of Marine Science. 1998. Guidelines for the establishment, use and operation of tidal wetland mitigation banks in Virginia. Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Newport News, Va.
  3. National Wetlands Inventory (U.S.). Region 5., and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Annapolis Field Office. 1986. Atlas of National Wetlands Inventory maps, Chesapeake Bay. National Wetlands Inventory, Region 5, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ;Annapolis Field Office,, Newton Corner, Mass., Annapolis, Md.
  4. Hardaway, C. S., and G. L. Anderson. 1980. Shoreline erosion in Virginia. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA.
  5. Boon, J. D., M. E. Boule, and G. M. Silberhorn. 1977. Delineation of tidal wetlands boundaries in lower Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. VIMS, Gloucester Point, VA.
  6. Silberhorn, G. M. 1976. Tidal wetland plants of Virginia. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point.
  7. Owen, D. W., L. M. Rogers, and M. H. Peoples. 1976. Shoreline situation report, cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Portsmouth. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point.
  8. Byrne, R. J., and G. L. Anderson. 1976. Shoreline erosion in Tidewater Virginia. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point.
  9. Owen, D. W., M. H. Peoples, and G. L. Anderson. 1975. Shoreline situation report, Henrico, Chesterfield, and Richmond. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point.
  10. Anderson, R. D., D. Garten, and T. F. Smolen. 1974. Legal symposium on wetlands : an executive summary. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA.
  11. Marcellus, K., and Virginia Institute of Marine Science. 1972. Coastal wetlands of Virginia. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point.
  12. Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Wetlands Program. The Virginia wetlands report. Wetlands Program, Gloucester Point, VA.

Labs, Centers, and Group

Special Reports in Applied Marine Science and Ocean Engineering (SRAMSOE

  1. Berman MR, et al. 2007. Westmoreland County Virginia Shoreline Situation Report. Report 395. pp.
  2. Berman MR, et al. 2006. Caroline County Virginia Shoreline Situation Report. Report 393. pp.
  3. Berman MR, et al. 2006. Stafford County Virginia Shoreline Situation Report. Report 394. pp.
  4. Berman MR, et al. 2003. Northumberland County Shoreline Situation Report. Report 379. 146 pp.
  5. Berman MR, et al. 2002. City of Norfolk Shoreline Situation Report. Report 378. 76 pp.
  6. Berman MR, et al. 2002. Accomack County Shoreline Situation Report. Report 374. pp.
  7. Berman MR, et al. 2001. City of Poquoson Shoreline Situation Report. Report 369. pp.
  8. Berman MR, et al. 2001. Essex County and the Town of Tappahannock Shoreline Situation Report. Report 370. pp.
  9. Berman MR, et al. 2001. Lancaster County Shoreline Situation Report. Report 371. pp.
  10. Berman MR, et al. 2001. King William County Shoreline Situation Report. Report 367. 146 pp.
  11. Berman MR, et al. 2000. Piankatank River Shoreline Situation Report. Report 361. 75 pp.
  12. Berman MR, et al. 2000. King and Queen County Shoreline Situation Report. Report 363. 95 pp.
  13. Berman MR, et al. 2000. Middlesex County Shoreline Situation Report. Report 368. pp.
  14. Berman MR, et al. 2000. Mathews County Shoreline Situation Report. Report 364. 117 pp.
  15. Hardaway CS, and RJ Byrne. 1999. Shoreline Management in Chesapeake Bay. Report 356. 54 pp.
  16. Berman MR, et. al. 1999. Gloucester County Shoreline and Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 351. pp.
  17. Berman MR, et al. 1999. York County Shoreline Situation Report 1999. Report 352. pp.
  18. Berman MR, et al. 1999. James City County Shoreline Situation Report 1999. Report 353. pp.
  19. Wetzel RL, et al. 1997. Modeling the Lower Chesapeake Bay Littoral Zone & Fringing Wetlands : Ecosystem Processes and Habitat Linkages. Iii. Model Scenarios Related to Water Quality and Submersed Vegetation. Report 342. pp.
  20. Hardaway CS, et al. 1997. Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Chesapeake Bay Shoreline : Shoreline Management Plan and Officer's Beach Shore Protection Evaluation. Report 340. pp.
  21. Buzzelli CP, et al. 1996. Modeling the Lower Chesapeake Bay Littoral Zone & Fringing Wetlands : Ecosystem Processes and Habitat Linkages. Ii. Model Sensitivity Analysis, Validation, and Estimates of Ecosystem Processes. Report 335. pp.
  22. Buzzelli CP, et al. 1995. Modeling the Lower Chesapeake Bay Littoral Zone & Fringing Wetlands : Ecosystem Processes and Habitat Linkages. I. Simulation Model Development and Description. Report 334. pp.
  23. Hardaway CS, et al. 1992. Bank Erosion Study. Report 319. pp.
  24. Silberhorn GM, and S Dewing. 1991. City of Chesapeake Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 312. eaves, 57 pp.
  25. Moore KA, and S Dewing. 1991. City of Suffolk Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 311. 75 pp.
  26. Moore KA, and S Dewing. 1991. Henrico County, Chesterfield County, Colonial Heights, Petersburg and the City of Richmond Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 309. 57 pp.
  27. Hardaway CS, et al. 1991. Chesapeake Bay Shoreline Study: Headland Breakwaters and Pocket Beaches for Shoreline Erosion Control, Final Report. Report 313. pp.
  28. Bradshaw JG. 1991. A Technique for the Functional Assessment of Nontidal Wetlands in the Coastal Plain of Virginia. Report 315. pp.
  29. Priest WI, and S Dewing. 1990. Richmond County Marsh Inventory. Report 306. eaves, 81 pp.
  30. Moore KA, and S Dewing. 1990. Charles City County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 308. 67 pp.
  31. Silberhorn GM, and S Dewing. 1989. Prince George County and City of Hopewell. Report 293. 62 pp.
  32. Silberhorn GM, and S Dewing. 1989. City of Portsmouth Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 299. 45 pp.
  33. Theberge NB, and CBP United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1988. A Study of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Virginia Assuming 404 Regulatory Authority under the Federal Clean Water Act : Final Report. Report 296. pp.
  34. Silberhorn GM, and AW Zacherle. 1987. King William County and Town of West Point Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 289. 56 pp.
  35. Silberhorn GM, and WI Priest. 1987. City of Norfolk Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 281. 54 pp.
  36. Priest WI, et al. 1987. King and Queen County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 291. eaves, 43 pp.
  37. Silberhorn GM, and AF Harris. 1981. Isle of Wight County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 213. 56 pp.
  38. Priest WI. 1981. Middlesex County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 218. 119 pp.
  39. Moore KA. 1981. Surry County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 187. 52 pp.
  40. Moore KA. 1980. James City County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 188. 100 pp.
  41. Owen DW, et al. 1979. Shoreline Situation Report, Richmond County. Report 164. 58 pp.
  42. Owen DW, et al. 1979. Shoreline Situation Report, Counties of Fairfax and Arlington, City of Alexandria. Report 166. 58 pp.
  43. Morgan LC, et al. 1979. Shoreline Situation Report, King George and Caroline Counties. Report 165. 68 pp.
  44. Hobbs CH, et al. 1979. Summary of Shoreline Situation Reports for Virginia's Tidewater Localities. Report 209. pp.
  45. Harris AF, and JC Mizell. 1979. Spotsylvania and Caroline County Tidal Marsh Inventory, Including City of Fredericksburg. Report 167. 43 pp.
  46. Doumlele DG. 1979. Essex County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 207. 86 pp.
  47. Doumlele DG. 1979. New Kent County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 208. 59 pp.
  48. Byrne RJ, et al. 1979. Shoreline Erosion in the Commonwealth of Virginia : Problems, Practices, and Possibilities. Report 220. 265 pp.
  49. Shea E, and NB Theberge. 1978. Wetlands Evaluation and Management in Virginia. Report 211. pp.
  50. Owen DW, et al. 1978. Shoreline Situation Report, City of Virginia Beach. Report 163. 91 pp.
  51. Morgan LC, et al. 1978. Shoreline Situation Report, Lancaster County. Report 160. 75 pp.
  52. Morgan LC, et al. 1978. Shoreline Situation Report, Westmoreland County. Report 162. 76 pp.
  53. Morgan LC, et al. 1978. Shoreline Situation Report, Northumberland County. Report 161. 86 pp.
  54. Silberhorn GM, and AF Harris. 1977. Accomack County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 138. iii, 106 p. pp.
  55. Moore KA. 1977. Northampton County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 139. 123 pp.
  56. Goldsmith V. 1977. Vims-Blm Wave Climate Model of the Baltimore Canyon through Shelf and Shoreline. Report 106. 177 pp.
  57. Wetzel RL, et al. 1976. Dredged Material Disposal in Coastal Wetland Environments : A Review of the General Ecology and Environmental Impacts of Disposal on Wetland Ecosystems with Recommendations for Assessment Procedures. Report 123. pp.
  58. Rogers LM, et al. 1976. Shoreline Situation Report, City of Suffolk, Virginia. Report 116. 55 pp.
  59. Rogers LM, et al. 1976. Shoreline Situation Report, Prince William County, Virginia. Report 119. 42 pp.
  60. Rogers LM, et al. 1976. Shoreline Situation Report, Essex County, Virginia. Report 135. 67 pp.
  61. Owen DW, et al. 1976. Shoreline Situation Report, Charles City County, Virginia. Report 115. 56 pp.
  62. Owen DW. 1976. Shoreline Situation Report, Prince George County, Virginia. Report 114. 49 pp.
  63. Owen DW. 1976. Shoreline Situation Report, Surry County, Virginia. Report 112. 50 pp.
  64. Moore KA. 1976. Gloucester County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 64. 104 pp.
  65. Doumlele DG, et al. 1976. City of Virginia Beach Marsh Inventory. Report 300. pp.
  66. Doumlele DG. 1976. Fairfax County Tidal Marsh Inventory : Including City of Alexandria and Arlington County. Report 108. 60 pp.
  67. Anderson GL, et al. 1976. Shoreline Situation Report, Gloucester County, Virginia. Report 83. 71 pp.
  68. Whitcomb NJ. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, Middlesex County, Virginia. Report 100. 65 pp.
  69. Owen DW. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Report 97. 53 pp.
  70. Moore KA. 1975. Stafford County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 62. 44 pp.
  71. Moore KA. 1975. King George County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 68. 57 pp.
  72. Moore KA. 1975. Prince William County Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 78. 39 pp.
  73. Hobbs CH, et al. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, Mathews County, Virginia. Report 77. 99 pp.
  74. Hobbs CH. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, New Kent, King William, and King and Queen Counties. Report 99. 89 pp.
  75. Hobbs CH. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, Accomack County, Virginia. Report 80. 190 pp.
  76. Hobbs CH. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, James City County, Virginia. Report 81. 62 pp.
  77. Hobbs CH. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, Stafford County, Virginia. Report 79. 55 pp.
  78. Hobbs CH. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, City of Hampton, Virginia. Report 76. 63 pp.
  79. Barnard TA. 1975. City of Hampton Tidal Marsh Inventory. Report 60. 66 pp.
  80. Anderson GL. 1975. Shoreline Situation Report, York County, Virginia. Report 82. 62 pp.
  81. Silberhorn GM, et al. 1974. Coastal Wetlands of Virginia : Interim Report No. 3. Guidelines for Activities Affecting Virginia Wetlands. Report 46. 52 pp.
  82. Hobbs CH, et al. 1974. Shoreline Situation Report, Newport News, Virginia. Report 55. 77 pp.
  83. Goldsmith V, et al. 1974. Wave Climate Model of the Mid-Atlantic Shelf and Shoreline (Virginian Sea) : Model Development, Shelf Geomorphology, and Preliminary Results. Report 146 pp.
  84. Athearn WD, et al. 1974. Shoreline Situation Report, Northampton County, Virginia. Report 9. 195 pp.
  85. Marcellus K, et al. 1973. Local Management of Wetlands: Environmental Considerations. Report 35. 345 pp.
  86. Marcellus K. 1972. Coastal Wetlands of Virginia : Interim Report No. 2. Report 27. 27 pp.
  87. Munday JC, et al. 1970. Priority Problems and Data Needs in Coastal Zone Oceanography : Earth Observation Satellite Planning. Report 12. 131 pp.
  88. Wass ML, and TD Wright. 1967. Coastal Wetlands of Virginia : Interim Report to the Governor and General Assembly Report 10. 154 pp.

Journal Articles

  1. Bailey, D. E., J. E. Perry, and W. Lee Daniels. 2007. Vegetation dynamics in response to organic matter loading rates in a created freshwater wetland in southeastern Virginia. Wetlands 27(4):936-950.
  2. Buesseler, K. O., and coauthors. 2007. Revisiting carbon flux through the ocean's twilight zone. Science 316(5824):567-570.
  3. Conrath, C. L., and J. A. Musick. 2007. The sandbar shark summer nursery within bays and lagoons of the eastern shore of Virginia. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(4):999-1007.
  4. Day, J. W., and coauthors. 2007. Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Science 315(5819):1679-1684.
  5. McNinch, J. E. 2007. Bar and swash imaging radar (BASIR): A mobile X-band radar designed for mapping nearshore sand bars and swash-defined shorelines over large distances. Journal of Coastal Research 23(1):59-74.
  6. Park, J.-Y., and J. T. Wells. 2007. Spit Growth and Downdrift Erosion: Results of Longshore Transport Modeling and Morphologic Analysis at the Cape Lookout Cuspate Foreland. Journal of Coastal Research 23(3):553-568.
  7. Wardrop, D. H., C. Hershner, K. Havens, K. Thornton, and D. M. Bilkovic. 2007. Developing and communicating a taxonomy of ecological indicators: A case study from the mid-Atlantic. Ecohealth 4(2):179-186.
  8. Bilkovic, D. M., M. Roggero, C. H. Hershner, and K. H. Havens. 2006. Influence of land use on macrobenthic communities in nearshore estuarine habitats. Estuaries and Coasts 29(6B):1185-1195.
  9. Browder, A. G., and J. E. McNinch. 2006. Linking framework geology and nearshore morphology: Correlation of paleo-channels with shore-oblique sandbars and gravel outcrops. Marine Geology 231(1-4):141-162.
  10. CCRM, editor. 2006. Living Shorelines, volume 1. Center for Coastal Resources Management, Virginia Insitute of Marine Science, Gloucester Pt. VA.
  11. Chu, Z. X., X. G. Sun, S. K. Zhai, and K. H. Xu. 2006. Changing pattern of accretion/erosion of the modem Yellow River (Huanghe) subaerial delta, China: Based on remote sensing images. Marine Geology 227(1-2):13-30.
  12. Kimbrough, K. L., and R. M. Dickhut. 2006. Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon input to urban wetlands in relation to adjacent land use. Marine pollution bulletin 52(11):1355-1363.
  13. Miselis, J. L., and J. E. McNinch. 2006. Calculating shoreline erosion potential using nearshore stratigraphy and sediment volume: Outer Banks, North Carolina. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface 111(F2):-.
  14. Nichols, J. D., J. E. Perry, and D. A. DeBerry. 2006. Using a floristic quality assessment technique to evaluate plant community integrity of forested wetlands in Southeastern Virginia. Natural Areas Journal 26(4):360-369.
  15. Schupp, C. A., J. E. McNinch, and J. H. List. 2006. Nearshore shore-oblique bars, gravel outcrops, and their correlation to shoreline change. Marine Geology 233(1-4):63-79.
  16. Seitz, R. D., R. N. Lipcius, N. H. Olmstead, M. S. Seebo, and D. M. Lambert. 2006. Influence of shallow-water habitats and shoreline development on abundance, biomass, and diversity of benthic prey and predators in Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 326:11-27.
  17. Shen, J., K. Q. Zhang, C. Y. Xiao, and W. P. Gong. 2006. Improved prediction of storm surge inundation with a high-resolution unstructured grid model. Journal of Coastal Research 22(6):1309-1319.
  18. Conaway, C. A., and J. T. Wells. 2005. Aeolian dynamics along scraped shorelines, Bogue Banks, North Carolina. Journal of Coastal Research 21(2):242-254.
  19. DeBerry, D. A., and J. E. Perry. 2005. A drawdown flora in Virginia. Castanea 70(4):276-286.
  20. Varnell, L. M., and C. S. Hardaway. 2005. A risk assessment approach to management of estuarine dunefields. Ocean & Coastal Management 48(9-10):767-781.
  21. DeBerry, D. A., and J. E. Perry. 2004. Primary succession in a created freshwater wetland. Castanea 69(3):185-193.
  22. Havens, K. J. 2004. A comparison of C. caroliniana, Q. michauxii, Q. pagoda, and T. distichum seedlings of upland and wetland stock for use in created or restored forested wetlands. Ecological Engineering 23(4-5):341-349.
  23. Hobbs, C. H. 2004. Geological history of Chesapeake Bay, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews 23(5-6):641-661.
  24. Maa, J. P. Y., C. H. Hobbs, S. C. Kim, and E. Wei. 2004. Potential impacts of sand mining offshore of Maryland and Delaware: Part I - Impacts on physical oceanographic processes. Journal of Coastal Research 20(1):44-60.
  25. McNinch, J. E. 2004. Geologic control in the nearshore: shore-oblique sandbars and shoreline erosional hotspots, Mid-Atlantic Bight, USA. Marine Geology 211(1-2):121-141.
  26. Raymond, P. A., and coauthors. 2004. Controls on the variability of organic matter and dissolved inorganic carbon ages in northeast US rivers. Marine Chemistry 92(1-4):353-366.
  27. Havens, K. J., H. Berquist, and W. I. Priest. 2003. Common reed grass, Phragmites australis, expansion into constructed wetlands: Are we mortgaging our wetland future? Estuaries 26(2B):417-422.
  28. Varnell, L. M., D. A. Evans, and K. J. Havens. 2003. A geomorphological model of intertidal cove marshes with application to wetlands management. Ecological Engineering 19(5):339-347.
  29. Anderson, B. A., M. A. Unger, and K. A. Moore. 2002. Fate of tributyltin in a created tidal wetland. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21(6):1176-1183.
  30. Bilkovic, D. M., C. H. Hershner, and J. E. Olney. 2002. Macroscale assessment of American shad spawning and nursery habitat in the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers, Virginia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22(4):1176-1192.
  31. Harwell, M. C., and R. J. Orth. 2002. Long-distance dispersal potential in a marine macrophyte. Ecology 83(12):3319-3330.
  32. Havens, K. J., L. M. Varnell, and B. D. Watts. 2002. Maturation of a constructed tidal marsh relative to two natural reference tidal marshes over 12 years. Ecological Engineering 18(3):305-315.
  33. Hobbs, C. H. 2002. An investigation of potential consequences of marine mining in shallow water: An example from the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. Journal of Coastal Research 18(1):94-101.
  34. Robinson, M. A., and W. G. Reay. 2002. Ground water flow analysis of a Mid-Atlantic outer coastal plain watershed, Virginia, USA. Ground Water 40(2):123-131.
  35. Gottgens, J. F., and coauthors. 2001. The Paraguay-Parana Hidrovia: Protecting the Pantanal with lessons from the past. Bioscience 51(4):301-308.
  36. Liu, W. C., M. H. Hsu, and A. Y. Kuo. 2001. A modeling study of water quality in main channel and estuarine wetland. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part a-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering 36(5):641-660.
  37. Liu, W. C., M. H. Hsu, A. Y. Kuo, and M. H. Li. 2001. Influence of bathymetric changes on hydrodynamics and salt intrusion in estuarine system. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 37(5):1405-1416.
  38. Maa, J. P. Y., C. H. Hobbs, and C. S. Hardaway. 2001. A criterion for determining the impact on shorelines caused by altering wave transformation. Journal of Coastal Research 17(1):107-113.
  39. Milliman, J. D. 2001. Delivery and fate of fluvial water and sediment to the sea: a marine geologist's view of European rivers. Scientia Marina 65:121-131.
  40. Smith, A. W. S., and A. C. Trembanis. 2001. Beach hardness variation - New moisture related phenomenon and a case study from Byron Bay, Australia. Journal of Coastal Research 17(4):869-876.
  41. Spencer, D. R., J. E. Perry, and G. M. Silberhorn. 2001. Early secondary succession in bottomland hardwood forests of southeastern Virginia. Environmental Management 27(4):559-570.
  42. Tobias, C. R., I. C. Anderson, E. A. Canuel, and S. A. Macko. 2001. Nitrogen cycling through a fringing marsh-aquifer ecotone. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 210:25-39.
  43. Tobias, C. R., J. W. Harvey, and I. C. Anderson. 2001. Quantifying groundwater discharge through fringing wetlands to estuaries: Seasonal variability, methods comparison, and implications for wetland-estuary exchange. Limnology and Oceanography 46(3):604-615.
  44. Goodbred, S. L., and S. A. Kuehl. 2000. The significance of large sediment supply, active tectonism, and eustasy on margin sequence development: Late Quaternary stratigraphy and evolution of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta. Sedimentary Geology 133(3-4):227-248.
  45. Hobbs, C. H., C. S. Hardaway, and C. R. Berquist. 1999. Submarine sand resources, southeastern Virginia-contributions from year 9 and year 10 of Virginia's Continental Margins Program. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology 17(2-3):155-163.
  46. Hovel, K. A., and S. G. Morgan. 1999. Susceptibility of estuarine crab larvae to ultraviolet radiation. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 237(1):107-125.
  47. Perry, J. E., and C. H. Hershner. 1999. Temporal changes in the vegetation pattern in a tidal freshwater marsh. Wetlands 19(1):90-99.
  48. Goodbred, S. L., E. E. Wright, and A. C. Hine. 1998. Sea-level change and storm-surge deposition in a late Holocene Florida salt marsh. Journal of Sedimentary Research 68(2):240-252.
  49. Greiner, M., and C. Hershner. 1998. Analysis of wetland total phosphorus retention and watershed structure. Wetlands 18(1):142-149.
  50. Hsu, M. H., A. Y. Kuo, J. T. Kuo, and W. C. Liu. 1998. Modeling estuarine hydrodynamics and salinity for wetland restoration. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part a-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering 33(5):891-921.
  51. Varnell, L. M. 1998. The relationship between inundation history and baldcypress stem form in a Virginia floodplain swamp. Wetlands 18(2):176-183.
  52. Havens, K. J. 1997. The effect of vegetation on soil redox within a seasonally flooded forested system. Wetlands 17(2):237-242.
  53. Havens, K. J., W. I. Priest, and H. Berquist. 1997. Investigation and long-term monitoring of Phragmites australis within Virginia's constructed wetland sites. Environmental Management 21(4):599-605.
  54. Kuehl, S. A., and coauthors. 1996. Sediment deposition, accumulation, and seabed dynamics in are energetic fine-grained coastal environment. Continental Shelf Research 16(5-6):787-815.
  55. Nittrouer, C. A., and coauthors. 1996. The geological record preserved by Amazon shelf sedimentation. Continental Shelf Research 16(5-6):817-&.
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Theses & Dissertations

  1. Bailey, D. E. 2006. Wetland vegetation dynamics and ecosystem gas exchange in response to organic matter loading rates. Master's Thesis. College of William and Mary. School of Marine Science.
  2. DeBerry, D. A. 2006. Floristic Quality Index: Ecological and management implications in created and natural wetlands. Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt. VA.
  3. Bissonnette, J. N. 2003. An analysis of wetland patterns and functions at the watershed and sub-watershed scales, with policy applications. Ph.D. Dissertation. The College of William and Mary, Gloucester Pt. VA.

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