Coastal Letters
Newsletter of the coastal
and marine geography specialty group of the association of
American geographers
Vol. 14, No. 1 Website: http://aag_coma.homestead.com February, 2002
Klaus J Meyer-Arendt, Chair E-mail: kjma@uwf.edu Dept. of Environmental Studies Phone: (850) 474-2746 University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 Diane Horn, Vice-Chair E-mail: d.horn@geog.bbk.ac.uk Department of Geography Birkbeck College 7-15 Gresse St London W1P 2LL England (UK) Harry Jol, Secretary-Treasurer/Editor E-mail: jolhm@uwec.edu Department of Geography and Anthropology Phone: (715) 836-3742 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 105 Garfield Avenue Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004 Philip L. Chaney, Member of the Board of Directors E-mail: chanepl@auburn.edu Department of Geography Phone: (334) 844-3420 or 4074 104A Tichenor Hall Auburn University, AL 36849 Michael Craghan, Member of the Board of Directors E-mail: mcraghan@macges.org Middle Atlantic Center for Geography and Environmental Studies PO Box 20 Manasquan, NJ 08736 Steve Namikas, Member of the Board of Directors E-mail:snamik1@lsu.edu Department of Geography and Anthropology Phone: (225) 578-6142 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Don't forget to renew your membership in
the Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group when you renew
your membership with the AAG. Our numbers have decreased
over the years remind your colleagues as well!
Secretary-Treasurer Harry Jol and Board Member Michael Craghans terms are coming to end at the meeting in Los Angeles. We will be opening up nominations for Secretary-Treasur and one Member of the Board of Directors. According to the bylaws the description for secretary-treasurer is the person shall record the minutes of the specialty group business meetings, keep membership records, coordinate and distribute the specialty group newsletter, keep financial records, and administer the specialty group's financial affairs. The term of secretary-treasurer is three years, determined according to the timing of AAG annual meetings. The duties for the Board of Directors include: judging the Student Paper Merit Award, and serving on that committee under the direction of the vice chair. Members of the board shall also evaluate nominees and select a recipient for the R.J. Russell Award. The positions holds a two-year term, as determined according to the timing of AAG annual meetings. If you know of someone or you want to help out COMA, please pass along your nominations to Klaus J Meyer-Arendt or Diane Horn.
1) At the last COMA meeting we decided to convert over to an electronic copy of the newsletter this is the first full issue that is electronic. If you want a hardcopy please feel free to contact me.
2) Have you been getting e-mails? I recently took many e-mail addresses off the list due to incorrect addresses. If you have not been receiving e-mails please send me your e-mail address and I will add you to the updated COMA list.
3) Whether you are a new or long-standing member, please attend our Specialty Group meeting this year in Los Angeles (March 20, 7:00 pm) as well as COMA related paper sessions on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Its a great way to get involved!
4) The Student Paper Competition will be held Thursday at 10 am we look forward to everyones participation.
5) There is a lot happening at the LA meeting, please read through the newsletter and pass along the e-mail newsletter to another colleague.
6) You can view the preliminary program for AAG 2000 Los Angeles and the current jobs in geography listings on the AAG web site: www.aag.org
7) Welcome to all of you who have recently joined the Coastal and Marine Geography Specialty Group (COMA).
8) If you have items that you want to be distributed via the e-mail please forward them to Harry Jol.
9) Any comments for future editions are always welcome. Thanks to everyone who provided items for this newsletter. This is your newsletter so please forward items.
10) This is my final newsletter for COMA as my term is up. Thank you for opportunity!
Harry Jol, Secretary-Treasurer, Editor (jolhm@uwec.edu)
Nominations for the R.J. Russell Award
should be directed to the Vice-Chair Diane Horn (d.horn@geog.bbk.ac.uk).
Nominations for the current year should be made at least 2
weeks prior to the annual AAG meeting. This specialty
group award is presented in recognition of an individual's major
contributions to the field of coastal or marine geography. These
contributions may be in research, teaching, public service, and/or
to the specialty group. Previous awardees include Jess Walker (1991),
Fillmore Earney (1992), Norb Psuty (1993), Karl Nordstrom (1996),
Doug Sherman (1997), Bernard Bauer (1999), Robin Davidson-Arnott
(2000) and Patrik Hesp (2001). The R. J. Russell Award is
named in honor of Richard Joel Russell (1895-1971). He was Dean
of the Graduate School at Louisiana State University for 12
years, an organizer of the Coastal Studies Institute (1954),
president of both the Association of American Geographers (1948)
and Geological Society of America (1957), and named to the
National Academy of Sciences (1959).
Nominations are accepted from COMA
members, but nominees do not have to be members of either the
specialty group or the AAG. Two nominations are required for
consideration for the Award. At least one of the nominations must
include a complete letter of nomination which will include one
paragraph describing the nominees contributions to the field of
coastal or marine geography and/or to the special interest group
and a list of the nominees relevant publications.
COMA
members interested in a pre-Los Angeles Annual Meeting one-day
informal coastal field trip on Sunday, March 17 should contact
Wayne Engstrom at Cal State Fullerton (714 278-3384) or (wengstrom@fullerton.edu).
Focusing on the Orange County coastline from Huntington Beach to
San Onofre, tentative stops are planned for Bolsa Chica wetland,
Upper Newport Bay salt marsh, beach, marine terrace, and 1930s
beach cottages at Crystal Cove State Park, coastal erosional
forms at Diver's Cove in Laguna Beach, San Mateo Point (Trestles)
surfing area in San Clemente, and massive coastal landslides at
San Onofre State Beach. COMA members arriving later but
interested in the trip can obtain a map and field trip stop
descriptions from Wayne.
8:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
Session 5125
Room: La Brea
Coastal Geomorphology
Organizer: Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt, University of West Florida.
Chair: Diane P. Horn, School of Geography, Birkbeck College, University of London.
8:00 a.m. - Diane P. Horn, School of Geography, Birkbeck College, University of London, High-frequency bed level changes in the swash zone on gravel beaches
8:20 a.m. - Christopher A. Houser, Scarborough College Coastal Research Group, University of Toronto at Scarborough, The morphodynamics of a lacustrine multiple-barred nearshore over the ice-free season
8:40 a.m. - Deanna van Dijk, Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies, Calvin College; Annelia L. Tinklenberg, Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies, Calvin College, Foredune Growth during Low Lake Levels on the East Coast of Lake Michigan
9:00 a.m. - Patrick A. Hesp, Massey University, Dynamics of Parabolic Dunes, Manawatu Coast, New Zealand
9:20 a.m. - Norbert P. Psuty, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey; Jeffrey Pace, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey; Bruce Lane, Gateway National Recreation Area, NPS, Sediment Recycling: An Approach to Shoreline Management, Sandy Hook, Gateway National Recreation Area
10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Session 5225
Room: La Brea
Coastal & Marine Student Paper Session
Organizer: Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt, University of West Florida
Chair: Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt, University of West Florida
10:00 a.m. - Jim P. Mcdermott, University of Southern California, Sediment-level oscillations in the swash zone.
10:20 a.m. - Jean T. Ellis, Texas A&M University; Burton H. Jones, University of Southern California; Douglas J. Sherman, Texas A&M University, Identifying Potential Offshore Sources of Bacterial Contamination at Huntington Beach, CA
10:40 a.m. - Andreas C. Baas, University of Southern California, Department of Geography, An investigation of aeolian streamers and spatio-temporal variability in sand transport by wind
11:00 a.m. - Matthew C. Peros, Department of Geography, University of Toronto; Anthony M. Davis, University of Toronto, Coastal Geoarchaeology at Los Buchillones, a Taino Site in North Central Cuba
1:00 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Session 5425
Room: La Brea
Coastal Weather and Shoreline Changes
(Sponsored by Coastal and Marine
Specialty Group).
Organizer: Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt, University of West Florida
Chair: Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt, University of West Florida.
1:00 p.m. - Douglas W. Gamble, Dept of Earth Sciences, UNC at Wilmington; Tony Crump, Dept. Of Earth Sciences, UNC at Wilmington; Darren Parnell, Dept. Of Geography, University of South Carolina; Grady Dixon, Dept. of Geography, University of Georgia, Latitudinal Variation of Rainfall on San Salvador, Bahamas
1:20 p.m. - Philip Chaney, Auburn University, Tropical Cyclone Activity in Alabama: 1886-1999.
1:40 p.m. - Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt, University of West Florida; Kristal E. Flanders, University of West Florida, Soundside shoreline erosion and beach nourishment, Pensacola Beach, Fl
2:00 p.m. - Richard C. Daniels, Washington State Department of Transportation; Diana McCandless, Washington State Department of Ecology, Shoreline Change Rates within the Columbia River Littoral Cell, USA
2:00 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Session 7418
Room: Los Cerritos
GIS in Support of Marine Protected Areas,
Reserves, and Sanctuaries I
(Sponsored by GIS Specialty Group,
Coastal and Marine Specialty Group, Remote Sensing Specialty
Group).
Organizers: Dawn J. Wright, Oregon State University; Barbara L. E. Walker, University of California at Santa Barbara.
Chair: Dawn J. Wright, Oregon State University.
2:00 p.m. - Dawn J. Wright, Oregon State University
2:01 p.m. - Dawn J. Wright, Oregon State University; Ken Crouse, Oregon State University, GIS Capacity Building for the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa
2:21 p.m. - Florence L. Wong, U.S. Geological Survey; Stephen L. Eittreim, U.S. Geological Survey, GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Continental Shelf
2:41 p.m. Guy R. Cochrane, USGS; Peter L. Haaker, California Department of Fish and Game, White Abalone habitat GIS derived from sidescan sonar data
3:01 p.m. - Robert Aguirre, NOAA, Why 3D GIS is Perfect for Marine Protected Areas: Examples from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
4:00 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.
Session 7518
Room: Los Cerritos
GIS in Support of Marine Protected Areas,
Reserves, and Sanctuaries II
(Sponsored by GIS Specialty Group, Coastal
and Marine Specialty Group, Remote Sensing Specialty Group)
Organizers: Dawn J. Wright, Oregon State University; Barbara L. E. Walker, University of California at Santa Barbara
Chair: Barbara L. E. Walker, University of California at Santa Barbara.
4:00 p.m. - Barbara L. E. Walker, University of California at Santa Barbara
4:01 p.m. - Barbara L. E. Walker, University of California at Santa Barbara, The Politics of Mapping Marine Protected Areas in the Pacific
4:21 p.m. - Jeffrey J. Hemphill, Graduate Student, Department of Geography; Joseph Scepan, Senior Staff Researcher, Department of Geography, The California Marine Protected Areas Database: Compilation and Accuracy Issues
4:21 p.m. - Jeffrey J. Hemphill, Graduate Student, Department of Geography; Joseph Scepan, Senior Staff Researcher, Department of Geography, The California Marine Protected Areas Database: Compilation and Accuracy Issues
4:41 p.m. - Richard D. Wright, San Diego State University, GIS in Support of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
5:01 p.m. - Philip N. Hooge, USGS Alaska Biological Science Center; Elizabeth R. Hooge, USGS Alaska Biological Science Center; Bill W. Eichenlaub, National Park Service, Glacier Bay National Park, Oceanographic Analyst Extension to ArcView: Multidimensional Analysis Tools within a GIS Environment
8:00 a.m. - Room: Marriott - 306
Allen, Thomas R. (Old Dominion University), "Mapping and Morphostatic Analyses of Landforms Associated with Sea Level Rise in Coastal Virginia."
In Paper Session: "3-D & High Spatial Resolution Sensing"
1:00 p.m. - Room: Santa Barbara C
Caulkins, Joshua L. (Hunter College, CUNY), "Quantitative GIS Analysis of 3-Dimensional Spit Evolution."
In Paper Session: "Remote Sensing and GIS"
1:00 p.m. - Room: Pasadena
Krolick, James. (University of South Florida), "Using Landsat Thematic Mapper to explain geomorphological characteristics of Dungeness Spit, Washington."
In Poster Session: "Environmental Studies"
1:00 p.m. - Room: Pasadena
Ludwig, Noel A. (University of Hawaii and California State U. at Long Beach), "Gold in Them Thar Hills: Do We Need to Protect Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents?"
In Poster Session: "Environmental Studies"
1:00 p.m. - Room: Pasadena
Smith, Alexander J. (Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute), "Limitations of Tracking the Florida Manatee in Everglades National Park, Fl."
In Poster Session:
1:00 p.m. - Room: San Pedro
Catto, Norm. (Dept of Geography Memorial University of Newfoundland), "Natural Processes and Anthropogenic Influences, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Canada: Resistible Forces meet Moveable Objects."
In Illustrated Paper Session: "Human Impacts in Geomorphology"
3:00 p.m. - Room: San Pedro
Elizabeth Watson, "Environmental History of a Holocene Tidal Salt Marsh near San Jose, California."
In Illustrated Paper Session: "Environmental Changes"
5:00 p.m. - Room: La Cienega
Ricketts, Peter J. (Okanagan University College), "East Coast of North America Strategic Assessment Project."
In Paper Session: "Economic Geography, Environment and Resources"
10:00 a.m. - Room: Pasadena Tchakerian, Vatche P. (Texas A&M University), "Linkages between coastal, fluvial and aeolian systems: the Yavaros mega-lagoon complex, southern Sonora, Mexico.."
In Poster Session: "Geomorphology and Climatology"
1:00 p.m. - Room: Pasadena
Dobosiewicz, John F. (Kean University), "A Coastal Flood Vulnerability Index for a Developed Estuary, Raritan Bay, New Jersey."
In Poster Session: "GIS and Spatial Analysis"
1:00 p.m. - Room: Pasadena
Winiarz, Nancy H. (Baylor University). "Marine GIS: A Barrier Island Application."
In Poster Session: "GIS and Spatial Analysis"
1:00 p.m. - Room: La Cienega
Witztum, Elizabeth R. (San Diego State University), "Analyzing Direct Impacts of Recreation Activity on Coastal Sage Scrub using Very High-Resolution Multispectral Imagery."
In Paper Session: "Remote Sensing Specialty Group Student Paper Competition"
4:00 p.m. - Room: Marriott - 307
Hutchinson, Teresa H. (The Ohio State University), "From Fisher to Tour Boats? Changing Livelihoods of the Cabo Rojo Fishers."
In Paper Session: "Postive Prospects? The Role of Individual Agency in Development Processes"
4:00 p.m. - Room: Marriott - 302
Romano, Maddalena. (Graduate School and University Center, CUNY),"Coastal Engineering and the EnvironmentGIS Pilot Study of Beach Nourishment and Ecological Response."
In Paper Session: "Geographic Research Projects with the Engineering Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers"
Do you use any CD-ROMS or videos when teaching coastal or marine geography? (e.g. Beach: A River of Sand). On Don Ziegler's suggestion, the next time you show or view a coastal or marine video, take a moment to jot down its title, brief summary, strengths and weaknesses. Send this information to the Newsletter editors. We will include a column in upcoming newsletters as well as have it posted on the COMA web site.
You might
want to let the members know that there is a documentary on
coastal erosion coming up on the Discovery Channel. It's
the third of three in a series entitled "Stormproof",
the first two were on hurricanes and earthquakes. They are
overviews of how engineers are responding to the theme's threat.
The coastal erosion segment might be airing on March 4 although I
can't seem to independently confirm that at the moment. It
could be a useful video for the classroom. (From Michael
Craghan)
I am looking for some data. I would like to find a source for digital maps (ARC/INFO or Arc View files) of the geographic or biogeographic regions of the world's oceans. Ecoregions would also be usable. I was hoping that there would be a way to send this out to the Biogeography and the COMA lists or to any parties that might be of some assistance. I appreciate any help you can provide me on this. Thanks!
Tom
Carlson, Department of Earth Science, 200 Traphagen Hall, Montana
State University, Bozeman MT 59715, Phone: 406.994.6912. E-Mail:
kryoung@mail.utexas.edu
As you might already be aware the next Coastal Sediments '03 conference is scheduled for May 2003, in Clearwater Beach FL. A wide range of topics for talk and poster sessions have been suggested (see the web site: (www.coastalsediments.org) and I have been asked to solicit abstracts and organize a session(s) on the topic of sea-level rise over the next century. This is an important topic, both because relative SLR is one of the key drivers controlling the form and evolution of coastal margins through sediment transport and because future SLR is increasingly understood to be a major societal risk to most coastal regions around the world.
I am sending this note to a broad array of colleagues who might have interest in submitting an abstract; I would suggest we mostly focus on studies of SL change during the recent geologic past up to the present, efforts to model future risks, and new techniques and ideas on measuring SLR and better understanding the role of SLR in effecting coastal change over varying spatial and temporal scales. Studies of large lake-level change/coastal response are also appropriate for this session. We are encouraging participation of students in CS '03 by offering reduced registration fees so feel free to pass on this email to your students, as well as other colleagues that I might have missed. And last, keep in mind that there will be opportunities in this session for talks as well as posters.
Pease give this some thought and consider submitting an abstract(s). The deadline for abstracts is 15 July 2002.
Contact me if you have questions or ideas. S. Jeffress Williams, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, 384 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543 E-mail: jwilliams@usgs.gov.
AAG'2002, Feb. 27 March 3, Los Angeles, CA, 98th Annual Meeting, for further information see: http://www.aag.org
7th International Coastal Symposium 2002, March 25 29.
Full details of conference abstract submission, fees and other updated information can be found at: http://www.science.ulst.ac.uk/ics2002/ Potential delegates who have not already registered their interest are encouraged to do so as soon as possible.
10th International Conference on Trapped Electron (Luminescence and ESR) Dating, 24-28 June, 2002, Reno, Nevada.
Specialists
and appliers are invited to attend LED2002, on the campus of the
University of Nevada-Reno, sponsored by the Desert Research
Institute. New developments and applications (to
paleolimnology, paleoseismology, paleoclimatology, Quaternary
geology, geomorphology[including coastal], etc.) will be
presented. Invited presentations by experts will provide
overviews of some topics. Both oral and poster presentations will
be accommodated. Further information is available at the
conference web site http://www.dri.edu/DEES/LED2002 or from the
Conference Secretary at LED2002@dri.edu.
International
Conference on Aeolian Research 5 (ICAR5) in conjunction with the
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem, Soil Erosion Network (GCTE-SEN),
July 22-25, 2002, Lubbock, Texas (www.csrl.ars.usda.gov/wewc/icar5/icar5body.html)
Managing
Shared Waters Towards Transboundary Coastal Ecosystems,
2002, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Providing support for the implementation of
integrated water resources management forms the basis for Managing
Shared Waters. The main goal of the conference is to address
the capacity needs of the international community to implement
sustainable water resource management practices in real
situations. Finding sustainable solutions for managing water
resources requires capacity in several specific areas: adequate knowledge,
information sharing and education to recognize and address
the issue; available tools and technology to deal with the
problem; appropriate institutional arrangements and
partnerships for oversight and regulation of the resource;
and products and services that ensure that these resources
are protected for future generations. These areas will serve as
focuses for presentations and workshop discussions throughout the
conference. For more information, contact: Web: www.pollutionprobe.org/managing.shared.waters/index.htm
If you know of any related conferences coming up in 2002/2003 or if you have announcements or newsworthy items concerning you, your department, or agency, please take a moment to send them to the newsletter editor: Harry Jol (jolhm@uwec.edu) Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54702. Thanks!
Hello, CoMa members,
We're getting real close to the AAG, and it looks like we have a
good meeting coming up. We have five sponsored sessions,
including Dawn Wright's two GIS sessions on Saturday. After
our Wednesday night business meeting, we have three sessions in a
row on Thursday. Wayne Engstrom will be leading an informal
coastal trip on the Sunday before the AAG meeting, and I urge you
all to contact him to reserve space on that trip.
I haven't received any nominations for the R.J. Russsell Award
yet, so we need to move fast if we want to give an award this
year. Last year's award winner--Patrick Hesp--will be
presenting this year, incidentally. At least two other
Russell Award winners are on the program, including Norb Psuty
and my Ph.D. advisor H. Jesse Walker who doesn't know what the
word 'retirement' means.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to a great coastal meeting.
Personally, I'll be headed out to Catalina Island and staying in
Redondo Beach prior to the convention, and I hope the weather
will as cooperative as it has been in the last days of February.
See ya'll soon.
Klaus (Meyer-Arendt)