We use cutting-edge mapping technologies to identify how to conserve coastal resources.

We typically link field-based sampling methods (ecological, hydrological, hydrodynamic) with spatial analysis (GIS, GNSS-GPS, LIDAR, TLS) to make easy-to-use products.

Some of the types of products that we make:

• Maps of hotspots for wetland carbon sequestration

• Models of waves, currents, salinities, and water flow

• Monitoring of beach and dune erosion/accretion, assessments of fault motion and landform change, sea level rise and subsidence, and hurricane impacts to coastal ecosystems

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Representative Publications:

A Research Framework to Integrate Cross-Ecosystem Responses to Tropical Cyclones ➟
Hogan, J.A., Feagin, R.A., Starr, G., Ross, M., Lin, T-C., O’Connell, C., Huff, T.P., Stauffer, B.A., Robinson, K.L., Laura, M.C., Xue, J., Giest, S.J., Reese, B.K., Witman, E., Douglas, S., Congdon, V.M., Reustle, J.W., Smith, R.S., Lagomasino, D., Strickland, B.A., Wilson, S.S., Proffitt, C.E., Hogan, J.D., Branoff, B.L., Armitage, A.R., Rush, S.A., Santos, R.O., Campos, M., Montagna, P.A., Erisman, B., Walker, L., Silver, W.L., Crowl, T.A., Wetz, M., Hall, N., Zou, X., Pennings, S.C., Leon, M., Wang, L-J., Chang, C-T., McDowell, W.H., Kominoski, J.S., Patrick, C.J. 2020. Bioscience 7: 477-489.

Tidal Wetland Gross Primary Production (GPP) Across the Continental United States, 2000-2019 ➟
Feagin, R.A., Forbrich, I., Huff, T.P., Barr, J.G., Ruiz-Plancarte, J., Fuentes, J.D., Najjar, R.G., Vargas, R., Vázquez-Lule, A., Windham-Myers, L., Kroeger, K.D., Ward, E.J., Moore, G.W., Leclerc, M., Krauss, K.W., Stagg, C.L., Alber, M., Knox, S.H., Schäfer, K.V.R., Bianchi, T.S., Hutchings, J.A., Nahrawi, H., Noormets, A., Mitra, B., Jaimes, A., Hinson, A.L., Bergamaschi, B., King, J.S, Miao, G. 2020. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 34: e2019GB006349.

Imaging Based Nearshore Bathymetry Measurement Using an Unmanned Aircraft System ➟
Sun, S-H., Chuang, W-L., Chang, K-A., Kim, J.Y., Kaihatu, J., Huff, T., Feagin, R.A. 2019. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering 145: 04019002, 1-12.