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Publications<\/h1>\n\t

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Li, M., R Najjar, S Kaushal, A Mejia, R Chant, DK Ralston, H Burchard, A Hadjimichael, A Lassiter, X Wang, 2025. The emerging global threat of salt contamination of water supplies in tidal rivers<\/a>. Env. Sci & Tech. Letters<\/em>, https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.5c00505<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Keogh, ME, DA Sutherland, EF Eidam, TD Souza, J Schmitt, A Helms, DK Ralston, 2025. Estuarine sediment dynamics and the importance of storms in moving (and removing) mud<\/a>, Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, 48:104, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12237-025-01524-1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kasaei, S, PM Orton, DK Ralston, JC Warner, 2025. Pluvial and compound flooding in a coupled coastal system modeling framework: New York City during post-tropical cyclone Ida (2021)<\/a>, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.<\/em>, 29, 2043-2058, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-29-2043-2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wegman, TM, JD Pietrzak, AR Horner-Devine, HA Dijkstra, DK Ralston, 2025. Forcing mechanisms of salt intrusion in a low-lying river delta during a prolonged drought<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 130(1), e2024JC021655, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2024JC021655<\/a><\/p>\n

2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston DK, WR Geyer, CC Wackerman, B Dzwonkowski, DA Honegger, MC Haller, 2024. Interacting influences of diurnal tides, winds, and river discharge on a large coastal plume<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 129(9): e2024JC021288, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024JC021288<\/a><\/p>\n

Bo, T, <\/strong>DK Ralston, WR Geyer, JC McWilliams, 2024. Small estuaries as sinks of buoyant particles<\/a>, PNAS<\/em>, 121 (35) e2401498121, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2401498121<\/a><\/p>\n

Eidam, EF, T Souza, M Keogh, DA Sutherland, DK Ralston, J Schmitt, A Helms, 2024. Spatial and temporal variability of century-scale sediment accumulation in an active-margin estuary<\/a>, Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12237-024-01407-x<\/a><\/p>\n

Deitrick, AR, DK Ralston, MM Baustian, CR Esposito, M Beltran-Burgos, AJ Courtois, H Nepf, 2024. Vegetation-generated turbulence does not impact the erosion of natural cohesive sediment<\/a>, Geophys. Res. Let.<\/em>, 51(4), e2024GL109730, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2024GL109730<\/a><\/p>\n

Honegger, DA, DK Ralston, J Jurisa, WR Geyer, MC Haller, 2024. Kinematics of an ebb plume front controlled by a tidal crossflow<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 129, e2023JC020550, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JC020550<\/a><\/p>\n

Wang, A, DK Ralston, N Bi, X Wu, C Wang, P Yuan, H Wang, 2024. Sediment resuspension and transport due to synoptic winter winds in the Bohai Sea<\/a>, Geomorph.<\/em>, 456:109211, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.geomorph.2024.109211<\/a><\/p>\n

Bo, T, DK Ralston, AMP Garcia, WR Geyer, 2024. Tidal intrusion fronts, surface convergence, and mixing in an estuary with complex topography<\/a>, J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 54(3):653-677 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JPO-D-23-0131.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Geyer, WR, DK Ralston, MC Haller, C Bassett, DA Honegger, 2024. The Structure and Dynamics of an Estuarine Tidal Intrusion Front<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 129(2): e2023JC020371 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023JC020371<\/a><\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bassett, C, AC Lavery, DK Ralston, WR Geyer, JT Jurisa, J Thomson, DA Honegger, A Simpson, ME Scully, MC Haller, 2023. Acoustic backscattering at a tidal intrusion front<\/a>, Prog. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 219, 103167, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pocean.2023.103167.<\/a><\/p>\n

Deitrick, AR, EH Hovendon, DK Ralston, HM Nepf, 2023, Sediment deposition reduced by vegetation-generated turbulence within a model array of mangrove roots<\/a>, Front. Mar. Sci.<\/em>, 10: 1266241, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fmars.2023.1266241<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bo, T, DK Ralston, WR Geyer, 2023. Sources of drag in estuarine meanders: momentum redistribution, bottom stress enhancement, and bend-scale form drag<\/a>. J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 53(7):1629-1650 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JPO-D-22-0211.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Orton, P, DK Ralston, B van Prooijen, D Secor, N Ganju, Z Chen, S Fernald, B Brooks, Kristin Marcell, 2023. Increased Utilization of Storm Surge Barriers: A Research Agenda on Estuary Impacts<\/a>, Earth’s Future<\/em>, 11(3): e2022EF002991. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022EF002991.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, 2023. Changes in estuarine sediment dynamics with a storm surge barrier<\/a>, Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, 46, 678-696, \u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12237-023-01172-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wang, A, X Wu, N Bi, DK Ralston, C Wang, H Wang, 2022. Combined effects of waves and tides on bottom sediment resuspension in the southern Yellow Sea<\/a>, Mar. Geol.<\/em>, 452, 106892, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.margeo.2022.106892<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bo, T, and DK Ralston, 2022. Frontogenesis, mixing, and stratification in estuarine channels with curvature<\/a>, J. Physical Oceanogr.<\/em>, 52: 1333-1350, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JPO-D-21-0298.1<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, 2022. Impacts of storm surge barriers on drag, mixing, and exchange flow in a partially mixed estuary<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 127(4):e2021JC018246, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JC018246<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Clark, S, KA Hubbard, DK Ralston, DJ McGillicuddy, C Stock, MA Alexander, E Curchitser, 2022. Projected effects of climate change on Pseudo-nitzschia <\/em>bloom dynamics in the Gulf of Maine<\/a>, J. Mar. Sys.<\/em>,230:103737, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jmarsys.2022.103737<\/a><\/p>\n

2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bo, T, DK Ralston, WM Kranenburg, WR Geyer, P Traykovski, 2021. High and variable drag in a sinuous estuary with intermittent stratification<\/a>, JGR-Oceans<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JC017327<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clark S, K Hubbard, DJ McGillicuddy, Jr., DK Ralston, S Shankar, 2021. Investigating Pseudo-nitzschia australis<\/em> introduction to the Gulf of Maine with observations and models<\/a>, Continental Shelf Res.<\/em>, 228:104493, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.csr.2021.104493<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yellen, B, JD Woodruff, C Ladlow, DK Ralston, S Fernald, and W Lau, 2021. Rapid Tidal Marsh Development in Anthropogenic Backwaters.<\/a>, Earth Surf. Proc. Landforms<\/em>, 46(3): 554-572, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/esp.5045<\/a><\/p>\n

Eidam, EF, DA Sutherland, DK Ralston, T Conroy, B Dye, 2021. Shifting sediment dynamics in the Coos Bay Estuary in response to 150 years of modification<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 126(1): e2020JC016771, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JC016771<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, B Yellen, and JD Woodruff. 2021. Watershed sediment supply and potential impacts of dam removals for an estuary<\/a>. Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12237-020-00873-3.<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bo, T, DK Ralston, Flow Separation and Increased Drag Coefficient in Estuarine Channels with Curvature<\/a>, 2020, JGR-Oceans<\/em>, 125(10): e2020JC016267, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JC016267<\/a><\/p>\n

Warner, J, WR Geyer, DK Ralston, T Kalra, 2020. Using tracer variance decay to quantify variability of salinity mixing in the Hudson River Estuary<\/a>, JGR-Oceans<\/em>, 125(12): e2020JC016096, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JC016096<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Geyer, WR, J-L Chen, DK Ralston, 2020. Mechanisms of exchange flow in an estuary with a narrow, deep channel and wide, shallow shoals<\/a>, JGR-Oceans<\/em>, 125, e2020JC016092, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JC016092<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chant, RJ, DK Ralston, NK Ganju, C Pianca, AE Simonson, and RA Cartwright, 2020. Sediment budget estimates for a highly impacted embayment with extensive wetland loss<\/a>, Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12237-020-00784-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Eidam, EF, DA Sutherland, D.K. Ralston, B Dye, T Conroy, J Schmitt, P Ruggiero, J Wood, 2020. Impacts of 150 years of shoreline and bathymetric change in the Coos Estuary, Oregon, USA<\/a>, Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12237-020-00732-1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, B Yellen, JD Woodruff, S Fernald, 2020. Turbidity hysteresis in an estuary and tidal river following an extreme discharge event<\/a>, Geophys. Res. Letters<\/em>, 46<\/em>, e2020GL088005, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL088005<\/a><\/p>\n

Hoagland, P, A Beet, DK Ralston, GR Parsons, YA Shirazi, and EW Carr, 2020. Salinity Intrusion in a Modified River-Estuary System: A Framework for Integrated Source-to-Sea Management<\/a>, Frontiers in Marine Science<\/em>, 7:425, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fmars.2020.00425<\/a><\/p>\n

Conroy, T, DA Sutherland, DK Ralston, 2020. Estuarine exchange flow variability in a seasonal, segmented estuary<\/a>, J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 50: 595-613, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JPO-D-19-0108.1<\/a><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK and SK Moore, 2020. Modeling harmful algal blooms in a changing climate<\/a>, Harmful Algae<\/em>, 91:101729, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hal.2019.101729<\/a><\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fringer, O, C Dawson, R He, DK Ralston, Y Zhang, 2019. The future of coastal and estuarine modeling: Findings from a workshop<\/a>, Ocean Modelling<\/em>, 143:101458, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ocemod.2019.101458<\/a><\/p>\n

Clark S, K Hubbard, DM Anderson, DJ McGillicuddy, Jr., DK Ralston, D Townsend, 2019. Pseudo-nitzschia<\/em> Bloom Dynamics in the Gulf of Maine: 2012-2016<\/a>, Harmful Algae<\/em>, 88, 101656.\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hal.2019.101656<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK and WR Geyer, 2019. Response to channel deepening of the salinity intrusion, estuarine circulation, and stratification in an urbanized estuary<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 124 (7): 4784-4802, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019JC015006<\/p>\n

Kranenburg WM, WR Geyer, AMP Garcia, and DK Ralston, 2019. Reversed lateral circulation in a sharp estuarine bend with weak stratification<\/a>, J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 49, 1619-1637, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1175\/JPO-D-18-0175.1<\/p>\n

Wang, A, DK Ralston, N Bi, Z Cheng, X Wu, H Wang, 2019. Seasonal variation in sediment transport and deposition associated with an Omega-shaped clinoform in the Yellow Sea<\/a>, Continental Shelf Res.<\/em>, 179, 37-51, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.csr.2019.04.009<\/p>\n

Shirazi Y, EW Carr, GR Parsons, P Hoagland, DK Ralston, J-L Chen, 2019. Increased operational costs of electricity generation in the Delaware River and Estuary from salinity increases due to sea-level rise and a deepened channel.<\/a> J. Environ. Manag.<\/em> 244:228-234. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jenvman.2019.04.056<\/p>\n

Pareja-Roman, LF, RJ Chant, DK Ralston, 2019. Wind generated waves and their role in the momentum budget and subtidal exchange of a coastal embayment<\/a>, JGR-Oceans<\/em>, 124, 1005-1028, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018JC014585.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, S Talke, WR Geyer, H Al’Zubadaei, and CK Sommerfield, 2019. Bigger tides, less flooding: Effects of dredging on barotropic dynamics in a highly modified estuary<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, doi: 10.1029\/2018JC014313.<\/p>\n

Chen, J-L, DK Ralston, WR Geyer, CK Sommerfield, and RJ Chant., 2019. Wave generation, dissipation, and disequilibrium in an embayment with complex bathymetry<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, doi: 10.1029\/2018JC014381.<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burchard, H, Schuttelaars, HM, & Ralston, DK, 2018. Sediment trapping in estuaries<\/a>.\u00a0Annual Review of Marine Science<\/em>,\u00a010<\/em>, 371-395.<\/p>\n

Geyer WR and DK Ralston, 2018.\u00a0A mobile pool of contaminated sediment in the Penobscot Estuary, Maine, USA<\/a>, Sci Total Environ.<\/em> 612: 694-707. doi: 10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2017.07.195.<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, WR Geyer, 2017. Sediment transport time scales and trapping efficiency in a tidal river<\/a>. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface<\/em>, 122, 2042-2063. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JF004337<\/a><\/p>\n

Brosnahan, ML, DK Ralston, AD Fischer, AR Solow, DM Anderson, 2017. Bloom termination of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella<\/em>: Vertical migration behavior, sediment infiltration, and benthic cyst yield<\/a>. Limnol. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 62: 2829-2849. doi:10.1002\/lno.10664<\/p>\n

Geyer, WR, DK Ralston, RC Holleman, 2017.\u00a0Hydraulics and mixing in a laterally divergent channel of a highly stratified estuary<\/a>. J. Geophys.Res. Oceans<\/em>, 122, 4743-4760, doi:10.1002\/2016JC012455.<\/p>\n

Yellen, B, JD Woodruff, DK Ralston, DG MacDonald, DS Jones, 2017. Salt wedge dynamics lead to enhanced sediment trapping within side-embayments in high-energy estuaries.<\/a> J. Geophys. Res. Oceans<\/em>, 122, doi:10.1002\/2016JC012595.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, GC Cowles, WR Geyer, RC Holleman, 2017. Turbulent and numerical mixing in a salt wedge estuary: dependence on grid resolution, bottom roughness, and turbulence closure.<\/a> J. Geophys. Res. Oceans<\/em>, 122, doi:10.1002\/2016JC011738.<\/p>\n

Rodenberg, LA and DK Ralston, 2017. Historical sources of polychlorinated biphenyls to the sediment of the New York\/New Jersey Harbor.<\/a> Chemosphere<\/em>, 169: 450-459 doi:10.1016\/j.chemosphere.2016.11.096.<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holleman, RC, WR Geyer, DK Ralston, 2016. Stratified turbulence and mixing efficiency in a salt wedge estuary.<\/a> J. Phys. Oceaongr.<\/em>, 46(6): 1769-1783, doi:10.1175\/JPO-D-15-0193.1.<\/p>\n

Pineda, J, W Cho, V Starczak, AF Govindarajan, HM Guzman, Y Girdhar, RC Holleman, J Churchill, H Singh, DK Ralston, 2016. A crab swarm at an ecological hotspot: patchiness and population density from AUV observations at a coastal, tropical seamount.<\/a> PeerJ<\/em>, 4:e1770 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7717\/peerj.1770. PMCID: PMC4841253.<\/p>\n

Ganju, NK, MJ Brush, B Rashleigh, AL Aretxabaleta, P del Barrio, M Forsyth, JS Grear, LA Harris, SJ Lake, G McCardell, J O’Donnell, DK Ralston, RP Signell, JM Testa, and JMP Vaudrey, 2016. Progress and challenges in coupled hydrodynamic-ecological estuarine modeling.<\/a> Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, 39(2):311-332, doi:10.1007\/s12237-015-0011-y. PMCID: PMC5053394.<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, ML Brosnahan, SE Fox, KD Lee, and DM Anderson, 2015. Temperature and residence time controls on an estuarine harmful algal bloom: Modeling hydrodynamics and Alexandrium fundyense<\/em> in Nauset estuary<\/a>. Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, doi:10.1007\/s12237-015-9949-z.<\/p>\n

Brosnahan, ML, L Velo-Suarez, DK Ralston, SE Fox, TR Sehein, A Shalapyonok, HM Sosik, RJ Olson, and DM Anderson, 2015.\u00a0Rapid growth and concerted sexual transitions by a bloom of the harmful dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense<\/em> (Dinophyceae)<\/a>. Limnol. Oceangr.<\/em> 60(6):2059-2078, doi: 10.1002\/lno.10155. PMCID: PMC5014212.<\/p>\n

Halliday, E, DK Ralston, and R Gast, 2015.\u00a0Contribution of sand-associated enterococci to dry weather water quality.<\/a>\u00a0Environ. Sci. Tech.<\/em>, 49(1):451-458,\u00a0doi:10.1021\/es504908h.<\/p>\n

Geyer, WR, DK Ralston, 2015.\u00a0Estuarine frontogenesis<\/a>.\u00a0J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 45(2): 546-561,\u00a0doi:10.1175\/JPO-D-14-0082.1.<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, BA Keafer, ML Brosnahan, and DM Anderson, 2014. Temperature dependence of an estuarine harmful algal bloom: Resolving interannual variability in bloom dynamics using a degree day approach<\/a>. Limnol. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 59(4):1112-1126, doi:10.4319\/lo.2014.59.4.1112.<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, JC Warner, WR Geyer, and GR Wall, 2013. Sediment transport due to extreme events: the Hudson River estuary after Tropical Storms Irene and Lee.<\/a> Geophys. Res. Let.<\/em>, 40(20):5451-5455, doi:10.1002\/2013GL057906.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, H Jiang, and JT Farrar, 2013. Waves in the Red Sea: response to monsoonal and mountain gap winds<\/a>. Continental Shelf Res.<\/em>, 65:1-13, http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.csr.2013.05.017.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, WR Geyer, PA Traykovski, and NJ Nidzieko, 2013. Effects of estuarine and fluvial processes on sediment transport over deltaic tidal flats<\/a>, Contintental Shelf Res.<\/em>, 60, S40-S57, doi:10.1016\/j.csr.2012.02.004.<\/p>\n

Raubenheimer, B., DK Ralston, S Elgar, D Giffen, and R Signell, 2013.Winds on the Skagit tidal flats<\/a>, Continental Shelf Research, <\/em>60, S13-S21, doi:10.1016\/j.csr.2012.02.001.<\/em><\/p>\n

2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, WR Geyer, and JC Warner, 2012. Bathymetric controls on sediment transport in the Hudson River estuary: lateral asymmetry and frontal trapping<\/a>. \u00a0J. Geophys Res.<\/em>, 117, C10013, doi:10.1029\/2012JC008124.<\/p>\n

Nidzieko, NJ, and DK Ralston, 2012. Tidal asymmetry and velocity skew over tidal flats and shallow channels within a macrotidal river delta<\/a>. \u00a0J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 117, C03001, 17 pp, doi:10.1029\/2011JC007384.<\/p>\n

Chen S-N, WR Geyer, DK Ralston, and JA Lerczak, 2012. Estuarine exchange flow quantified with isohaline coordinates: contrasting long and short estuaries<\/a>, J. Phys. Oceanogr.<\/em>, 42, 748-763, doi: 10.1175\/JPO-D-11-086.1.<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crespo, B.G., B.A. Keafer, D.K. Ralston, H. Lind, D. Farber, and D.M. Anderson, 2011.\u00a0 Dynamics of Alexandrium fundyense<\/em> blooms and shellfish toxicity in the Nauset Marsh System of Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA)<\/a>. Harmful Algae<\/em>,12: 26-38, doi: 10.1016\/j.hal.2011.08.009.<\/p>\n

Levinton, JS, M Doall, DK Ralston, A Starke, and B Allam, 2011.\u00a0 Climate change, precipitation and impacts on an estuarine refuge from disease<\/a>.\u00a0 PLoS ONE<\/em>, 6(4): e18849. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0018849.<\/p>\n

Geyer, WR and DK Ralston, 2011. The dynamics of strongly stratified estuaries<\/a>. In: Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science<\/em>, E. Wolanski and DS McLusky, Eds., vol. 2:37-51. Waltham: Academic Press.<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, WR Geyer, JA Lerczak, and M Scully, 2010. Turbulent mixing in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary<\/a>. J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 115, C12024, doi:10.1029\/2009JC006061.<\/p>\n

Chen S-N, WR Geyer, CR Sherwood, and DK Ralston, 2010. Sediment transport and deposition on a river\u2010dominated tidal flat: An idealized model study<\/a>. J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>. 115, C10040, doi:10.1029\/2010JC006248.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, WR Geyer, and JA Lerczak, 2010.\u00a0Structure, variability, and salt flux in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary<\/a>.\u00a0 J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 115, C06005, doi:10.1029\/2009JC005806.<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK and WR Geyer, 2009.\u00a0 Episodic and long-term sediment transport in the Hudson River estuary<\/a>.\u00a0 Estuaries and Coasts<\/em>, 32, 1130-1151, doi: 10.1007\/s12237-009-9206-4.<\/p>\n

Chen, S-N, LP Sanford, and DK Ralston, 2009.\u00a0 Lateral circulation and sediment transport driven by axial winds in an idealized, partially mixed estuary<\/a>.\u00a0 J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 114, C12006, doi:10.1029\/2008JC005014.<\/p>\n

Lerczak, JA, WR Geyer, and DK Ralston, 2009.\u00a0 The temporal response of the length of a partially-stratified estuary to changes in river flow and tidal amplitude<\/a>, \u00a0J. Physical Oceanogr<\/em>., 39(4):915-933, doi:10.1175\/2008JPO3933.1.<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geyer, WR, ME Scully, and DK Ralston, 2008.\u00a0 Quantifying vertical mixing in estuaries<\/a>.\u00a0 Environ. Fluid Mech<\/em>., 8, 495-509, doi:10.1007\/s10652-008-9107-2.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, WR Geyer, and JA Lerczak, 2008.\u00a0Subtidal salinity and velocity in the Hudson River estuary: observations and modeling<\/a>.\u00a0 J. Physical Oceanogr<\/em>., 38(4), 753-770.<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK, DJ McGillicuddy, and DW Townsend, 2007. Asynchronous vertical migration and bimodal distribution of motile phytoplankton<\/a>. J. Plankton Res<\/em>., 29(9), 803-821, doi:10.1093\/plankt\/fbm061.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK and MT Stacey, 2007.\u00a0Tidal and meteorological forcing of sediment transport in tributary mudflat channels<\/a>. Continental Shelf Res., <\/em>27(10-11), 1510-1527, doi:10.1016\/j.csr.2007.01.010.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK and MT Stacey, 2006.\u00a0 Shear and turbulence production across subtidal channels<\/a>.\u00a0 J. Marine Res., <\/em>64(1), 147-171, doi:10.1357\/ 002224006776412359.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ralston, DK and MT Stacey, 2005.\u00a0 Longitudinal dispersion and lateral circulation in the intertidal zone<\/a>.\u00a0 J. Geophys. Res.<\/em>, 110(C7), C07015, doi:10.1029\/2005JC002888.<\/p>\n

Ralston, DK and MT Stacey, 2005.\u00a0 Stratification and turbulence in subtidal channels through intertidal mudflats<\/a>.\u00a0 J. Geophys. Res., <\/em>110(C8), C08009, doi:10.1029\/2004JC002650.<\/p>\n

Stacey, MT and DK Ralston, 2005.\u00a0The scaling and structure of the estuarine bottom boundary layer<\/a>.\u00a0 J. Physical Oceanogr.<\/em>, 35(1), 55-71.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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