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Journal Publications

Churchill, J. H., C. T. Hess, and C. W. Smith, 1980. Measurement and computer modeling of radionuclide uptake by marine sediments near a nuclear power reactor. Health Physics, 38(3), 327-340.

Churchill, J. H., and G. T. Csanady, 1983. Near-surface measurements of quasi-Lagrangian velocities in open water. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 13(9), 1669-1680.

Churchill, J. H., 1985. Intrusions of outer shelf and slope water within the near-shore zone off Long Island, New York. Limnology and Oceanography, 30(5), 972-986.

Churchill, J. H., 1985. Properties of flow within the coastal boundary layer off Long Island, New York. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 15(7), 898-916.

Churchill, James H., P. Cornillon, and G. Milkowski, 1986. A cyclonic eddy and shelf/slope water exchange associated with a Gulf Stream warm-core ring. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91(C8), 9615-9623.

Churchill, J. H., 1987. Assessing hazards due to contaminant discharge in coastal waters. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, 24, 225-240.

Churchill, J. H., P. E. Biscaye, and F. Aikman, 1988. The character and motion of suspended sediment over the shelf-edge and upper slope off Cape Cod. Continental Shelf Research, 8, 789-809.

Csanady, G. T., J. H. Churchill, and B. Butman, 1988. Near-bottom currents over the continental slope in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. Continental Shelf Research, 8, 653-671.

Churchill, J. H., 1989. The effect of commerical trawling on sediment resuspension and transport over the middle Atlantic bight continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 9, 841-864.

Churchill, J. H., P. C. Cornillion, and P. Hamilton, 1989. Velocity and hydrographic structure of subsurface shelf water at the Gulf Stream's edge. Journal of Geophysical Research, 94(C8), 10,791-10,800.

Churchill, J. H., and P. C. Cornillon, 1991. Gulf Stream water on the shelf and upper slope north of Cape Hatteras. Continental Shelf Research, 11, 409-431.

Churchill, J. H., and P. C. Cornillon, 1991. Water discharged from the Gulf Stream north of Cape Hatteras. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96(C12), 22,227-22,243.

Churchill, J. H., E. R. Levine, D. N. Connors, and P. C. Cornillon, 1993. Mixing of shelf, slope and Gulf Stream water over the continental slope of the Middle Atlantic Bight. Deep-Sea Research I, 40(5), 1063-1085.

Pietrafesa, L. J., J. M. Morrison, M. P. McCann, J. Churchill, E. Böhm, and R. W. Houghton, 1994. Water mass linkages between the Middle and South Atlantic Bights. Deep-Sea Research II, 41(2/3), 365-389.

Churchill, J. H., C. W. Wirick, C. N. Flagg, and L. J. Pietrafesa, 1994. Sediment resuspension over the continental shelf east of the Delmarva Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research II, 41(2/3), 341-363.

Churchill, James H., 1995. Quantifying the effect of discrete contaminant discharge on the marine environment. Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering, 1, 199-218.

Churchill, J. H., and F. Aikman, III, 1996. The impact of fine particles discharged at the 106-Mile Municipal Sewage Sludge Dump Site. Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering, 2, 181-202.

Epperly, S. P., J. Braun, A. J. Chester, J. H. Churchill, F. A. Cross, J. V. Merriner, and P. A. Tester, 1996. Beach strandings as an index of at-sea mortality of sea turtles from the wintertime trawl fishery for summer flounder. Bulletin of Marine Science, 59, 289-297.

Churchill, J. H., and T. J. Berger, 1997. Transport of Middle Atlantic Bight shelf water to the Gulf Stream. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(C13), 30,605-30,621.

Churchill, J. H., 1998. Sediment resuspension by bottom fishing gear. In: Effects of Fishing Gear on the Sea Floor off New England, E. M. Dorsey and J. Pederson, eds., Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 134-137.

Churchill, James H., Jackson O. Blanton, James L. Hench, Richard A. Luettich, Jr., and F. E. Werner, 1999. Flood tide circulation near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina: Implications for larval recruitment. Estuaries, 22, 1057-1070.

D'Sa, Eurico J., Steven E. Lohrenz, James H. Churchill, Vernon L. Asper, John L. Largier, and Albert J. Williams III, 2001. Chloropigment distribution and transport on the inner shelf off Duck, North Carolina. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(C6), 11,581-11,596.

Lynch, D. R., C. E. Naimie, J. T. Ip, C. V. Lewis, F. E. Werner, R. A. Luettich, Jr., B. O. Blanton, J. Quinlan, D. J. McGillicuddy, J. R. Ledwell, J. H. Churchill, V. Kosnyrev, C. S. Davis, S. M. Gallager, C. J. Ashjian, R. G. Lough, J. Manning, C. N. Flagg, C. G. Hannah, and R. C. Groman, 2001. Real-time data assimilative modeling on Georges Bank. Oceanography, 14(1), 65-77.

Pilskaln, C., J. H. Churchill, and L. M. Mayer, 1998. Frequency of bottom trawling in the Gulf of Maine and speculation on the geochemical consequences. Journal of Conservation Biol-ogy, 12, 1223-1229.

Churchill, J. H., R. B. Forward, R. A. Luettich, J. L. Hench, W. F. Hettler, L. B. Crowder, and J. O. Blanton, 1999. Circulation and larval fish transport within a tidally dominated estuary. Fisheries Oceanography, 8, 173-189.

Forward, R. B., K. A. Reinsel, D. Peters, R. A. Tankersley, J. H. Churchill, L. Crowder, W. F. Hettler, S. M. Warlen, and M. Green, 1999. Transport of fish larvae through a tidal inlet. Fisheries Oceanography, 8, 153-172.

Blanton, J. O., J. Amft, R. A. Luettich, J. L. Hench, and J. H. Churchill, 1999. Tidal and sub-tidal fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and pressure for the winter 1996 Larval Ingress Experiment, Beaufort Inlet, NC. Fisheries Oceanography, 8, 134-152.

Luettich, R. A., J. L. Hench, C. W. Fulcher, F. E. Werner, B. O. Blanton, and J. H. Churchill, 1999. Barotropic tidal and wind-driven larval transport in the vicinity of a barrier island inlet. Fisheries Oceanography, 8, 190-209.

Manning, J. P., R. G. Lough, J. H. Churchill, and C. E. Naimie, 2001. Modeling the effects of a slope water intrusion on advection of fish larvae in May 1995 on Georges Bank. Journal of Marine Science, 58, 985-993.

Hare, J. A., J. H. Churchill, R. K. Cowen, T. Berger, P. Cornillon, P. Dragos, S. Glenn, J. J. Govoni, and Thomas Lee, 2002. Routes and rates of larval fish transport from the southeastern to the mid-Atlantic North American continental shelf. Limnology and Oceanography, 47, 1774-1789.

Churchill, J. H., E. A. Ralph, A. M. Cates, J. W. Budd, and N. R. Urban, 2003. Observations of a negatively buoyant river plume in a large lake. Limnology and Oceanography, 48, 884-894.

Churchill, James H., James P. Manning and Robert C. Beardsley, 2003. Slope water intrusions onto Georges Bank. Journal of Geophysical Research, (GLOBEC Special Issue), 108(C11), doi, :10.  1029/2002JC001400.

Churchill, James H., Albert J. Williams, and Elise A. Ralph, 2004. Sediment resuspension and transport over the shelf and slope off of Lake Superior’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(C10), doi:10.1029/2003JC001997.

Churchill, J. H., W. C. Kerfoot, and M. T. Auer, 2004. Exchange of water between the Keweenaw Waterway and Lake Superior: Characteristics and forcing mechanisms. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 30 (supplement 1): 55-63.

Churchill, J. H., N. R. Pettigrew and R. P. Signell, 2005.  Structure and variability of the western Maine coastal current.  Deep-Sea Research II, 52, 2392-2410.

Keafer, B. A., J. H. Churchill, D. J. McGillicuddy and D. M. Anderson, 2005.  Bloom development and transport of toxic Alexandrium fundyensepopulations within a nearshore coastal plume in the Gulf of Maine.  Deep-Sea Research II, 52, 2674-2697.

Janzen, C. D., J. H. Churchill and N. R. Pettigrew, 2005.  Observations of bay/shelf exchange between eastern Casco Bay and the western Gulf of Maine.  Deep-Sea Research II, 52, 2411-2429.

Pettigrew, N. R., J. H. Churchill, C. D. Janzen, L. J. Mangum, R. P. Signell, A. C. Thomas, D. W. Townsend, J. P. Wallinga, and H. Xue, 2005. The kinematic and hydrographic structure of the Gulf of Maine Coastal Current.  Deep-Sea Research II, 52, 2369-2391.

Keafer, B. A., J. H. Churchill and D. M. Anderson, 2005.  Blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium fundyense near the Casco Bay region of the western Gulf of Maine.   Deep-Sea Research II, 52, 2631-2655.

Manning, J. P. and J. H. Churchill, 2006.  Estimates of dispersion from clustered-drifter deployments on the southern flank of Georges Bank. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 2501-2519.

Bohm, E, T. S. Hopkins, L. J. Pietrafesa and J. H. Churchill, 2006. Continental margin slope sea level and flow variability induced by lateral movements of the Gulf Stream in the Middle Atlantic Bight.  Progress in Oceanography, 70, 196-212.

Pelegri, J.L., J.H. Churchill, A.D. Kirwan, Jr., S.-K. Lee, R.E. Munn, N. R. Pettigrew. Gabriel T. Csanady, 2006. Understanding the physics of the ocean.  Progress in Oceanography, 70, 91-112.

Churchill, J. H. and W. C. Kerfoot, 2007. The impact of surface heat flux and wind on thermal stratification in Portage Lake, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 33, 143-155.

Kerfoot, W. C., J. W. Budd, J. H. Churchill and C. Chen.  Metacommunity perspective on zooplankton communities in Lake Superior.  In:  State of Lakes Superior, M. Munawar ed.  Ecovision World Monograph Series, Ontario, Canada, in press.

Churchill, J. H. and G. Garwarkiewicz.  Shelfbreak frontal eddies over the continental slope north of Cape Hatteras.  Journl of Geophysical Research, in press.

Pietrafesa, L. J., L. Xie, J. H. Churchill, S. Bao, N. Jacobs and G. Weatherly, Ocean-atmosphere interactions during the passage of an extra-tropical cyclone in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Progress in Oceanography, submitted.

Manning, J.P., D.J. McGillicuddy, N.R. Pettigrew, J.H. Churchill and L.S. Incze.  Drifter observations in the Gulf of Maine coastal current. Continental Shelf Research, in press.

Churchill, J. H., A. J. Plueddemann, and S. M. Faluotico 2006.  Extracting wind sea and swell drom directional wave spectra derived from a bottom-mounted AADCP.   WHOI Technical Report, WHOI-2006-13.

Churchill, J. H., J. Runge.  Processes controlling retention of spring-spawned Atlantic cod  (Gadus morhus) in the western Gulf of Maine and their relationship to an index of recruitment success.  Submitted to Fisheries Oceanography.