Publications
Science Update
Science Update is a new publication highlighting COASST research and recent scientific publications.
COASST Reports
COASST Reports is a publication that summarizes COASST findings, including interesting finds from each region, the annual species list, regional deposition rates, and a more in-depth look into one aspect of the COASST data.
Beached Birds: A COASST Field Guide
COASST has designed and published a custom field guide for identification of beached birds. There are currently two editions of the guide:
Beached Birds: A COASST Field Guide, intended for use in the Pacific Northwest Beached Birds: A COASST Field Guide to Alaska |
Beached Birds: A COASST Field Guide to the North Atlantic |
Copies of all guides can be purchased directly from COASST. Please contact us for more information.
Recent Publications
- Jones, T, Parrish, J K, Peterson, WT, Bjorkstedt, EP, Bond, NA, Ballance, LT, Bowes, V, Hipfner, MJ, Burgess, HK, Dolliver, JE, Lindquist, K, Lindsey, J, Nevins, HM, Robertson, RR, Roletto, J, Wilson, L, Joyce, T, Harvey, J. 2018. Massive mortality of aplanktivorous seabird in response to amarine heatwave. Geophysical ResearchLetters, 453:193–3202.
- Jones, TT, Parrish, JK, Punt, AE, Trainer, VL, Kudela, R, Lang, J, Brancato, MS, ODell, A, Hickey, B. 2017. Mass mortality of marine birds in the Northeast Pacific caused by Akashiwo sanguinea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 579:111-127.
- Haywood, BK. 2016. Beyond Data Points and Research Contributions: The Personal Meaning and Value Associated with Public Participation in Scientific Research. International Journal of Science Education, Part B 6:3:239-262.
- Burgess, HK, DeBey, LB, Froehlich, HE, Schmidt, N, Theobald, EJ, Ettinger, AK, HilleRisLambers, J, Tewksbury, J, Parrish, JK. 2016. The science of citizen science: Exploring barriers to use as a primary research tool. Biological Conservation. 208:113-120.
- Haywood, BK, Parrish, J, Dolliver, J. 2016. Place-based and data-rich citizen science as a precursor for conservation action. Conservation Biology. 30(3):476-86.
- Bovy, KM, Watson, JE, Dolliver, J, Parrish, JK. 2016. Distinguishing offshore bird hunting from beach scavenging in archaeological contexts: The value of modern beach surveys. Journal of Archaeological Science 70:35-47.
- McKinley, DC, Miller-Rushing, AJ, Ballard, HL, Bonney, R, Brown, H, Evans, DM, French, RA, Parrish, JK, Phillips, TB, Ryan, SF, Shanley, LA, Shirk, JL, Stepenuck, KF, Weltzin, JF, Wiggings, A, Boyle, OD, Briggs, RD, Chapin III, SF, Hewitt, DA, Preuss, PW, Soukup, MA. 2015. Investing in Citizen Science Can Improve Natural Resource Management and Environmental Protection. Issues in Ecology 19.
- Theobald, EJ, Ettinger, AK, Burgess, HK, DeBey, LB, Schmidt,NR, Froehlich, Wagner, C, HilleRisLambers, J, Tewksbury, J, Harsch, MA, Parrish, JK. 2015. Global change and local solutions: Tapping the unrealized potential of citizen science for biodiversity research. Biological Conservation 181:236-244.
- Bonney, R, Shirk, JL, Phillips, TB, Wiggins, A, Ballard, HL, Miller-Rushing, AJ, Parrish, JK. 2014. Next Steps for Citizen Science. Science 343:1436-1437.
- Haywood, B. 2014. A COASSTal Sense of Place: Birds, Beaches, and Relationships between People and Place in the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team. Columbia, SC. The University of South Carolina and COASST.
Other Scientific Publications
- Hamel, N, Burger, AE, Charleton, K, Davidson, P, Lee, S, Bertram, DF, Parrish, JK. 2009. Bycatch and Beached Birds: Assessing Mortality Impacts in Coastal Net Fisheries Using Marine Bird Strandings. Marine Ornithology 37:41-60.
- Moore, E, Lydya, S, Roletto, J, Litle, K, Parrish, JK, Nevins, H, Harvey, J, Mortenson, J, Greig, D, Piazza, M, Hermance, A, Lee, D, Adams, D, Allen, S, Kell, S. 2009. Entanglements of marine mammals and seabirds in central California and the north-west coast of the United States 2001–2005. Marine Pollution Bulletin 58:1045–1051.
- Bovy, K. 2007. Global human impacts or climate change?: explaining the Sooty Shearwater decline at the Minard site, Washington State, USA. Journal of Archaeological Science 34:1087-1097.
- Litle, K, Parrish, JK, Dolliver, J. 2007. The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team—Citizens Monitoring Coastal Environmental Health in Alaska. In: Brewer, R (ed.) Community-Based Coastal Observing in Alaska: Aleutian Life Forum 2006. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG-07-03. University of Alaska Fairbanks. 21-38.
- Parrish, JK, Bond, N, Nevins, H, Mantua, N, Loeffel, R, Peterson, WT, Harvey, JT. 2007. Beached birds and physical forcing in the California Current System. Marine Ecology Progress Series 352:275-288.
If you would like a copy of any of these publications, please contact us.
Publications Featuring COASST
- Haywood, BK. 2019. Citizen Science as a Catalyst for Place Meaning and Attachment. Environment, Space, Place 11(1):126-151.
- Haywood, BK. 2016. Beyond Data Points and Research Contributions: The Personal Meaning and Value Associated with Public Participation in Scientific Research. International Journal of Science Education 6: 239-262.
- Common Mure Update: Growing Awareness of Sea Bird Die-off Thanks to Citizen Reporting. Alaska Fish & Wildlife News. April 2016.
- Community-Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic: A Review for the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks
- Cigliano, JA, Meyer, R, Ballard, HL, Freitag, A, Phillips, TB, Wasser, A. 2015. Making marine and coastal citizen science matter. Ocean & Coastal Management 115:77-87.
- 2015 State of the California Current Report
- 2012 Annual Report of the Council for the Conservation of Migratory Birds
Books Featuring COASST