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Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Technical Reports

2012:
Wright, D.J., Roberts, J., Fenner, D., Smith, J.R., Koppers, A.A.P., Naar, D., Hirsch, E.R., Clift, L.W., and Hogrefe, K.R., Seamounts, ridges, and reef habitats of American Samoa, in Harris, P.T. and Baker, E.K. (eds.), Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHab Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 791-806

2011:
Koppers, A.A.P., Russell, J.A., Roberts, J., Jackson, M.G., Konter, J., Wright, D.J., Staudigel, H., and Hart, S.R., Age systematics of two en echelon Samoan volcanic trails, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q07025, doi:10.1029/2010GC003438.

Pittman, S.J., Connor, D.W., Radke, L., and Wright, D.J., Application of estuarine and coastal classifications in marine spatial management, in Simenstad, C. and Yanagi, T. (eds.), Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Vol. 1, Features/Classification of Estuaries and Coastal Waters, Elsevier, Amsterdam, in press, 2011.

Wright, D.J. and Roberts, J.T., Exploring the deeper reefs and volcanic provinces of American Samoa, ArcNews, 33(2): 18-19.

2008:
Hogrefe, K.R., Wright, D.J., and Hochberg, E.J., Derivation and integration of shallow-water bathymetry: Implications for coastal terrain modeling and subsequent analyses, Marine Geodesy, 31(4): 299-317. [pdf]

2006:
Lundblad, E., Wright, D.J., Miller, J., Larkin, E.M., Rinehart, R., Battista, T., Anderson, S.M., Naar, D.F., and Donahue, B.T., A benthic terrain classification scheme for American Samoa, Marine Geodesy, 29(2): 89-111. [pdf]

2005:
Wright, D.J., 2005. Report of HURL Cruise KOK0510: Submersible Dives and Multibeam Mapping to Investigate Benthic Habitats of Tutuila, American Samoa. Technical Report, NOAA's Office of Undersea Research Submersible Science Program, Hawai'i Undersea Research Lab. [pdf]

2004:
Wright, D.J., Marine geography in support of "reefs at risk", in Warf, B., Janelle, D., and Hansen, K., (eds.), WorldMinds: Geographical Perspectives on 100 Problems, New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 325-330.

2002:
Wright, D.J., B.T. Donahue, and D.F. Naar, Seafloor mapping and GIS coordination at America's remotest national marine sanctuary (American Samoa), in D.J. Wright (Ed.), Undersea with GIS, Redlands, California, ESRI Press, 33-63. [pdf]

Wright, D.J., Mapping the Seafloor in American Samoa, Geospatial Solutions, 12(7): 24-25.


Master of Science Theses

2008
Hogrefe, K., Derivation of Near-shore Bathymetry from Multispectral Satellite Imagery Used in a Coastal Terrain Model for the Topographic Analysis of Human Influence on Coral Reefs, M.S. Thesis, Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University, Call # LDXXXX 2008 Hogrefe, Kyle R., Download.

2007
Roberts, J., The Marine Geomorphology of American Samoa: Shapes and Distributions of Deep Sea Volcanics, M.S. Thesis, Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University, Call # LD4330 2008 Roberts, Jed T., Download.

2006
Larkin, E., Geographic Information Systems for Coral Reef Conservation, Capacity Building, and Public Education in American Samoa, M.S. Thesis, Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University, Call # LD4330 2005 .L36, Download.

Lundblad. E., The Development and Application of Benthic Classifications for Coral Reef Ecosystems Below 30 m Depth using Multibeam Bathymetry: Tutuila, American Samoa, M.S. Thesis, Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University, Call # LD4330 2005 .L86, Download.


Also: Tuitele-Lewis, J.D., Agroforestry Farming in American Samoa: A Classification and Assessment, M.S. Thesis, Call # LD4330 2005 .T855, Corvallis, OR, Oregon State University.


Conference Papers/Abstracts

2010:
Hogrefe, K.R., Wright, D.J., Miller, J., and Battista, T., Improvements to a methodology for the derivation of shallow-water bathymetry from high resolution multispectral imagery, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 91, Ocean Sciences Meet. Suppl., Abstract MT13A-01.

2006
Wright, D.J., Lundblad, E.R., Fenner, D., Whaylen, L., and Smith, J.R., Initial results of submersible dives and multibeam mapping to investigate benthic habitats of Tutuila, American Samoa, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 87(36), Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS12B-04.

2005
Rinehart, R., Wright, D., Murphy, J., Cary-Kothera, L., Lundblad, E., and Larkin, E., 3-D Benthic terrain mapping and modeling in American Samoa, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Rinehart, R.W., Wright, D., Murphy, J., Cary-Kothera, L., Lundblad, E., and Larkin, E., 3-D benthic terrain mapping and modeling in American Samoa (poster), Proceedings of Coastal GeoTools 2005, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Wright, D.J., Lundblad, E., Larkin, E., Rinehart, R., and Murphy, J., Benthic terrain modeling algorithms and web distribution, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

2004
Larkin, E., Wright, D., and Lundblad, E., Bilingual marine data distribution using ArcIMS for coral reef conservation, Proceedings of the 24th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 1123.

Lundblad, E., Wright, D., Naar, D., Donahue, B., and Miller, J., Classifying deep water benthic habitats around Tutuila, American Samoa , Proceedings of the 24th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 1208.

Rinehart, R. and Wright, D. J., Benthic habitat classification and 3-D visualizations, derived from acoustic multibeam data, for Vatia Bay, American Samoa, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Centennial Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Session 4406, online program and CD-ROM.

Rinehart, R., Wright, D., Lundblad, E., Larkin, E., Murphy, J., and Cary-Kothera, ArcGIS 8.x Benthic Terrain Modeler: Analysis in American Samoa, Proceedings of the 24th Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 1433.


2002
Wright, D., Mapping and GIS capacity building in American Samoa, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper 101.

Wright, D.J., and Crouse, K., GIS capacity building for the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa, Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, CD-ROM

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Photo montage in header courtesy of National Marine Sanctuary System and Kip Evans, National Geographic Society
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0074635, and a NOAA NURP HURL field grant.
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