Publications
“WPES, How Do I….?” Technical Guidance Primers
Van Dam, Bea E. and Smith, Sean M.C., “Survey Point Adjustments with Spreadsheets: WPES, How Do I…? Quick Guide” (2025). Watershed Process and Estuary Sustainability (WPES) Research Group. 9.
Van Dam, Bea E., “ArcMap Basics: WPES, How Do I…? Quick Guide” (2022). Non-Thesis Student Work. 18.
Van Dam, Bea E., “ArcMap Hydrology Toolset: WPES, How Do I…? Quick Guide” (2022). Non-Thesis Student Work. 17.
Van Dam, Bea E., “Total Station Field Surveying: WPES, How Do I…? Quick Guide” (2022). Non-Thesis Student Work. 16.
Van Dam, Bea E., “Survey Control with GNSS Receiver: WPES, How Do I…? Quick Guide” (2022). Non-Thesis Student Work. 19.
Journal Articles
Bailey, T., L. Ross, S.M.C. Smith, and S. Alahmed. 2026. “Modeling bacterial pollution in estuaries after high-intensity rainfall: A watershed-estuary approach in Frenchman Bay, Maine.” Marine Pollution Bulletin, 227:119418. DOI:
Bailey, T., L. Ross, and C. Rojas. 2025. “Residual flow in a deglaciated coastal bay with low freshwater input.” Continental Shelf Research, 292:105505. DOI:
Pinilla, E., L. Ross, and I. Pérez-Santos. 2024. “Exchange flow in a highly stratified fjord in drought conditions.” Frontiers in Marine Science, 11:1458758. DOI:.
Bailey, T., L. Ross, H.M. Schuttelaars, and D.S. van Maren. 2024. “Impacts of the Seasonal Migration of an Estuarine Turbidity Maximum on Local Hydrodynamics and Mixing in the Ems Estuary.” Estuaries and Coasts, 48:19. DOI:.
Bailey, T., L. Ross, N. Tiner, S.M.C. Smith, I. Pérez Santos, A. Ramos, A. Mendoza, and D. Miller. 2024. “Geomorphological controls on estuary hydrodynamics with implications for algal blooms in deglaciated coastal areas.” Science of the Total Environment. DOI:
Johnson, G., T. Bailey, D. Hatinoglu, O. Nwachukwu, J. Peller, K. Doudrick, B. Van Dam, S.M.C. Smith, L. Ross, and O. Apul. 2024. “Land–Sea Connection of Microplastic Fiber Pollution in Frenchman Bay, Maine.” Environmental Engineering Science. DOI:
Van Dam, B.E. & S.M.C. Smith. 2023. “Remote detection of upland surface water storage capacity in deglaciated terrain.” Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49(1),497–508. DOI:.
Zydlewski, J., S. Coghlan, C. Dillingham, G. Figueroa-Muñoz, C. Merriam, S. Smith, R. Smith, D. Stitch, S. Vogel, K. Wilson, and G. Zydlewski. 2023. “Seven dam challenges for migratory fish: insights from the Penobscot River.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 11:1253657. DOI:.
Sezen-Barrie, A., L. Carter, S. Smith, D. Saber, and M. Wells. 2022. “Research and Scholarship During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Wicked Problem.” Innovative Higher Education 48, 501-525. DOI:.
Alahmed, S., L. Ross, and S.M.C. Smith. 2022. “Coastal Hydrodynamics and Timescales in Meso-Macrotidal Estuaries in the Gulf of Maine: a Model Study.” Estuaries and Coasts 45, 1888-1908. DOI:.
The above article received the prestigious .
Ross, L., S. Alahmed, S.M.C. Smith, and G. Roberts. 2021. “Tidal and subtidal transport in short, tidally-driven estuaries with low rates of freshwater input.” Continental Shelf Research 224, 104453. DOI:.
Alahmed, S., L. Ross, and A. Sottolichio. 2021. “The role of advection and density gradients in driving the residual circulation along a macrotidal and convergent estuary with non-idealized geometry.” Continental Shelf Research 212, 104295. DOI:.
Bailey, T., L. Ross, M. Bryant, and D. Bryant. 2020. “Predicting Wind Wave Suppression on Irregular Long Waves.” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 8: 619. DOI:.
Roy, S.G., A. Daignault, J. Zydlewski, A. Truhlar, S. Jain, S.M.C. Smith, and D. Hart. 2020. “Coordinated river infrastructure decisions enhance social-ecological resilience.” Environmental Res. Letters. DOI:.
Spicer, P., K. Huguenard, L. Ross, and L.N. Rickard. 2019. “High‐Frequency Tide‐Surge‐River Interaction in Estuaries: Causes and Implications for Coastal Flooding.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 124, no. 12: 9517–30. DOI:.
Johnston, C., G.B. Zydlewski, S. Smith, J. Zydlewski, and M.T. Kinnison. 2019. “River reach restored by dam removal offers suitable spawning habitat for endangered shortnose sturgeon.” Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Vol. 148, Issue 1, pp. 163-175. DOI:.
Roy, S.G., E. Uchidab, S.P. de Souzac, B. Blachly, E. Fox, K. Gardner, A.J. Gold, J. Jansujwicz, S. Klein, B. McGreavy, W. Moc, S.M.C. Smith, E. Vogleri, K. Wilson, J. Zydlewskik, and D. Hart. 2018. “Damming decisions: a multi-scale approach to balance trade-offs among dam infrastructure, river restoration, and cost.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nov 2018, Vol. 115, No. 47, pp. 12069-12074. DOI:.
Theses and Dissertations
Spencer, Taylor Bailey. 2025. “Material Transport Around Complex Coastlines.” Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4155. .
Johnson, Grace A. 2024. “Land-Sea Connection of Microplastic Fiber Pollution in Frenchman Bay, Maine.” Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3968. .
Van Dam, Bea E. 2023. “Scaling Up the Relevance of Land-Sea Connections in Coastal Bacteria Pollution Vulnerability.” Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3863. .
Alahmed, Sohaib. 2021. “Circulation and Transport Timescales in Tidally Dominated Estuaries.” Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3387. .
Bailey, Taylor L. 2020. “Understanding the Influence of Nonlinear Seas on Wind Generated Waves.” Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3237.
Gerard, Brett. 2018. “Stream Dynamics in the Headwaters of Post-Glacial Watershed Systems.” Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2948. .
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