Environment - Publications

Fulton, M.S., G.I. Scott, P.B. Key, G.T. Chandler, R.F. Van Dolah, P.P. Maier.  1999. 

Comparative toxicity testing of selected benthic and epibenthic organisms for the development of sediment quality test protocols.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development EPA/600/R-99/085. 51p.

Hyland, J.L. R.F. Van Dolah, and T.R. Snoots.  1999. 

Predicting stress in benthic communities of southeastern U.S. estuaries in relation to chemical contamination of sediments.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18(11): 2557-2564.

Jutte, P.C., R.F. Van Dolah, M.V. Levisen, P. Donovan-Ealy, P.T. Gayes, and W.E. Baldwin.  1999.

An Environmental Monitoring Study of the Myrtle Beach Renourishment Project: Physical and Biological Assessment of Offshore Sand Borrow Sites.  Phase I - Cherry Grove Borrow Area.  Final Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  79p + appendices

Jutte, P.C., R.F. Van Dolah, and M.V. Levisen.  1999.

An Environmental Monitoring Study of the Myrtle Beach Renourishment Project: Intertidal Benthcic Community Assessment. Phase I – Cherry Grove to North Myrtle Beach.  Final Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  49p.

Jutte, P.C., R.F. Van Dolah, and M.V. Levisen.  1999.

An Environmental Monitoring Study of the Myrtle Beach Renourishment Project: Intertidal Benthcic Community Assessment. Phase II –Myrtle Beach.  Supplement Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  38p.

Jutte, P.C., R.F. Van Dolah, G.W. Eason, Jr, and M.V. Levisen.  1999. 

An Assessment of Benthic Infaunal Assemblages and Sediments in the Vicinity of the Port Royal Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site. Final Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  54p.

Leight, AK. and R.F. Van Dolah.  1999. 

Acute toxicity of the insecticides endosulfan, chlorpyrifos and malathion to the epibenthic estuarine amphipod, Gammarus palustris (Bousfield).  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18(5): 58-964

Sanger, DM, AF Holland, GI Scott.  1999a. 

Tidal Creek and Salt Marsh Sediments in South Carolina Coastal Estuaries. I. Distribution of Trace Metals.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 37:445-457.

Sanger, DM, AF Holland, GI Scott.  1999b. 

Tidal Creek and Salt Marsh Sediments in South Carolina Coastal Estuaries. II. Distribution of Organic Contaminants.  Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 37:458-471.

Van Dolah, R.F. J.L. Hyland, A.F. Holland, J.S. Rosen, and T.R. Snoots.  1999.

A benthic index of biological integrity for assessing habitat quality in estuaries of the southeastern United States.  Marine Environmental Research 48:269-283

Lerberg, SB, AF Holland, DM Sanger.  2000. 

Responses of Tidal Creek Macrobenthic Communities to the Effects of Watershed Development.  Estuaries 23:838-853.

Van Dolah, R.F., D.E. Chestnut, G.I. Scott (eds).  2000. 

A Baseline Assessment of Environmental and Biological Conditions in Broad Creek and the Okatee River, Beaufort County, South Carolina.  Final Report submitted to the Beaufort County Council by the Bureau of Water, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Marine Resources Division of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. 

Gayes, P.T.,W. Baldwin, R.F. Van Dolah, P.C. Jutte, W.C. Eiser, and M. Hansen.  2001.

Systematic coastal monitoring of the South Carolina coast (USA).  In Hansen and Larson (eds.), Coastal Dynamics, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp 868-878.

Weinbach, P.R. and R.F. Van Dolah.  2001.

Spatial Analysis of Bottom Habitats and Sand Deposits on the Continental Shelf off South Carolina.  Final Report to Minerals Management Service, INTERMAR Program.  21 p. + Apppendices.

Hyland, J.L. W. L. Balthis, V.D. Engle, E.R. Long, J.F. Paul, J.K Summers, and R.F. Van Dolah.  2002.

Incidence of stress in benthic communities along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts within different ranges of sediment contamination for chemical mixtures.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 81:149-161.

Jutte, P.C., R.F. Van Dolah, and P.T. Gayes.  2002.

The recovery of benthic communities following offshore dredging activities in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  Shore and Beach: 70(3): 25-30.

Jutte, P.C., R.F. Van Dolah, and P.T. Gayes.  2002.

The recovery of benthic communities following offshore dredging activities in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  Shore and Beach: 70(3): 25-30.

Sanger, DM, AF Holland.  2002. 

Evaluation of the Impacts of Dock Structures on South Carolina Estuarine Environments.  SCDNR Final Report.  82p.

Van Dolah, R.F., P.C. Jutte, G.H.M. Riekerk, M.V. Levisen, L.E. Zimmernam, J.D. Jones, A.J. Lewitus, D.E. Chestnut, W. McDermott, D. Bearden, G.I. Scott, M.H. Fulton.  2002.

The Condition of South Carolina’s Estuarine and Coastal Habitats During 1999-2000: Technical Report.  Charleston, SC: South Carolina Marine Resources Division.  Technical Report No. 90. 132 p + appendices.

Van Dolah, R.F., P.C. Jutte, G.H.M. Riekerk, M.V. Levisen, L.E. Zimmernam, J.D. Jones, A.J. Lewitus, D.E. Chestnut, W. McDermott, D. Bearden, G.I. Scott, M.H. Fulton.  2002.

The Condition of South Carolina’s Estuarine and Coastal Habitats During 1999-2000: Summary Report.  Charleston, SC: South Carolina Marine Resources Division.  Educational Report No. 20. 23p.

Van Dolah, R.F. D.E. Chestnut, J.D.Jones, P.C. Jutte, G.Riekerk, M. Levisen, and W. McDermott.  2002. 

The importance of considering spatial attributes in evaluating estuarine habitat condition: The South Carolina experience.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 81:85-95.

Zimmerman, L.E., P.C. Jutte, and R.F. Van Dolah.  2002.

An environmental assessment of the Charleston ocean dredged material disposal site and surrounding areas.  Final Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  72 pp + appendices.

Gayes, P.T., G.Y. Ojeda, P.C. Jutte, and R.F. Van Dolah.  2003.

Geophysical characterization of the seafloor at the Charleston ocean dredged material disposal site and surrounding areas—2002.  Final Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  72 pp + CD-rom.

Riekerk, G.H.M., R.F. Van Dolah, M.V. Levisen, and D.M. Sanger.  2003. 

An evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) runoff from highways into estuarine wetlands of South Carolina.  Final Report submitted to the South Carolina Department of Transportation, Environmental Management Office.  44 pp.

Ringwood, A.H., C.J. Keppler, R. Van Dolah, L. Zimmerman, and P. Jutte.  2003.

Validation of sediment quality criteria in southeastern estuaries.  Final Report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Grant No. R826201.  75 pp + appendices.

Zimmerman, L.E., P.C. Jutte, and R.F. Van Dolah.  2003.

An environmental assessment of the Charleston ocean dredged material disposal site and surrounding areas after partial completion of the Charleston harbor deepening project.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 46:1408-1419.

Holland, AF, DM Sanger, CP Gawle, SB Lerberg, M Sexto Santiago, GHM Riekerk, LE Zimmerman, GI Scott.  2004. 

Linkages between tidal creek ecosystems and the landscape and demographic attributes of their watersheds.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 298:151-178.

Ojeda, G.Y., P.T, Gayes, R.F. Van Dolah, and W.C. Schwab.   2004.

Spatial quantitative seafloor habitat mapping: Example from the Northern South Carolina Inner Continental Shelf.  Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 59: 399-416. 

Sanger, DM, AF Holland, DL Hernandez.  2004. 

Evaluation of the Impacts of Dock Structures and Land Use on Tidal Creek Ecosystems in South Carolina Estuarine Environments.  Environmental Management 33(3):385-400.

Sanger, DM, AF Holland, C Gainey.  2004. 

Evaluation of the Impacts of Dock Structures from Shading Effects on Spartina alterniflora in South Carolina Estuarine Environments.  Environmental Management 33(5):741-748.

Van Dolah, R.F. P.C. Jutte, G.H.M. Riekerk, M.V. Levisen, S.E. Crowe, A.J. Lewitus, D.E. Chestnut, W. McDermott, D. Bearden, and M.H. Fulton.  2004. 

The condition of South Carolina’s Estuarine and Coastal Habitas During 2001-2002.  Technical Report.  Charleston, SC: South Carolina Marine Resources Division.  Technical Report No. 100. 70p. 

Van Dolah, R.F., D.M.Sanger, A.B. Filipowics (eds).  2004.

A baseline assessment of environmental and biological conditions in the May River, Beaufort County, South Carolina.  Final Report to the Town of Bluffton, SC.  Submitted by the Marine Resources Division, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, SC; the US Geological Survey, South Carolina District, Columbia SC; and the Center of Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Charleston SC.

Webster, L.F., B.C. Thompson, M.H. Fulton, D.E. Chestnut, R.F. Van Dolah, A.K. Leight, G.I. Scott.  2004. 

Identification of sources of Escherichia coli in South Carolina estuaries using antibiotic resistance analysis.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. And Ecol. 298: 179-195.

Gillett, DJ, AF Holland, DM Sanger.  2005. 

Secondary Production of a Dominant Oligochaete Monopylephorus rubroniveus in the Tidal Creeks of South Carolina and its Relation to Ecosystem Characteristics.  Limnology and Oceanography 50(2):566-577.

Van Dolah, R.F., G.H.M. Riekerk, M.V. Levisen, G.I. Scott, M.H. Fulton, D. Bearden, S. Sivertsen, K.W. Chung, And D.M. Sanger.  2005. 

An evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) runoff from highways into estuarine wetlands of South Carolina.  Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49:362-370.

Crowe, S.E. , P.C. Jutte, R. F. Van Dolah, P.T. Gayes; R.F. Visio, S.E. Noakes.  2006.

An environmental monitoring study of hard bottom reef areas near the Charleston Ocean Disposal Site.  Final Report. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  123 p

Van Dolah, R.F. D.C. Bergquist, G.H.M. Riekerk, M.V. Levisen, S.E. Crowe, S.B. Wilde, D.E. Chestnut, W. McDermott, D. Bearden, and M.H. Fulton, E.Wirth.  2006. 

The condition of South Carolina’s estuarine and coastal habitats during 2003-2004.  Technical Report.  Charleston, SC: South Carolina Marine Resources Division.  Technical Report No. 101. 66p

Buzzelli, C, AF Holland, DM Sanger, P Conrads.  2007. 

Hydrographic Characterization of Tidal Creeks with Implications for Watershed Land Use, Tidal Flushing, and Benthic Production.  Estuaries and Coasts 30(2):321-330.

Gillett, DJ, AF Holland, DM Sanger.  2007. 

Ecology of Oligochaetes: Monthly Variation in Community Composition and Environmental Characteristics of Two South Carolina Tidal Creeks.  Estuaries and Coasts 30(2):238-252.

Bergquist, D.C. , S.E. Crowe, M. Levisen, R. F. Van Dolah.  2008.

Change and Recovery of physical and biological characteristics at beach and borrow areas impacted by the 2005 Folly Beach Renourishment Project.  Final Report. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  112 p

DiDonato, GT, JR Stewart, DM Sanger, BJ Robinson, BC Thompson, AF Holland, RF Van Dolah.  2008.

Effects of Changing Land Use on the Microbial Water Quality of Tidal Creeks.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 58(1):97-106.

Garner, TR, JE Weinstein, DM Sanger.  2009. 

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contamination in South Carolina Salt Marsh-Tidal Creek Systems: Relationships among Sediments, Biota, and Watershed Land Use. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 57(1):103-115.

Holland, AF, DM Sanger.  2008.

Tidal Creek Habitats: Sentinels of Coastal Health.  Booklet published by SC Sea Grant Consortium and NOAA for coastal decision makers.

Van Dolah, R.F., G.H. Riekkerk, D.C. Bergquist, J.Felber, D.E. Chestnut; A.F. Holland.  2008. 

Estuarine habitat quality reflects urbanization at large spatial scales in South Carolina’s coastal zone.  Science of the Total Environment 390:142-154.

White, DL, D Wolf, DE Porter, DM Sanger, GHM Riekerk, G DiDonato, AF Holland, D Dabney.  2008. 

Development of a Data Management Framework in Support of Southeastern Tidal Creek Research.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 150:323-331.

Bergquist, D.C., S.E. Crowe, M. Levisen.  2009.

Change and recovery of physical and biological characteristics of the borrow area impacted by the 2007 Folly Beach Emergency Renourishment Project.  Final Report. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District.  111 p

Bergquist, D.C. and S.E. Crowe. 2009.

Using historical data and meta-analysis to improve beach nourishment monitoring and related beach management policy.  Final Report prepared by the South Carolina Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Marine Resources Division, Charleston, SC for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. 99 pp.

Bergquist, D.C., S.E. Crowe, M. Levisen, and R.F. Van Dolah. 2009a.

Change and recovery of physical and biological characteristics of the borrow area impacted by the 2007 Folly Beach emergency renourishment project. Final Report, prepared by the South Carolina Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina
Marine Resources Division, Charleston, SC for the US Army Corps of Engineers,
Charleston District. 70pp.

Bergquist, D.C., S.E. Crowe, and M. Levisen. 2009b.

The 2006-2007 Hilton Head Island renourishment project: Physical and biological responses of the Joiner and Barrett shoals borrow areas to dredging. Final Report. Prepared for Town of Hilton Head.

Bergquist, D.C., R.F. Van Dolah, G.H.M Riekerk, M.V. Levisen, S.E Crowe, L. Brock, D.I.
Greenfield,  D.E. Chestnut, W. McDermott, M.H. Fulton, E. Wirth and J. Harvey.  2009.

The condition of South Carolina’s estuarine and coastal habitats during 2005-2006: Technical Report. Charleston, SC: South Carolina Marine Resources Division. Technical Report No. 103. 74p.

Bergquist, D.C., R.F. Van Dolah, J. Felber, C. Keppler.  2010.

Water quality concerns in the May River:  Analysis of monitoring data collected by the Town of Bluffton and the Palmetto Bluff Development.  Final Report prepared for the Town of Bluffton and Palmetto Bluff Development.  87p. 

Bergquist, D.C., S.E. Crowe, M.V. Levisen. 2010.

The 2008 Tybee Island renourishment project: physical and biological responses of the borrow area habitat to dredging. Final Report. Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Marine Resources Division, submitted to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Savannah District. 41 pp + app.

Crowe, S.E., P.T. Gayes, R. F. Viso, D.C. Bergquist,  P.C. Jutte, R. F. Van Dolah.  2010.

Impact of the Charleston Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site on nearby hard bottom reef habitats.  Marine Pollution Bulletin60(5):679-691.

Bergquist, D.C., S.E. Crowe, M.V. Levisen. 2011.

The 2008 Arcadian Shores Renourishment project: sediment and benthic community responses to borrow area dredging.  Final Report.  Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Marine Resources Division, submitted to Horry County, SC. 47 pp + app.

Bergquist, D.C., S.E. Crowe, M.V. Levisen. 2011.

The 2006-2007 Hilton Head Island renourishment project: response of the Joiner Shoals borrow area two years post dredging.  Supplemental Report. Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, submitted to Olsen Associates, Inc. and the Town of Hilton Head Island. 56 pp +app.

Washburn, T, D Sanger.  2011. 

Land use effects on macrobenthic communities in southeastern United States tidal creeks. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 180(1-4): 177-188.

Bergquist, D.C., R.F. Van Dolah, G.H.M Riekerk, M.V. Levisen, S.E Crowe, D.E. Chestnut, W. McDermott, M.H. Fulton, E. Wirth and J. Harvey. 2011.

The condition of South Carolina’s estuarine and coastal habitats during 2007-2008: Technical Report. Charleston, SC: South Carolina Marine Resources Division. Technical Report No. 106. 64p.