@article {76631,
	title = {Tidal channel diatom assemblages reflect within wetland environmental conditions and land use at multiple scales},
	journal = {Estuaries and Coasts  },
	volume = {38},
	year = {2015},
	note = {The authors examined diatom assemblages collected from surface sediment in tidal channels of 47 tidal wetlands on the Oregon coast during the summer of 2007.  They found some interesting and enlightening differences between the different groups of diatom species collected.  {\textquotedblleft}The tidal channel benthic diatom community was most strongly correlated with variables related to human disturbance at all scales surrounding the wetland and not with any tidal channel water quality parameter, including salinity. . .  The sensitivity of the tidal creek benthic diatom assemblage to both wetland and landscape level factors indicates that it might be a useful bioindicator of human disturbance to tidal wetland ecosystems.{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract)},
	month = {2015, Mar.},
	pages = {p.534-545},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, Amphora coffeaeformis, Coos Bay, Coquille River, diatoms, Ecola Creek, ecosystem health, environmental disturbance, marshes, Navicula gregaria, Necanicum River, Nehalem Bay, Nestucca River, Netarts Bay, nitrogen, Planothidium delicatulum, salinity, Salmon River, Sand Lake, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw River, species list, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River, wetlands, Yaquina Bay},
	doi = {10.1007/s12237-014-9826-1},
	author = {Weilhoefer, Christine L. and Nelson, Walter G. and Patrick J Clinton}
}
@article {52406,
	title = {Impacts of Predicted Global Sea-Level Rise on Oregon Beaches and Tidelands},
	volume = {Paper 45},
	year = {2013},
	note = {This report consists of two sections, one on the impact of climate change and its associated sea level rise on Oregon{\textquoteright}s beaches, and another on the impact on Oregon tidelands and estuaries. {\textquotedblleft}Two background sections on the expected impacts from predicted sea level rise on the Oregon coast were prepared for Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}Coastal Climate Change Adaptation Project . . . . The two sections are developed for broad distribution to coastal residents, community leaders, government agencies, and other interested parties. The two non-technical sections use geometric or gradient change approaches to illustrate potential impacts of shoreline retreat and tideland submergence under conditions of accelerated global sea level rise, as predicted for the next century or two.{\textquotedblright} (from the Introduction)},
	pages = {19 p.},
	institution = {Portland State University. Dept. of Geology,},
	keywords = {beaches, climate change, earthquakes, erosion, estuaries, flooding, general, marshes, Oregon, salinity, sea level, subsidence, wetlands},
	url = {https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geology_fac/45/},
	author = {Peterson, Curt D.}
}
@article {26636,
	title = {The Coastal Connection: Assessing Oregon Estuaries for Conservation Planning},
	year = {2008},
	note = {A good overview of the concepts used for evaluating the health of estuaries in Oregon. Identifies data sources, standards.  Good bibliography.},
	month = {2008. Apr.},
	pages = {48 p.},
	institution = {The Nature Conservancy in Oregon},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, Beaver Creek, Chetco River, coastal hazards, Coos Bay, Coquille River, Depoe Bay, eelgrass = Zostera marina, erosion, general ecosystem description, habitats, hydrology, introduced species, landslides, marshes, Necanicum River, Nehalem River, Nestucca Bay, Netarts Bay, Rogue River, salinity, Salmon River Estuary, Sand Lake, sediments, Siletz Bay, Siltcoos Creek, Siuslaw River, Sixes River, Tahkenitch Creek, Tenmile Creek, Tillamook Bay, water quality, Yachats River, Yaquina Bay},
	url = {https://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservationstrategy/docs/conservation_planning_1110/TNC_report.pdf},
	author = {Aldous, Allison and Brown, Jenny and Elseroad, Adrien and The Nature Conservancy in Oregon}
}
@article {83256,
	title = {Limiting Factors Assessment and Restoration Plan:  Middle and Upper Five Rivers, Tributary to the Alsea River},
	year = {2008},
	note = {{\textquotedblleft}This document provides watershed restoration actions proposed to enhance the coho salmon population within the Middle and Upper Fiver Rivers Sixth Field basins in Lincoln and Lane Counties, Oregon. . . The goal of the restoration effort has been to identify the dominant processes and habitat characteristics that limit the production of coho salmon smolts in the subbasins, and to develop a prioritized list of actions ({\textquotedblleft}prescriptions{\textquotedblright}) for removing the limitations in ways that normalize landscape and stream channel function{\textquotedblright} (from the Introduction).  Both summer and winter habitats needed improvement.  The area had gone from an historic average of 71 beaver dams to only 3 in 2007, so re-introducing American beaver was recommended.  Color photographs.},
	month = {2008, Apr.},
	pages = {91 p.},
	keywords = {agriculture, Alder Creek, American beaver = Castor canadensis, Cedar Creek, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, Crazy Creek, cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki, dissolved oxygen, Fendall Creek, fish passage, habitat restoration, habitats, human impacts, hydrology, marshes, Summers Creek, water quality, water temperature, Woosley Creek},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/4e3fjsve },
	author = {Bio-Surveys LLC, and Holbert, Mary and Sialis Company,,}
}
@mastersthesis {15636,
	title = {Variability in Juvenile Chinook Foraging and Growth Potential in Oregon Estuaries: Implications for Habitat Restoration},
	year = {2005},
	note = {Examines range of Oregon marshes available to juvenile Chinook salmon to compare observed ecological capacity and growth of salmon. Used bioenergetic modeling and fish sampling (2003-2004). Lower marshes "offer opportunities for faster growth than higher elevation marshes." Aerial infrared photographs of study sites in appendix. },
	pages = {p. 111},
	school = {University of Washington},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.S.},
	chapter = {School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences},
	address = {Seattle, Wa.},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Coquille Bay, ecosystem modeling, Lower Yaquina River, marshes, Nestucca Bay, Salmon River Estuary, Siuslaw Bay, theses, Upper Yaquina River},
	author = {Bieber, Alisa J.}
}
@article {15756,
	title = {Geographic signatures of North American West Coast estuaries},
	journal = {Estuaries and Coasts},
	volume = {23},
	number = {6},
	year = {2000},
	note = {General review. Because some of the authors were Federal employees, this is an Open Access article.},
	month = {2000, Dec.},
	pages = {p.765-792},
	keywords = {Alsea River, brids, commercial fisheries, Coos Bay, economics, general, human impacts, marshes, Nehalem Bay, Netarts Bay, recreational fisheries, Rogue River, salmonid species, Siletz River, Siuslaw River, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River, wetlands, Yaquina River},
	doi = {10.2307/1352998},
	url = {https://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/tracel/references/pdf/Estuaries_v23n6p765.pdf},
	author = {Emmett, Robert L. and Llans{\'o}, Roberto and Newton, Jan and Thom, Ron and Hornberger, Michelle and Morgan, Cheryl and Levings, Colin and Copping, Andrea and Fishman, Paul}
}
@article {16556,
	title = {Oregon coastal salt marsh upper limits and tidal datums},
	journal = {Estuaries},
	volume = {4},
	number = {3},
	year = {1981},
	note = {General reference chiefly concerned with plant species distribution in marshes of Yaquina, Alsea and Coos estuaries. Some additional information about the Coquille River and Nehalem Bay.},
	month = {1981, Sep.},
	pages = {198-205},
	keywords = {marshes, plant species, tides, zonation},
	author = {Frenkel, Robert E. and Eilers, H. Peter and Jefferson, Carol A.}
}
@book {16986,
	title = {Wetlands Review of Alsea Bay, Oregon},
	year = {1975},
	note = {Added Title:  Alsea wetlands review, Preliminary draft, summary only. Many maps.},
	month = {1975},
	publisher = {U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District},
	organization = {U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, aquatic vegetation, Bayshore Spit, biological, Drift Creek, Eckman Slough, economics, general ecosystem description, historical, Lint Slough, map, marshes, McKinney Slough, recreational fisheries, sediments},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/44558f08w}
}
@mastersthesis {17076,
	title = {Plant Communities and Succession in Oregon Coastal Salt Marshes},
	year = {1974},
	note = {An important work. See also the related map, Salt Marsh Vegetation Map of the Alsea Bay (1973). Major professor was William W. Chilcote. },
	month = {1974},
	pages = {192 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University },
	type = {Doctoral Dissertation},
	edition = {Ph. D.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {aquatic vegetation, marshes, plant succession, salt marsh, species list, theses, wetland delineation, wetland vegetation, wetlands, zonal distribution},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/2v23vx42t},
	author = {Jefferson, Carol A.}
}
@article {17191,
	title = {Salt Marsh Vegetation Map of the Alsea Bay},
	year = {1973},
	note = {1 of a set of 13 maps. Salt water vegetation hand drawn using Oregon Division of State Lands 1973 Tideland Maps as a base. Vegetation classification appears in Carol A. Jefferson{\textquoteright}s Ph.D. dissertation "Plant Communities and Succession in Oregon Coastal Salt Marshes, August 1, 1974".  },
	month = {1973},
	address = {[Florence, Or.]},
	keywords = {Alsea River estuary, Drift Creek, Eckman Slough, Lint Slough, maps, marshes, McKinneys Slough, wetland delineation, wetland vegetation},
	url = {https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71d057c},
	author = {Jefferson, Carol A.}
}
