Explore the range of publications by and about COASST, from peer-reviewed papers that rely on COASST data, to regional field guides for identification of beached birds, to articles and books about citizen science.
COASST Authored Scientific Publications
The COASST team, working with many collaborators, translates data and our experiences into stories for our science, resource management and citizen science peers via peer-reviewed literature. If you don’t have access to the journals or would prefer a more ‘reader friendly’ format (ie. less jargon, more story) visit the Science Updates section on our Cool COASSTal Stories page to read another version of our latest publications.
Boundary spanners: a critical role for enduring collaborations
Marco B. A. Hatch, Julia K. Parrish, Selina S. Heppell, Skye Augustine, Larry Campbell, Lauren M. Divine, Jamie Donatuto, Amy S. Groesbeck, Nicole F. Smith. March 2023. Ecology and Society. doi.org/10.5751/ES-13887-280141

Using long-term citizen science data to distinguish zones of debris accumulation
Kathryn A. Willis, Timothy Jones, Rachel Cohen, Hillary Burgess, Jackie Lindsey, Julia Parrish. September 2022. Marine Pollution Bulletin. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114028
Using beached bird data to assess seabird oiling susceptibility
Jazzmine K. Waugh, Timothy Jones, Julia K. Parrish. March 2022. Marine Pollution Bulletin. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113437
Long-term patterns of mass stranding of the colonial cnidarian Velella velella
Timothy T. Jones, Julia K. Parrish, Hillary K. Burgess. March 2021. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi.org/10.3354/meps13644
Archived Publications
Shapeshifting attachment
Benjamin K. Haywood, Julia K. Parrish, Yurong He. 2021. People and Nature. doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10174
Examining influences on observed counts from shoreline surveys of marine debris
Hillary K. Burgess, Timothy T. Jones, Jacqueline K. Lindsey, and Julia K. Parrish. June 2020. Report.
Extreme mortality and reproductive failure of common murres
John F. Piatt, Julia K. Parrish, Heather M. Renner, Sarah K. Schoen, Timothy T. Jones, Mayumi L. Arimitsu, Kathy J. Kuletz, Barbara Bodenstein, Marisol García-Reyes, Rebecca S. Duerr, Robin M. Corcoran, Robb S. A. Kaler, Gerard J. McChesney, Richard T. Golightly, Heather A. Coletti, Robert M. Suryan, Hillary K. Burgess, Jackie Lindsey, Kirsten Lindquist, Peter M. Warzybok, Jaime Jahncke, Jan Roletto, William J. Sydeman. 2020. PLoS One. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226087
Hoping for optimality or designing for inclusion:
Julia Parrish, Timothy Jones, Hillary Burgess, Yurong He, Lucy Fortson, Darlene Cavalier. 2019. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807186115
Unusual Mortality of Tufted puffins
Timothy Jones, Lauren Divine, Heather Renner, Susan Knowles, Kathi Lefebvre, Hillary Burgess, Charlie Wright, Julia Parrish. 2019. PloS ONE. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216532
Exposing the Science in Citizen Science:
Julia Parrish, Hillary Burgess, Jake Weltzin, Lucy Fortson, Andrea Wiggins, Brooke Simmons. 2018. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi.org/10.1093/icb/icy032
Massive mortality of a planktivorous seabird
Timothy Jones, Julia Parrish, William Peterson, Eric Bjorkstedt, Nicholas Bond, Lisa Ballance, Victoria Bowes, Mark Hipfner, Hillary Burgess, Jane Dolliver, Kirsten Lindquist, Jacqueline Lindsey, Hannahrose Nevins, Roxanne Robertson, Jan Roletto, Laurie Wilson, Trevor Joyce, James Harvey. 2018. Geophysical Research Letters. doi/abs/10.1002/2017GL076164
Mass mortality of marine birds in the Northeast Pacific
Timothy Jones, Julia Parrish, Andre Punt, Vera Trainer, Raphael Kudela, Jennifer Lang, Mary Sue Brancato, Anthony Odell, Barbara Hickey. 2017. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi.org/10.3354/meps12253
The science of citizen science:
Hillary Burgess, Lauren DeBey, Halley Froehlich, Natalie Schmidt, Elinore Theobald, Ailene Ettinger, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Joshua Tewksbury, Julia Parrish. 2017. Biological Conservation. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.014

Defining the baseline and tracking change in seabird populations:
Julia Parrish, Kate Litle, Jane Dolliver, Todd Hass, Hillary Burgess, Erika Frost, Charlie Wright, Timothy Jones. 2017. In: Citizen Science for Coastal and Marine Conservation. Edited by John Cigliano and Heidi Ballard. Routledge Press.
Distinguishing offshore bird hunting from beach scavenging in archaeological contexts:
Kristine Bovy, Jessica Watson, Jane Dolliver, Julia Parrish. 2016. Journal of Archaeological Science. doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.006
Place-based and data-rich citizen science as a precurser for conservation action.
Benjamin Haywood, Julia Parrish, Jane Dolliver. 2016. Conservation Biology. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12702
Investing in citizen science
Duncan McKinley, Abe Miller-Rushing, Heidi Ballard, Rick Bonney, Hutch Brown, Daniel Evans, Rebecca French, Julia Parrish, Tina Phillips, Sean Ryan, Lea Shanley, Jennifer Shirk, Kristine Stepenuck, Jake Weltzin, Andrea Wiggins, Owen Boyle, Russell Briggs, Stuart Chapin III, David Hewitt, Peter Preuss, Michael Soukup. 2015. Issues in Ecology.
Global change and local solutions:
Elinore Theobald, Ailene Ettinger, Hillary Burgess, Lauren DeBey, Natalie Schmidt, Halley Froehlich, Cherie Wagner, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Joshua Tewksbury, Melanie Harsch. 2015. Biological Conservation. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.10.021
Next steps for citizen science
Rick Bonney, Jennifer Shirk, Tina Phillips, Andrea Wiggins, Heidi Ballard, Abraham Miller-Rushing, Julia Parrish. 2014. Science. doi.org/10.1126/science.1251554

Bycatch and Beached Birds:
Nathalie Hamel, Alan Burger, Kristin Charleton, Peter Davidson, Sandi Lee, Douglas Bertram, Julia Parrish. 2009. Marine Ornithology.
Entanglements of marine mammals and seabirds
Emma Moore, Shannon Lyday, Jan Roletto, Kate Litle, Julia Parrish, Hannah Nevins, Jim Harvey, Joe Mortenson, Denise Greig, Melanie Piazza, Alison Hermance, Derek Lee, Dawn Adams, Sarah Allen, Shelagh Kell. 2009. Marine Pollution Bulletin. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.02.006
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team
Kate Litle, Julia Parrish, Jane Dolliver. 2007. In: Community-Based Coastal Observing in Alaska: Aleutian Life Forum 2006. Edited by Reid Brewer. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Beached birds and physical forcing in the California Current System
Julia Parrish, Nicholas Bond, Hanna Nevins, Nathan Mantua, Robert Loeffel, William Pterson, James Harvey. 2007. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi.org/10.3354/meps07077
Beached Bird Guides
COASST designed and published a field guide for identification of beached birds. Copies of these guides can be purchased directly from COASST. Contact us for more information.



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Books Featuring COASST

Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris
Bonnie Hendersen, Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 2008.

The Wild Edge: Freedom to Roam the Pacific Coast
Florian Schulz, Seattle, WA: Mountaineer Books, 2015