This geonarrative explores research conducted by USGS scientists at Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama.

To learn more, visit the Estuarine and MaRsh Geology Research Project (EMRG) project page, https://www.usgs.gov/centers/spcmsc/science/estuarine-and-marsh-geology-research-project and the Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Resources project page, https://www.usgs.gov/centers/whcmsc/science/estuarine-processes-hazards-and-ecosystems.

Data Sources

DeWitt, N.T., Stalk, C.A., Smith, C.G., Locker, S.D., Fredericks, J.J., McCloskey, T.A., and Wheaton, C.J., 2017, Single-beam bathymetry data collected in 2015 from Grand Bay, Alabama-Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1070, accessed December 08, 2021, at https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1070.

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 2003, Administrative boundaries for the Grand Bay NERR and National Wildlife Refuge - Reserve & refuge boundaries dataset, accessed October 18, 2021, at https://grandbaynerr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GrandBayNERR_boundary.zip.

NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS), 2012, High resolution land cover map for the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, in System-wide Monitoring Program: NOAA NERRS Centralized Data Management Office website, accessed December 02, 2021, at https://www.nerrsdata.org/.

NOAA National Geodetic Survey (NGS), 2016, Historical Surveys (T-Sheets), NOAA Shoreline Website, accessed October 18, 2021 at, https://shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/t-sheets.html.

Stalk, C.S., Wilcox, H.S., Passeri, D.L., Smith, C.G., Smith, K.E.L., and Terrano, J.F., 2021, Single-beam bathymetry data collected in March 2021 from Grand Bay and Point Aux Chenes Bay, Mississippi/Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey data release, accessed December 08, 2021, at https://doi.org/10.5066/P93ZM9MK.

Terrano, J.F., Smith, K.E.L., Muni-Morgan, A.L., Buster, N.A., and Foxen, F., 2021, Historical bathymetry in the Mississippi-Alabama coastal region: Bathymetric soundings, gridded digital elevation model, and hydrographic sheets (ver. 2.0, March 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, accessed March 21, 2022, at https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GRUK4B.

Terrano, J.F., Smith, K.E.L., Pitchford, J., McIlwain, J., and Archer, M., 2019, Shoreline change analysis for the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi Alabama—1848 to 2017 (ver. 2.0, February 2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, accessed October 19, 2021, at https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JMA8WK.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2019, FWS national realty approved acquisition boundaries: ArcGIS Online Feature Layer, accessed October 18, 2021, at https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=dae48a3dcd654e7ea09d386cae052eab.