Positions

Overview

  • Larry Ward has a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina (1978) in Marine Geology. Primary interests include estuarine, coastal, and inner shelf sedimentology and surficial processes.

    Dr. Ward's most recent research has focused on estuarine sedimentological processes and depositional environments, coastal geomorphology and erosion, the physical characteristics of inner shelf bottom habitats, and the stratigraphy, sea level history and Holocene evolution of nearshore marine systems.

    Teaching interests ranges from introductory geology and oceanography courses to graduate level coastal and estuarine sedimentology and surficial processes course.

    Dr. Ward is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and is a member of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and Jackson Estuarine Laboratory.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2022 Connecting science and community: Volunteer beach profiling to increase coastal resilience.  Continental Shelf Research.  242:104733-104733. 2022
    2018 Improving salt marsh digital elevation model accuracy with full-waveform lidar and nonparametric predictive modeling.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.  202:193-211. 2018
    2018 Bottom characterization by using airborne lidar bathymetry (ALB) waveform features obtained from bottom return residual analysis.  Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal.  206:260-274. 2018
    2018 A Bathymetry- and Reflectivity-Based Approach for Seafloor Segmentation.  Geosciences.  8:14-14. 2018
    2016 Assessment of Elevation Uncertainty in Salt Marsh Environments using Discrete-Return and Full-Waveform Lidar.  Journal of Coastal Research: an international forum for the littoral sciences.  76:107-122. 2016
    2015 Observations of backscatter from sand and gravel seafloors between 170 and 250 kHz..  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.  138:2169-2180. 2015
    2015 Evaluation of field-measured vertical obscuration and full waveform lidar to assess salt marsh vegetation biophysical parameters.  Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal.  156:264-275. 2015
    2014 Long-term seafloor monitoring at an open ocean aquaculture site in the western Gulf of Maine, USA: development of an adaptive protocol..  Marine Pollution Bulletin.  88:129-137. 2014
    2011 The Seafloor: A Key Factor in Lidar Bottom Detection.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.  49:1150-1157. 2011
    2009 Effects of a large fishing closure on benthic communities in the western Gulf of Maine: recovery from the effects of gillnets and otter trawls.  Fishery Bulletin.  107:308-317. 2009
    2008 Stratigraphy, pollen history and geochronology of tidal marshes in a Gulf of Maine estuarine system: Climatic and relative sea level impacts.  Marine Geology.  256:1-17. 2008
    2006 Effective sea-level rise and deltas: Causes of change and human dimension implications.  Global and Planetary Change.  50:63-82. 2006
    2004 Variations in physical properties and water quality in the Webhannet River estuary (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maine).  Journal of Coastal Research: an international forum for the littoral sciences.  20:39-58. 2004
    2002 Solution structure of a hydrophobic analogue of the winter flounder antifreeze protein..  The Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Journal.  269:1259-1266. 2002
    2001 Hydrophobic analogues of the winter flounder 'antifreeze' protein..  FEBS Letters.  491:285-288. 2001
    1999 Type I 'antifreeze' proteins. Structure-activity studies and mechanisms of ice growth inhibition..  The Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Journal.  264:653-665. 1999
    1999 Sedimentology of the New Hampshire inner continental shelf based on subbottom seismics, side-scan sonar, bathymetry, and bottom samples.  Marine Georesources and Geotechnology.  17:165-172. 1999
    1998 Variations in sedimentary environments and accretionary patterns in estuarine marshes undergoing rapid submergence, Chesapeake Bay.  Marine Geology.  151:111-134. 1998
    1994 SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES IN MARSH VERTICAL ACCRETION RATES AT MONIE BAY - IMPLICATIONS FOR SEA-LEVEL RISE.  Journal of Coastal Research: an international forum for the littoral sciences.  10:1010-1020. 1994
    1989 PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF SILICICLASTIC-DOMINATED LAGOONAL SYSTEMS - COASTAL LAGOONAL SYSTEMS - INTRODUCTION.  Marine Geology.  88:181-185. 1989
    1988 PHYTOPLANKTON, NUTRIENTS, AND TURBIDITY IN THE CHESAPEAKE, DELAWARE, AND HUDSON ESTUARIES.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.  27:61-93. 1988
    1988 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND TRAPPING IN MARSH SYSTEMS - IMPLICATIONS OF TIDAL FLUX STUDIES.  Marine Geology.  80:37-59. 1988
    1986 SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATERIAL AND DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS IN A COASTAL-PLAIN ESTUARY.  Estuaries and Coasts.  9:156-168. 1986
    1986 ACCRETION RATES IN BRACKISH MARSHES OF A CHESAPEAKE BAY ESTUARINE TRIBUTARY.  Geo-Marine Letters: an international journal of marine geology.  6:41-49. 1986
    1985 Sedimentology, geochronology, and trace metals in the Nanticoke and Choptank Rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay. 1985
    1985 THE INFLUENCE OF WIND-WAVES AND TIDAL CURRENTS ON SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION IN MIDDLE CHESAPEAKE BAY.  Geo-Marine Letters: an international journal of marine geology.  5:71-75. 1985
    1984 THE INFLUENCE OF WAVES AND SEAGRASS COMMUNITIES ON SUSPENDED PARTICULATES IN AN ESTUARINE EMBAYMENT.  Marine Geology.  59:85-103. 1984
    1981 SUSPENDED-MATERIAL TRANSPORT IN MARSH TIDAL CHANNELS, KIAWAH ISLAND, SOUTH-CAROLINA.  Marine Geology.  40:139-154. 1981
    1976 HYDRAULICS AND MORPHOLOGY OF GLACIAL OUTWASH DISTRIBUTARIES, SKEIDARARSANDUR, ICELAND.  Journal of sedimentary petrology.  46:770-777. 1976

    Book

    Year Title
    1981 Nearshore suspended sediment load during storm and post-storm conditions..  Ed. 2 , New York, U.S.A., Am. Soc. Civ. Engrs., 1981, Part 2, Chapter 71.  1981

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2008 Correcting and Validating Moored Oxygen Time-Series Observations in the Gulf of Maine.  Oceans Conference Record (IEEE). 1471-+. 2008
    2007 Future impacts of freshwater resource management: Sensitivity of coastal deltas.  IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports. 231-238. 2007
    2007 Glacial and Coastal Geology of Southeastern New Hampshire 2007
    2005 Mapping and characterizing subtidal oyster reefs using acoustic techniques, underwater videography, and quadrat counts.  BENTHIC HABITATS AND THE EFFECTS OF FISHING. 153-159. 2005
    2003 Environmental monitoring at an open ocean aquaculture site in the Gulf of Maine: Results for 1997-2000.  OPEN OCEAN AQUACULTURE: FROM RESEARCH TO COMMERCIAL REALITY. 105-117. 2003
    1988 IMPACT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE ON THE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF ESTUARINE SYSTEMS.  American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin. 256-256. 1988
    1985 EFFECTS OF BENTHIC ORGANISMS ON SEDIMENT DYNAMICS IN MIDDLE CHESAPEAKE BAY.  Estuaries and Coasts. A63-A63. 1985
    1985 VERTICAL ACCRETION IN MARSHES WITH VARYING RATES OF SEA-LEVEL RISE.  Estuaries and Coasts. A71-A71. 1985
    1983 THE INFLUENCE OF WAVE RESUSPENSION AND SEAGRASS COMMUNITIES ON SEDIMENT DYNAMICS IN A SHALLOW ESTUARINE EMBAYMENT.  Estuaries and Coasts. 316-316. 1983
    1978 DEPOSITIONAL MODEL OF MESOTIDAL BACK-BARRIER ENVIRONMENT.  American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin. 512-513. 1978
    1978 PHYSICAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGIC PROCESSES IN MESOTIDAL SALT-MARSH.  American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin. 570-570. 1978
    1976 REEF MORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, LUCAYA, GRAND-BAHAMA ISLAND.  American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin. 682-682. 1976

    Principal Investigator On

    Investigator On

  • Continuation of the NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2021 - 2025
  • Volunteer Beach Profiling 9 and 10  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2024 - 2025
  • L Ward NH Vol Beach Profile  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2023 - 2024
  • Volunteer Beach Profiling Program Year 6  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2021 - 2022
  • Continuation of NOAA JHC  awarded by US DOC, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin 2016 - 2021
  • Continuation of the NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2016 - 2021
  • Volunteer Beach Profiling Program - Years 5 and 6  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2020 - 2021
  • Volunteer Beach Profiling Prog  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2019 - 2020
  • Volunteer Beach Profiling Program: Year 4  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2019 - 2020
  • Volunteer Beach Profiling Program - Years 3 & 4  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2018 - 2019
  • NH Volunteer Beach Profiling Program II  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2017 - 2018
  • NH Volunteer Beach Profiling Program  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2016 - 2017
  • Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2007 - 2009
  • 2004-07 Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2004 - 2008

    • Teaching Activities

  • Marine Geosci for Hydrography Taught course
  • Marine Geosci for Hydrography Taught course 2023
  • Marine Geosci for Hydrography Taught course 2022
  • Top/Geol Oce Hydro Surveyors Taught course 2021
  • Top/Geol Oce Hydro Surveyors Taught course 2020
  • Top/Geol Oce Hydro Surveyors Taught course 2019
  • Top/Geol Hydro Surveyors Taught course 2018
  • Top/Nearshore Processes Taught course 2018
  • Top/Nearshore Processes Taught course 2018
  • Adv Rsrch Exp/Earth Sciences Taught course 2017
  • Top/Nearshore Processes Taught course 2015
  • Top/Nearshore Processes Taught course 2015

    • Education And Training

  • B.A. Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire
  • M.S. Marine Technology, University of South Carolina
  • Ph.D. Marine Technology, University of South Carolina

    • Full Name

  • Larry Ward