PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS 

Inter-service Reports

In Progress: Thorne, K. M., De La Cruz, S., Backe, K. E., McCarthy, A. M., Buffington, K. J., Freeman, C. M., Forstner, T. M., Kertesz, A. 2018. California Coastal National Monument Survey Report. U.S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center, Davis, CA. 50pp.

Thorne, K. M., De La Cruz, S., Backe, K. E., McCarthy, A. M., Forstner, T. M., Buffington, K. J., Freeman, C. M. 2018. California Coastal National Monument Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability Workshop Report. U.S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center, Davis, CA. 59pp.

Thorne, K. M., Backe, K. E., Forstner, T. M., Freeman, C. M., Buffington, K. J., and Goodman, A. C. 2018. Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge Sea-level Rise Vulnerability Report. U.S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center, Davis, CA. 114pp.

Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Elevation and Vegetation Assessment. Thorne, K.M., Freeman, C.M., Backe, K.E. 2016. Elevation and vegetation assessment for Naval Weapons Station - Seal Beach. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Vallejo, CA. 39pp.

Submitted 

Effects of sea-level rise and storm enhanced flooding on Pacific harbor seal habitat: a comparison of haul-out changes at the Russian and Eel River Estuaries. Backe, K., Hines, E., Nielsen, K., George, D., Twohy, E., and Lowry, M.

Master’s thesis

Backe, K.E. MS Thesis. San Francisco State University, 2018. Effects of sea-level rise and storm surge on Pacific harbor seal habitat: a comparison of haul-out changes at the Russian and Eel River Estuaries. 41pp. 

PRESENTATIONS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Noyo Center Public Science Talk, Fort Bragg, CA 

May 18, 2018
Public science talk: “Citizen Science Harbor Seal Monitoring: ‘Keeping Tabs on a Changing World”
Presented results of my thesis research, local applications of sea-level rise and habitat modeling, and an exploration of local citizen science seal monitoring data 

Society for Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conference, Halifax, CN     

Oct. 22 - 27, 2017
Poster “Effects of sea level rise and storm surge on Pacific harbor seal habitat: a comparison of haul-out changes at the Russian and Eel River Estuaries”
Won the “Best Pre-Doctoral Poster” award     

2016 Ocean Climate Summit, San Francisco, CA     

May 17, 2016
Presented the poster “Understanding coastal habitat dynamics by analysis of harbor seal habitat use” 

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference, Portland OR     

Nov. 11, 2015
Co-presented the poster “Identifying critical coastal habitat for the indicator species, Phoca vitulina, under a changing climate” 

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