White Papers to Inform the Columbia River Nearshore Beneficial Use Project can be found below. Please note that the "Sediment Migration and Wave and Current Patterns" white paper is still in draft form. The final white paper will be posted as soon as possible.

Sediment Migration and Wave and Current Patterns

Draft White Paper by Daniel Cox, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University  (pdf 1 MB)

Dungeness Crab

White Paper by Walter Pearson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory  (pdf 190k)

Benthic Infauna

White Paper by Gary Braun, TetraTech EC, Inc.  (pdf 993k)

Marine Fishes

White Paper by William Pearcy, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University  (pdf 1.12 MB)

Marine Birds

White Paper by Craig Strong, Crescent Coastal Research  (pdf 422k)

Marine Mammals

White Paper by Jan Hodder, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon  (pdf 156k)