Updated 10 Oct 2008

Manuscripts in preparation (to be submitted shortly)
  • H. Horak, J. Chynoweth, W. Myers, J. Davis, S. Fendorf, A. Boehm. Water quality of water in rain catchments and other drinking water sources in the Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. In preparation.
Submitted manuscripts
  • K. M. Yamahara, S. P. Walters, and A. B. Boehm. 200_. Growth of enterococci in unaltered, unseeded beach sands subjected to tidal wetting. Submitted.
  • A. E. Santoro, N. J. Nidzieko, G. L. van Dijken, K. R. Arrigo, A. B. Boehm. 200_. Coastal phytoplankton blooms in the southern California Bight: evaluating the roles of land-based and upwelled nutrient delivery. Submitted.
  • D. P. Keymer, L. Lam, and A. B. Boehm. 200_. Biogeographic patterns in genomic diversity among a large collection of Vibrio cholerae isolates. Submitted.
  • T. R. Julian, R. A. Canales, J. O. Leckie, A. B. Boehm. 200_. A stochastic model of viral pathogen transmission via fomites. Submitted.
  • M. D. Goebes, A. B. Boehm, L. M. Hildemann. 200_. Temporal variations and the influence of outdoor concentrations and foot traffic on indoor Aspergillus concentrations. Submitted.
2008
  • B. A. Layton, S. P. Walters, and A. B. Boehm. 200_. Distribution and diversity of the enterococcal surface protein (esp) gene in animal hosts and the Pacific Coast Environment. Accepted at Journal of Applied Microbiology.
  • G. G. Shellenbarger, N. D. Athearn, J. Y. Takekawa, A. B. Boehm. 2008. Fecal indicator bacteria and Salmonella in ponds managed as bird habitat, San Francisco Bay, CA. Water Research , 42, 2921-2930. Link.
  • A. B. Boehm, N. J. Ashbolt, J. M. Colford, Jr., L. E. Dunbar, L. E. Fleming, M. A. Gold, J. A. Hansel, P. R. Hunter, A. M. Ichida, C. D. McGee, J. A. Soller, and S. B. Weisberg. 200_. A sea change ahead for recreational water quality criteria. In press at Journal of Water and Health.
  • K. L. Knee, B. A. Layton, J. Street, A. B. Boehm, A. Paytan. 2008. Sources of nutrients and fecal indicator bacteria to nearshore waters on the North Shore of Kaua`i. Estuaries and Coasts, 31, 607-622. Link to paper. This article was chosen as a feature for Coastal and Estuarine Science News October issue for its strong implication for management of coastal areas. Link
  • N. R. De Sieyes, K. M. Yamahara, B. A. Layton, E. H. Joyce, A. B. Boehm. 2008. Submarine discharge of nutrient enriched fresh groundwater at Stinson Beach, California is enhanced during neap tides. Limnology and Oceanography, 53, 1434-1445. Link to paper.
  • A. E. Santoro, C. A. Francis, N. DeSieyes, A. B. Boehm. 2008. Shifts in the relative abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea across physicochemical gradients in a subterranean estuary. Environmental Microbiology, 10, 1069-1079. Link to paper.
2007
  • A. B. Boehm. 2007. Enterococci concentrations in diverse coastal environments exhibit extreme variability. Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 8227-8232. Link to paper.
  • A. E. Santoro and A. B. Boehm. 2007. Frequent occurrence of the human-specific Bacteroides fecal marker at an open coast marine beach: Relationship to waves, tides, and traditional indicators. Environmental Microbiology, 9, 2038-2049. Link to paper.
  • K. M. Yamahara, B. A. Layton, A. E. Santoro, A. B. Boehm. 2007. Beach sands along the California coast are diffuse sources of fecal bacteria to coastal waters. Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 4515-4521. Link to paper.
  • D. P. Keymer, M. C. Miller, G. K. Schoolnik, A. B. Boehm. 2007. Genomic and phenotypic diversity of coastal Vibrio cholerae is explained by environmental factors. 2007. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 3705-3714. Link to paper.
  • M. C. Miller, D. P. Keymer, A. Avelar, A. B. Boehm, G. K. Schoolnik. 2007. Detection and transformation of genome segments variable within a coastal population of Vibrio cholerae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 3695-3704. Link to paper.
  • A. B. Boehm, R. L. Whitman, M. B. Nevers, D. Hou, and S. B. Weisberg. 2007. Now-casting recreational water quality. A chapter in Statistical Framework for Water Quality Criteria and Monitoring. Edited by Larry Wymer and Alfred Dufour.
2006
  • D. Hou, S. J. Rabinovici, A. B. Boehm. 2006. Enterococci predictions from a partial least squares regression model can improve the efficacy of beach management advisories. Environmental Science & Technology, 40, 1737 -1743 Link.
  • A. E. Santoro, A. B. Boehm, C. A. Francis. 2006. Denitrifier community composition along a nitrate and salinity gradient in a coastal aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72, 2102-2109. Link to paper.
  • A. B. Boehm, A. Paytan, G. G. Shellenbarger, K. A. Davis. 2006. Composition and flux of groundwater from a California beach aquifer: Implications for nutrient supply to the surf zone. Continental Shelf Research, 26, 269-282. Link. Due to a typesetting error, equation 7 is not printed correctly. Please download the errata.
  • S. Given, L. H. Pendleton, A. B. Boehm. 2006. Regional public health cost estimates of contaminated coastal waters: A case study of gastroenteritis at Southern California beaches. Environmental Science & Technology, 40, 4851 - 4858 Link.
  • N. B. Handler, A. Paytan, C. P. Higgens, R. G. Luthy, and A. B. Boehm. 2006. Human development is linked to multiple water-body impairments along the California Coast. Estuaries and Coasts (formerly Estuaries), 29, 860-870. Link.
2005
  • A. B. Boehm, D. P. Keymer, G. G. Shellenbarger. 2005. An analytical model of enterococci inactivation, grazing, and transport in the surf zone of a marine beach. Water Research, 39, 3565-3578. Link.
  • A. B. Boehm and S. B. Weisberg. 2005. Tidal forcing of enterococci at marine recreational beaches at fortnightly and semidiurnal frequencies. Environmental Science & Technology, 39, 5575-5583. Link.
2004
  • A. B. Boehm, G. G. Shellenbarger, and A. Paytan. 2004. Groundwater Discharge: A potential association with fecal indicator bacteria in the surf zone. Environmental Science & Technology, 38, 3558-3566. Link.
  • A. B. Boehm, D. B. Lluch-Cota, K. A. Davis, C. D. Winant, and S. G. Monismith. 2004. Covariation of coastal water temperature and microbial pollution at interannual to tidal periods. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L06309, doi:10.1029/2003GL019122. Link.
  • R. L. Reeves, S. B. Grant, R. D. Mrse, C. M. C. Oancea, B. F. Sanders, A. B. Boehm. 2004. Sources, management, and scaling of fecal indicator bacteria in runoff from a coastal urban watershed in Southern California. Environmental Science and Technology, 38, 2637-2648. Link.
2003
  • A. B. Boehm. 2003. A model of microbial transport and inactivation in the surf zone and application to field measurements of total coliform in Northern Orange County, California. Environmental Science & Technology, 37, 5511-5517. Link.
  • A. B. Boehm, J. A. Fuhrman, R. D. Mrse, and S. B. Grant. 2003. A tiered approach for identification of a human fecal pollution source at a recreational beach: Case study at Avalon Bay, Catalina Island, California, USA. Environmental Science & Technology, 37, 673-680. Reprint.
2002
  • A. B. Boehm, S. B. Grant, J.-H. Kim, S. L. Mowbray, C. D. McGee, C. D. Clark, D. M. Foley, and D. E. Wellman. 2002. Decadal and shorter period variability of surf zone water quality at Huntington Beach, California. Environmental Science & Technology, 36, 3885-3892. Click here for a view of the cover of the Sept. 15 2002 ES&T featuring this paper. Link.
  • A. B. Boehm, B. F. Sanders, and C. D. Winant. 2002. Cross-shelf transport at Huntington Beach -Implications for the fate of sewage discharged through an offshore ocean outfall. Environmental Science & Technology, 36, 1899-1906. Link.
  • A. B. Boehm. 2002. A Scaling theory for number-flux distributions generated during steady-state coagulation and settling and application to particles in Lake Zurich, Switzerland. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 254, 266-273. Link.
2001
  • S. B. Grant, B. F. Sanders, A. B. Boehm, J. A. Redman, J. H. Kim, R. D. Mrse, and others. 2001. Generation of enterococci bacteria in a coastal saltwater marsh and its impact on surf zone water quality. Environmental Science & Technology, 35, 2407-2416. Link.
  • A. B. Boehm and S. B. Grant. 2001. A steady-state model of particulate organic carbon flux below the mixed layer and application to the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106, 31227-21237. Link.
1998
  • A. B. Boehm and S. B. Grant. 1998. The influence of coagulation, sedimentation, and grazing by zooplankton on phytoplankton aggregate size distributions in aquatic systems. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103, 15601-15612. Link to abstract available.
  • A. B. Boehm, C. Poor, and S. B. Grant. 1998. Particle coagulation and the memory of initial conditions, Journal of Physics A: Mathematics and General, 31, 9241-9254. Link.