Publications

1. Correll-Brown, R., Wellman, E. H., Eulie, D. O., Scyphers, S. B., Smith, C. S., Polk, M. A., & Gittman, R. K. 2022. Shifting baselines may undermine shoreline management efforts in the United States. Frontiers in Climate, 2.

2. Polk, M., Gittman, R., Smith, C., and Eulie, D. 2021. Coastal resilience surges as living shorelines reduce lateral erosion of salt marshes. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. doi: 10.1002/ieam.4447

3. Eulie, D.O., Leonard, L., and Polk, M.A. 2021. Sediment Deposition and Availability in Riparian Wetlands. Journal of Coastal Research.

4. Polk, M. and D.O. Eulie. 2018. Effectiveness of living shorelines as an erosion control method in North Carolina. Estuaries and Coasts. doi: 10.1007/s12237-018-0439-y.

IN PREPARATION

1. Polk, M.A., Potlock, K., and Eulie, D.O. (In Preparation). Rates of loss and forcing factors on river-dominated estuary heritage sites.

2. Polk, M., Johnson, C.M., Schweitzer, S.H., and Eulie, D.O. (In Preparation). The Application of Small Consumer Drones in Monitoring Nesting Waterbirds.

3. Beachman, K., Polk, M., and Eulie D.O. (In Preparation). Marsh periwinkle (Littoraria irrorata) populations are supported at sites with living shorelines.

4. Gittman, R., Smith, C., Scyphers, S., Albright, A., Baillie, C., Donaher, S., Hao, H., Polk, M., Trackenberg, S., Wellman, E., Woodard, N., and Eulie, D. (In Preparation). Assessing the resilience of coastal protection to multiple storm events in North Carolina

5. Benson, S., Polk, M., McNeilly, K., and Eulie, D.O. (In Preparation). Geomorphologic response to novel wave attenuator installation along a busy navigation river.

6. Nolasco, M., Polk, M., and Eulie, D.O. (In Preparation). Using Terrestrial LiDAR to survey the effects of Hurricane Florence (2018) on oceanfront habitat.

7. Lapinsky, A., Polk, M., Gittman, R., Posey, P., Taggart, M., and Eulie, D. (In Prep). Investigating Marsh Grass Productivity and Carbon Storage through UAS and Remote Sensing Technologies.

(Primary or lead author on the following documents)
Town of Pine Knoll Shores, East Carolina Council, and N.C. Coastal Federation. . 2019. Pine Knoll Shores Watershed Restoration Plan. Town of Pine Knoll Shores, East Carolina Council, and N.C. Coastal Federation.

N.C. Coastal Federation. 2018. Lower Cape Fear River Blueprint. N.C. Coastal Federation. Newport, North Carolina.

Pender County and Town of Surf City. 2017. Stump Sound Watershed Restoration Plan. Pender County and Town of Surf City. North Carolina.

Town of Beaufort. 2017. Beaufort Watershed Restoration Plan. Town of Beaufort. Beaufort, North Carolina.

Town of Swansboro. 2017. Swansboro Watershed Restoration Plan. Town of Swansoboro. Swansboro, North Carolina.

Polk, M. 2016. Watershed Restoration Plan Template. [Microsoft Word Doc template]. N.C. Coastal Federation. Newport, North Carolina.

N.C. Coastal Federation. 2016. Watershed Restoration Planning Guidebook. N.C. Coastal Federation. Newport, North Carolina.

Sullivan, K., Eulie, D., Polk, M., and Ashley, S. (2021). Historic Problems, Modern Solutions: Biota Assessment of Wave Attenuators. Poster Presentation at the Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference - Americas, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Eulie, D., Gittman, R., Smith, C., Hao, H. Polk, M., and Scyphers, S. (2020). Resilience of shoreline protection methods of Hurricane Florence. Oral Presentation at 2020 Hurricon, Greenville, North Carolina.

Polk, M., Potlock, K., and Eulie, D. (2019). Rates of loss and forcing factors on river-dominated estuary heritage sites. Oral Presentation at the National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine and biennial meeting of The Coastal Society, Mobile, Alabama.

Beachman, K., Eulie, D., and Polk, M. (2019). Effect of Shoreline Type on Abundance of Littoraria irrorata and Tritia obsoleta. Poster Presentation at the National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine and biennial meeting of The Coastal Society, Mobile, Alabama.

Polk, M., Potlock, K., Eulie, D., and McKee, J. 2019. Riparian Loss of Natural and Cultural Resources: Brunswick Town Fort Anderson. Poster Presentation at Center for Marine Science Graduate Poster Symposium, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Eulie, D., Polk, M., Gittman, R., and C. Smith. 2019. Resilience of shoreline protection methods to Hurricane Florence. Oral Presentation at the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society meeting, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Beachman, K., Mason, M., Polk, M., Smith, C., D. Eulie, and Gittman, R. 2019. Comparison of shoreline stabilization approaches within North Carolina. Poster Presentation at the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society meeting, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Benson, S., McNeilly, K., Polk, M., Eulie, D., McKee, J., and R. Boyd. 2019. Application of a novel wave attenuation device to save riparian resources. Poster Presentation at the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society meeting, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Arnuk, J., Magolan, J., Marshall, F., Moore, R., Snyder, B., Polk, M., Marsan, Y., Wells, D., Leonard, L., and Eulie, D. 2019. Short-term patterns of post-storm recovery on an undeveloped barrier island: Hurricane Florence and Masonboro Island, NC. Poster presentation at The Geological Society of America.

Polk, M. Experiences in North Carolina of Sea-level Rise. 2019. Presentation and panelist at Global Change Seminar Series: Current State of Sea Level Rise in North Carolina. Invited Speaker, Hosted by Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center Global Change Fellows. Raleigh, NC.

Eulie, D., York, E., Weide, A., Hill, E., Potlock, K., and M. Polk. 2018. Examining regional trends in shoreline erosion and mitigation strategies: Lower Cape Fear River Estuary, North Carolina. Oral Presentation at the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society meeting, St. Augustine, Florida.

Askew, A., Nugrohorukmi, J., Davenport, D., and M. Polk. 2018. Introduction of the Lower Cape Fear River Blueprint. Poster Presentation at Lower Cape Fear River Blueprint Open House. North Carolina Coastal Federation, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Polk, M. and D. Eulie. 2018. Effectiveness of living shorelines as an erosion control method in North Carolina. Oral Presentation at the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society meeting, St. Augustine, Florida.

Polk, M. 2017. Watershed Restoration Planning Using Volume Reduction. Oral presentation at the Cape Fear River Forum, Wilmington, NC.

Polk, M. and Kolodij, L. 2017. Watershed Restoration Planning Using Volume Reduction. Poster presented at the Cape Fear River Forum, Wilmington, NC.

Polk, M. and D. Eulie. 2016. Effectiveness of Living Shoreline Projects in North Carolina. Poster Presentation at the South Atlantic Living Shoreline Summit, Jacksonville, FL. First Place Winner for Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation.

Polk, M. and D. Eulie. 2016. Erosion Control and Temporal Analysis of Living Shoreline Projects in North Carolina. Oral Presentation at the National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and 25th biennial meeting of The Coastal Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Polk, M. 2016. “Developing goals and determining your watershed”. Presentation at the North Carolina Watershed Planning workshop, Wilmington, NC.

Polk, M. 2016. “Gathering Data”. Presentation at the Train the Trainers Watershed Planning workshop, Wilmington, NC.

Polk, M. 2016. “Developing goals and determining your watershed”. Presentation at the Train the Trainers Watershed Planning workshop, Wilmington, NC.

Polk, M. and D. Eulie. (2015). North Carolina Living Shorelines Study. Poster Presentation at the North Carolina ArcGIS User Group Conference, Carolina Beach, NC. This poster won first place in the student category at this conference.