Bresnahan, Philip J

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Associate Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences , College of Science and Engineering

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bresnahanp@uncw.edu

910.962.2072

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Academic Article
- Community Voices in Action: A Framework for Flood Resilience Workshops in a Coastal Community. Community Science. 2026-02-01
- Accuracy of SeaHawk-HawkEye Ocean color CubeSat remote sensing reflectance products in globally distributed aquatic sites. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2026-01-01
- Hydrological connectivity: improving coastal literacy and resilience in classrooms and communities in the City of Wilmington. Frontiers in Water. 2026-01-01
- Tree-Ring and Sediment Analyses Reveal Processes of Bald Cypress Ghost Forest Formation From Dredging in the Cape Fear River, North Carolina, USA. Ecology and Evolution. 15:e71677:17. 2025-08-01
- An innovation of two established methods for monitoring water colour and clarity: participatory science using the mini- and midi- secchi disks. FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 13. 2025-07-01
- High-resolution ocean color imagery from the SeaHawk-HawkEye CubeSat mission. Scientific Data. 11. 2024-11-01
- Lab on a Secchi disk: A prototype opensource profiling package for low-cost monitoring in aquatic environments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 2024-05-01
- Organismal responses to deteriorating water quality during the historic 2020 red tide off Southern California. Elem Sci Anth. 12. 2024-03-01
- A low-cost carbon dioxide monitoring system for coastal and estuarine sensor networks. Oceanography. 2023-01-01
- On the Seasonal Dynamics of Phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a Concentration in Nearshore and Offshore Waters of Plymouth, in the English Channel: Enlisting the Help of a Surfer. Oceans. 3:125-146. 2022-04-01
- A Low-Cost, DIY Ultrasonic Water Level Sensor for Education, Citizen Science, and Research. Oceanography. 2022-01-01
- A high-tech, low-cost, Internet of Things surfboard fin for coastal citizen science, outreach, and education.. Continental Shelf Research. 242. 2022-01-01
- An unconventional investigation into the seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton in nearshore coastal waters of southwest England.. Oceans. 3:125-146. 2022-01-01
- Predicting Water Quality Estimates using Satellite Images in Coastal and Estuarine Environments -- The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. 2022-01-01
- Validation of Landsat 8 high resolution Sea Surface Temperature using surfers. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 2022-01-01
- Technical note: stability of tris pH buffer in artificial seawater stored in bags. Ocean Science. 2021-06-01
- Comparison of a Smartfin with an Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Radiometer in the Atlantic Ocean. Remote Sensing. 13:841. 2021-02-01
- Autonomous in situ calibration of ion-sensitive field effect transistor pH sensors. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 19:132-144. 2021-01-01
- Comparison of two methods for measuring sea surface temperature when surfing. Oceans. 2020-01-01
- Equipping smart coasts with marine water quality IoT sensors. Results in Engineering. 2020-01-01
- Perspectives on in situ sensors for ocean acidification research. Frontiers in Marine Science, Ocean Observation. 2019-10-01
- Gas Diffusion Cell Geometry for a Microfluidic Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Analyzer. IEEE Sensors Journal. 2018-01-01
- Short-term spatial and temporal carbonate chemistry variability in two contrasting seagrass meadows: implications for pH buffering capacities. Estuaries and Coasts. 41. 2018-01-01
- Expanding Aquatic Observations through Recreation. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4. 2017-11-01
- Advancing Ocean Acidification Biology Using Durafet® pH Electrodes. Frontiers in Marine Science, Technology Report. 4. 2017-10-01
- Looking Ahead: A Profiling Float Micro-Rosette. Oceanography, 30. 2017-09-01
- A user’s guide for selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors -- An outcome from the 1st IOCCP International Sensors Summer Course.. 1st IOCCP International Sensors Summer Course.. 2017-01-01
- Engineering a Smartfin for surf-zone oceanography. OCEANS 2017. 2017:1-4. 2017-01-01
- A sensor package for mapping pH and oxygen from mobile platforms. Methods in Oceanography. 2016-06-01
- Best practices for autonomous measurement of seawater pH with the Honeywell Durafet. Methods in Oceanography. 2014-10-01
- Dynamic variability of biogeochemical ratios in the Southern California Current System.. Geophys. Res. Lett. 41. 2014-01-01
- Tracer Monitored Titrations: Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen. Analytical Chemistry. 2012-01-01
Chapter
- An empirical investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in dissolved inorganic macronutrients in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta -- Summary and Evaluation of Delta Subregions for Nutrient Monitoring and Assessment. San Francisco Estuary Institute. 2016-01-01
Document
- Supplementary material to "Developing a low-cost device for estimating air–water ΔpCO₂ in coastal environments". Copernicus GmbH. 2026-04-01
- Participatory science resources for SeaHawk-HawkEye water color observations. . 2024-06-01
- Supplementary material to "Developing a low-cost device for estimating air–water ΔpCO₂ in coastal environments". Copernicus GmbH.
Manuscript
- Developing a low-cost device for estimating air–water ΔpCO₂ in coastal environments. Copernicus GmbH. 2024-11-01
Newsletter
- The Mooring Report: June 2016. Vertical variability of dissolved oxygen in San Francisco Bay -- SFEI’s quarterly water quality science e-newsletter. SFEI. 2016-01-01
Report
- 2025 Flood Resilience Youth Program Evaluation Report.. . 2025-01-01
- Lessons Learned from the HawkEye-SeaHawk Mission. . 2024-01-01
- SeaFET & SeapHOx User Manual -- SeaFET & SeapHOx. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. 2021-01-01
- Summary of Workshop on Monitoring for Acidification in West Coast Estuaries: A San Francisco Bay Case Study. . 2017-01-01

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