Publications
The Coastal Morphodynamics research group has published the following research articles since its creation in 2012:
| Year | Authors | Institutions | Title | Journal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under review | Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Zlolinski, C. | UABC, U.Texas at Arlington | Cobble extraction threatens the long-term stability of La Chorera Beach, NW Baja California. | Marine Geology. | ||
| 2025 | Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., García-Walther, J., Ortiz-Serratos, L., Vargas-Vega, J. | UABC, U. Massachusetts, Pronatura Noroeste, ProEsteros, Coastal Solutions Fellow Program | The impact of beachface morphology on habitat suitability and breeding sucess of beach nesting birds | Estuaries and Coasts; ISSN: . | ||
| 2025 | Wasson, K., Cressman, K., Beheshti, K., Herder, E.C., Endris, C., Harley, C.D.D., Abadía-Cardoso, A., Beas-Luna, R., Carolsfeld, J., Chang, A.L. Crooks, J.A., Ferner, M.C., Grosholz, E.D., Harrington, N., Harris, J., Hayford, H., Helms, A.R., Lorda, J., Ruesink, J.L.,Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Rumrill, S.S., Schmitt, J., Smith, R.S., Walker, J.B., Whitcraft, C.R., Yang, S., Zacherl, D., Zabin, C.J. | UCSC, UABC, et al. | Setting the limit: cold rather than hot temperatures limit intertidal distribution of a coastal foundation species. | Marine Environmental Research 107149 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107149. | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141113625002065?via%3Dihub | |
| 2025 | Juárez, B, Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., García-Walther, J. | UABC, U. Massachusetts, Pronatura Noroeste | Tidal amplification and shallow water tides in a mixed semidiurnal coastal lagoon | Continental Shelf Research 289, 105468; ISSN: 0278-4343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2025.105468 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278434325000688?dgcid=coauthor | |
| 2025 | Gracia-Barrera,D., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Coco,G., Simarro, G., Calvete, D. | UABC, U. Auckland, U.Pol.Catalunya | Alongshore Runup Variability Across Contrasting Beach States: Insights from Field Observations | Geomorphology 109640; ISSN: 0169-555X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X25000509 | ||
| 2024 | Tisseaux-Navarro, A., Juárez, B., Vargas-Hernández, J.M., Salazar-Ceciliano, J.P., Cambronero-Solano, S., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Vargas, L., Matley, J., Fisk, A.T., Espinoza, M. | UABC, U. Costa Rica | Diurnal and semidiurnal movements of two commercially important fish in a tropical bay. | Marine Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04493-4 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-024-04493-4 | |
| 2024 | Rodríguez-Padilla, I., Mariño-Tapia, I., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A | UABC, UNAM | Daily timescale analysis of sediment transport and topographic changes on a mesotidal sandy beach under low to moderate wave conditions. | Marine Geology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107323 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322724001075 | |
| 2024 | Tisseaux-Navarro, A., Juárez, B., Vargas-Hernández, J.M., Cambronero-Solano, S., Espinoza, M., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Salazar-Ceciliano, J.P. | UABC, U. Costa Rica | Upwelling-Induced Inflow Pulses in a Tropical Bay during Mid-Summer Drought | Regional Studies in Marine Science ISSN:2352-4855 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103548 | https://authors.elsevier.com/tracking/article/details.do?aid=103548&jid=RSMA&surname=Tisseaux-Navarro | |
| 2024 | Juárez, B, Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., García-Walther, J. | UABC, U. Massachusetts, Pronatura Noroeste | Tidal, density and wind-driven subtidal circulation in a hypersaline coastal lagoon | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; ISSN: 0272-7714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108748 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272771424001367?dgcid=coauthor | |
| 2024 | Warrick, J.A.,Buscombe, D., Vos, K., Bryan, K., Castelle, B., Cooper, A., Harley, M., Jackson, D., Masselink, G., Palmsten, M., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Senechal, N., Sherwood, C., Short, A., Sogut, E., Splinter, K., Stephenson, W., Syvitski, J., Woodroffe, C., Young, A. | USGS,UNSW, U.Bordeaux, U. Ulster, U.Plymouth, UABC, U.Sydney, Woods Hole, U. Otago, U. Wollongong, SCRIPPS | Evaluating Climate Signals on Global Coastal Shoreline Positions | Maters Arising Nature Communications; ISSN:2041-1723.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46608-x | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46608-x. | |
| 2023 | Kono-Martínez, T., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Mariño-Tapia, I., Coco,G. | UABC, UNAM, U. Auckland | Alongshore variability in berm and sandbar migration patterns on a highly dynamic beach | Geomorphology; ISSN: 0169-555X.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108935 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X23003550 | |
| 2023 | García-Walther, J., Portillo-Zavala, D., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Senner, A.N.R. | U. Massachusetts, Pronatura Noroeste, UABC | Throwing a lifeline: floating seagrass rafts as natural alternative roosting habitat for shorebirds | Ecology; ISSN: 0022-0477. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4139 | https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecy.4139 | |
| 2023 | Benavente. J., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Plomaritis, T.A., Sedrati, M., Ariffin, E.H. | U. Cádiz, UABC, IFREMER, U. Malaysia | Editorial: Coastal environment in a changing world | Frontiers in Marine Science; ISSN: 2296-7745.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1213689 | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1213689/full | |
| 2022 | Romero-Arteaga, A., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Esquivel-Trava, B. | UABC, CICESE | Spatial variability of surface waves and nearshore currents induced by Hurricane Harvey along the southern Texas coast | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering; ISSN: 2077-1312. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10111722 | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/11/1722 | |
| 2022 | Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Gracia-Barrera, A.D., Kono-Martínez, T., Coco, G. | UABC, U. Auckland | Morphodynamics of a highly-dynamic, swell-dominated, enclosed beach with rip currents in NW Baja California | Geomorphology; ISSN: 0169-555X | Available at SSRN: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108336 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X2200229X |
| 2022 | Harley, M.D, Masselink, G., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Valiente, N.G, Scott, T. | UNSW, UoP, UABC, | Single extreme storm sequence can offset decades of shoreline retreat by sea-level rise | Nature Communications, Earth and Environment; ISSN:2662-4435.DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-805900/v1 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00437-2 | |
| 2022 | Romero-Arteaga, A., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A. | UABC | Spatial variability of currents associated with different cold fronts along the southern Texas coast | Ocean Dynamics; ISSN:1616-7228. DOI:10.1007/s10236-022-01505-z | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10236-022-01505-z | |
| 2022 | Romero-Arteaga, A., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Rivas, D., Juarez, B. | UABC, CICESE | Nearshore current variations during the passage of cold fronts in NW Gulf of Mexico | Continental Shelf Research; ISSN:0278-4343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2022.104697 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278434322000528?via%3Dihub | |
| 2022 | Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Gasalla-López, B., Benavente, J. | UABC, U.Cádiz | Morphological response of an embayed beach to swell-driven storminess cycles over an 8-year period | Geomorphology; ISSN:0169-555X. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108164 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X22000575?dgcid=author | |
| 2020 | Senechal, N., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A. | Univ. Bordeaux, UABC | 20 - Seasonal imprint on beach morphodynamics | Editor(s): Derek W.T. Jackson, Andrew D. Short, Sandy Beach Morphodynamics, Elsevier, Pages 461-486; ISBN 9780081029275 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102927-5.00020-5. | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081029275000205 | |
| 2020 | Vidal-Ruiz, J.A., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A. | UABC | Modes of onshore sandbar migration at a single-barred and swell-dominated beach | Marine Geology ISSN:0025-3227 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106222 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322720301109?dgcid=author | |
| 2020 | Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Medellín, G., | UABC, II-UNAM-Sisal | 28 - Importancia del monitoreo costero para la construcción de la resiliencia | Editor(s): Rivera-Arriaga, E., I. Azuz-Adeath, O. D. Cervantes Rosas, A. Espinoza-Tenorio, R. Sil- va Casarín, A. Ortega-Rubio, A. V. Botello y B. E. Vega-Serratos, Gobernanza y Manejo de las Costas y Mares ante la Incertidumbre. Una guía para tomadores de decisiones, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche. RICOMAR Pages 543-561; ISBN 9786078444588 https://doi.org/10.26359/epomex.0120 | B_2_RuizdeAlegriaArzaburu_Medellin.pdf | |
| 2019 | Goff, J.A, Swartz, J.M, Gulick, S.P.S., Dawson, C.N., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A. | Univ. Texas at Austin, UABC | An outflow event on the left side of hurricane Harvey: erosion of barrier sand and seaward transport through Aransas Pass | Geomorphology 334, 44-57; ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.02.038 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X19300807 | |
| 2019 | Vidal-Ruiz, J.A., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A. | UABC | Variability of sandbar morphometrics over three seasonal cycles on a single-barred beach | Geomorphology 333, 61-72; ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.02.034 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X19300765 | |
| 2018 | Vila-Concejo, A., Gallop, S.L., Hamylton, S.M., Esteves, L.S., Bryan, K.R., Delgado-Fernandez, I., Guisado-Pintado, E., Joshi, S., Miot da Silva, G., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Power, H.E., Senechal, N., Splinter, K. | others and UABC | Steps to improve gender diversity in coastal geoscience and engineering | Palgrave Communications,4:103.DOI: 10.1057/s41599-018-0154-0 | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-018-0154-0 | |
| 2018 | Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Vidal-Ruiz, J.A. | UABC | Beach recovery capabilities after El Niño 2015-2016 at Ensenada Beach, Northern Baja California | Ocean Dynamics 68, 749–759; ISSN: 1616-7341.DOI: 10.1007/s10236-018-1164-6 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10236-018-1164-6 | |
| 2017 | Torres-Freyermuth, A., Puleo, J.A., DiCosmo, N., Allende-Arandia, M.E., Chardon-Maldonado, P., Lopez, J., Figueroa, B., Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Figlus, J., Candela, J., | UABC, UNAM, CICESE, U.Delaware, Texas A&M | Nearshore circulation on a sea breeze dominated beach during intense wind events. | Continental Shelf Research 151, 40–52; ISSN: 0278-4343. DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2017.10.008 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278434317300973 | |
| 2017 | Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A., Vidal-Ruiz, J.A., García-Nava, H., Romero-Arteaga, A. | UABC | Seasonal morphodynamics of the subaerial and subtidal sections of an intermediate and mesotidal beach | Geomorphology 295, 383–392; ISSN: 0169-555X. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.07.021 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X16307991 | |
| 2016 | Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, A.; Arreola-Cortez, M.A.; García-Nava, H.; Hernández-Walls, R., and Mejía-Trejo, A., | UABC | The effects of beach morphology variations on the profile of nearshore currents on a gently sloping mesotidal beach | Journal of Coastal Research SI 75, 457–461; ISSN: 0749-0208. DOI: 10.2112/SI75-XXX | https://meridian.allenpress.com/jcr/article-abstract/doi/10.2112/SI75-092.1/29766/The-Effects-of-Beach-Morphology-Variations-on-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext | |
| 2015 | Ruiz de Alegria-Arzaburu, A., García-Nava, H., Gil-Silva, E., Desplán-Salinas, G.,. | UABC | A morphodynamic comparison of walled and non-walled beach sections, Ensenada beach, Mexico. | The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments ISBN: 978-981-4355-52-0 | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814689977_0018 | |
| 2014 | Vidal-Juárez., T., Ruiz de Alegria-Arzaburu, A., Mejía-Trejo, A., García-Nava, H., Enriquez, C. | UABC, UNAM | Predicting Barrier Beach Breaching due to Extreme Water Levels At San Quintín, Baja California, México | Journal of Coastal Research SI 71, 100–106; ISSN: 0749-0208. DOI: 10.2112/SI71-012.1 | https://meridian.allenpress.com/jcr/article-abstract/doi/10.2112/SI71-012.1/193803/Predicting-Barrier-Beach-Breaching-due-to-Extreme?redirectedFrom=fulltext |