Gary Sundin

Gary Sundin

Wildlife Biologist IV - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)

Education

M.S. 2007 University of Georgia

Research Interests

  • Biology & demographics of SC oysters and other bivalves
  • Living shoreline performance in SC
  • sUAS for wildlife research & management
  • Intertidal oyster reef mapping
  • Short-term erosional processes & geomorphology in SC

Publications

  • Tweel, A., G. Sundin, G. Wagner, L. Faulk. M. Hodges, D. Sanger, and P. Kingsley-Smith. 2025. Investigating the effects of site characteristics and installation material type on intertidal living shorelines performance in coastal South Carolina, USA. Estuaries and Coasts. (2025) 48:79.
  • Gaillard, M., K. Luciano, G. Sundin, K. Weber, and K. Smith. 2024. Testing of shoreline erosion monitoring methodologies for Heritage at Risk sites: Pockoy Island, South Carolina, USA. Advances in Archaeological Practice. (2024), 1 – 13.
  • Sasson, D. A., C. C. Chabot, J. H. Mattei, J. F. Brunson, J. H. Huber, J. E. Kasinak, C. McShane, P. T. Puckette, G. Sundin, P. R. Kingsley-Smith, and M. R. Kendrick. 2024 The American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, spawns regularly in salt marshes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. (2024) e2738.
  • Kingsley-Smith, P. R., A. W. Tweel, S. P. Johnson, G. W. Sundin, M. S. Hodges, B. W. Stone, G. D. Sorg, and D. M. Sanger. (2023). Evaluating the ability of constructed intertidal Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reefs to address shoreline erosion in South Carolina, USA. Journal of South Carolina Water Resources. 9:15-28.
  • Julien, A., A. Tweel, D. McGlinn, G. Sundin, N. Hadley, and P. Kingsley-Smith. 2019. Characterization of ribbed mussel Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) habitat in relation to tidal elevation and salinity in a South Carolina estuary. Journal of Shellfish Research. 38:53-61.