Dr. Goldberg retired in 2010. His publications primarily involved the biochemistry and cellular structures involved in gorgonian and black coral skeletons. The following post-retirement publications represent a new focus on the geomorphology of atolls.
Publications
__________ 2016: Atolls of the world: revisiting the original checklist. Atoll Research Bulletin 610 https://opensi.si.edu/index.php/smithsonian/catalog/book/132
_______ 2018: The Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands. Springer World Geography Series, Springer Nature Publishing AG ISSN 2363-9083 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-69532-7
_______ 2018: Coral food, feeding, nutrition and secretion: a review. In Kloc M & Kubiak JC (eds) Marine Organisms as Model Systems. Springer Nature Publishing AG. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319924854
_______ and Gene Rankey 2024. A Global Atlas of Atolls. CRC Press 428 pp., 476 plates, 29 maps. ISBN 978-1-032-26246-S. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9781003287339/global-atlas-atolls-walter-goldberg-eugene-rankey
_______ and Gene Rankey 2025. A revision and critique of atoll numbers based on satellite imagery. Pacific Science 79: 105-230. https://bioone.org/journals/pacific-science/volume-79/issue-1 Supplemental information available from http://maps.fiu.edu/gis/Goldberg/atolls