Awesome Opossum
February Vacation Family Programs Waquoit Bay Reserve, 131 Waquoit Highway, East Falmouth Thursday, February 20 10:00am -11:30am Awesome Opossum –Common on Cape Cod and active all winter yet many [...]
Water World
February Vacation Family Programs Waquoit Bay Reserve 131 Waquoit Highway, East Falmouth Wednesday, February 19 10:00am – 11:00am Water World – Dive into the world of water with activities [...]
Family Fun Walk
February Vacation Family Programs South Cape Beach State Park, 494 Great Oak Road, Mashpee Tuesday, February 18th 10:00am -11:30am Family Fun Walk - Walk approximately 1 mile along the [...]
Genetic Variation and Adaptation in the Salt Marsh Plant Salicornia depressa
Project Title: Genetic Variation and Adaptation in the Salt Marsh Plant Salicornia depressa Date: 2019 Principal Investigator: Brook Moyers, Affiliations: University of Massachusetts Summary: Salicornia are small annual saltwater marsh [...]
Tackling microplastic pollution in Waquoit Bay
Project Title: Tackling microplastic pollution in Waquoit Bay Date: 2019 Principal Investigator(s): Javier Lloret , Rut Pedrosa-Pamies Affiliation: Marine Biological Laboratory Link to Cape Cod Times article: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190810/tackling-microplastic-pollution-in-waquoit-bay
Water quality monitoring and modelling in Waquoit Bay estuaries
Project Title: Water quality monitoring and modelling in Waquoit Bay estuaries. Date: 6/2019-11/2019 Principal Investigator(s): Ivan Valiela, Javier Lloret Affiliations: Marine Biological Laboratory- The Ecosystems Center Summary: The Valiela Lab, [...]
Greenhouse Gas Measurement at Sage Lot
Project Title: Greenhouse Gas Measurement at Sage Lot Date: 5/2018-12/2018 Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Jim Tang, Dr. Faming Wang Affiliations: MBL Summary: In this study, we continued the field gas flux [...]
Spatial variability of carbon export from tidal marsh drainage
Project Title: Spatial variability of carbon export from tidal marsh drainage Date: 11/2018-8/2019 Principal Investigator(s): Joseph Tamborski Affiliations: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summary: Salt marshes provide significant environmental and economic [...]
Coupling sediment Fe(II) oxidation with denitrification and DNRA
Project Title: Coupling sediment Fe(II) oxidation with denitrification and DNRA Date: 2019-2020 Principal Investigator(s): Claudia Mazur, Robinson Fulweiler Affiliations: Boston University Summary: Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for primary productivity [...]
Larval behavior, Dispersal, and Connectivity of Estuarine Trematode Parasites
Project Title: Larval behavior, Dispersal, and Connectivity of Estuarine Trematode Parasites Date: 6/2019-8/2022 Principal Investigator(s): Lauren Dykman Affiliations: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summary: Trematodes are abundant parasites that significantly influence [...]
Groundwater controls on microbial communities in coastal aquifers
Project Title: Groundwater controls on microbial communities in coastal aquifers Date: 6/2019-6/2020 Principal Investigator(s): Dr. James Heiss Affiliations: UMass Lowell Summary: Groundwater discharge from the seabed into coastal ecosystems carries [...]
Phragmites porewater geochemistry
Project Title: Phragmites porewater geochemistry Date: 6/2019-8/2019 Principal Investigator(s): Meagan Gonneea Affiliations: U.S. Geological Survey: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Summary: Methane is an important greenhouse gas produced [...]
Quantifying Coastal Ocean Acidification Impacts on Estuarine Nitrogen Removal
Project Title: Quantifying Coastal Ocean Acidification Impacts on Estuarine Nitrogen Removal Date: 6/2019-6/2020 Principal Investigator(s): Robinson Fulweiler Affiliations: Boston University Summary: Ocean acidification in estuarine systems is expected to influence [...]
Life’s a Barrier Beach- for moths, ants, bees and other insects
Project Title: Life’s a Barrier Beach- for moths, ants, bees and other insects. Date: 5/2019-11/2019 Principal Investigator(s): Mark J. Mello Affiliations: Lloyd Center for the Environment Summary: Moths have been [...]
Investigating the effect of salinity on mud crab parasite communities
Project Title: Investigating the effect of salinity on mud crab parasite communities Date: 7/2018-12/2018 Principal Investigator(s): Carolyn Tepolt, Zachary Tobias Affiliations: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Biology Summary: The [...]
Assessing trends on watershed and stormwater nitrogen loading and vulnerabilities in meeting TMDLs in Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod
Project Title: Assessing trends on watershed and stormwater nitrogen loading and vulnerabilities in meeting TMDLs in Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod. Date: 7/2016-4/2019 Principal Investigator(s): Ivan Valiela, Dani Hanacek Affiliations: [...]
Trematode Parasites of Tritia obsoleta
Project Title: Trematode Parasites of Tritia obsoleta Date: 7/2018-8/2018 Principal Investigator(s): Lauren Dykman Affiliations: WHOI Summary: I am surveying populations of the Eastern Mudsnail (Tritia obsoleta) in Waquoit Bay to [...]
Photochemical degradation of dissolved organic carbon at Waquoit Bay
Project Title: Photochemical degradation of dissolved organic carbon at Waquoit Bay Date: 7/2018-7/2019 Principal Investigator(s): Collin Ward, Sam McNichol Affiliations: WHOI Summary: Dissolved organic carbon is a central intermediate in [...]
HOBO RX3000 Nutrient Monitoring
Project Title: HOBO RX3000 Nutrient Monitoring Date: 7/2018-10/2018 Principal Investigator(s): Jacob Lacourse Affiliations: Onset Computer – Director of Hardware Engineering Summary: Nitrogen and phosphorous are essential nutrients for plants. Aquatic [...]
USGS Drone Flights at Sage Lot Pond
Project Title: USGS Drone Flights at Sage Lot Pond Date: 7/2017-7/2018 Principal Investigator(s): Kevin Kroeger, Sandy Brosnahan, Meagan Gonneea Affiliations: USGS Summary: The U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole is [...]
NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center Unmanned Aerial Systems Training
Project Title: NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center Unmanned Aerial Systems Training Date: 7/2017-7/2018 Principal Investigator(s): Mike Jech, Kimberly Murray, Lisa Conger, Elizabeth Josephson, Jennifer Johnson Affiliations: NOAA NMFS, Integrated Statistics [...]
Coastal Soil Systems for a Changing Climate
Project Title: Coastal Soil Systems for a Changing Climate Date: 9/2017 Principal Investigator(s): Mark Stolt and Amber Hardy Affiliations: University of Rhode Island Summary: Waquoit Bay sites were used in [...]
Ground Movement of a Salt Marsh due to Tidal Flooding and Draining
Project Title: Ground Movement of a Salt Marsh due to Tidal Flooding and Draining Date: 1/2016-12/2019 Principal Investigator(s): Vitalii A. Sheremet Affiliations: Summary: While analyzing the water levels (at maximum [...]
Landscaping for Resilience: All About the Trees
11/07/2019 - 11/07/2019 131 Waquoit Highway/Route 28 Map and Directions | Register Description:All About the Trees Featured Speaker: Russell Norton, Agriculture and Horticulture Extension Educator, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension When [...]
Bringing Wetlands to Market: STEM Curriculum Linking Wetlands and Sea Level Rise
10/29/2019 - 10/29/2019 131 Waquoit Highway/Route 28 Map and Directions | Register Description:The Waquoit Bay Reserve and WHOI are hosting a workshop on Tuesday, October 29 from 9:00am - 4:00pm [...]
Wild About Estuaries
Saturday, September 14th 1:00PM - 4:00PM Activities: Discover Waquoit Bay by Boat - (US Fish & Wildlife) 1:00PM 2:45PM 3:15PM Wampanoag Clam Chowder Book Launch at 2:00PM - “How [...]
The Ospreys’ Journey
09/13/2019 As the season comes to a close we'll have some last minute views of osprey on their nests before they head South. Discover where local birds may be spending [...]
Estate Tour
09/12/2019 Enjoy the breeze and water view while learning the human history of this 1800's estate that is now a state park. Discover how different groups were connected to the bay [...]
Duck Boats in the Bay
09/07/2019 Discover the rich history of Washburn Island that includes indigenous people, the US Military, and now the Waquoit Bay Research Reserve. Explore changes in land use and learn about [...]
Can Oysters Help Restore the Bay
09/06/2019 Visit our aquaculture research site along the shore and discover how people are farming the sea to produce local food and why scientists are are exploring ways that shellfish [...]
Osprey Watch
09/02/2019 Enjoy close-up viewing of osprey and their nests and find out why these amazing birds have rebounded after years of decline. Discover where these seasonal residents go in the [...]
Intertidal salt marshes as an important source of inorganic carbon to the coastal ocean
Project Title: Intertidal salt marshes as an important source of inorganic carbon to the coastal ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 61(5), 1916-1931. Date: 2016 Principal Investigators: Wang, Z. A., Kroeger, K. [...]
Genotype environment associations support a mosaic hybrid zone between two tidal marsh birds
Project Title: Genotype environment associations support a mosaic hybrid zone between two tidal marsh birds. Date: 2016 Principal Investigators: Walsh, J., Rowe, R. J., Olsen, B. J., Shriver, W. G., [...]
Eutrophication of Cape Cod estuaries: Effect of decadal changes in global-driven atmospheric and local-scale wastewater nutrient loads
Project Title: Eutrophication of Cape Cod estuaries: Effect of decadal changes in global-driven atmospheric and local-scale wastewater nutrient loads. Date: 2016 Principal Investigators: Valiela, I., Owens, C., Elmstrom, E., & [...]
Precision Monitoring of Water Level in a Salt Marsh with Low Cost Tilt Loggers
Title: Precision Monitoring of Water Level in a Salt Marsh with Low Cost Tilt Loggers. Date: 4/2016 Authors: Sheremet, V. A., & Mora, J. W. (2016). Affiliation: AA(NOAA Northeast Fisheries [...]
Contemporary Methods for Quantifying Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Coastal Areas
Project Title: Contemporary Methods for Quantifying Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Coastal Areas Date: 2016 Principal Investigators: Ray, R. L., & Dogan, A. Affiliations: Summary: In Emerging Issues in Groundwater Resources [...]
Assessing tidal marsh resilience to sea-level rise at broad geographic scales with multi-metric indices
Project Title: Assessing tidal marsh resilience to sea-level rise at broad geographic scales with multi-metric indices Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Raposa, K. B., et al. (2016). Affiliation: Summary: Biological Conservation, [...]
Biogeography of dinoflagellate cysts in northwest Atlantic estuaries
Project Title: Biogeography of dinoflagellate cysts in northwest Atlantic estuaries Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Price, A. M., Pospelova, V., Coffin, M. R., Latimer, J. S., & Chmura, G. L. (2016). [...]
Sediment Nitrogen Fixation: a Call for Re-evaluating Coastal N Budgets
Project Title: Sediment Nitrogen Fixation: a Call for Re-evaluating Coastal N Budgets Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Newell, S. E., McCarthy, M. J., Gardner, W. S., & Fulweiler, R. W. Affiliation: [...]
Molecular evidence for sediment nitrogen fixation in a temperate New England estuary
Project Title: Molecular evidence for sediment nitrogen fixation in a temperate New England estuary Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Newell, S. E., Pritchard, K. R., Foster, S. Q., & Fulweiler, R. [...]
Carbon dioxide fluxes reflect plant zonation and below ground biomass in a coastal marsh
Project Title: Carbon dioxide fluxes reflect plant zonation and below ground biomass in a coastal marsh Date: 2016 Principal Investigators: Moseman‐Valtierra, S., Abdul‐Aziz, O. I., Tang, J., Ishtiaq, K. S., [...]
Continuous measurements of dissolved Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe ratios with a field-deployable gas equilibration mass spectrometer
Project Title: Continuous measurements of dissolved Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe ratios with a field-deployable gas equilibration mass spectrometer Date: 2016 Principal Investigators: Manning, C.C., Stanley, R.H., & Lott III, [...]
Sediment dynamics and hydrographic conditions during storm passage, Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts
Project Title: Sediment dynamics and hydrographic conditions during storm passage, Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Maio, C.V., Donnelly, J.P., Sullivan, R., Madsen, S.M., Weidman, C.R., Gontz, A.M., & [...]
Sediment nitrous oxide fluxes are dominated by uptake in a temperate estuary
Project Title: Sediment nitrous oxide fluxes are dominated by uptake in a temperate estuary Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Foster, S.Q., & Fulweiler, R.W. Summary: Coastal marine ecosystems are generally considered [...]
Direct and indirect trophic effects of predator depletion on basal trophic levels
Project Title: Direct and indirect trophic effects of predator depletion on basal trophic levels Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Chen, H., Hagerty, S., Crotty, S.M., & Bertness, M.D. Abstract: Human population [...]
Evaluation of laser-based spectrometers for greenhouse gas flux measurements in coastal marshes
Project Title: Evaluation of laser-based spectrometers for greenhouse gas flux measurements in coastal marshes Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Brannon, E. Q., Moseman-Valtierra, S. M., Rella, C.W., Martin, R.M., Chen, X. [...]
Potential Effects of Sea-Level Rise on the Depth to Saturated Sediments of the Sagamore and Monomoy Flow Lenses on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Project Title: Potential Effects of Sea-Level Rise on the Depth to Saturated Sediments of the Sagamore and Monomoy Flow Lenses on Cape Cod, Massachusetts Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Bay, C.C. [...]
Spartina alterniflora Biomass Allocation and Temperature: Implications for Salt Marsh Persistence with Sea-Level Rise
Project Title: Spartina alterniflora Biomass Allocation and Temperature: Implications for Salt Marsh Persistence with Sea-Level Rise Date: 2017 Principal Investigator(s): Crosby, S.C., Angermeyer, A., Adler, J.M., Bertness, M. D., Deegan, [...]
Decoupled distance–decay patterns between dsrA and 16S rRNA genes among salt marsh sulfate‐reducing bacteria
Project Title: Decoupled distance–decay patterns between dsrA and 16S rRNA genes among salt marsh sulfate‐reducing bacteria Date: 2016 Principal Investigator(s): Angermeyer, A., Crosby, S.C., & Huber, J.A. Summary: In many [...]
Indirect human impacts turn off reciprocal feedbacks and decrease ecosystem resilience
Project Title: Indirect human impacts turn off reciprocal feedbacks and decrease ecosystem resilience Date: 2015 Principal Investigator(s): Bertness, M.D., Brisson, C.P., & Crotty, S.M. Summary: Creek bank salt marsh die-off [...]
