Project Title: Impacts of tidal hydrology on maritime forest and coastal marsh diebackDuration: July 2022 – Dec 2022 (continuation of July 2020-2021 project)Funding Source(s): NSF, Geological Society of America Student [...]
Title: Pilot Drone Mapping of Marsh Biomass and Species for estimating Vegetation DragLead Investigator / onsite-contact: Heidi NepfAffiliation: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe flow resistance provided by coastal [...]
Project Title: The impact of excess nutrients in Waquoit Bay estuariesDuration: April-2022 to December-2022Funding Source(s): Various educational programs at MBL, including the Logan Science Journalism Program, the NSFREU Biological Discovery [...]
Project Title: Spatial mapping of dissolved inorganic carbon across Waquoit Bay Duration: (month/year to month/year): Mid-late Sept 2021 Funding Source(s): MIT Seagrant, NOAA OER, NSF Principal Investigator: Mallory Ringham Affiliation: [...]
Project Title: USGS-Woods Hole Spectroradiometer Testing and UAV flights Duration: (9/22/2021 to 10/29/2021): Funding Source(s): USGS Lead Investigator: Jennifer Cramer, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Phone:716-708-2103 Email:jcramer@usgs.gov [...]
Title: Transfer of a low-cost tidal wetland water level monitoring system: hyperlocal calculations of inundation and tidal datums for understanding change and restoration planning Affiliation: Okeanolog/WBNERR Funding Source: NERRS Science [...]
Title: Mercury loading in estuarine food webs in relation to nitrogen loading Duration: July 2011-October 2017 Funding Source: WHOI Sea Grant Lead Investigator: John Logan Affiliation: Massachusetts Division of Marine [...]
Project Title: Effects of sea level rise on maritime forest dieback Duration: July 2020-July 2021 Funding Source(s): NSF Lead Investigator: Elizabeth Watson Affiliation: Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences [...]
Tuesday, February 23 at 6:30PM - Recent Trends in Water Quality in Response to Urbanization across Waquoit Bay Estuaries Researchers from MBL have been studying the input, distribution and fate of [...]
Wednesday, Feb 3 at 12:00PM - Over the past decade, Cape Cod has emerged as the only known aggregation site for white sharks in the western North Atlantic. The now-predictable [...]
Tuesday, February 9 at 6:30PM - Life’s a Beach...for Insects too. Barrier Beaches as Specialized Habitat for Rare Moths Coastal dune systems have been under-surveyed for moths. Two barrier beach systems, Dead [...]
Project Title: A Fetch Dependent Gas Transfer Velocity Year: 2020 Principal Investigators: Seth Zippel (AOPE) (szippel@whoi.edu) and Matthew Long (MCG) Affiliations: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Abstract: Air/water exchanges of gasses [...]
Title: Forecasting rates of sediment nutrient and metal fluxes under coastal acidification for improved estuarine water qualityYear: 2020-2022Principal Investigator/contact information: Claudia I. Mazur (she/her)Ph.D. Candidate, Fulweiler LabNOAA Margaret A. Davidson FellowEarth & [...]
Title: Composition, Colonization, and Succession of Trematode Parasites in Estuarine Snail Populations Date: 06/2019 – 08/2022 Principal Investigators: Lauren Dykman Affiliation: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Email: ldykman@mit.edu PI: Lauren Dykman (right) [...]
Project Title: Evaluating the Impact of Hydrologic Alterations on Salt Marsh Sustainability in a Changing Climate Project Partners: Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project, Louisiana State University, National Park Service, United States [...]
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 [...]
Project Title: Tackling microplastic pollution in Waquoit BayDate: 2019 Principal Investigator(s): Javier Lloret , Rut Pedrosa-PamiesAffiliation: Marine Biological LaboratoryLink to Cape Cod Times article: https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190810/tackling-microplastic-pollution-in-waquoit-bay Additional Resources: Salt marsh sediments [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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., [...]
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., & [...]
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: NOAA Northeast Fisheries [...]
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 [...]
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: Kenneth B. Raposa [...]
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). [...]
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: [...]
