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: 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 [...]
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: 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, [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Lead Investigator: Dr. Kenny Raposa, Research Coordinator, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Reserve WBNERR Project Contact: Dr. Megan Tyrrell 8 Reserves Included in Project: Great Bay NH, Waquoit Bay MA, Narragansett [...]
Tanya Rogers, David Kimbro (Northeastern University Marine Science Center) Funding Source(s): Northeastern University; National Science Foundation
Kevin Kroeger, Meagan Gonneea (U.S. Geological Survey: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center) Aleck Wang (WHOI) Funding Source(s): USGS, NSF
Amanda Spivak WHOI Funding Source(s): WHOI
2016 Harriet Booth, Patrick Barrett, Meredith Burke, Dr. David Kimbro Northeastern University Funding Source(s): Northeastern University
2016 Robinson W. Fulweiler(Boston University); Teri O’Meara (University of Auckland) Funding Source(s): Boston University, University of Auckland
Project Title: Relationship of phenotypic variation and genetic admixture in the Saltmarsh-Nelson’s sparrow hybrid zone Date: 2015 Principal Investigator(s): Walsh, Jennifer, et al. Abstract: Hybridization is influential in shaping species' [...]
Project Title: The Great Sippewissett salt marsh plots—some history, highlights, and contrails from a long-term study Date: 2015 Principal Investigator(s): Valiela, I. Summary: During the 2013 meeting of the Coastal [...]
Project Title: Preliminary evidence for the amplification of global warming in shallow, intertidal estuarine waters. Date: 2015 Principal Investigator(s): Oczkowski, A., McKinney, R., Ayvazian, S., Hanson, A., Wigand, C., & [...]
Lead Investigator: Wally Fulweiler, Boston University Marine Program Funding Source: MIT-Seagrant The negative consequences of excess nutrient loading alter estuarine sediment nutrient cycling in general and the production of methane in [...]
PIs: Ivan Valiela, MBL Ecosystems Center Oliver Newman, WHOI Guest Student Funding: WHOI, Mariot Foundation
PI: Anna Michel, Princeton University (WHOI in Fall 2012) Funding: WHOI and submitted grants (NSF, MIT Seagrant)
PIs: Philippe Hensel, National Geodetic Survey Galen Scott, National Geodetic Survey, University of RI Jim Lynch, US Geological Survey WBNERR Staff: Jim Rassman, Jordan Mora, Chris Weidman Description: Sediment Elevation [...]
Project Title: Development of an In-situ Automated pCO2 and Alkalinity Sensor Instrument – RATS Date: 2013 Principal Investigator(s): Dan McCorkle, WHOI, Bill Martin, WHOI, Fred Sayles, WHOI Funding: WHOI Coastal [...]
Project Title: Ocean / Estuarine Acidification – pCO2, pH and Aragonite Saturation State in Waquoit Bay and its Potential Impact on Shellfish Date: 2013 Principal Investigator(s): Dan McCorkle, WHOI, Bill [...]
PIs: Serena Moseman-Valtierra, University of Rhode Island, Jianwu Tang, MBL Ecosystems Center, Kevin Kroeger, USGS-Woods Hole Science Center, Funding: MIT Seagrant The general goal for the project is to measure [...]
Project Title: Carbon Management in Coastal Wetlands: Quantifying Carbon Storage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Tidal Wetlands to Support Development of a Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Economic Assessment Project Lead: [...]
