CURRENT PROJECTS

If you are planning a research project within the Waquoit Bay NERR, you should first contact the Reserve’s Research Coordinator (chris.weidman@state.ma.us) to discuss it. If informally approved, you will need to complete and return a WBNERR Research Project Registration form (See Research Projection Registration forms). After assessment of the information provided on the form, the project can receive the Reserve’s formal approval. The purpose of registration process is to facilitate communication and coordination between visiting users of the reserve and the Reserve’s research program. For multi-year projects, Registrations are renewed annually usually at the start of each field season (typically in the late spring).

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Active Research and Monitoring Project List
Last Updated: 10/29/2009
Collaborative Projects     Internal Projects     External Projects     Other NOAA Projects
External Projects
Project NameOrganizationContactFunding SourceLinks
"Marsh-Die off" - Salt marsh and crab populations: Interspecies interactions Brown University
Brown University
Altieri
Bertness
Project Brief
Lab Link

Seawater circulation in coastal aquifers: processes and impacts

MIT
MIT
MIT
Barca
Harvey
Karam
NSF MIT-Sea Grant Project Link

Tracing trophic carbon source for acorn worms

WHOI
WHOI
WHOI
McIntyre
Nelson
Reddy
Project Brief
Researcher Profile Link

Trophic transfers of trace metals in Waquoit Bay

Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Brugge
Chen
Williams
Project Brief
Acorn worms and chordate evolution Univ. of Chicago / MBL
Lowe
Project Brief
Lowe Lab - Hemichordates Link
Researcher Profile Link
Coastal dune plant community structure UMASS-Dartmouth
Rajaniemi
UMASS Researcher Profile
Geochemistry in subterranean estuaries: reactions, rates, and fluxes WHOI
WHOI
Charette
Mulligan
NSF Subterranean Estuary Geochemistry
Geographic variation in salt marsh food web structure University of Houston
University of Houston
DeLoach
Pennings
NSF University of Houston UH Lab Link
Geographic variation in top-down control of Solidago sempervirens University of Houston
Pennings
University of Houston UH Lab Link
Mercury species sources and cycling in Waquoit Bay WHOI
Lamborg
WHOI-Sea Grant AGU Abstract 12-2008
Env. Sci. Tec. Article 3-2007
WHOI Press Release 3-2007
Microbially-mediated nitrogen transformations in Waquoit Bay's subterranean estuary WHOI
WHOI
WHOI
USGS
WHOI
Casciotti
Charette
Edwards
Kroeger
Rogers
NSF WHOI-Coastal Institute WHOI Project Link
Near-source atmospheric nitrogen deposition to coastal lagoons Cornell Universirty / Ecosystems - MBL
Woods Hole Research Center
Cornell University
Bettez
Davidson
Howarth
WHOI-SG WHOI-Sea Grant Project Brief
Nutrient ratios and planktonic composition in salt marshes University of Syracuse-ESF
Schulz
Project Brief
Role of microorganisms in subsurface carbon cycling WHOI
WHOI
Kujawinski
Longnecker
NSF WHOI Project Brief
Seasonal forcing of submarine goundwater discharge MIT
MIT
MIT
WHOI
Barca
Harvey
Hemond
Mulligan
WHOI-SG Oceanus article
WHOI Brief
WHOI-Sea Grant Project Brief
Studying bacterial ecology in Waquoit Bay Ecosystems-MBL
Brown University-MBL
Ecosystems-MBL, IEO
Erickson
Luo
Moran
Spanish Ministry of Education and Science Ecosystems / MBL Project Link
Technology development: sub-estuarine groundwater outflow using a thermal optical and resistivity methods USGS
University of Connecticut, USGS
Day-Lewis
Henderson
USGS USGS Project Link
Very rapid acquisition of surf zone bathymetry for estimating nearshore sediment transport WHOI
Raubenheimer
WHOI Lab Link
Project Brief