Waquoit Bay Research Publications and Documents List

total separate listings: 250(last update 4/5/2007)

General Topics (number of papers in each category) Papers can be multiple listed

 

1)      Anoxia (Hypoxia) (4)

2)      Archaeology/History (2)

3)      Biodiversity (11)

4)      Boating Effects (5 )

5)      Coastal Processes (21)

6)      Denitrification (6)

7)      Dinoflagellates (2)

8)      Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (2)

9)      Dissolved Oxygen (5)

10)  Economics / Management (23)

11)  Eel Grass (Zostera marina) (28)

12)  Eutrophication (Nitrogen-Loading) (110)

13)  Fish/Fisheries (48)

14)  Food Webs (10)

15)  Forests (9)

16)  Geographic Information Systems (5)

17)  Groundwater (36)

18)  Habitat (20)

19)  Hydrography (9)

20)  Invertebrates (other than shellfish) (19)

21)  Land-margin Ecosystems Program (2)

22)  Land-use Effects (33)

23)  Macroalgae (Seaweeds) (36)

24)  Meteorology/Climate/Storm Effects (5)

25)  Overviews/General Reports on Waquoit Bay System (18)

26)  Phytoplankton (15)

27)  Pollutants (other than excess nutrients) (7)

28)  Primary Production (9)

29)  Red Tides (Toxic Blooms) (1)

30)  Rivers (11)

31)  Salt Marshes (14)

32)  Sediments (6)

33)  Septic Discharge (Wastewater) (14)

34)  Shellfish (15)

35)  Stable Isotopes (C, N, O) (8)

36)  Tides/Tidal Inlets (8)

37)  Urbanization (8)

38)  Watershed (52)

39)  Wetlands (fresh water) (3)

40)  Wildlife – Animals/Fauna (1)

41)  Wildlife -- Plants/Flora (9)

42)   Zooplankton (3)

 

1. Anoxia

 

Cenzalli, A.. 1988. Observations made of a “fish kill” event. Report to Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Management. Manuscript. 11pp

 

D’Avanzo, C. and J. N. Kremer. 1994. Diel oxygen dynamics and anoxic events in a eutrophic estuary of Waquoit Bay, Mass. Estuaries: 17: 131-139.

 

Sanger, D. M., M.D. Arendt, Y. Chen, E. L. Wenner , A. F. Holland, D. Edwards and J. Caffrey. 2002. A Synthesis of Water Quality Data: National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Monitoring Program (1995-2000). National Estuarine Research Reserve Technical Report Series 2002: 3. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources  Division Contribution No. 500. 135 p.

 

Wenner, E., D. Sanger, M. Arendt, A. F. Holland and Y. Chen. 2004. Variability in dissolved oxygen and other water quality variables within the national Estuarine Research Reserve System. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 45, 17-38.

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2. Archaeology/ History

  

Anonymous, 1996. The Ecology of the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Ed., M. Geist). NOAA and Mass. DEM. Available through Waquoit Bay NERR.

 

Gallagher, J. 1983. The South Cape Beach, Mashpee, Massachusetts: An Intensive survey of the balance of the park, phase I (B). pp. 74.

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3. Biodiversity

 

Behr, P. J., Tober, J., and Valiela, I. Date: ca. 1996-1997. Fish abundance, biomass, and species richness in estuaries of Waquoit Bay exposed to different nitrogen-loading  rates. (Manuscript-unpublished).

 

Carlisle, B. K., A. L. Hicks, J. P. Smith, A. R. Garcia and B. G. Largay. 1999. Plants and aquatic vertebrates as indicators of wetland integrity in Waquoit Bay watershed, Cape Cod. Environment Cape Cod 2 (2): 30-60.

 

Chun, K., Weaver, M. J., Deegan, L. A. 1996. Assessment of fish communities in New England embayments: application of the Estuarine Biotic Integrity Index. Biological Bulletin 191: 320-321.

 

Deegan, L. A., J. T. Finn, S. G. Ayvazian and C. Ryder. 1993. Feasibility and Application of the Index of Biotic Integrity to Massachusetts Estuaries. Final Project Report to Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. 86 pp.

 

Haedrich, R. L. 1975. Diversity and overlap as measures of environmental quality. Water Research 9: 945-952.

 

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, J. C. Wyda, M. J. Weaver and A. Wright. 2002. The effects of eelgrass habitat loss on estuarine fish communities of southern New England, Estuaries 25 (2): 235-249.

 

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, M. J. Weaver and J. E. Costa. 2002. Regional application of index of estuarine biotic integrity based on fish communities, Estuaries 25 (2): 250-263.

 

Hunter-Thomson, K., J. Hughes and B. Williams. 2002. Estuarine-open water comparison of fish community structure in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) habitats of Cape Cod , Biological Bulletin 203: 247-248.

 

Hurley, S. T.. 1990. Fisheries Sampling Report: Quashnet River, Falmouth-Mashpee. 7pp. (Manuscript).

 

O’Brien, K. M., Deegan, L. A., Finn, J. T., and Ayvazian, S. G. 1990. The effects of macroalgae on the abundance and diversity of free-swimming invertebrates in eelgrass beds of Waquoit Bay, MA. Abstract from MBL General Meeting. Biological Bulletin 179: 223.

 

Rand, R. J., Deegan, L. A., Finn, J. T., and Ayvazian, S. G. 1990. Influence of macroalgae in eelgrass beds on finfish abundance and dissolved oxygen in Waquoit Bay.  Abstract from MBL General Meeting. Biological Bulletin 179: 223-224.

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4. Boating Effects

 

Anonymous. 1998. The Environmental Impacts of Boating; Proceedings of a Workshop held at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA, Decemeber 7 to 9, 1994 (Crawford, R. E., N. E. Stolpe and M. J. Moore, Eds.). WHOI Technical Report 98-03. 202pp.

 

Anonymous, 2003. Environmental and Aesthetic Impacts of Docks and Piers. Workshop Report, January 2003: Developing a Science-Based Decision Support Tool for Small Dock Management, Phase 1: Status of the Science (R. Kelty and S. Bliven, Eds.) NOAA’s Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series Number 22, 62 pp.

 

Burdick, D. M., and F. T. Short. 1995. The Effects of Boat Docks on Eelgrass Beds in Massachusetts Coastal Waters. Report prepared for Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Massachusetss Coastal Zone Management. 32 pp.

 

Crawford, R. E., C. J. Lamond and K. Blake. 1994. 1992 Recreational Boating Survey: Practices and Utilization of Waquoit Bay Waters. WBNERR Technical Report No. 102. 35 pp.

 

Crawford, R. E. 2002. Secondary wake turbidity from small boat operation in a shallow sandy bay. Journal of Coastal Research 37: 50-65.

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5. Coastal Processes/Sediments, Beaches

 

Anonymous, 2003. The Future of Falmouth’s South Shore: Report of the Coastal Resources Working Group to the Board of Selectmen, Falmouth, Massachusetts. Town of Falmouth. 81pp.

 

Aubrey, D. G. and A. G. Gaines. 1982. Rapid formation and degradation of barrier spits in areas with low rates of littoral drift. Marine Geology 49: 257-278.

 

Aubrey, D. G. and A. G. Gaines. 1982. Recent evolution of an active barrier beach complex: Popponesset Beach, Cape Cod, MA. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI-82-3, 77 pp.

 

Aubrey, D. G., T. R. McSherry, P. P. Eliet. 1993. Effects of multiple inlet morphology on tidal exchange: Waquoit Bay, MA. In Coastal and Estuarine Studies, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 44: 213-235.

 

Audet, R. H. 1991. Waquoit Bay NERRs Summer Fellowship in Science Education Summary Report. pp. 15.

 

Belaval, M., 2003. A geophysical investigation of the subsurface salt/fresh water interface structure, Waquoit Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Masters Thesis. Boston College. 78 pp.

 

DeWall, A. E., J. A. Tarnowski, B. Danielson and L. L. Weishar. 1984. Inlet processes at Eel Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts. Miscellaneous Paper No. CERC-84-9. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waltham. MA, 128 pages.

 

Eliet, P. P. 1990. An historical analysis of the changing geomorphology of the Waquoit Bay estuarine system. Summer Student Fellow Report. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. 37pp.

 

Escartin, J., and D. G. Aubrey. 1995. Flow structure and dispersion within algal mats. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40: 451-472.

 

FitzGerald, D. M. 1983. The development of coastal bays and tidal inlets. In Proceedings of Conference on  Salt Ponds and Tidal Inlets: Maintenance and Management Considerations, November 19, 1983, sponsored by CZM (S. Bliven and A. L. Hankin, eds): 25-44.

 

FitzGerald, D. M.. 1993. Origin and stability of tidal inlets in Massachusetts. In Coastal and Estuarine Studies, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 44: 1-?.

 

Geyer, R. W.. 1997. Influence of wind on dynamics and flushing of shallow estuaries. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science 44: 713-722.

 

Giese, G., and Aubrey, D. G. 1987. Losing coastal upland to relative sea-level rise: 3 scenarios for Massachusetts. Oceanus 30 (3): 16-22.

 

Mah, W. B. 1993. Sea level rise impact investigation: Mashpee, Massachusetts. Final Report. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 40 pp.

 

McCormick, C. 1994. The response of a small barrier beach system to sediment deprivation: Waquoit Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Summer Student Fellow Report. 20 pp.

 

Moody, J. A. 1988. Small-scale inlets as tidal filters. In: Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies 29: 137-155.

 

Orson, R. A. and B. L. Howes. 1992. Salt marsh development studies at Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts: influence of geomorphology on long-term plant community structure. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 35: 453-471.

 

Teal, J. M., and Howes, B. L. 1990. Waquoit Bay – A Model Estuarine Ecosystem: Effects of sea level rise and development on wetland evolution and coastal eutrophication. Final Technical Report (for NOAA). 24 pp.

 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1964. Beach Erosion Control Report on Cooperative Study of Falmouth, Massachusetts.

 

Wenner, E., D. Sanger, M. Arendt, A. F. Holland and Y. Chen. 2004. Variability in dissolved oxygen and other water quality variables within the national Estuarine Research Reserve System. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 45, 17-38.

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6. Denitrification

 

Dickens, A. F., L. A. Soucy and I. Valiela. 1996. Particulate and dissolved nitrogen: A laboratory study of transformations in groundwater and estuarine samples of the Waquoit bay estuarine system. Biological Bulletin 191: 331-332.

 

Johnson, R., LaMontagne, I. Valiela. 1994. Rate of denitrification in submerged salt marsh sediments. Biological Bulletin 187: 289-290.

 

LaMontagne, M. and I. Valiela. 1995. Denitrification measured by a direct N2 Flux method in sediments of Waquoit Bay, MA. Biogeochemistry 31: 63-83.

 

LaMontagne, M. G., V. Astorga, A. E. Giblin and I. Valiela. 2002. Denitrification and stoichiometry of nutrient regeneration in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, Estuaries 25 (2): 272-281.

 

Lee, R. Y., S. B. Joye, B. J. Roberts and I. Valiela. 1997. Release of N2 and N2O from salt-marsh sediments subject to different land-derived nitrogen loads. Biological Bulletin 193: 292-293.

 

Smith, R. L., and Duff, J. H. 1988. Denitrification in a sand and gravel aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 54 (5): 1071-1078.

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7. Dinoflagellates

 

Anderson, D. M., 1978. Potential importance of benthic cycts of Gonyaulax tamarensis and G. excavata in initiating toxic dinoflagellate blooms. Journal of Phycology 14(2):224-234.

 

Evgenidou, A., Konkle, A., D’Ambrosio, A., Corcoran, A., Bowen, J., Brown, E., Corcoran, D., Dearholt, C., Fern, S., Lamb, A., Michalowski, J., Ruegg, I., and Cebrian, J. 1999. Effects of increased nitrogen loading on the abundance of diatoms and dinoflagellates in estuarine phtyoplankton communities. Biological Bulletin 197: 292-294.

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8. Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC)

 

Rivers, S. R.. 1994. Dissolved inorganic carbon and pH factors influencing the photosynthetic performance and growth of macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda, Gracilaria tikvahiae and Ulva lactuca. M. S. Thesis. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. 82pp.

 

Rivers, J. S., and P. Peckol. 1995. Interactive effects of nitrogen and dissolved inorganic carbon on photosynthesis, growth, and ammonium uptake of the macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda and Gracilaria tikvahiae. Marine Biology 121: 747-753.

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9. Dissolved oxygen

  

Caffrey, J. M. 2004. Factors controlling net ecosystem metabolism in U.S. estuaries. Estuaries 27 (1), 90-101.

 

D’Avanzo, C. and J. N. Kremer. 1994. Diel oxygen dynamics and anoxic events in a eutrophic estuary of Waquoit Bay, Mass. Estuaries: 17: 131-139.

 

Rand, R. J., Deegan, L. A., Finn, J. T., and Ayvazian, S. G. 1990. Influence of macroalgae in eelgrass beds on finfish abundance and dissolved oxygen in Waquoit Bay.  Abstract from MBL General Meeting. Biological Bulletin 179: 223-224.

 

Sanger, D. M., M.D. Arendt, Y. Chen, E. L. Wenner , A. F. Holland, D. Edwards and J. Caffrey. 2002. A Synthesis of Water Quality Data: National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Monitoring Program (1995-2000). National Estuarine Research Reserve Technical Report Series 2002: 3. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources  Division Contribution No. 500. 135 p.

 

Wenner, E., D. Sanger, M. Arendt, A. F. Holland and Y. Chen. 2004. Variability in dissolved oxygen and other water quality variables within the national Estuarine Research Reserve System. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 45, 17-38.

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10. Economics/Management

  

Anonymous, 1982. Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC’s). Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office. 67 pages.

 

Anonymous, 1984. Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan: Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Sanctuary. NOAA and Massachusetts EOEA. pp. 141.

 

Anonymous. 1989. Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan. NOAA and Massachusetts EOEA. 123 pp.

 

Anonymous. 1992. Waquoit Bay Watershed: Action Plan. 23 pp.

 

Anonymous. 1992. Position Paper from Conference: nitrogen removal onsite wastewater treatment systems: technologies and regulatory strategies, February 27 & 28, 1992. WBNERR document.

 

Anonymous, 1997. Town of Mashpee Comprehensive Plan: Coastal Resources.

 

Anonymous. 2000. Workshop Report on Characterizing Ecological Risk at the Watershed Scale, July 7-8, 1999, Arlington, VA. Environmental Protection Agency, Document EPA/600/R-99/111.

 

Anonymous, 2001. Seacoast Shores Awareness Project. Report for the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, 45 pages.

 

Anonymous, 2001 (Draft form). Waquoit Bay Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment. Manuscript (U.S. EPA document). 76 pages.

 

Arenovski, A. L., and F. C. Shepard. 1996. A Massachusetts Guide to Needs Assessment and Evaluation of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Alternatives. Report prepared for the ad hoc Task Force for Decentralized Wastewater Management. Marine Studies Consortium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Waquoit, Massachusetts, 94 pages.

 

Blake K., and S. F. Edwards. 1993. Economic valuation of Waquoit Bay Natural Resources: An Investigation of Waterfront property Values. Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Technical Report 101. 24pp.

 

Bliven, S. (Revised by B. W. Barr). 1987. Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC’s): The Massachusetts program for identification, designation, and protection of critical areas. Massachusetts CZM and EOEA.

 

Carlisle, B. K., A. L. Hicks, J. P. Smith, A. R. Garcia and B. G. Largay. 1999. Plants and aquatic vertebrates as indicators of wetland integrity in Waquoit Bay watershed, Cape Cod. Environment Cape Cod 2 (2): 30-60. 

 

Hoover, M. T. 1997. A framework for site evaluation, design, and engineering of on-site technologies within a managemnet context. Report prepared for the ad hoc Task Force for Decentralized Wastewater Management. Marine Studies Consortium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Waquoit, Massachusetts, 99 pages.

 

Karson, D. G. 1999. Air Force remediation efforts to protect public health and the environment from EDB contamination in the Coonamessett and Quashnet River systems. Environment Cape Cod 2 (2): 61-65.

 

Melville, J. 1989. Washburn Island: Recommendations for Use and Management. Prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. pp. 19.

 

Nelson, V. I., Shepard, F. C. 1998. Accountability: Issues of Compliance with Decentralized Wastewater Management Goals. Prepared for Waquoit Bay NERR. 46 pp.

 

Serveiss, V. B., J. L. Bowen, D. Dow and I. Valiela. 2004. Using ecological risk assessment to identify the major anthropogenic stressor in the Waquoit Bay watershed, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Environmental Management Vol. 33 (5), 730-740.

 

Shepard, F. C. 1996. Managing Wastewater: Prospects in Massachusetts for a Decentralized Approach. Report prepared for the ad hoc Task Force for Decentralized Wastewater Management. Marine Studies Consortium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Waquoit, Massachusetts, 103 pages.

 

Sunseri, D. 1992. Characterization of Waquoit Bay Resources, Applicable Regulations, and Suggestions for Efficient Management. Waquoit Bay NERR Student Intern Report. (Draft Manuscript). 40 pp.

 

Sunseri, D. (ca. 1992-1993). The Science of Estuarine Management. Senior Thesis, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts. pp. 42.

 

Valiela, I., G. Tomasky, J. Hauxwell, M. L. Cole, J. Cebrian and K. D. Kroeger. 2000. Operationalizing sustainability: management and risk assessment of land-derived nitrogen loads to estuaries. Ecological Applications 10 (4): 1006-1023.

 

Woodall, C. A., and W. A. Patterson III. 1997. Fire Management Plan: Washburn Island State Forest, Falmouth, Massachusetts. Report prepared for Waquoit bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. 17 pages.

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11. Eelgrass

 

Ahern, J., J. Lyons, J. McClelland and I. Valiela. 1995. Invertebrate response to nutrient-induced changes in macrophyte assemblages in Waquoit Bay. Biological Bulletin 189: 241-242.

 

Anonymous, 2002. Waquoit Bay watershed Ecological Risk assessment: the effect of land-derived nitrogen loads on estuarine eutrophication. EPA/600/R-02/079, October 2002. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.. 116 pp.

 

Billiard, R., Lynch, L., Deegan, L. A., Finn, J. T., Ayvazian, A. G. 1990. Feeding and predation rates of winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, and blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, in an eelgrass bed in Waquoit Bay. Abstract from MBL General Meeting. Biological Bulletin 179: 222-223.

 

Boher, T., A. Wright, J. Hauxwell and I. Valiela. 1995. Effect of epiphyte biomass on growth rate of Zostera marina in estuaries subject to different nutrient loading. Biological Bulletin 189: 260.

 

Burdick, D. M., and F. T. Short. 1995. The Effects of Boat Docks on Eelgrass Beds in Massachusetts Coastal Waters. Report prepared for Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Massachusetss Coastal Zone Management. 32 pp.

 

Costa, J. E.. 1988. Distribution, production, and historical changes in abundance of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in Southeastern MA. PhD Thesis, Boston University.

 

Costa, J. E., B. L. Howes, A. E. Giblin and I. Valiela. 1992. Monitoring nitrogen and indicators of nitrogen loading to support management action in Buzzards Bay. In Ecological Indicators Vol. 1 (McKenzie, D. H., D. E. Hyatt and V. J. McDonald, Eds.), Elsevier Applied Science, London and New York. pp.499-531.

 

Deegan, L. A., J. T. Finn and S. G. Ayvazian. 1991. Comparison of the young-of-the-year nekton growth and survival in seagrass beds and marshes. Final Technical Report for NOAA Grant (NA-88-AA-D-CZ006). University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Amherst, MA. 43 pp.

 

Geyer, H., Deegan, L. A., Finn, J. T., and Ayvazian, S. G. 1990. The effects of macroalgae on the abundance of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in the Waquoit Bay Estuary. Abstract from MBL General Meeting. Biological Bulletin 179: 223.

 

Graham, S., Davis, J. Deegan, L., Cebrian, J., Hughes, J., and Hauxwell, J. 1998. Effect of eelgrass (Zostera marina) density on the feeding efficiency of Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). Biological Bulletin 195: 241-243.

 

Hauxwell, J. A., 2001. Nutrient Supply and Grazing as Controls of Biomass and Community Structure of Benthic macrophytes in Shallow Temperate Estuarine Ecosystems. PhD Thesis, Boston University. 259 pages.

 

Hauxwell, J., J. Cebrian, C. Furlong, and I. Valiela. 2001. Macroalgal canopies contribute to eelgrass (Zostera marina) decline in temperate estuarine ecosystems. Ecology 82(4): 1007-1022.

 

Havens, K. E., J. Hauxwell, A. C. Tyler, S. Thomas, K. J. McGlathery, J. Cebrian, I. Valiela, A. D. Steinman, and S.-J. Hwang. 2001. Complex interactions between autotrophs in shallow marine and freshwater ecosystems: implications for community responses to nutrient stress. Environmental Pollution 113: 95-107.

 

Hersh, D. A. 1996. Abundance and distribution of intertidal and subtidal macrophytes in Cape Cod: the role of nutrient supply and other controls. PhD Dissertation, Boston University. 142 pp.

 

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, J. C. Wyda, M. J. Weaver and A. Wright. 2002. The effects of eelgrass habitat loss on estuarine fish communities of southern New England, Estuaries 25 (2): 235-249.

 

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, M. J. Weaver and J. E. Costa. 2002. Regional application of index of estuarine biotic integrity based on fish communities, Estuaries 25 (2): 250-263.

 

Hunter-Thomson, K., J. Hughes and B. Williams. 2002. Estuarine-open water comparison of fish community structure in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) habitats of Cape Cod , Biological Bulletin 203: 247-248.

 

Kinlan, B. E. Duffy, J. Cebrian, J. Hauxwell and I. Valiela. 1997. Control of periphyton on Zostera marina by the Eastern Mudsnail, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), in a shallow temperate estuary. Biological Bulletin 193: 286-287.

 

Lyons, J., J. Ahern, J. McClelland and I. Valiela. 1995. Macrophyte abundances in Waquoit Bay estuaries subject to different nutrient loads and the potential role of fringing salt marsh in groundwater nitrogen interception. Biological Bulletin 189: 255-256.

 

McClelland, J. W., and I. Valiela. 1998. Changes in food web structure under the influence of increased anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to estuaries. Marine Ecology Progress Series 168: 259-271.

 

Rand, R. J., Deegan, L. A., Finn, J. T., and Ayvazian, S. G. 1990. Influence of macroalgae in eelgrass beds on finfish abundance and dissolved oxygen in Waquoit Bay.  Abstract from MBL General Meeting. Biological Bulletin 179: 223-224.

 

Safran, R. E., Legra, J. C., and Valiela, I. 1998. Effects of nitrogen loading on eelgrass seed coat abundance, C to N ratios, and d15N in sediments of Waquoit Bay. Biological Bulletin 195: 245-246.

 

Short, F. T., J. S. Wolf and G. E. Jones. 1989. Sustaining eelgrass to manage a healthy estuary. In Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management/ASCE July 11-14, 1989/Charleston, SC. Coastal Zone ’89: 3689-3706.

 

Short, F. T., Jones, G. E., and Burdick, D. M. 1991. Seagrass decline: problems and solutions. In: Coastal Wetlands and Coastal Zone ’91 Conference-ASCE, Long Beach, CA/July 1991: 439-453.

 

Short, F. T., D. M. Burdick, J. S. Wolf and G. E. Jones. 1993. Eelgrass in Estuarine Research Reserves along the East Coast, USA. Part I: Declines from pollution and disease; Part II: Management of eelgrass meadows. NOAA, Coastal Ocean Program through the Sea Grant College Program, 107 pp.

 

Short, F. T. and D. M. Burdick. 1996. Quantifying eelgrass  habitat loss in relation to housing development and nutrient-loading in Waquoit Bay, MA. Estuaries 19 (3): 730-739.

 

Valiela, I., and M. L. Cole. 2002. Comparative evidence that salt marshes and mangroves may protect seagrass meadows from land-derived nitrogen loads, Ecosystems 5: 92-102.

 

Wright, A., T. Boher, J. Hauxwell and I. Valiela. 1995. Growth of epiphytes on Zostera marina in estuaries subject to different nutrient loading. Biological Bulletin 189: 261.

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 12. Eutrophication

 

Ahern, J., J. Lyons, J. McClelland and I. Valiela. 1995. Invertebrate response to nutrient-induced changes in macrophyte assemblages in Waquoit Bay. Biological Bulletin 189: 241-242.

 

Anonymous (The Cadmus Group, Inc.). (ca. 1995). Waquoit Bay Watershed: Ecological Risk Assessment Case Study, Nitrogen Loading and Delivery Model, Task 1 Completion Report.

 

Anonymous. 2000. Workshop Report on Characterizing Ecological Risk at the Watershed Scale, July 7-8, 1999, Arlington, VA. Environmental Protection Agency, Document EPA/600/R-99/111.

 

Anonymous, 2002. Waquoit Bay watershed Ecological Risk assessment: the effect of land-derived nitrogen loads on estuarine eutrophication. EPA/600/R-02/079, October 2002. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.. 116 pp.

 

Babione, M.. 1990. Land use change in the watershed of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Senior Thesis, School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, 38 pp.

 

Behr, P. J. and Valiela, I. Date: ca. 1996-1997. Top-down versus bottom-up controls: predation on macrobenthos by fish in Waquoit Bay estuaries exposed to different nitrogen-loading rates. (Manuscript-unpublished).

 

Behr, P. J., Tober, J., and Valiela, I. Date: ca. 1996-1997. Fish abundance, biomass, and species richness in estuaries of Waquoit Bay exposed to different nitrogen-loading  rates. (Manuscript-unpublished).

 

Boher, T., A. Wright, J. Hauxwell and I. Valiela. 1996. Effect of epiphyte biomass on growth rate of Zostera marina in estuaries subject to different nutrient loading. Biological Bulletin 189: 260.

 

Bowen, J. L., and I. Valiela. 2001. Historical changes in atmospheric nitrogen deposition to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Atmospheric Environment, 35: 1039-1051.

 

Bowen, J. L., and I. Valiela. 2001. The ecological effects of urbanization of coastal watersheds: Historical increases in nitrogen loads and eutrophication of Waquoit Bay estuaries. Canadien Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 58: 1489-1500.

 

Bowen, J. L., K. D. Kroeger, G. Tomasky, W. J. Pabich, M. L. Cole, R. H. Carmichael, and I. Valiela. 2007. A review of land-sea coupling by groundwater discharge of nitrogen to New England estuaries: Mechanisms and effects. Applied Geochemistry, 22: 175-191.

 

Boynton, W., J. T. Hollisbaugh, D. Jay, M. Kemp, J. Kremer, C. Simenstad, S. V. Smith and I. Valiela. 1992. Understanding changes in coastal environments: the LMER Program. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 73 (45): 481, 484-485.

 

Brawley, J. W., G. Collins, J. N. Kremer, C.-H. Sham and I. Valiela. 2000. A time-dependent model of nitrogen loading to estuaries from coastal wetlands. Journal of Environmental Quality 29: 1448-1461.

 

Callaway, D. W., I. Valiela. K. Foreman, L. A. Soucy. 1995. Effects of nitrogen loading and salt marsh habitat on gross primary production and chlorophyll a in estuaries of Waquoit Bay. Biological Bulletin 189: 254-255.

 

Cambareri, T. C., E. M. Eichner and C. A. Griffeth. 1992. Sub-marine groundwater discharge and nitrate loading to shallow coastal embayments. In Proceedings of Focus, Eastern Regional Groundwater Conference, October 13-15, 1992. National Groundwater Association. 24 pp.

 

Chalfoun, A., J. McClelland and I. Valiela. 1994. The effect of nutrient loading on the growth rate of two species of bivalves, Mecenaria mercenaria and Mya arenaria, in estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Ma.. Biological Bulletin. 187: 281-283.

 

Charrette, M. A., K. O. Buesseler and J. E. Andrews. 2001. Utility of radium isotopes for evaluating the input and transport of groundwater-derived nitrogen to a Cape Cod estuary. Limnology and Oceanography 46 (2), 465-470.

 

Charrette, M. A. 2002. Submarine groundwater discharge creates “iron curtain”.  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2001 Annual Report (May 2002): 23-24.

 

Charrette, M. A., and E. R. Sholkovitz, 2002. Oxidative precipitation of groundwater-derived ferrous iron in the subterranean estuary of a coastal bay. Geophysical Research Letters 29 (10): in Press (as of 7/2002).

 

Chun, K., Weaver, M. J., Deegan, L. A. 1996. Assessment of fish communities in New England embayments: application of the Estuarine Biotic Integrity Index. Biological Bulletin 191: 320-321.

 

Costa, J. E., B. L. Howes, A. E. Giblin and I. Valiela. 1992. Monitoring nitrogen and indicators of nitrogen loading to support management action in Buzzards Bay. In Ecological Indicators Vol. 1 (McKenzie, D. H., D. E. Hyatt and V. J. McDonald, Eds.), Elsevier Applied Science, London and New York. pp.499-531.

 

Chaplin, S. A., C. H. MacGregor, I. Valiela, K. Foreman and L. Soucy. 1995. The effect of residential and forested watershed land cover on nutrient loading to Hamblin and Jehu Ponds, Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 189: 247-248.

 

Cubbage, A., Lawrence, D., Tomasky, G., and Valiela, I. 1999. Relationship of reproductive output in Acartia tonsa, chlorophyll concentration, and land-derived nitrogen loads in estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 197: 294-295.

 

D’Avanzo, C. and J. N. Kremer. 1994. Diel oxygen dynamics and anoxic events in a eutrophic estuary of Waquoit Bay, Mass. Estuaries: 17: 131-139.

 

D’Avanzo, C., J. N. Kremer and S. C. Wainwright. 1996. Ecosystem production and respiration in response to eutrophication in shallow temperate estuaries. In Marine Ecology Progess Series 141:263-264.

 

DeBoer, J. A., H. J. Guigli, T. L. Israel and C. F. D’Elia. 1978. Nutritional studies of two red algae. I. growth rate as a function of nitrogen source and concentration. Journal of Phycology 14:261-266.

 

Dickens, A. F., L. A. Soucy and I. Valiela. 1996. Particulate and dissolved nitrogen: A laboratory study of transformations in groundwater and estuarine samples of the Waquoit bay estuarine system. Biological Bulletin 191: 331-332.

 

Duffy, E. J., B. P. Kinlan and I. Valiela. 1997. Influence of grazing and nitrogen loading on benthic microalgal biomass in estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 193: 285-286.

 

Evgenidou, A., Konkle, A., D’Ambrosio, A., Corcoran, A., Bowen, J., Brown, E., Corcoran, D., Dearholt, C., Fern, S., Lamb, A., Michalowski, J., Ruegg, I., and Cebrian, J. 1999. Effects of increased nitrogen loading on the abundance of diatoms and dinoflagellates in estuarine phtyoplankton communities. Biological Bulletin 197: 292-294.

 

Feinstein, N. Y., S. Elemik and J. McClelland. 1996. Growth rate of Ribbed Mussels in six estuaries subject to different nutrient loads (Waquoit Bay). Biological Bulletin 191: 327-328.

 

Fritz, C., E. LaBrecque, J. Tober, P. J. Behr and I. Valiela. 1996. Shrimp in Waquoit Bay: effects of nitrogen loading on size and abundance. Biological Bulletin 191:324-326.

 

Fila, L., R. H. Carmichael, A. Shriver and I. Valiela. 2001. Stable N isotopic signatures in Bay Scallop tissue, feces, and pseudofeces in Cape Cod estuaries subject to different N loads. Biological Bulletin 201: 294-296.

 

Griffen, M. P. A., and I. Valiela. 2001. d15N isotope studies of life history and trophic position of Fundulus heteroclitus and Menidia menidia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 214: 299-305.

 

Griffeth, C. A.. 1994. The Hydrogeology and Nitrate Influx of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Masters Thesis, Boston University. 132 pp.

 

Haedrich, R. L.. 1975. Diversity and overlap as measures of environmental quality. Water Research 9: 945-952.

 

Hauxwell, J., J. McClelland, P. J. Behr and I. Valiela. 1998. Relative importance of grazing and nutrient controls of macroalgal biomass in three temperate shallow estuaries. Estuaries 21 (2): 347-360.

 

Hauxwell, J. A., 2001. Nutrient Supply and Grazing as Controls of Biomass and Community Structure of Benthic macrophytes in Shallow Temperate Estuarine Ecosystems. PhD Thesis, Boston University. 259 pages.

 

Hauxwell, J., J. Cebrian, C. Furlong, and I. Valiela. 2001. Macroalgal canopies contribute to eelgrass (Zostera marina) decline in temperate estuarine ecosystems. Ecology 82(4): 1007-1022.

 

Havens, K. E., J. Hauxwell, A. C. Tyler, S. Thomas, K. J. McGlathery, J. Cebrian, I. Valiela, A. D. Steinman, and S.-J. Hwang. 2001. Complex interactions between autotrophs in shallow marine and freshwater ecosystems: implications for community responses to nutrient stress. Environmental Pollution 113: 95-107.

 

Heberlig, L., I. Valiela, B. J. Roberts and L. A. Soucy. 1997. Field verification of predictions of the Waquoit Bay nitrogen loading model. Biological Bulletin 193: 294-295.

 

Hersh, D. A. 1996. Abundance and distribution of intertidal and subtidal macrophytes in Cape Cod: the role of nutrient supply and other controls. PhD Dissertation, Boston University. 142 pp.

 

Howes, B., and Teal, J. 1995. Nitrogen balance in a Massachusetts cranberry bog and relationship to coastal eutrophication. Environmental Science and Technology 29:960-974.

 

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, J. C. Wyda, M. J. Weaver and A. Wright. 2002. The effects of eelgrass habitat loss on estuarine fish communities of southern New England, Estuaries 25 (2): 235-249.

 

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, M. J. Weaver and J. E. Costa. 2002. Regional application of index of estuarine biotic integrity based on fish communities, Estuaries 25 (2): 250-263.

 

Hurlbut, P., D’Avanzo, C., Sethi, D., and Guilfoyle, K. 1994. Effects of algal biomass on benthic nitrogen flux in nutrient-loaded estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 187: 283-284.

 

Jimenez, E. G., J. Hauxwell, E. Heckscher, C. Rietsma and I. Valiela. 1996. Selection of nitrogen-enriched macroalgae (Cladophora vagabunda and Gracilaria tikvahiae) by the herbivorous amphipod Microdeutopus gryllotalpa. Biological Bulletin 191:323-324.

 

Kroeger, K. 2003. Controls on magnitude and species composition of groundwater-transported nitrogen exports from glacial outwash plain watersheds. PhD Thesis. Boston University Marine Program. 177 pp.

 

Kroeger, K. D., M. L. Cole, and I. Valiela. 2006. Groundwater-transported dissolved organic nitrogen exports from coastal watersheds. Limnology and Oceanography, 51: 2248-2261.

 

LaBrecque, E., C. Fritz, P. Behr and I. Valiela. 1996. Abundance and age-specific growth rate in relation to population densities of Fundulus heteroclitus in Waquoit Bay estuaries subject to different nitrogen loads. Biological Bulletin 191:319-320.

 

Lajtha, K, B. Seely and I. Valiela. 1995. Retention and leaching losses of atmospherically-derived nitrogen in the aggrading coastal watershed of Waquoit Bay, MA. Biogeochemistry 28: 33-54.

 

LaMontagne, M. G., V. Astorga, A. E. Giblin and I. Valiela. 2002. Denitrification and stoichiometry of nutrient regeneration in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, Estuaries 25 (2): 272-281.

 

Lawrence, D. J. 2000. Estuarine Calanoid Copepod Abundance in Waquoit Bay, MA: Effects of Season, Salinity, and Land-derived Nitrogen Loading. NERR Graduate Research Fellowship Final Report. 52 pp.

 

Lee, R. Y., S. B. Joye, B. J. Roberts and I. Valiela. 1997. Release of N2 and N2O from salt-marsh sediments subject to different land-derived nitrogen loads. Biological Bulletin 193: 292-293.

 

Lyons, J., J. Ahern, J. McClelland and I. Valiela. 1995. Macrophyte abundances in Waquoit Bay estuaries subject to different nutrient loads and the potential role of fringing salt marsh in groundwater nitrogen interception. Biological Bulletin 189: 255-256.

 

MacGregor, C. H., S. A. Chaplin and I. Valiela. 1995. Land cover effects on inorganic nutrients in groundwater and the role of salt marshes in interception of land-derived nutrients entering estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 189: 248-249.

 

Martinez, N., J. Hauxwell and I. Valiela. 1995. Effect of macroalgal species and nitrogen-loading rates on colonization of macroalgae by herbivorous amphipods. Biological Bulletin 189: 244-245.

 

Maxwell, B. B. 1991. Tissue-nitrogen storage characteristics of a macroalgal mat as related to eutrophication. Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northhampton, MA. Special Studies Report. 23pp.

 

McClelland, J. W., I. Valiela, and Michner, R. M.. 1997. Nitrogen-stable isotope signatures in estuarine food webs: A record of increasing urbanization in coastal watersheds. Limnology and Oceanography 42 (5): 930-937.

 

McClelland, J. W., and I. Valiela. 1998. Linking nitrogen in estuarine producers to land-derived sources. Limnology and Oceanography 43 (4): 577-585.

 

McClelland, J. W., and I. Valiela. 1998. Changes in food web structure under the influence of increased anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to estuaries. Marine Ecology Progress Series 168: 259-271.

 

McDonnell, K., M. Rudy, I. Valiela and K. Foreman. 1994. The effect of coastal land use on inorganic nutrient concentrations in groundwater entering estuaries of Waquoit Bay, MA. Biological Bulletin 187: 276-277.

 

Millard, J. B.. 1994. Remediation and Management of Nitrogen Loading in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Master Thesis, Boston University, Boston, MA. 62pp.

 

Millman, M., M. Teichberg, P. Martinetto and I. Valiela. 2002. Response of shrimp populations to land-derived nitrogen in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, Biological Bulletin 203: 263-264.

 

Novak, M., M. Lever and I. Valiela. 2001. Bottom-up controls of microphytobenthic standing crop: role of mud-snails and nitrogen supply in the littoral of Waquoit Bay estuaries. Biological Bulletin 201: 292-294.

 

O’Brien, K. M., Deegan, L. A., Finn, J. T., and Ayvazian, S. G. 1990. The effects of macroalgae on the abundance and diversity of free-swimming invertebrates in eelgrass beds of Waquoit Bay, MA. Abstract from MBL General Meeting. Biological Bulletin 179: 223.

 

O’Brien, T. D.. 1994. Growth of the killfish Fundulus heteroclitus in three estuaries exposed to different rates of nutrient loading. Master Thesis, Boston University. 61 pp.

 

Peckol, P., and B. DeMeo-Anderson. 1992. Effects of varying nutrient loading rates on primary producers in Waquoit Bay. Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northhampton, MA. NOAA Technical Report. 52pp.

 

Peckol, P., B. DeMeo-Anderson, J. Rivers and I. Valiela. 1994. Growth, nutrient uptake capacities and tissue consitituents of the macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda and Gracilaria tikvahiae related to site-specific nitrogen loading rate. Marine Biology 121: 175-185.

 

Peckol, P. and J. S. Rivers. 1995. Competitive interaction between the oppotunistic macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda (chlorphyta) and Gracilaria tikahiae (rhodophyta) under eutrophic conditions (Waquoit Bay). Journal of Phycology 31: 229-232.

 

Peckol, P., J. S. Rivers. 1995. Physiological responses of the opportunistic macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda (L.) van den Hoek and Gracilaria tikvahiae (McLachlan) to enviromental disturbances associated with eutrophication. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 190: 1-16.

 

Peckol, P., and J. S. Rivers. 1996. Contribution by macroalgal mats to primary production of a shallow embayment under high and low nitrogen-loading rates. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 43: 311-325.

 

Rivers, J. S., and P. Peckol. 1995. Summer decline of Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) in a eutrophic embayment: interactive effects of temperature and nitrogen availability. Journal of Phycology 31: 223-228.

 

Rivers, J. S., and P. Peckol. 1995. Interactive effects of nitrogen and dissolved inorganic carbon on photosynthesis, growth, and ammonium uptake of the macroalgae Cladophora vagabunda and Gracilaria tikvahiae. Marine Biology 121: 747-753.

 

Roman, C. T., N. Jaworski, F. T. Short, S. Findlay and R. S. Warren. 2000. Estuaries of the Northeastern United States: habitat and land use signatures. Estuaries 23 (6): 743-764.

 

Rudy, M., K. McDonnell, I. Valiela and K. Foreman. 1994. Dissolved organic nitrogen in groundwater bordering estuaries of Waquoit Bay, MA: relations with watershed landscape mosaics. Biological Bulletin 187: 278-279.

 

Safran, R. E., Legra, J. C., and Valiela, I. 1998. Effects of nitrogen loading on eelgrass seed coat abundance, C to N ratios, and d15N in sediments of Waquoit Bay. Biological Bulletin 195: 245-246.

 

Sanger, D. M., M.D. Arendt, Y. Chen, E. L. Wenner , A. F. Holland, D. Edwards and J. Caffrey. 2002. A Synthesis of Water Quality Data: National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Monitoring Program (1995-2000). National Estuarine Research Reserve Technical Report Series 2002: 3. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources  Division Contribution No. 500. 135 p.

 

Sarda, R., K. Foreman and I. Valiela. 1995. Differences in benthic invertebrate assemblages in two estuaries of Waquoit Bay receiving disparate nutrient loads. Biological Bulletin 189: 245-246.

 

Serveiss, V. B., J. L. Bowen, D. Dow and I. Valiela. 2004. Using ecological risk assessment to identify the major anthropogenic stressor in the Waquoit Bay watershed, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Environmental Management Vol. 33 (5), 730-740.

 

Seely, B. A. 1997. Atmospheric Deposition and Flux Dynamics of Nitrogen in the Coastal Forests of the Waquoit Bay Watershed, Cape Cod, MA. Ph. D. Thesis, Boston University. 153 pp.

 

Seely, B., and K. Lajtha. 1997. Application of a 15N tracer to simulate and track the fate of atmospherically deposited N in the coastal forests of Waquoit Bay watershed, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Oecolgia 112: 393 -402.

 

Seely, B., K. Lajtha and G. D. Salvucci. 1998. Transformation and retention of nitrogen in a coastal forest ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 42:325-343.

 

Sham, C. H., J. W. Brawley and M. A. Moritz. 1995. Quantifying septic nitrogen loading to receiving waters: Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 9 (4): 463-473.

 

Sham, C. H., J. W. Brawley and M. A. Moritz. 1996. Analyzing septic nitrogen loading to receiving waters. In “GIS and Modeling” (M. F. Goodchild, et al.,Eds), GIS World Books, Fort Collins, CO. p. 261-264.

 

Sheridan, C. C., I. Valiela, K. Foreman and L. A. Soucy. 1995. Effect of nutrient on phtyoplankton growth in Waquoit Bay, MA. Biological Bulletin 189: 258-259.

 

Short, F. T., J. S. Wolf and G. E. Jones. 1989. Sustaining eelgrass to manage a healthy estuary. In Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management/ASCE July 11-14, 1989/Charleston, SC. Coastal Zone ’89: 3689-3706.

 

Short, F. T., D. M. Burdick, J. S. Wolf and G. E. Jones. 1993. Eelgrass in Estuarine Research Reserves along the East Coast, USA. Part I: Declines from pollution and disease; Part II: Management of eelgrass meadows. NOAA, Coastal Ocean Program through the Sea Grant College Program, 107 pp.

 

Short, F. T. and D. M. Burdick. 1996. Quantifying eelgrass habitat loss in relation to housing development and nutrient-loading in Waquoit Bay, MA. Estuaries 19 (3): 730-739.

 

Smith, R. L., and Duff, J. H. 1988. Denitrification in a sand and gravel aquifer. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 54 (5): 1071-1078.

 

Talbot, J.M., K.D. Kroeger, A. Rago, M. C. Allen, M. A. Charette. 2003. Nitrogen flux and speciation through the subterranean estuary of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 205: 244-245.

 

Teal, J. M., and Howes, B. L. 1990. Waquoit Bay – A Model Estuarine Ecosystem: Effects of sea level rise and development on wetland evolution and coastal eutrophication. Final Technical Report (for NOAA). 24 pp.

 

Testa, J. M., M. A. Charrette, E. R. Sholkovitz, M. C. Allen, A. Rago and C. W. Herbold. 2002. Dissolved iron cycling in the subterranean estuary of coastal bay: Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 203: 255-256

 

Thompson, S. M., and Valiela, I. 1999. Effect of nitrogen loading on enzyme activity of macroalgae in estuaries in Waquoit Bay. Botanica Marina 42: 519-529.

 

Tober, J., C. Fritz, P. Behr and I. Valiela. 1996. Abundance, biomass and species richness of fish communities in relation to nitrogen-loading rates of Waquoit Bay estuaries. Biological Bulletin 191:321-322.

 

Tober, J. D., M. P. A. Griffin, and I. Valiela. 2000. Growth and abundance of Fundulus heteroclitus and Menidia menidia in estuaries of Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts exposed to different rates of nitrogen loading. Aquatic Ecology 34: 299-306.

 

Tomasky, G., Barak, J, Valiela, I., Behr, P.Soucy, L., and Foreman, K. 1999. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, USA: a nutrient enrichment study. Aquatic Ecology 33 (2): 147-155.

 

Valiela, I., J. Costa, K. Foreman, J. M. Teal, B. Howes and D. Aubrey. 1990. Transport of groundwater-borne nutrients from watersheds and their effects on coastal waters. Biogeochemistry 10:177-197.

 

Valiela, I., K. Foreman, M. LaMontagne, D. Hersh. J. Costa, P. Peckol, B. DeMeo-Anderson, C. D’Avanzo, M. Babione, C.H. Sham, J. Brawley and K. Lajtha. 1992. Couplings of watersheds and coastal waters: sources and consequences of nutrient enrichment in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Estuaries 15(4):443-457.

 

Valiela, I., G. Collins, J. Kremer, K. Lajtha, M. Geist, B. Seely, J. Brawley and C. H. Sham. 1997. Nitrogen loading from coastal watersheds to receiving estuaries: new method and application. Ecological Applications 7 (2): 358-380.

 

Valiela, I., J. L. Bowen, E. Stieve, M. L. Cole, K. D. Kroeger, G. Tomasky and M. A. Geist. Submitted 2000. ELM, an estuarine nitrogen loading model: verification of predicted nitrogen concentrations, and links to producer. Submitted to Estuaries 2000 (Manuscript available).

 

Valiela, I., M. Giest, J. McClelland and G. Tomasky. 2000. Nitrogen loading from watersheds to estuaries: verification of the Waquoit Bay nitrogen loading model. Biogeochemistry 49:277-293.

 

Valiela, I., G. Tomasky, J. Hauxwell, M. L. Cole, J. Cebrian and K. D. Kroeger. 2000. Operatioalizing sustainabilty: management and risk assessment of land-derived nitrogen loads to estuaries. Ecological Applications 10 (4): 1006-1023.

 

Valiela, I., and J. L. Bowen. Accepted 2000. Nitrogen sources to watersheds and estuaries: Role of land cover mosaics and losses within watersheds. Environmental Pollution, in press.

 

Valiela, I., and M. L. Cole. 2002. Comparative evidence that salt marshes and mangroves may protect seagrass meadows from land-derived nitrogen loads, Ecosystems 5: 92-102.

 

Valiela, I., J. Bowen and K. Kroeger. 2002. Assessment of models for estimation of land-derived nitrogen loads to shallow estuaries. Applied Geochemistry 17: 935-953.

 

Valiela, I., J. L. Bowen, M. L. Cole, K. D. Kroeger, D. L. Lawernce, W. J. Pabich, G. Tomasky, and S. Mazzilli. 2001. Following up on a Margalevian concept: interactions and exchanges among adjacent parcels of coastal landscapes. Scientia Marina 65 (supplement 2): 215-229.

 

Weber, C. F., S. Barron, R. Marino, R. W. Howarth, G. Tomasky and E. A. Davidson. 2002. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth in Vineyard Sound and Oyster Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts, , Biological Bulletin 203: 261-263.

 

Weiss, E. T., R. H. Carmichael and I. Valiela. 2002. The effect of nitrogen loading on the growth rates of quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria) and soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) through changes in food supply, Aquaculture 211: 275-289.

 

Whitman, A., J. Tober and I. Valiela. 1997. Growth rates and abundance of Fundulus heteroclitus in estuaries subject to different land-derived nitrogen loads in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 193: 289-290.

 

Wolfe, F. L., Kroeger, K. D., and Valiela, I. 1999. Increased lability of estuarine dissolved organic nitrogen from urbanized watersheds. Biological Bulletin 197: 290-292.

 

Wright, A., T. Boher, J. Hauxwell and I. Valiela. 1995. Growth of epiphytes on Zostera marina in estuaries subject to different nutrient loading. Biological Bulletin 189: 261.

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13. Fish, Fisheries

 

Anonymous. 1979. New Life for the Quashnet. Trout 20 (4): 32-36.

 

Ayvazian, S. G., L. A. Deegan and J. T. Finn. 1992. Comparison of habitat use by estuarine fish assemblages in the Acadian and Virginian zoogeographic provinces. Estuaries 15 (3): 368-383.

 

Baevsky, Y. H.. 1991. Physical and Water-Quality Characteristics Affecting Trout-Spawning Habitat in the Quashnet River, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations Report 91-4045. 21 pp.

 

Behr, P. J. and Valiela, I. Date: ca. 1996-1997. Top-down versus bottom-up controls: predation on macrobenthos by fish in Waquoit Bay estuaries exposed to different nitrogen-loading rates. (Manuscript-unpublished).

 

Behr, P. J., Tober, J., and Valiela, I. Date: ca. 1996-1997. Fish abundance, biomass, and species richness in estuaries of Waquoit Bay exposed to different nitrogen-loading  rates. (Manuscript-unpublished).

 

Bergin, J.. 1978. Coastal Trout Investigations. Final Project Report for Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. 17 pp. (Manuscript)

 

Billiard, R., Lynch, L., Deegan, L. A., Finn, J. T., Ayvazian, A. G. 1990. Feeding and predation rates of winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, and blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, in an eelgrass bed in Waquoit Bay. Abstract from MBL General Meeting. Biological Bulletin 179: 222-223.

 

Chun, K., Weaver, M. J., Deegan, L. A. 1996. Assessment of fish communities in New England embayments: application of the Estuarine Biotic Integrity Index. Biological Bulletin 191: 320-321.

 

Curley, J., R. Lawton, J. Hickey and J. Friske, 1971. A study of the marine resources of the Waquoit Bay-Eel Pond estuary. Mass. Div. Mar. Fish. Monogrpah Series no. 9. 40 pp.

 

Dadswell, M. J., B. D. Taubert, T. S. Squiers, D. Marchette and J. Buckley. 1984. Synopsis of biological data on Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSeur 1818. NOAA Technical Report NMFS 14, FAO Fisheries Synopsis no. 140. 45pp.

 

Deegan, L. A., H. E. Geyer, J. T. Finn and S. G. Ayvazian. 1991. The influence of macroalgae on fisheries production. Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Final Technical Report. 35pp.

 

Deegan, L. A., J. T. Finn, S. C. Murphy and S. G. Ayvazian. 1991. Are Critical Habitats Determined by Life History Strategies or Habitat Availability? Final Technical Report. University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Amherst, MA. 105pp.

 

Deegan, L. A., J. T. Finn and S. G. Ayvazian. 1991. Comparison of the young-of-the-year nekton growth and survival in seagrass beds and marshes. Final Technical Report for NOAA Grant (NA-88-AA-D-CZ006). University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Amherst, MA. 43 pp.

 

Deegan, L. A., J. T. Finn, S. G. Ayvazian and C. Ryder. 1993. Feasibility and Application of the Index of Biotic Integrity to Massachusetts Estuaries. Final Project Report to Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. 86 pp.

 

Deegan, L. A., J. T. Finn, S. G. Ayvazian, C. A. Ryder-Kieffer and J. Buonaccorsi. 1997. Development and validation of an estuarine biotic integrity index. Estuaries 20 (3): 601-617.

 

Drake, C., P. J. Behr and I. Valiela. 1995. Effect of algal cover on size-selective predation of Gammarus mucronatus by the striped killfish Fundulus majalis. Biological Bulletin 189: 243-244.

 

Foreman, K., I. Valiela and R. Sarda. 1995. Controls of benthic marine food webs. Scientia Marina 59 (supplement 1) 10pp. (copy of galley proof available).

 

Griffen, M. P. A., and I. Valiela. 2001. d15N isotope studies of life history and trophic position of Fundulus heteroclitus and Menidia menidia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 214: 299-305.

 

Haedrich, R. L.. 1975. Diversity and overlap as measures of environmental quality. Water Research 9: 945-952.

 

Hoff., J. G.  1988. Some aspects of the ecology of the American Brook Lamprey, Lampetra appendix, in the Mashpee River, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 102: 735-737.

 

Howe, A. B., Coates, P. G. and D. E. Pierce. 1976. Winter Flounder estuarine year-class abundance, mortality and recruitment. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 105 (6):647-657.

 

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, J. C. Wyda, M. J. Weaver and A. Wright. 2002. The effects of eelgrass habitat loss on estuarine fish communities of southern New England, Estuaries 25 (2): 235-249.

 

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, M. J. Weaver and J. E. Costa. 2002. Regional application of index of estuarine biotic integrity based on fish commu