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Coastal Impacts Newsletter

By David Gaylord | May 9, 2018

  Coastal Impacts WHOI Sea Grant Newsletter May 2025 Table of Contents SUBSCRIBE » Newsletter subscribe form ISSUE ARCHIVE » Read past issues of Coastal Impacts CURRENT ISSUE » “Coastal Impacts” home Follow us on Facebook!@WHOISeaGrant Find us on Instagram@WHOISeaGrant Sorry, we couldn’t find any posts. Please try a different search. Cape Cod Survey: Participate…

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Funding Opportunities

By Chad Chinnery | December 30, 2016

Research Funding Opportunities WHOI Sea Grant Program Funding Opportunities   WHOI Sea Grant Biennial Request for Proposals – Closed Depending on availability of funds, WHOI Sea Grant expects to award approximately $1,000,000 to support 4-6 research projects during the two-year funding period. » Click here for details.   General Program Development Funds – Closed Small…

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Bulletin: Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management

By Helen Gordon | January 29, 2015

Bulletin: Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management Soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria, are an enigma to scientists, managers, and shellfish harvesters in southeastern Massachusetts and throughout the bivalve’s range. One year, clams may settle in very dense concentrations, while, the following year, there may be no soft-shell clam recruitment at the…

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Review of Wastewater Dilution Modeling

By Stephanie Murphy | May 27, 2025

Review of Wastewater Dilution Modeling On This Website Preface This report presents the findings and recommendations of an independent technical review of hydrodynamic modeling using the Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) to simulate wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent dilution in Buzzards Bay and the North and South Rivers, Massachusetts. The review was commissioned by…

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To Insure or Not to Insure: How homeowners perceive flood risk

By Poonam Narotam | January 2, 2025

To Insure or Not to Insure: How homeowners perceive flood risk Principal Investigators Di Jin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Michael Weir, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Damaged house on a beach at Town Neck, Sandwich. Photo by Greg Berman. Abstract Rising sea level combined with more intense hurricanes and winter storms present a serious threat to coastal…

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Changing Currents: Collecting data with fishermen to build more sustainable fisheries

By Poonam Narotam | January 2, 2025

Changing Currents: Collecting data with fishermen to build more sustainable fisheries Principal Investigators Caroline Ummenhofer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Svenja Ryan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Glen Gawarkiewicz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Photo by Jayne Doucette Abstract The continental shelf and slope system in the northeastern U.S. has been undergoing profound and accelerated change in recent…

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Waste to Watershed: How contaminants of emerging concern impact mussels

By Poonam Narotam | January 2, 2025

Waste to Watershed: How contaminants of emerging concern impact mussels Principal Investigators Jared Goldston, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Helen Poynton, University of Massachusetts Boston Photo courtesy of NOAA Abstract Contaminants of Emerging Concerns (CECs) are a diverse class of compounds with widely varying toxicological and chemical properties, commonly associated with municipal wastewater, urban stormwater, agricultural…

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Reduce, Restore, Recover: Little Pond ecosystem’s response to sewering

By Poonam Narotam | January 2, 2025

Reduce, Restore, Recover: Little Pond ecosystem’s response to sewering Principal Investigators Ken Foreman, Marine Biological Laboratory Ketil Koop-Jackobson, Marine Biological Laboratory Matt Long, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Photo by Ken Foreman Abstract We will investigate how small eutrophic embayments on Cape Cod with  restricted tidal flow and impaired water quality due to nutrient pollution respond…

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