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Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week

BE PREPARED. BE FLEXIBLE. BE STRONG. JUNE 8 – JUNE 15, 2024   Communities across Cape Cod are improving their readiness to weather natural disasters and environmental change. Our ability to withstand and “bounce back” after events such as hurricanes, coastal storms, and flooding is called coastal resilience. Preserving dunes is a primary defense against…

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2000-2002 Projects

Detection and Quantification of Live Acanthamoeba in Natural Marine Ecosystems Using Molecular Genetic Methods Rebecca J. Gast, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Acanthamoeba is a genus of free-living amoebae present in soil, saltwater, and freshwater, including tap water. Although Acanthamoeba does not appear to be a human health threat in the ocean, very little is known…

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Tidal Velocity Asymmetries and Bedload Transport in Shallow Embayments

Tidal Velocity Asymmetries and Bedload Transport in Shallow Embayments Fry, V. and D.G. Aubrey Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol. 30, pp. 453-473, 1990 WHOI-R-90-008 Tidal circulation can cause a net transport of sediment when the tidal velocity is asymmetric about a zero mean (flood or ebb dominant) and the sediment transport rate is related…

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Bulletin: Coastal Dune Protection & Restoration

Bulletin: Coastal Dune Protection & Restoration This bulletin addresses restoration of the dynamic frontal coastal sand dune system with sand fencing and ‘Cape’ American beachgrass. Other typical Northeast area dune plants, such as Rosa Rugosa, Bayberry, and Beach Plum occupy more stable secondary and backdune areas.

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Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship

Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship Fellowship period: September 1, 2024–August 31, 2026 Purpose   The purpose of the Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship is to support exceptional prospective graduate students who are engaged in coastal and marine research that furthers the goals of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant (WHOISG) and Massachusetts…

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Knauss Fellow Profile: Amanda Dwyer

Amanda Dwyer, a 2020 Knauss Fellow, might not be having the typical fellowship experience, due to COVID-19 outbreak and the need to shelter in place, but she’s not letting that stop her work as a Marine Debris Program Specialist, focusing on a new zero waste initiative for National Ocean Service (NOS) offices. The zero waste…

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Nantucket Coastal Conference 2023

Nantucket Coastal Conference Nantucket Atheneum 1 India St. Nantucket, Mass. June 12, 2023 View a recording of the conference Agenda   9:30 am – 9:45 am – Welcome and Kickoff Brief introductions and welcome to the Nantucket Atheneum. Coffee, tea, and pastries served. Water refill stations available. 9:45 am – 10:30 am | Keynote Speaker:…

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