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Bioacoustics

Bioacoustics This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Background Light is very limited in the ocean habitat. Below the photic zone (the depth to which sunlight is able to penetrate) it is very dark. For marine mammals, however, this vast 3-dimensional world is far from dark. The…

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Index of Workshops for Educators

Index of Workshops for Educators December 2023 From Classrooms to Coastlines: An educator workshop about marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms (HABs) February 2023 Bringing Shark Research on Cape Cod into Your Classroom July 2022 The Perfect Storm: Exploring how sea level rise and storms intersect December 2021 Marine Invaders: Green crabs and other local…

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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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2016-2018 Projects

Nitrogen pollution and recovery from nitrogen pollution in a seagrass-dominated estuary: A whole ecosystem experiment Robert Howarth and Roxanne Marino, Cornell University Hydraulic jumps at an ecological hotspot Jesús Pineda, Karl Helfrich, Victoria Starczak and Annette Govindarajan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Is the recent decreased atmospheric nitrogen deposition improving water and vegetation quality in Waquoit…

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2014 – 2016 Projects

Examining significant changes to the nitrogen cycle in Waquoit Bay Robinson W. Fulweiler, Boston University The impacts of increased nitrogen loadings on decomposition in salt marshes: Does eutrophication enhance marsh accretion or erosion? Anne Giblin, Joe Vallino, Marine Biological Laboratory, and Gary Banta, University of Roskilde Nitrogen pollution and recovery from nitrogen pollution in a seagrass-dominated…

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