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2008-2010 Projects

Toxic Alexandrium Blooms in the Nauset Marsh System Donald M. Anderson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Environmental Investigation and Assessment of the Hard Clam Parasite, QPX Rebecca J. Gast, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Roxanna Smolowitz, New England Aquarium Salt Marsh Dieback in Cape Cod: Possible Mechanisms Ivan Valiela, Marine Biological Laboratory

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2010-2012 Projects and Papers

  Use of Dual-Frequency Identification Sonar to Monitor Adult River Herring in a Small Coastal Stream Magowan, K., Reitsma, J. and Murphy, D. Abstract A standard dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) was deployed in the Herring River, Harwich, Massachusetts, for 3 d in late April 2011 to capture video-like images of migrating adult river herring (alewife Alosa…

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2008-2010 Projects

Seasonal Forcing of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Ann Mulligan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Charles Harvey and Harold Hemond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A Measurement and Modeling Study of Waves and Currents in the Coastal Zone off Southeastern Massachusetts James Churchill and Albert Williams, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Geoffrey Cowles, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth…

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2010-2012 Projects

Assessing The Impact of Hypoxia/Anoxia on Sediment Denitrification and the Production of Nitrous Oxide in Waquoit Bay Robinson Fulweiler, Boston University Does Epiphytic Nitrogen Fixation Lead to a Spiral of Increasing Eutrophication in Shallow Estuaries Robert Howarth, Roxanne Marino; Cornell University  

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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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Teacher Workshop: June 5, 2015

Fish ecology in the Atlantic, from the tropics to New England:  How studying fish diets tells about their changing ecosystems   What are the fish we eat eating?   Date: June 2015    Presenter: Dr. Joel Llopiz, WHOI Biology Department   Description: Professional Development workshop for Teachers Grade 6-12   Classroom activities   Fish food webs…

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Funded Projects by Year

Funded Projects  2010 – Present 2024-2025 Collapse Jill Carr of the University of Massachusetts Boston, Forest Schenck of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and Alison Frye of Salem Sound Coastwatch Restoring Eelgrass: Identifying best practices for a seed-based approach   Ken Foreman and Ketil Koop-Jackobson of Marine Biological Laboratory, and Matt Long of the…

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Marine Life

Marine Life Healthy marine life is a source of medicine, food, and oxygen which in turn supports human health. The ocean is diverse, filled with unique organisms ranging from tiny microorganisms to the largest living animals on the planet.  These living communities and the non-living factors they come in daily contact with such as salinity,…

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How Do Sharks Respond to Internal Waves in the Ocean?

A new study provides insight into the behavior of small sharks when encountering a common ocean phenomenon known as internal waves. These waves play powerful and still unknown roles in the exchange of heat, energy, water properties and nutrients throughout the ocean, and can change the vertical distribution …

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Coastal Impacts Newsletter – Dec. 2020

  Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter DECEMBER 2020 CONTENTS Letter from the Director WHSG Continues DEI Efforts with Recording of Virtual Seminar on Systematic Racism in America Women in STEM Panel Discussion, Part of Girls In Science Program,  Available For Viewing Online New Extension Bulletin Available On Use of Discarded Christmas Trees New…

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