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Water Quality Monitoring Program

Water Quality Monitoring Program Woods Hole Sea Grant’s outreach partners at the Cape Cod Cape Cod Cooperative Extension monitor water quality at four embayments around Cape Cod. These are Wellfleet Harbor, Barnstable Harbor, Pleasant Bay (Orleans), and Cotuit Bay and one on Boston’s south shore at Duxbury Bay. These sites have been monitored for 10+…

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Cape Cod Trash Tote

On this page The Cape Cod Trash Tote program made possible with support from The Bilezikian Family Foundation. If you have questions about the Cape Cod Trash Totes or are interested in using one, contact Stephanie Murphy, samurphy@whoi.edu. The Trash Tote is an easy to use, transportable educational tool providing information on marine pollution for…

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The Quantitative Description of Beach Cycles

The Quantitative Description of Beach Cycles Aubrey, D.G. and R.M. Ross Marine Geology, Vol. 69, pp. 155-170, 1985 WHOI-R-85-013 A quantitative method is developed to describe sequential changes in beach profile morphology. The method provides a uniform way to objectively discriminate energetic beach cycles, and yields a concise representation for beach modeling and prediction. It…

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Administrative Discretion in the Management of Outer Continental Shelf Minerals

Administrative Discretion in the Management of Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Hoagland, P. In: Farrow. R.S. (ed.), Managing the Outer Continental Shelf Lands: Oceans of Controversy. Ocean Policy Studies, 18 pp., 1991 WHOI-R-91-003 Mineral developers face varying kinds of risks and uncertainties associated with the exploration, development, and production of minerals from a marine deposit. These…

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Study Provides Measurement of Nitrogen Removal by Local Shellfish

Towns along Cape Cod and the Islands are looking to shellfish not only as tasty culinary treats, but also for help cleaning up waters degraded by excess nitrogen in the region. While nitrogen is essential for all plants and animals, too much nitrogen in ponds and waterways—often caused by fertilizer runoff and septic tanks—can fuel…

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New Tools for Assessing Water Quality: Stable Isotope Analysis of Nutrients

March 2002 Eutrophication of coastal waters from the excessive input of nutrients is a widespread problem throughout coastal ecosystems. Unlike inputs of toxic chemical contaminants that are generally highest in industrialized urban areas, nutrient inputs occur in both urban and less developed sections of the coast. Nutrients can be derived from point sources, such as…

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