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Understanding the Waquoit Bay Ecosystem
A Q&A with Sarah Foster Sarah Foster is a Boston University graduate student doing her dissertation research in Waquoit Bay (Cape Cod, Massachusetts). A biogeochemist, Sarah investigates the impact hypoxia, or low oxygen, in the water has on crucial functions within Waquoit Bay’s ecosystem. She recently published research she and her co-author, Wally Fulweiler conducted in…
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Teacher Workshop November 2003 “Right Whale Ecology at the Intersection of Science, Technology, and Conservation” Dr. Mark Baumgartner is an Assistant Scientist in the Biology department of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He studies the foraging behavior and ecology of whales, and the formation and location of the patches of plankton that whales feed on. In this…
Read MoreHistoric Shipwreck Management: Meeting of Experts II
Historic Shipwreck Management: Meeting of Experts II Hoagland, P. 51 pp., 1993, $3.00 WHOI-T-93-002
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Nantucket Coastal Conference June 6, 2017 Nantucket Atheneum Great Hall, Nantucket, Mass. Keynote Coastal Change Rob Thieler, USGS –Woods Hole, Center Director Coastal Erosion Shifting Sands and the Shorelines of Nantucket Andrew Ashton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Sconset Geotube Update Maria Hartnett, Epsilon Associates; Twenty-three Years of Monitoring Sciasconset, MA Mitch Buck, Woods Hole…
Read MoreBenthic Mariculture and Research Rig Developed for Diver Operation
Benthic Mariculture and Research Rig Developed for Diver Operation Hampson, G.R., D.C. Rhoads, and D.W. Clark Diving for Science…1989, Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Ninth Annual Scientific Diving Symposium, Woods Hole, MA, pp. 113-117, 1989 WHOI-R-89-017
Read MoreThe Little Fish with a Big Impact
In the Gulf of Maine, there’s a little eel-like fish not much bigger than a large pencil, that buries itself in the sand in the summer and swims up and down in the water column in the spring and fall. It’s called a sand lance and it’s incredibly important to the ecosystem of the Gulf of Maine. If you like whale watching, this little fish is the biggest reason you might or might not see a whale:
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Becoming a beach scientist is a snap. Share your photos from iconic beaches to help us better understand and manage our dynamic coast. Next time you are at one of our CoastSnap locations, become a scientist for the day by helping us measure how our beaches change over time. What is CoastSnap? CoastSnap is a…
Read MoreRiver Herring Network Update
Each spring river herring come from the ocean and swim, or “run” up rivers to spawn in ponds and slow sections of rivers. Each fall, Massachusetts river herring wardens gather together to talk about their favorite fish and discuss ways to preserve it. For hundreds of years, people used to gather herring at their local…
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Program Guides The WHOI Sea Grant Program supports research, education, and extension projects that encourage environmental stewardship, long-term economic development, and responsible use of the nation’s coastal and ocean resources. It is part of the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a network of 33 individual programs located…
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Developmental Effects of Contaminants on Salinity Preference and Seawater Survival for Atlantic Salmon: Integrating Physiology and Behavior Stephen D. McCormick, Darren T. Lerner, and Emily Monosson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Over the last 20 years populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in northern New England have decreased ten-fold, resulting in their recent listing as an…
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