Recent Reports State of the Bays Research Reports QAPPs
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| Report Title | Principal Author | File |
|---|---|---|
| The Decline of Fisheries Resources in New England: Evaluating the Impact of Overfishing, Contamination, and Habitat Degradation | Robert Buchsbaum, Mass. Audubon; Judith Pederson, MIT Sea Grant; William E. Robinson, UMass Boston (eds) | MBP-05-01 Download (exit MBP) |
| Marine Invaders in the Northeast: Rapid Assessment Survey of Non-native and Native Marine Species of Floating Dock Communities | Published by MIT Sea Grant; Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Bays Program | Download (1.7 MB, .pdf) |
| A Volunteer's Handbook for Monitoring New England Salt Marshes | Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management | Download (exit MBP) |
| Report Title | Principal Author | File |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Bays Symposium Proceedings (2004) | Massachusetts Bays Program | Download (7.8 MB, .pdf) |
| State of the Bays 2004 | Massachusetts Bays Program | Download (2 MB, .pdf) |
FUNDED RESEARCH REPORTS
1990 - 2000
| Report Title | Principal Author | File |
|---|---|---|
| Sources
and Loadings of Pollutants to the Massachusetts Bays (364 pgs.) |
Charles Menzie, Principal Investigator, Menzie-Cura & Associates |
MBP-91-01
Download Report (5.8 MB .pdf) Download Appendices (10.8 MB .pdf) |
| Review of Water Quality Planning Programs Relative to Massachusetts Bays (99 pgs.) |
Metcalf & Eddy | MBP-92-01
Download Report (4.6 MB .pdf) |
| Evaluation of Elemental tracers for Monitoring the transport of Sewage Sludge
in the Marine Environment (57 pgs.) |
David K.Ryan Univ. of Massachusetts/Lowell et al. | MBP-92-02 |
| Physical Oceanographic Investigation of Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays (445 pgs. plus figures and appendices). |
W. Rockwell Geyer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, et al. |
MBP-92-03 Download Report (Part 1) (9.2 MB .pdf) Download Report (Part 2) (12.57 MB .pdf) Download Appendices (3.4 MB .pdf) |
| Survival
and Deposition of Fecal Bacteria in Boston Harbor Sediments (94 pgs.) |
Michael Shiaris Univ. of Massachusetts/Boston |
MBP-92-05 Download Report (2.5 MB .pdf) |
| The Massachusetts Bays Management System: a Valuation of Bays Resources
and Uses and an Analysis of its Regulatory and Management Structure
(309 pgs.) |
Robert Bowen Univ. of Massachusetts/Boston et al. |
MBP-93-01
Download Part 1 ( MB .pdf) Download Part 2 (1.5 MB .pdf) |
| Bioavailability and Biotransformation of Hydrocarbons in Boston Harbor (68 pgs.) |
Anne McElroy, Principal Investigator, State University New York/Stonybrook; New York Sea Grant, et al. |
MBP-95-02 Download Report (2.4 MB .pdf) |
| Examining Linkages between Contaminant Inputs and their Impacts on Living Marine
Resources of the Massachusetts Bays Ecosystem through Application
of the Sediment Quality triad Method (210 pgs.) |
Jeff Hyland Helder Costa Arthur D. Little, Inc. |
MBP-95-03 Download Report (3.1 MB .pdf) Download Appendices (1.5 MB .pdf) |
| Organic Loadings from the Merrimack River to Massachusetts Bay (182 pgs.) |
Charles Menzie, Principal Investigator, Menzie-Cura and Associates, et al. |
MBP-95-04 Download Report (3.1 MB .pdf) Download Appendices (1.5 MB .pdf) |
| Evaluation of Chemical Contaminant Effects in the Massachusetts Bays (120 pgs.) |
Michael Moore, Principal Investigator, Biology Dept Woods Hole Oceanographic Instition, et al. |
MBP-95-05 Download Report (2 MB .pdf) Download Figures and Tables (4 MB .pdf) |
| Measurements and Loadings of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Storm Water, Combined Sewer Overflows, Rivers, and Publicly Owned treatment Works (POTWs) Discharging to Massachusetts Bays (236 pgs.) |
Charles Menzie, Principal Investigator, Menzie-Cura & Associates, et al. |
MBP-95-06 Download Report (2.2 MB .pdf) Download Appendices (3 MB .pdf) |
| Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Metals, Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH), and Nitrogen onto Massachusetts Bays | Dan Golomb, Principal Investigator, Univ. of Massachusetts at Lowell, et al. |
MBP-96-01 Download Report (3.4 MB .pdf) Download Appendices (5 MB .pdf) |
| Identification of Massachusetts Bays Embayments at Risk of Eutrophication | Charles Menzie, Menzie-Cura and Associates |
MBP-96-02 Download (7 MB .pdf) |
| Geographic Analysis of Bacterial Loadings to Selected Massachusetts Bays Program Embayments | Scott Horsley, Vice President, Horsley & Witten, Inc. |
MBP-96-03 |
| Companion Guide to FecaLOAD | Scott Horsley, Vice President, Horsley & Witten, Inc. |
MBP-96-04 |
| Evaluating Costs to Communities of Management Measures to Reduce Loads to Sediments of Urban and Semi-Urban Harbors in Massachusetts Bays | Mark D. Curran Battelle Ocean Sciences 397 Washington Street Duxbury, MA 02332 |
MBP-96-05 |
| Population Processes of Mya Arenaria from Contaminated Habitats in Massachusetts Bay | Judith E. McDowell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, et al. | MBP-97-01 Download Report (5.5 MB .pdf) |
| Identifying Southeast Asian Immigrant Populations at Risk from Eating Contaminated Shellfish | Jennifer Charles, Charles Consulting; Charles Menzie, Menzie-Cura & Associates |
MBP-95-1D
Download (2.3 MB .pdf) |
| Title | Principal Author | File |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Assurance Project Plan: Massachuetts Estuarine Assessment Project | Massachusetts Bays Program | Download (260 KB, .pdf) |
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Updated 3/12/08
