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Water quality measurements in Buzzards Bay by the Buzzards Bay Coalition Baywatchers Program from 1992 to 2018 by Jakuba, Rachel W., Williams, Tony, Neill, Christopher, Costa, Joseph E., McHorney, Richard, Scott, Lindsay, Howes, Brian L., Ducklow, Hugh, Erickson, Matthew, Rasmussen, Mark

“…The Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Baywatchers Monitoring Program ( Baywatchers ) collected summertime water quality information at more than 150 stations around…”
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Quantifying the Effects of Floating Oyster Aquaculture on Nitrogen Cycling in a Temperate Coastal Embayment by Labrie, Micheline S., Sundermeyer, Miles A., Howes, Brian L.

“…Estuaries worldwide are increasingly degraded by anthropogenic nitrogen (N) inputs, primarily from their watersheds. In southeastern Massachusetts, several…”
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Modelling the Spatial Distribution of Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Biodeposits Settling from Suspended Aquaculture by Labrie, Micheline S., Sundermeyer, Miles A., Howes, Brian L.

“…Oysters in suspended aquaculture filter out particulates from the water column and release pseudofeces and feces (collectively called biodeposits) back to the…”
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Macroalgal composition and accumulation in New England estuaries by Shaw, Kaitlyn Campbell, Howes, Brian L., Schlezinger, David

“…New England estuaries provide essential feeding grounds and nursery habitat for important recreational and commercial species. However, these functions are…”
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Relationship between nitrogen concentration, light, and Zostera marina habitat quality and survival in southeastern Massachusetts estuaries by Benson, Jennifer L., Schlezinger, David, Howes, Brian L.

“…The relationship of eelgrass survival and habitat quality to water column nitrogen level, phytoplankton biomass, particulate matter, bottom light intensity,…”
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Salt Marshes and Eutrophication: An Unsustainable Outcome by Turner, R. Eugene, Howes, Brian L., Teal, John M., Milan, Charles S., Swenson, Erick M., Goehringer-Toner, Dale D.

“…Most plant production by emergent coastal marshes occurs belowground. This belowground production adds to the accumulation of organic matter sustaining salt…”
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Response of benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling to reductions in wastewater loading to Boston Harbor, USA by Tucker, Jane, Giblin, Anne E., Hopkinson, Charles S., Kelsey, Samuel W., Howes, Brian L.

“…We describe the long-term response of benthic metabolism in depositional sediments of Boston Harbor, MA, to large reductions in organic matter and nutrient…”
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Altered lipid homeostasis in a PCB-resistant Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) population from New Bedford Harbor, MA, U.S.A by Crawford, Kathryn A., Clark, Bryan W., Heiger-Bernays, Wendy J., Karchner, Sibel I., Claus Henn, Birgit G., Griffith, Kevin N., Howes, Brian L., Schlezinger, David R., Hahn, Mark E., Nacci, Diane E., Schlezinger, Jennifer J.

“…•NBH killifish have more liver triglycerides and adipose tissue than fish from a reference population.•Variation in lipid levels was most distinct in the…”
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Coliform Contamination of a Coastal Embayment:  Sources and Transport Pathways by Weiskel, Peter K, Howes, Brian L, Heufelder, George R

“…Fecal bacterial contamination of nearshore waters has direct economic impacts to coastal communities through the loss of shellfisheries and restrictions of…”
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Regional Forcing by Light on Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Shallow Temperate Estuaries by Sawabini, Anna M, Schlezinger, David R, Sundermeyer, Miles A, Howes, Brian L

“…Estuarine oxygen and regional meteorological conditions were studied for 24 Massachusetts estuaries to determine regional influences of light on oxygen…”
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Mass-balance analysis of reactive transport and cation exchange in a plume of wastewater-contaminated groundwater by DeSimone, Leslie A., Howes, Brian L., Barlow, Paul M.

“…Mass-balance calculations were used to quantify reactive transport processes and cation exchange in a plume of groundwater contaminated with septage-effluent…”
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Control of denitrification in a septage-treating artificial wetland: the dual role of particulate organic carbon by Hamersley, M.Robert, Howes, Brian L

“…We examined the factors controlling organic carbon (C) cycling and its control of nitrogen (N) removal via denitrification in an aerated artificial wetland…”
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Spatial Patterns of Macrobenthic Communities in Shallow-Water Tidal Embayments and Their Association with Environmental Factors by Tian, Yong Q, Wang, Jianjun, Duff, John A, Howes, Brian L, Evgenidou, Angeliki

“…This study examines the distribution, composition, and structure of benthic communities in nine shallow-water semienclosed embayments on Cape Cod, southeastern…”
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Nitrogen transport and transformations in a shallow aquifer receiving wastewater discharge: a mass balance approach by DeSimone, L.A. (U.S. Geological Survey, Marlborough, MA.), Howes, B.L

“…Nitrogen transport and transformations were followed over the initial 3 years of development of a plume of wastewater-contaminated groundwater in Cape Cod,…”
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Evaluation of the N2 flux approach for measuring sediment denitrification by HAMERSLEY, M. Robert, HOWES, Brian L

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Contribution of denitrification to nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen cycling in tidal creek sediments of a New England salt marsh by Hamersley, M. Robert, Howes, Brian L.

“…The contribution of denitrification to sediment metabolism was studied at 2 sites (muddy and sandy) in unvegetated tidal creek sediments from a small Cape Cod,…”
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Long‐term 15N‐nitrogen retention in the vegetated sediments of a New England salt marsh by White, David S., Howes, Brian L.

“…15N was used in a 7‐yr field study and a laboratory investigation of a single growing season to quantify the amount, timing, and mechanisms of annual N…”
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Experimental Phragmites control through enhanced sediment sulfur cycling by Howes, Brian L., Teal, John M., Peterson, Susan

“…Additions of sulfate or sulfur (S o), with and without carbon amendments, were made to large cores vegetated with Phragmites collected from a brackish N.J…”
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Particulates, Not Plants, Dominate Nitrogen Processing in a Septage‐Treating Aerated Pond System by Hamersley, M. Robert, Howes, Brian L., White, David S.

“…ABSTRACT In pond and wetland systems for wastewater treatment, plants are often thought to enhance the removal of ammonium and nitrogen through the activities…”
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Denitrification and Nitrogen Transport in a Coastal Aquifer Receiving Wastewater Discharge by DeSimone, Leslie A, Howes, Brian L

“…Denitrification and nitrogen transport were quantified in a sandy glacial aquifer receiving wastewater from a septage-treatment facility on Cape Cod, MA. The…”
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