2004 BU Marine Program Ecology Reports

Oyster Pond 2004 – BUMP Studies Conclusions

• Not a lot of change since we started studying Oyster Pond in 2001
  • Slightly more nitrate in groundwater
  • Slightly different species of macrophytes
• Waste water remains the major source of nitrogen to the system
• Manipulating land use, by changing the input of wastewater, can significantly impact nitrogen loads to Oyster Pond
• Salt may not play as dominant a role in Alewife dynamics as is currently believed

• • • 2004 Overview Oyster Pond – PowerPoint
    • Macrophyte and Eutrophication in Oyster Pond by Culbertson and Kinney – paper
    • Macrophytes and Eutrophication in Oyster Pond by Culbertson and Kinney – PowerPoint
    • Oyster Pond: concentrations, effects and sources of groundwater nutrients by Soltanoff, Cheney, and Mach – paper
    • Oyster Pond: concentrations, effects and sources of groundwater nutrients by Soltanoff, Cheney, and Mach – PowerPoint
    • Effects of Salinity and Nutrient Loading on Species Presence, growth, and Food Web Position of Fish in Oyster Pond and Salt Pond – Bibeau, O’Connell, and York – paper
    • Effects of Salinity and nutrient loading on species presense, growth, and food web position on fish in Oyster Pond and Salt Pond by O’Connell, York, and Bibeau – PowerPoint
    • Salinity Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrient Concentrations in Oyster Pond – Bishop and Perret- paper
    • Salinity, dissolved 0xygen and nutrient concentrations in Oyster Pond by Bishop and Perret – PowerPoint