Monitoring Ground-Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems
Open-File Report
2007-1149
Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
The Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) extends along more than 70 km of Atlantic Ocean open-beach coastline and includes three large saltwater bays - Wellfleet Harbor, Nauset Marsh, and Pleasant Bay (fig. 1). CACO encompasses about 18,000 ha of uplands, lakes, wetlands, and tidal lands (Godfrey and others, 1999) including most habitats typical of the sandy coast in National seashores and parks extending southward from Massachusetts to Florida. In 1995, CACO was selected by the National Park Service (NPS) as a prototype park typifying the Atlantic and Gulf Coast biogeographic region for long-term coastal ecosystem monitoring. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is currently (2007) assisting the NPS in the development of protocols for a Long-Term Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring Program at the CACO in Massachusetts. The overall purpose of the monitoring program is to characterize both natural and human-induced change in the biological resources of the CACO, over a time scale of decades, in the context of a changing global ecosystem.
Suggested Citation
Colman, J.A., and Masterson, J., 2007, Monitoring Ground-Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1149, x, 95 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071149.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Monitoring Ground-Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2007-1149 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20071149 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | Massachusetts-Rhode Island Water Science Center, New England Water Science Center |
| Description | x, 95 p. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |