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Buzzards Bay NEP Reference Pages
Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) GlossaryCitizen Monitoring Program Report Glossary
Units of Measure: Abbreviations and Conversions (from CCMP)
What is the "Geometric Mean" and how to calculate it (used for swimming beach and shellfish bed closures)
Acronyms commonly used by environmental regulators and managers
Glossary of commonly used by environmental regulators, managers, and coastal scientists
Buzzards Bay subbasin land use statistics and embayment areas (Excel file)
Opening large files
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First newsletter of the Buzzards Bay Project (870kb pdf, issued December 1985.Go to our 1991 CCMP Page for the text and pdf versions of the 1991-1992 Buzzards Bay CCMP.
Go to our Atlas of Tidally Restricted Salt Marshes in Buzzards Bay page for more information on that document.
Go to our 2003 Stormwater Atlas page for more information on that document.
Go to our Selected Inventory of Potential Wetland Restoration Sites in the Buzzards Bay Watershed Phase I: Southern Area Atlas to download that document.
Costa, J. E., B. L. Howes, A. Giblin, and I. Valiela. 1992. Monitoring Nitrogen and indicators of nitrogen to support management action in Buzzards Bay, p. 497-529. In McKenzie et al.(eds) Ecological Indicators, Elsevier, London
Hix Bridge Tidal Restriction Report. (1.3 MB pdf).
Bilge Sock Report. (357 kb pdf).
West Falmouth tidal restriction correspondence
Buzzards Bay NEP 1997 Bieennial Report
1997 big picture overview of BBP funding and organization
Early BB NEP funded Reports and other old Gray Literature Reports on Buzzards Bay
DEP 1986 Water Quality Report for Buzzards Bay (3.3 MB pdf).
Report 89-19: DEP Buzzards Bay Research Bacteriological Data Report (2.4 MB pdf).
Report 88-07: Identification and collection of historical data for Buzzards Bay Massachusetts (4.7 MB pdf).
Report 89-12: Sample bylaws and Regulations (3.2 MB pdf).
Report 89-17: USGS Current Observations in Buzzards Bay: 1982-86 (5.0 MB pdf).
Report 88-08: Water Quality Data Assessment for Buzzards Bay (2.6 MB pdf).
Report 89-11: Technical Resource Manual, A reference for Buzzards Bay Communities (1.9 MB pdf).
1977_massachusetts_coastal_lobster_fishery_statistics.pdf (440kb)
1978_massachusetts_coastal_lobster_fishery_statistics_technical_series_no_14.pdf (660 kb)
1979_massachusetts_coastal_lobster_fishery_statistics_technical_series_no15.pdf (493 kb)
1981_massachusetts_lobster_fishery_statistics_1981.pdf (433 kb)
1989_land_use_changes_buzzards_bay_area_1951_1984.pdf (1.3 MB)
acushnet_estuary_pcbs_data_managment_final_report_1983.pdf (6.8 MB)
bacterial_water_quality_survey_east_branch_westport_river_1987.pdf (2.4 MB)
bacterialogical_monitoring_buttermilk_bay.pdf (4.3 MB)
bbp_89_11_technical_resource_manual.pdf (1.6 MB)
bbp88-09_identification_collection_historical_data_buzzards_bay_interview_sheets.pdf (8.6 MB)
buzzards_bay_bibliography_reference_scientific_technica_reports_1985.pdf (3.8 MB)
buzzards_bay_caged_mussel_pilot_biomonitoring_study_1987-1988.pdf (3.4 MB)
buzzards_bay_cranberry_bog_study.pdf
buzzards_bay_project_federal_consistency_report_1991.pdf
buzzards_bay_sediment_data_report_1985_1986.pdf
buzzards_bay_wastewater_discharge_water_quality_survey_part_c_1975.pdf
buzzards_bay_water_quality_data_part_a_1975.pdf
buzzards_bay_water_quality_managment_plan_1976_part_d.pdf
buzzards_bay_water_quality_survey_data_1986.pdf
determination_flushing_rates_hydrographic_features_selected_buzzards_bay_embayments_1991.pdf (1.5 MB)
diagnostic_feasibility_study_management_buttonwood_pond_new_bedford_ma_1988.pdf (9.4 MB)
distribution_abundance_american_lobster_homarus_americanus_larvae_new_england_investigations__1974_1979.pdf (4.9 MB)
effects_power_generation_living_marine_resources_cape_cod_canal.pdf (2.6 MB)
evironmental_assessment_polychlorinated_biphenyls_near_new_bedford_municipal_landfill.pdf (1.4 MB)
fine_grained_sediment_industrial_waste_distribution_dispersal_new_bedford_harbor_western_buzzards_bay_1976.pdf (5.0 MB)
improving_local_government_through_better_interboard_communication_1990.pdf (190 kb)
installation_evaluation_permeable_pavement_walden_pond_state_reservation_1986.pdf (2.9 MB)
metal_concentrations_macrobenthos_new_bedford_harbor_evaluation_use_slipper_limpet_crepidula_fornicata_monitor_metal_pollution.pdf (2.4 MB)
nonpoint_source_management_plan_watershed_phinneys_harbor_bourne_masschusetts_1989.pdf (4.1 MB)
nonpoint_source_managment_plan_watershed_snell_creek_westport_massachusetts_1989.pdf (5.2 MB)
nutrients_eutrophication_harmful_algal_blooms_buzzards_bay.pdf (1999 report 1.6 MB)
occurrence_salmonella_vibrio_parahaemolyticus_new_bedford_area_buzzards_bay_1979.pdf (3.0 MB)
passive_retreat_mass_coastal_upland_due_relative_sea_level_rise_1987.pdf (2.3 MB)
pcb_pollution_new_bedford_1982.pdf
ratios_edible_tissue_whole_body_pcb_concentrations_flounder_lobster_new_bedford_harbor_1987.pdf (2.5 MB)
relationship_suspended_sediment_movement_bacteria_east_branch_westport_river_tehnical_report5_1986.pdf (5.4 MB)
sample_bylaws_regulations_bbp_89_12.pdf (2.7 MB)
sea_level_rise_implications_action_plan_buzzards_bay.pdf (2.0 MB)
seasonal_study_plankton_larval_fish_water_quality_buzzards_bay_1989.pdf (2.3 MB)
study_marine_resources_westport_river_1968.pdf
survival_transport_enteric_bacteria_viruses_nearshore_marine_environment_annotated_bibliography_1987.pdf
town_dartmouth_buttonwood_brook_watershed_draft_management_plan.pdf
wastewater_treatment_facilities_new_bedford_ma_executive_summary_final_environmental_impact_statement.pdf
water-quality-data-1986.pdf
massachusetts_coastal_resources.pdf
BBP and Other Data Sets [Under Construction]
Daily Rainfall Data from the UMass Cranberry Experiment Station, 1988-1998 (Excel file). Prepared by the Buzzards Bay NEP.Buzzards Bay subbasin landuse statistics and embayment areas (Excel file). Go to our Nitrogen Management page for more nitrogen loading spreadsheets.
Useful Biological Information Websites and Resource Pages
FishBase online fish encyclopediaNatureserve.org online encyclopedia 50,000 species of US and Canada
BioDiversity Web Encyclopedia
Useful Environmental Chemical Websites and Resource Pages
Environmental Contaminants EncyclopediaCalifornia EPA pesticide product information and lookup page
Crop Data Management Systems, Inc. - Pesticide product labels database (easy to use)
US EPA Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) - Search (need to look up Pesticide Product Registration Numbers)
Publication and Abstract Searches
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EPA web list of free journal abstract searches relating to the environment and health
Miscellaneous
USGS Map of Buzzards Bay sediments and sediment types.
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Cornell University's Atlas of Precipitation Extremes for the Northeastern United States and Canada (5 MB pdf file).