Monitoring Programs, Brief Overview
AGENCY Barrington Land Conservation Trust
PROGRAM Daimondback Terrepian Population Study
PURPOSE Establish population information for the
Barrington area, and to preserve
breeding habitat for the
Diamondback Terrepian
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AGENCY Brown University
PROGRAM Barrington & Palmer Rivers Monitoring
PURPOSE Monitor physical parameters on a continuous
basis
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AGENCY Committee For the Great Salt Pond
PROGRAM Summer on the Water Program
PURPOSE Primarily education, with some identification of
"hot spots"
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AGENCY Depart of Nat. Rsces Scnce, URI AES
PROGRAM Water-table Activity in forested wetlands in
sthrn RI
PURPOSE Elucidate the influence of wate regime on
vegetation structure and floristic
composition, tree
growth, and microrelief in red maple (Acer rubrum)
swamps and Atlantic
white cedar (C. thyoides) swamps.
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AGENCY Dept. of Defense, U.S. Navy
PROGRAM Superfund
PURPOSE Hazardous waste site clean-up and remediation
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AGENCY EPA-AED
PROGRAM Aircraft remote sensing for Chlorophyll-a
PURPOSE Develop indicators for nutrient loading for
northeast coastal systems.
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PROGRAM Amphipod Population Study
PURPOSE Determine field demographics for the estuarine
amphipod Ampelisca abdita
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AGENCY Jamestown Land Trust
PROGRAM Jamestown Bird Survey
PURPOSE Inventory the avian species that breed on and
migrate through Jamestown,
Rhode Island.
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PROGRAM Jamestown Land Trust
PURPOSE Inventoring the birds of Jamestown
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AGENCY Massachusetts Audubon Society
PROGRAM Smithfield HS/Blackstone Rv Watershed Education
Project
PURPOSE To conduct biological tests on the Blackstone
and Woonasquatucket Rivers.
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AGENCY Moses Brown and Wheeler Schools
PROGRAM Moshassuck River Monitors
PURPOSE Educational primarily
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AGENCY Multi Agency/Institution Effort Coord. by NBEP
PROGRAM Volunteer DO Night Survey
PURPOSE To measure overnight decreases in DO across
upper half of Narr. Bay
during neap tides
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AGENCY National Audubon Soc. & Cornell Lab of
Ornithology
PROGRAM Bird Source
PURPOSE To promote conservation and environmental
science, and to develop a
long-term record of bird
populations in North America
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AGENCY National Park Service
PROGRAM Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor
PURPOSE Primarily educational, operated through Woonsocket
High School
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PROGRAM Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor
PURPOSE Educational
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AGENCY NBC
PROGRAM Providence River Sampling
PURPOSE to assess the water quality of the Providence
River
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PROGRAM Regional River Fecal Monitoring
PURPOSE To assess status of rivers that are effected by
the NBC's wastewater
systems in relation to
bacterial contamination
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PROGRAM Seekonk River Monitoring
PURPOSE To assess water quality of the Seekonk River
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PROGRAM Ten Mile River Sampling
PURPOSE To asses the water quality status of the Ten
Mile River
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AGENCY NMFS S/K; CMER; RI Sea Grant
PROGRAM Lobster Tagging Program
PURPOSE Acquire information on growth, egg extrusion,
shell disease, migration &
survival for American
lobster.
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AGENCY NOAA
PROGRAM The National Status and Trends Program
PURPOSE Determine the status and trends in environmental
quality of the Nations
estuarine and coastal
waters.
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AGENCY NOAA/NMFS
PROGRAM NOAA Restoration Center Programs
PURPOSE Provides damage assessment and restoration
projects for ecosystems
impacted by oil spills
and contaminant releases (e.g. North Cape oil spill,
lobster and shell fish
restoration)
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AGENCY NOAA/NMFS , EPA, RIDEM, URI
PROGRAM Narragansett Bay Window
PURPOSE Monitoring in support of coastal resource
management- enhance fish stock
assessment, recreational
use of Bay, improve commercial fish catch.
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AGENCY NOAA/RIDEM
PROGRAM National Estuarine Reserve System: Narragansett
Bay, RI
PURPOSE Long term monitoring of Estuarine water quality
and related bio-indicators.
26 estuaries throughout
the nation participate in this program
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AGENCY Norman Bird Sanctuary
PROGRAM Norman Bird Sanctuary
PURPOSE Educational - Amphibian monitoring; for
management purposes - grassland
avian nesting species;
for marshland restoration - marshland survey,
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AGENCY Pawtuxet River Authority
PROGRAM Pawtuxet River Authority
PURPOSE Environmental enducation, and to measure water
quality for watershed
management and health.
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AGENCY Pine Point School
PROGRAM Pine Point School,
Oceanology Program
PURPOSE 1. To involve students in monitoring local
estuaries, 2. To engage students in
real-world science, 3. To have the students'
efforts contribute ot the overall
body of data that is a
vailable to other organizations and angencies, and 4.
To give students an
understanding of field experiences and the follow-up lab
work with anaysis of the
data
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AGENCY Pokanoket Watershed Alliance
PROGRAM Runnins River Monitoring
PURPOSE To assess conditions in the lower Runnins River
and Hundred Acre Cove
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PROGRAM Runnins River Task Force
PURPOSE To identify and mitigate sources of bacterial
contamination to the Runnins
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AGENCY Providence Plan
PROGRAM Woonasquatucket River Greenway
PURPOSE Environmental education
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AGENCY Prudence Island Conservancy and NBNERR
PROGRAM Prudence Island Conservancy Citizens Monitoring
Program
PURPOSE Develop baseline data and water quality trends
on Prudence Island.
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AGENCY Ray Vincent
PROGRAM Rhode Island Bristol County Observer Network
(RIBCON)
PURPOSE Measure and record weather data of local weather
patterns in Rhode Island
and Bristol County,
Massachusetts
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PROGRAM RIBCON - Rhode Island Bristol County Network
PURPOSE Develop baseline data of local weather patterns
in Rhode Island and Bristol
County, Massachusetts
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AGENCY Raytheon Corporation
PROGRAM Raytheon Employees Wildlife Habitat Committee
PURPOSE To develop a comprehensive habitat management
plan for Raytheon's
Portsmouth campus, with
special emphasis on increasing biodiversity and
enhancing and
maintaining native species.
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AGENCY Rhode Island Surfrider Foundation
PROGRAM Blue Water Task Force
Beachscape
PURPOSE To assess water quality along Rhode Island's
coastal beaches and surfing
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AGENCY RI Ag. Exp. Station
PROGRAM RI statewide land cover change: 1972-2002;
Forest loss
PURPOSE Quantify land cover changes & impact of
disturbance on forest ecosystems
& nat rsces.
Multiple model validated & employed to reveal sprawl pattrns.
Produce land cover maps
for 1972, 1985, & 2002 frm landsat data. Identify
change patterns and maps
of land use and land cover.
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AGENCY RI DEM, Fish & Wildlife
PROGRAM Shellfish disease survey, state of RI
PURPOSE Survey presence of diseases in wild &
cultured oysters & quohogs in RI
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AGENCY RI Sea Grant
PROGRAM Impacts of Ctenophore M leidyi on icthyoplnktn
PURPOSE Determine abundance and seasonal distribution of
the ctenophore M. leidyi in
Narr Bay in relation to bay water temperature
& the abundance and
distribution of larval
fish & other zooplankton.
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AGENCY RI Sea Grant, Brown Univ.
PROGRAM Assessing Status of Narr Bay Saltmarsh Plnt
Cmmunities
PURPOSE Dvlp a baseline assessment of RI saltmarshes and
how eutrophication
impacts them. Initiate a
long-term monitoring program to enable detection of
impacts of exotic spp.
Invasions & sea-level change.
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AGENCY RI Sea Grant, RI DEM
PROGRAM Lobster Larval Settlement Index
PURPOSE Determine whether a larval settlement index will
be useful as a predictor of
population trends in the
American lobster fishery
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AGENCY RI Sea Grant/CMER
PROGRAM Lobster shell disease program
PURPOSE Monitor shell condition of lobsters in Dutch
Harbor, Narr Bay as part of
ongoing artificial reef
project.
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AGENCY RI Sea Grant; RI CRMC; RI DEM; RI Nat History
srvy
PROGRAM Narr Bay Rapid Assess. Survey fr Mrne
bioinvasive spp
PURPOSE Catalogue mrne bioinvasive spp in RI coastal
waters
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AGENCY RIDEM
PROGRAM Adult American Shad and
River Herring Monitoring
PURPOSE to assess the abundance of adult shad and
herring in RI
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PROGRAM Air Quality Monitoring
PURPOSE to monitor air quality to assure standards are
met, to be able to predict
conc.of air pollutants
and to evaluate trends and progress from
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PROGRAM Aquatic Furbearer Survey
PURPOSE to assess the population of aquatic furbearers
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PROGRAM Artificial Substrate Monitoring
PURPOSE Biological data used to supplement physical and
chemical WQ data to
identify long term
trends in WQ which reflect water pollution abatement
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PROGRAM Biotoxin Shellfish Poisoning Sampling
PURPOSE To assure shellfish in shellfish growing areas
are free of biotoxins
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PROGRAM Bird Species Breeding Monitoring
PURPOSE to determine breeding status of colony, nesting
, shore and wading birds
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PROGRAM Chemical Baseline Monitoring
PURPOSE To develop a baseline profile of water quality
in the state
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PROGRAM Fin Fish Monitoring Coastal Ponds
PURPOSE to assess finfish fishery in coastal ponds
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PROGRAM Gill Net Monitoring Program
PURPOSE To assess pelagic gamefish for fisheries
management
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PROGRAM Juvenile American Shad And river Herring
Monitoring
PURPOSE to assess the juvenile herring and shad
population that are migrating
downstream
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PROGRAM Juvenile Fin Fish Survey
PURPOSE to assess popultaion of recreationally and
commercially important fin fish
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PROGRAM Largemouth Bass
Monitoring
PURPOSE to determine frequency and growth rates of large
mouth bass in RI ponds
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PROGRAM Lobster Fishery Monitoring
PURPOSE to assess the lobster fishery in Narr. Bay
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PROGRAM Rapid Bioassessment Protocol Monitoring
PURPOSE To compare habitat (physical structure and flow
regime) and biological
measures with refence
site conditions to determine support or non support
of water quality aquatic
life designated uses
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PROGRAM RI Pollution Discharge Elimination System
Monitoring
PURPOSE to monitor point sources of wasewater into RI
surface waters
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PROGRAM Shellfish Growing Area Monitoring
PURPOSE To allow RI to participate in the harvesting,
sales, transportation and
processing of shellfish
in accordance with NSSP requirements to protect
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PROGRAM Shellfish Monitoring Program Shoreline Surveys
PURPOSE To locate actual and potential bacterial sources
to shellfish growing areas
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PROGRAM Summer Inland Breeding Survey of Canadian Geese
PURPOSE to assess population of breeding canadian geese
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PROGRAM Upland Game Species Monitoring
PURPOSE to assess population of upland game species
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PROGRAM Waterfowl Survey
PURPOSE to count waterfowl
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AGENCY RIDOH
PROGRAM Beach Monitoring Program
PURPOSE To monitor beach water quality for the
protection of human health
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PROGRAM Drinking Water Monitoring
PURPOSE To assess quality of drinking water for
protection of human health
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AGENCY Salt Ponds Coalition
PROGRAM Salt Pond Watchers
PURPOSE Develop a data base of surface water quality in
the seven coastal lagoons in
the Salt Ponds
Watershed.
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AGENCY Save The Bay
PROGRAM Bay Watchers
PURPOSE Assessing the health of salt marshes, evaluating
restoration potential,
ground-truthing aerial
habitat surveys, and monitoring herring runs. Also to
conduct surveys of how
people are using the urban rivers and waterfront to
advocate for better
management of urban waters.
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PROGRAM Save The Bay's Monitoring
PURPOSE Assessing the health of salt marshes, pre/post
restoration monitoring,
ground-truthing aerial
habitat surveys, eel grass restoration monitoring.
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AGENCY The Audubon Society of Rhode Island
PROGRAM RI Audubon Bird a Thon
PURPOSE To inventory the avian species that breed in,
and migrate through RI, to
promote conservation of
habitat
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AGENCY The Nature Conservancy - RI Chapter
PROGRAM Rhode Island Odonata Atlas
PURPOSE To identify and record the Odonata species found
in Rhode Island
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AGENCY U.S. EPA in partnership with the coastal states
PROGRAM Coastal 2000/EMAP
PURPOSE To assess the ecological condition of coastal
resources using a probability
based monitoring design.
Conducted in partnership with the 24 coastal
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AGENCY URI
PROGRAM Bird monitoring @ Galilee Bird Sanctuary
PURPOSE Monitor changes in avian community composition following
restoration of a
saltmarsh.
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PROGRAM Monitoring pond breeding amphibians in RI
PURPOSE Monitor species composition & population
dynamics of pond-breeding
amphibian at a single
site; focused on 2 species.
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AGENCY URI & RI Audubon Society
PROGRAM Kingston Wildlife
Research Station
PURPOSE Monitor fall migration of migratory birds
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AGENCY URI Cooperative Extension
PROGRAM University Of Rhode Island Watershed Watch
PURPOSE To Educate the public, promote active citizenship
participation, obtain
multi-year surface water
quality data, and encourage information-based
water quality programs.
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AGENCY URI Depart of Geoscnces, RI Sea Grant, RI CRMC
PROGRAM Long-term beach profile monitoring
PURPOSE Create a record that has the temporal resolution
to identify erosional and
depositional patterns
that occur on monthly, seasonal, & multiyear cycles.
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AGENCY URI Depart of Nat Rsce Scnce, RI DEM
PROGRAM Salt marsh restoration monitoring at Galilee
Bird Sanct
PURPOSE Assess the effect of re-establishment of full
tidal flow on biotic & abiotic
components of the GBS
coastal ecosystem & to gauge restoration success.
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AGENCY URI Grad Schl of Oceanography, NOAA, Narr Bay
Comm
PROGRAM A Monitoring Network for Narr Bay Waters
PURPOSE Provide water quality time series for research
and management
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AGENCY URI Grad School of Oceanography
PROGRAM Benthic Infauna in Narr Bay
PURPOSE Observe long-term changes in the depositional
benthic community of
Narragansett Bay
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PROGRAM Quonochontaug Pond Fllwshp/Salt Pond Rsch
Fllwshp
PURPOSE Conduct baseline & monitoring studies of
pollution in Ninigret,
Quonochontaug, &
Winnapaug Ponds
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PROGRAM Quonochontaug Pond Fllwshp/Salt Pond Rsch
Fllwshp
PURPOSE Conduct baseline & monitoring studies of
circulation in Ninigret,
Quonochontaug, &
Winnapaug Ponds
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PROGRAM Quonochontaug Pond Fllwshp/Salt Pond Rsch
Fllwshp
PURPOSE Conduct baseline & monitoring studies of
habitat in Ninigret, Quonochontaug,
& Winnapaug Ponds
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PROGRAM Water Column Nutrients
PURPOSE Observe long-term changes in chlorophyll,
ammonia, nitrite, nitrate,
phosphate, &
silicate.
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AGENCY URI-GSO
PROGRAM Narraganstt Bay Phytoplankton
PURPOSE Weekly monitoring of phytoplankton diversity in
Narra. Bay at 1 station near
Fox Island
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AGENCY US EPA
PROGRAM EMAP Estuaries Virginian Province
PURPOSE Monitor the status and trends of nations
ecological resources on a regional
basis. Seek associations
among selected indicators of stress and indicators
of ecological
condition.Provide perodoc assessments of nations ecological
resources.
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AGENCY US Fish & Wildlife, URI
PROGRAM Monitoring avian prodctvty & survivorship
PURPOSE Monitor species composition & population
dynamics of breeding birds
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AGENCY USACE, New England District
PROGRAM DAMOS
PURPOSE Disposal Area Monitoring System -monitors the
environmental condition of
open water dredged
materail disposal sites and adjacent areas from L.I.
Sound to Maine.
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AGENCY USDA/APHIS
PROGRAM Cooperative Agricutural Pest Survey (CAPS)
PURPOSE Detect introduced or exotic invasive
species-plants,insects,inverts,pathogens,etc.
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AGENCY USGS
PROGRAM National Water Quality Assessment Program
(NAWQA)
PURPOSE Assess status and trends in quality of Nations ground
and surface water
resources and understand
natural and human factors that affect the quality
of these resources.
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AGENCY WHOI Sea Grant
PROGRAM Intertidal Crabs on
Rocky Shores
PURPOSE To follow temporal trends in abundance
(densities) of the Asian Shore Crab
H. sanguineus &
other crab spp, primarily mud crabs in family Xanthidae &
green crabs (C. maenas)
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AGENCY Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association
PROGRAM Pawcatuck Watershed Monitoring
PURPOSE To track water quality changes and educate the
public.
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