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<div>I hope you will join me in congratulating<strong>Matthew Charette</strong> (<em>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</em>), <strong>Changsheng Chen</strong> (<em>University of Massachusetts, Darmouth</em>), <strong>Philip Gschwend</strong>(<em>Massachusetts
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Please see below for project descriptions and links to further details. Over the coming months and years we will present the results
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<div><strong><span>Matthew Charette, <em>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</em></span><br>
</strong><em>Project Summary:</em> <span>Nutrient-rich, submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) seeps into neighboring bodies of water may result in damaging eutrophication of salt marshes, bays and other coastal waters. This project seeks to deliver SGD measurement
technology to oceanographers, industry and coastal managers through the development of a low-cost and easy to operate automated seepage meter. The key innovation in this new seepage meter will be the development of a low power, low cost spectrophotometric
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<div><strong>Changsheng Chen, <em>University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth</em></strong><em><br>
P</em><span><em>roject Summary:</em> Coastal flooding in Massachusetts results from heavy rains, high river discharge, tides, wind-propelled waves, and storm surges. Climate change predictions indicate that these events are likely to increase, threatening the
state's built-up coastal areas. With this project, scientists propose to establish an inundation forecast model system based on a well-validated model previously devised for Scituate. The inundation forecast system will be made available to community and state
managers and researchers as a component of the Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS). <a rel="nofollow" track="on" href="http://seagrant.mit.edu/proj_desc.php?ID=1204" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">Find
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<div><strong><a shape="rect">Philip Gschwend</a>, <em>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<span id="_selection_marker"> </span></em></strong><em><br>
P</em><span><em>roject Summary:</em> This project seeks to measure halogenated estrogens in the waters of Massachusetts Bay, thus enabling a realistic assessment of the risk posed by these compounds to fisheries and coastal ecosystem health. Currently these
steroidal hormones are making their way into both fresh and ocean waters, where they cause anomalies such as the feminization of fish, which has been seen in response to exposures to sewage effluent. Results will provide the first integrated assessment of
the bioactivity of halogenated derivatives relative to other estrogen forms and provide new data to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority relevant to their on-going efforts to protect the health of the Massachusetts Bay ecosystem. <a rel="nofollow" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://seagrant.mit.edu/proj_desc.php?ID=1205" linktype="1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">Find
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P</em><span><em>roject Summary:</em> Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs) are placed along beachfront and marsh-edges to intercept groundwater flow as it enters coastal waters. Their function is to filter out nitrogen caused by fertilizer runoff, septic waste,
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foster microbes that enhances nitrogen removal. Understanding what environmental conditions help denitrifying bacteria thrive will help to guide future barrier design, construction and placement. <a rel="nofollow" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://seagrant.mit.edu/proj_desc.php?ID=1206" linktype="1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">Find
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