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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:black'>Research @ Reserve Coffee House at Waquoit Bay Reserve Kicks Off on Thursday, March 7th<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Thursday, March 7th at 7:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Visitor Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:black'>Meagan Eagle Gonneea</span></b><b><span style='color:black'>, WHOI/MIT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:black'>“Below the Sand: Ocean and Groundwater Mixing Beneath Waquoit Bay ”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:16.5pt;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>As groundwater flows to the coast, it meets and mixes with seawater. Mixing between these two water bodies creates a dynamic region-the coastal aquifer - where nutrients are chemically and biologically transformed. The fate of nutrients from development is a key issue in coastal areas like Cape Cod so understanding the processes in this area is of great importance. The mixing zone beneath Waquoit Bay was monitored for three years to observe how it changes with different seasons and responds to climate events such as the 2009-10 El Nino. Says Gonneea, “We are just beginning to appreciate how this region will respond to continued sea level rise and climate shifts.”<a name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:16.5pt;text-autospace:none;vertical-align:middle'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:black'>Meagan Eagle Gonneea</span><span style='color:black'> is a fifth year graduate student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Chemical Oceanography. Originally from a rural island in Alaska, she ended up in Falmouth by way of college in California and further studies in Mauritius, a country in the Indian Ocean. Meagan currently holds a National Estuarine Research Reserve System Graduate Research Fellowship for her work at Waquoit Bay Research Reserve. </span><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Each Thursday evening at 7:00PM during the first three weeks of March, a different scientist will discuss their research at the Waquoit Bay Reserve. In addition to explaining the research they’re doing, they will include personal anecdotes on how they did the science and how they feel their research will make a difference to those sitting in the audience. This series was created to help expose community members to cutting edge science in a relaxed and informal way. The interactive coffee house format helps people feel equally comfortable asking questions and joining in the discussion or just sitting back and listening to the scientists’ stories of their work. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Doors open at 6:45 pm with a chance to view the exhibits in the visitor center and sample some homemade sweets and coffee and tea. Participants are encouraged to bring their own mug as well as a flashlight for traveling from the parking lot. </span>Admission is free. For more information, call 508-457-0495 x 107 or 108. Waquoit Bay Reserve is located at 149 Waquoit Highway (route 28), Waquoit, Massachusetts. <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>March 14 features Dr. Kevin Kroeger, United States Geological Service, with “A Wetland Walks into a Market”. The spring series will wrap up on March 21<sup>st</sup> with “Sky Eyes: Mapping Changes on Land from the Air” a presentation by James Rassman, Stewardship Coordinator at Waquoit Bay Reserve and David Friscella, at WHOI. <span style='color:black'> </span>For more information and a downloadable flyer, go to <a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org">www.waquoitbayreserve.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Education Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>149 Waquoit Hwy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Box 3092<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Waquoit, MA 02536<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>508-457-0495 x107<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>www.waquoitbayreserve.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>