Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems
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PROJECT TITLE AUTHOR

2007
 
Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Carbon Dynamics in Long Island Sound Salt Marshes Troy Hill
   
Investigation of Biogeochemical Cycling of Cobalt in Water Lu Sun
   
High Frequency Monitoring of CO2, O2 and Chlorophyll Exchange Between a Salt Marsh and Long Island Sound Yong Zhao
   
2006
 
Understanding the Effects of Nutrients on Salt Marsh Decomposition Rates Joanna Carey
   
Trace Metals Analysis of Impounded Sediments in Raymond Brook Dam, Salmon River Watershed, CT Min Choy
   
Mercury Concentrations in New Haven County, CT Streams: The Effects of Watershed Urbanization Joel Creswell
   
Nutrient and Bacterial Contaminate Relationships of Land Use in CT Watersheds Kevin Lauterbach
   
Nitrogen Sources in New Haven's West River James McConaghie
   
2005
 
Mercury Cycling in New Haven Rivers: A Comparison of Urban and Non-Urban Watersheds Joel Creswell
   
Controls on Aboveground Productivity in Three Salt Marshes on Long Island Sound Jessica Darling
   
Policy Progress: Moving Forward from the National Estuary Program to the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act Erin Flanagan
   
Instream Flow Study of the Salmon River Watershed, Southeastern Connecticut Emily Levin
   
Climatic and Anthropogenic Controls on Fecal Coliform Levels Outreach Project Huiyan Zhao
   
2004
 
Hydraulics of Nature-Like Fishways: Velocity Cross-Section Analyses of Sennebec and Guilford Lakes Nature-Like Fishways Laura Wildman
   

Making Way for Terns: Restoration at Great Gull Island

Maura Leahy
   
Surface Water Bacterial Fluctuation in the Upper Hoosic River Watershed Elena Traister
   
Assessment of Wetland Condition: A New Approach for New England Salt Marshes Debora Fillis
   
The Birds of the Quinnipiac River Tidal Marsh: Avian Health and Management Michelle Murdock
   
Heavy Metal Concentrations and Transport Dynamics of Polluted Quinnipiac River Sediments, New Haven, CT Beth Owen
   
2003
 
Community-Based Oyster Restoration: Cleaner Water, Improved Habitat, and More Oysters - How Your Community Can Get Involved! Jennifer Molnar
   

Water In? Water Out? An Analysis of Water and Nitrogen Use in the City of New Haven

Hahn-Ning Chou, Ying Qiu
   

The Connection Between Impervious Surface and Vegetation

Richard Karty
   
Short to Medium-term Sediment Dynamics in the Branford River: a Study using Beryllium-7 as a Naturally Occurring Tracer Matthew Hirschbeck
   
2002
 

The Oyster River Coalition: A Project in Community-Based Watershed Protection

Nicole Vickey
   

Understanding and Providing Public Access to Connecticut's Coast

Nicole Vickey
   
Application of the Hydromorphology of the River to Protect the Minimum Instream Flow According to Fish Habitat César Alcácer
 
The Youth Riverkeepers Intern Program: An Environmental Education Project in Fair Haven Schools Emily Sprowls
 
Guilford Lakes Fishway Elizabeth Cullen and Joshua Zaffos
 
2001
 
Baseline Description of the Lower Mill River Benthos Marty Mador, Amy Saar, and Michael Funaro
 
Wetland Loss in the Quinnipiac River Estuary Jennifer Linn
 
Water Quality in Sodom Brook Catherine Ashcraft
   
A Model of Water Quality Regulation in Connecticut Catherine Ashcraft
 
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Conservation Priorities in the Higganum Creek Watershed: Remote Sensing and GIS Applications Kimberly Danley
 
Sampling Frequency of Indicator Bacteria for Monitoring Public Health Risks Jessica Morton
 
A Non-market Valuation of Maine's Water Resources Michael Woodard
 
Quantifying Stream Restoration at the Watershed Scale: A Case Study of Stream Restoration in Connecticut Roy Schiff
   
   
2000
 
Assessment of the Mill River, Connecticut: Analysis to Establish Baseline Data for Conservation Melissa Slotnick
   
Salt Marsh Development at Milford Point, Connecticut Christon Robbins
 
An Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment of the Costs and Benefits in Spraying Pesticides to Rid the West Nile-Like Encephalitis Mosquito Vector C. Chui &
S. Heyck-Williams
 
River Herring Migration Study: Feasibility of the Proposed Pond Lily Fish Ladder, West River, New Haven/West Haven/Woodbridge, Connecticut Sean Corson
 
An Environmental History of Subsistence Fishing on the Mill River Barry Muchnick
 
Marine Biotoxin and Phytoplankton Monitoring Programs: Current Status in the Northern United States and Canada between latitudes 32º and 55º North including Atlantic and Pacific Coasts Navis Bermudez
& Ellen Clark
 
 
1999
Critical Migratory Shorebird Habitat in Connecticut and Study of Anthropogenic and Invasive Species Effects on the Distribution and Abundance of Breeding Salt Marsh Birds in Connecticut Christon Robbins
 
Integrating Scientific Analysis into Land Use Management Program in the New York Metropolitan Area Jason Patrick
 
Ecological Risk Assessment for Sensitive Species in Connecticut Wetlands Systems due to Combinatory Effects of Chemical Phragmites australis and Mosquito Control Chris Kemos
 
Translating Research Data on Quinnipiac River Stormwater for Public Consumption Thomas Trexler
 
An Ecological Study of a Genus of Phragmites-galling Diptera Recently Introduced to North America Norris Muth
 
A Natural History Study of River Otters (Lutra canadensis), in the Mill River: Evidence for Recolonization of an Urban Watershed Laly Lichtenfeld
 
Examination of the Rates of Phragmites australis and Suburban Development Expansion: Meadows End Marsh, Milford, CT Donna An & 
Amy Owsley
 
 
1998
"4 days" the Bluefin Tuna Anne Bernard
 
Analysis of Nonpoint Source Pollution in Stormflow on the Quinnipiac Watershed Marla Steinhoff
 
Prioritizing Land for Conservation: A Case Study in the Hammonasset Watershed Julie Herbst & 
Nancy Vlahos
 
Nitrogen Loading to the Quinnipiac Subwatersheds from Nonpoint Sources Fan Li
 
Evaluating the Restoration Potential of an Urban Salt Marsh with GIs and Hydrological Modeling Denise Burchsted
   
Quinnipiac River Watershed Environmental Educators Outreach Program Curtis Hinman
 
 
1997
Valuing Incremental Water Quality Improvements in the West River Watershed: an examination of social-psychological values and economic valuation techniques Jennifer Yelin
 
Healthy Streams and Healthful Watersheds: Developing an Index of Watershed Health William Price
 
Opportunities and Constraints in an Urban System: The Helm and Spring Street Landfills as a Case Study for Ecosystem Management Vanessa Johnson
   
Restoring Connecticut's Coastal Resources: A Handbook for Municipal Officials P. Van Patten and H. Crawford
 
 
1996
A Value Based Approach to Developing Policy for the West River Memorial Park in New Haven, Connecticut David Casagrande
   
The Long Island Sound Coastal Zone - Strategies for a Proposed Bi-State Open Space Initiative Bill Martin
   
A GIs Data Directory of Social Parameters within the West River Watershed, and a Discussion of Possible Management Applications Christina Page
 
A Contingent Valuation Survey of the Non-Market Values of Restoring the West River Tidal Salt Marsh, New Haven, Connecticut Matthew Udziela
 

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