| Abstract: | INTRODUCTION
The Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) extends along more than 70 km of Atlantic Ocean open-beach coastline and includes three large saltwater bays - Wellfleet Harbor, Nauset Marsh, and Pleasant Bay (fig. 1). CACO encompasses about 18,000 ha of uplands, lakes, wetlands, and tidal lands (Godfrey and others, 1999) including most habitats typical of the sandy coast in National seashores and parks extending southward from Massachusetts to Florida. In 1995, CACO was selected by the National Park Service (NPS) as a prototype park typifying the Atlantic and Gulf Coast biogeographic region for long-term coastal ecosystem monitoring. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is currently (2007) assisting the NPS in the development of protocols for a Long-Term Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring Program at the CACO in Massachusetts. The overall purpose of the monitoring program is to characterize both natural and human-induced change in the biological resources of the CACO, over a time scale of decades, in the context of a changing global ecosystem. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 80234 |
| Citation Author: | Colman, John A.; Masterson, John P. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | USGS Massachusetts-Rhode Island Water Science Center |
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| Citation LatN: | 0420500 |
| Citation LatS: | 0413500 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | x, 95 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2007-1149 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Monitoring Ground-Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems; 2007; OFR; 2007-1149; Colman, John A.; Masterson, John P. |
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| Citation Year: | 2007 |
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| Text: | Monitoring Ground-Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems; 2007; OFR; 2007-1149; Colman, John A.; Masterson, John P. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1149/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
