State/
Province |
Data Origination |
General Information |
Date Last Updated
/Verified |
Website |
Generic Contact Information |
| Aquaculture - Acres |
| Massachusetts |
Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries |
Data obtained as a file from Mass. DMF. |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Aquaculture Specialist: 508 990-2860 |
| New Hampshire |
NH Fish and Game |
Data obtained as memos from NH Fish and Game. Data do not include land sites that utilize pumped water. |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Marine Biologist: 603 868-1095 |
| Maine |
Maine Department of Marine Resources |
Data obtained as a file from Maine DMR |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Division of Ecology and Aquaculture: 207 633-9502 |
| New Brunswick |
NB Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries |
Data obtained as a file from NB DAAF |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Coordinator: 506 755-4000 |
| Nova Scotia |
NS Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture |
Data obtained as a file from NS FAA |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Aquaculture Licensing Officer, 902 424-3397 |
| Aquaculture - Economic |
| Massachusetts |
Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries |
Data obtained as a file from Mass DMF as reported by lease holders. |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Aquaculture Specialist: 508 990-2860 |
| New Hampshire |
NH Fish and Game |
Data obtained as memos from NH Fish and Game; derived from reported sales of product. |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Marine Biologist: 603 868-1095 |
| Maine |
Maine Department of Marine Resources |
Data obtained as a file from Maine DMR; calculated from lease holder data. Data pre-2005 not included for shellfish as data deemed unreliable. |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Division of Ecology and Aquaculture: 207 633-9502 |
| New Brunswick |
NB Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries |
Value represents salmon production only. Repainder of species determined to not be significant in the Bay of Fundy. |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Coordinator: 506 755-4000 |
| Nova Scotia |
NB Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries |
Data obtained as a file from NS FAA |
January, 2011 |
Click here |
Aquaculture Licensing Officer, 902 424-3397 |
| Climate Change - Precipitation |
| US only |
United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) |
"The United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) is a high-quality data set of daily and monthly records of basic meteorological variables from 1218 observing stations across the 48 contiguous United States. Daily data include observations of maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation amount, snowfall amount, and snow depth; monthly data consist of monthly-averaged maximum, minimum, and mean temperature and total monthly precipitation. " |
February 2011 |
Click here |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, no phone information available. E-mail: cdiac@ornl.gov |
| Canada only |
Adjusted Historical Canadian Climate Data (AHCCD) |
"The method follows the steps described in Mekis and Vincent (2011). Daily rainfall gauge and snowfall ruler data were extracted from the National Climate Data Archive. " |
February 2011 |
Click here |
Environment Canada, no phone information available. E-mail: AHCCD@ec.gc.ca |
| Climate Change - Air Temperature |
| US only |
United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) |
"The United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) is a high-quality data set of daily and monthly records of basic meteorological variables from 1218 observing stations across the 48 contiguous United States. Daily data include observations of maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation amount, snowfall amount, and snow depth; monthly data consist of monthly-averaged maximum, minimum, and mean temperature and total monthly precipitation. " |
February 2011 |
Click here |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, no phone information available. E-mail: cdiac@ornl.gov |
| Canada only |
Adjusted Historical Canadian Climate Data (AHCCD) |
"This website provides monthly, seasonal and annual means of the daily maximum, minimum and mean temperatures from the Second Generation of Homogenized Temperature datasets which now replace the first generation datasets." |
February 2011 |
Click here |
Environment Canada, no phone information available. E-mail: AHCCD@ec.gc.ca |
| Climate Change -Sea Level |
| All Gulf of Maine |
Permanent Service for Mean Seal Level (PSMSL) |
From PSMSL: "PSMSL is the global data bank for long term sea level change information from tide gauges and bottom pressure recorders. " The dataset used by ESIP is refered to as RLR data which is reduced to a common datum." |
March 17, 2008 |
Click here |
General number: +44 (0)151-795-4800 |
| Gulfwatch |
| Gulf of Maine |
Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment |
From GOMC: "Gulfwatch is a chemical-contaminants monitoring program organized and administered by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. Since 1993, Gulfwatch has measured contaminants in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) to assess the types and concentration of contaminants in coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine. It is one of the few monitoring programs and the only one in the Gulf of Maine to be coordinated across international borders. " |
Data downloaded through 2008. |
Click here |
No phone information available. E-mail: oceans2@ns.sympatico.ca |
| Mussel Watch |
| US only |
National Status and Trends (NOAA) |
From NOAA: " Mussel Watch represents the longest running continuous contaminant monitoring program in U.S. coastal and Great Lakes waters. The project was developed to analyze chemical and biological contaminant trends in sediments and bivalve tissues collected at over 300 coastal sites from 1986 to present. Parameters monitored include sediment and bivalve tissue chemistry for over 100 organic and inorganic contaminants; bivalve histology; and Clostridium perfringens (pathogen) concentrations. This project regularly quantifies PAHs, PCBs, DDTs and its metabolites, TBT and its metabolites, chlorinated pesticides and toxic trace elements. " |
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Click here |
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment: 301 713-3028 |
| Massachusetts |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection |
"The wetlands are interpreted from 1:12,000 scale, stereo color-infrared photography (CIR) by staff at UMASS Amherst. |
October 2011 |
Click here |
Massaachuestts Office of Geographical Information: 617 619-5611 |
| New Hampshire |
NH Department of Environmental Services |
The dataset delineates emergent tidal wetlands within the coastal zone of NH, including the Atlantic coastline from the Massachusetts to the Maine border, the NH side of the Pisquataqua River, Great Bay and its tributaries up to the head of tide, and the NH Isles of Shoals. In general the cover types are based on the US Fish and Wildlife’s wetland classification system developed by Cowardin et al. in 1979. The purpose of the project was to map all emergent tidal wetlands, with an emphasis on the invasive Phragmites (Phragmites australis) and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). Cattail (Typha angustifolia and occasionally T. latifolia) were delineated in large stands." |
October 2011 |
Click here |
New Hampshire's Statewide GIS Clearinghouse: 603 862-1792 |
| Maine |
Maine State Planning Office |
Data layer prepared in 2006 from 1960s photography. |
October 2011 |
N/A |
Office of Geographical Information: 617 619-5611 |
| Nova Scotia |
NS Department of Natural Resourcse |
"In 2000, the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSDNR) replaced the 1982 hardcopy 1:50,000 scale wetland inventory maps with a digital inventory based upon visual interpretation and digitizing of 1:10,000 scale aerial photography flown during the late 1980s and 1990s." |
October 2011 |
N/A |
Wildlife GIS Analyst: 902 679-6091 |
| Tidal Restrictions |
| Massachusetts |
Cape Cod Tidal Restrictions Atlas |
From Cape Cod Commission: "This study was undertaken to identify salt marsh systems impaired by the restrictionof tidal flow along the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The scope of this project waslimited to sites where salt marshes have been impacted by transportation related facilitiessuch as roads, railroads, causeways, and footpaths. Additionally, infrastructure built tosupport the extensive cranberry farming operations on the Cape was also considered inthis atlas. In some cases, dikes serving no transportation purpose were identified and includedif they were found to be restricting tidal flow to a salt marsh." |
October 2011 |
Click here |
Cape Cod Commission: 508 362-3828 |
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Rumney Marshes ACEC Salt Marsh Restoration Plan |
Original analysis by Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. General review conduced but more fieldwork needed. |
October 2011 |
Click here |
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation: 617 626-1349 |
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South Shore Tidal Restriction Atlas |
This dataset shows the tidal restrictions from the "Atlas of Tidal Restrictions on the South Shore of Massachusetts," prepared by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and funded and prepared at the request of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Massachusetts Wetlands Restoration Program. The Atlas was published in December 2001 and it "identifies, inventories and prioritizes Massachusetts South Shore tidal restrictions that may adversely impact upstream tidal wetlands" according to the Purpose and Goals section of the Atlas. The municipalities included in the Atlas are Weymouth, Hingham, Hull, Cohasset, Scituate, Norwell, Marshfield, Duxbury, Kingston, and Plymouth. |
October 2011 |
Click here |
Massaachuestts Office of Geographical Information: 617 619-5611 |
| New Hampshire |
NHDES Coastal Program |
Data obtained directly as a file from NH DES Coastal Program |
October 2011 |
Click here |
NH Department of Envrionmental Services: 603 271-3503 |
| Maine |
Return the Tides |
Data available for Maine with more detailed information available (Acres affected, crossing type, water body, flooding potential) available through link. Data needed to be checked via fieldwork. Considered estimate. |
October 2011 |
Click here |
Project Coordinator: ebonebak@maine.rr.com |
| New Brunswick and Nova Scotia |
Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Project |
From BoFEP: "An audit was initiated for New Brunswick in 2000 by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) and Environment Canada and joined on the Nova Scotia side by the Ecology Action Center (EAC) in 2001. In addition, in 2001 the Salt Marsh and Restricted Tidal Systems (SMARTS) Working Group of the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (BoFEP) provided scientific support and expertise. ...Work was done in three phases including inventory and visual assessment." |
October 2011 |
Click here |
Project Coordinator: 902 420-5737 |
| Eelgrass |
| Massachusetts |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection |
Methodology as follows: Acquisition of aerial photography (1:20,000), photointerpretation, and fieldwork. Photography acquired between 1999-2001. |
October 2011 |
Click here |
Massaachuestts Office of Geographical Information: 617 619-5611 |
| New Hampshire |
University of New Hampshire |
From NH Granit: "The dataset shows the locations where eelgrass was observed in the Great Bay Estuary based on low-altitude aerial surveillance. The study area includes the following waterbodies: Great Bay, the mouth of the Squamscott River, the tidal portion of the Lamprey, the tidal portion of the Oyster River, the tidal portion of the Bellamy River, the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor and its associated creeks. " |
October 2011 |
Click here |
New Hampshire's Statewide GIS Clearinghouse: 603 862-1792 |
| Maine |
Maine Department of Marine Resources |
From ME DMR: "In the period 1992-1997, eelgrass bed locations were compiled on stable-base manuscripts containing the coastline and other basemap features from the 1:24000 scale USGS topographic maps. Polygons delineating stands of eelgrass were digitized and coded using a four category scale of percent cover. In the 2001 to 2005 time period polygons were screen digitized. Verification has been carried out by boat, on foot, and by plane." |
October 2011 |
Click here |
GIS: 207 633-9507 |
| Eutrophication - SPARROW |
| Northeastern portion of the United States |
USGS |
SPARROW is a modeling tool used in this instance to estimate nitrogen and phosphorus loading. |
May 2012 |
Click here |
rmoore@usgs.gov |
| Eutrophication - Dissolved Oxygen |
| Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) |
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve |
Dissolved oxygen sampling is conducted through automate dataloggers and serve through the federal Centralized Data Management Office (CDMO). |
May 2012 |
Click here (USGS)
And here (Wells Reserve) |
rmoore@usgs.gov
jmiller@wellsnerr.org |
| Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) |
Partnership between New Hampshire and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
Dissolved oxygen sampling is conducted through automate dataloggers and serve through the federal Centralized Data Management Office (CDMO). |
May 2012 |
Click here |
paul.stacey@wildlife.nh.gov |
| Bowdoin Buoy |
Bowdoin Coastal Studies Center |
Dissolved oxygen sampling is conducted through automate dataloggers. |
May 2012 |
Click here |
mmurray@bowdoin.edu |
| UNH |
UNH Coastal Ocean Observing System |
Dissolved oxygen sampling is conducted through automate dataloggers. |
May 2012 |
Click here |
doug.vandemark@unh.edu |
| NERACOOS Buoy A01 |
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) |
Dissolved oxygen sampling is conducted through automate dataloggers. |
May 2012 |
Click here |
doug.vandemark@unh.edu |
| Eutrophication - Chlorophyll a & Secchi |
| Cadmus2009 |
Maine Department of Environmental Protection |
Data reported by State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection as part of nutrient criteria reporting. |
August 2011 |
http://www.maine.gov/dep/water/nutrient-criteria/091104_cadmus_saquish_nutrient_criteria_report.pdf |
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| Friends of Casco Bay |
Friends of Casco Bay |
Volunteer monitoring program that samples for multiple parameters. General reports are available through the webpage. |
July 2011 |
http://cascobay.org/water-quality-monitoring/ |
keeper@cascobay.org |
| Georges River Tidewater Association |
Georges River Tidewater Association |
The Georges River Tidewater Association monitors water quality in the St. George Estuary. |
April 2012 |
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jonathan.eaton3@gmail.com |
| Plum Island Ecosystem LTER Site |
Part of the National Science Foundation's (NSP) Long Term Ecological Research Network. |
The Plum Island LTER studies the importance of organic carbon and nitrogen inputs to the Plum Island watershed. |
January 2011 |
http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ |
pie_im@mbl.edu |
| Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI) |
Marine Environment Research Institute |
Blue Hill Bay watershed monitoring project samples via multi-parameter probe. |
October 2011 |
http://meriresearch.org/COASTALMONITORING/BlueHillBayWatershed/tabid/90/Default.aspx |
info@meriresearch.org |
| Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) |
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority |
Among other activities, MWRA monitors the water quality of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay. Sampling includes: nutrients, pathogens, metals, and organics. |
July 2011 |
http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/harbor/html/bhrecov.htm |
web.enquad@mwra.state.ma.us |
| NCA-NE Casco Bay Project |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
The National Coastal Condition Monitoring and Reporting summarize ecological conditions along the US coastline. |
April 2011 |
http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/assessmonitor/nccr/index.cfm |
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| NCA-NE Jackson Estuarine Lab |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
The National Coastal Condition Monitoring and Reporting summarize ecological conditions along the US coastline. |
April 2011 |
http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/assessmonitor/nccr/index.cfm |
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| NCA-NE Mass Coastal Zone |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
The National Coastal Condition Monitoring and Reporting summarize ecological conditions along the US coastline. |
April 2011 |
http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/assessmonitor/nccr/index.cfm |
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| Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) |
PREP is a partnership of communities in the Piscatauq Region, EPA's National Estuary Program, and the University of New Hampshire |
PREP “monitors and reports on numerous environmental indicators of water quality, shellfish resources, land use, and critical species and habitats.” |
July 2011 |
http://prep.unh.edu/programs/environmental-monitoring.htm |
Philip.Trowbridge@des.nh.gov |
| Salem Sound Coastwatch/Salem State University |
Salem Sound Coastwatch/Salem State University |
Salem Sound Coastwatch and Salem State University have combined efforts to sample water quality parameters for several time periods. |
November 2011 |
http://www.salemsound.org/waterQuality.html |
barbara.warren@salemsound.org |
| Wells NERRS |
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve |
Wells Research sampling program includes water quality and nutrient parameters. |
May 2012 |
http://www.wellsreserve.org/research/monitoring_program |
jmiller@wellsnerr.org |
| Wilbur 2006 |
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management |
Paper: FIELD STUDY OF WATER CLARITY AND SEAFLOOR CHARACTERISTICS IN SUPPORT OF RESTORATION PLANNING FOR EELGRASS HABITAT IN THE ANNISQUAM RIVER SUMMER-FALL 2006 |
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