Fiber-optic technology promises to monitor Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the water and in real time
Project Coordinator: Dr. Donald Anderson | Reserve Location(s): Wells, ME

Eco-friendly system offers cost-effective removal of nitrogen from wastewater
Project Coordinator: Dr. Robert Nerenberg | Reserve Location(s): Hudson River, NY

Researchers enhance the pollution treatment performance of stormwater bioretention systems
Project Coordinator: Dr. Allen Davis | Reserve Location(s): Chesapeake Bay, MD

Affordable treatment system uses wood by-products to filter pollution from stormwater runoff
Project Coordinator: Dr. Thomas Boving | Reserve Location(s): Narragansett Bay, RI

Affordable data relay technology links sensors in the field to desktops in the lab
Project Coordinator: Mr. Blake Henke | Reserve Location(s): Ace Basin SC, Apalachicola Bay FL, Chesapeake Bay MD, Chesapeake Bay VA, Delaware Bay DE, Sapelo Island GA

Patented reactive barrier traps and stabilizes toxic heavy metals in sediment.
Project Coordinators: Drs. Taylor Eighmy and Jeffrey Melton | Reserve Location(s): Great Bay NH, Hudson River NY, Jacques Cousteau NJ, Narragansett Bay RI

New study compares innovative methods of rapid bacterial indicator testing in support of same-day health risk warnings at public beaches in California.
Project Coordinator: John Griffith | Reserve Location(s): California

Stormwater treatment center brings clarity.
Project Coordinator: Robert Roseen | Reserve Location(s): New Hampshire

Study reveals that when it comes to managing stormwater to protect water quality, it’s time to challenge conventional wisdom.
Project Coordinator: Thomas Ballestero | Reserve Location(s): Great Bay, NH

Patented reactive barrier traps and stabilizes toxic heavy metals in sediment.
Project Coordinator: Taylor Eighmy | Reserve Location(s): Great Bay NH, Hudson River NY, Jacques Cousteau NJ, Narragansett Bay RI

New interface provides real-time water quality mapping and visualization
Project Coordinator: Mark Trice | Reserve Location(s): Chesapeake Bay MD

Model predicts the outcome of proposed salt marsh restoration projects
Project Coordinator: Ray Konisky | Reserve Location(s): Wells ME

A new technology uses ozone gas to treat polluted sediments in situ.
Project Coordinator: Andrew Hong | Reserve Location(s): Elkhorn Slough CA, Narragansett Bay RI, Wells ME

An eco-friendly approach of transforming nitrates from septic tank effluent into atmospheric nitrogen
Project Coordinator: Sukalyan Sengupta | Reserve Location(s): Waquoit Bay MA

GIS-based User-friendly Model Helps Farmers Reduce Nutrient Pollution
Project Coordinator: Changsheng Li | Reserve Location(s): Elkhorn Slough CA

New spatial model helps identify the most promising locations for eelgrass restoration projects.
Project Coordinator: Fred Short | Reserve Location(s): Great Bay, NH

Commercially-available in situ nutrient sensor samples for up to three months at a time.
Project Coordinator: Jane Caffrey | Reserve Location(s): Elkhorn Slough,CA - Apalachicola Bay,FL - Weeks Bay,AL

Research explores a sustainable method of transforming dredged sediment into concrete.
Project Coordinator: Kevin Gardner | Reserve Location(s): Hudson River, NY - Narragansett Bay, RI

Researchers gauge the cost and effectiveness of remote sensing technologies to monitor development and its impact on water quality.
Project Coordinator: R.G. Lathrop | Reserve Location(s): Jacques Cousteau, NJ

Urban planning tools use historic development patterns to predict future growth.
Project Coordinator: Fay Rubin | Reserve Location(s): Great Bay, NH

Atmospheric Deposition of Pesticides to Chesapeake Bay Estuaries
Project Coordinator: Alba Torrents | Reserve Location(s): Delaware Bay, DE

In Situ Treatment of PCB-Contaminated Sediments Using Zero-Valent Iron
Project Coordinator: Kevin Gardner | Reserve Location(s): Narragansett Bay, RI

Microbial Source Tracking in Two Southern Maine Watersheds
Project Coordinator: Kristen Whiting-Grant | Reserve Location(s): Wells Reserve, ME

Using Bacterial Growth Efficiency as an Index of Salt Marsh Function
Project Coordinator: Roger Newell | Reserve Location(s): Chesapeake Bay, MD

Microplate Assay Development for Detecting Microbial Contaminants
Project Coordinator:Jack Fell | Reserve Location(s): Rookery Bay, Naples FL

In Situ Copper Monitoring in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Waters
Project Coordinator: Robert Byrne | Reserve Location(s): Rookery Bay (Naples, FL)

An Autonomous Profiler for Estuarine Monitoring
Project Coordinator: Rocky Geyer | Reserve Location(s): Great Bay, Winyah Bay, Hudson River

Automated Seepage Meter for Groundwater Discharge
Project Coordinator: Matthew Charette | Reserve Location(s): Waquiot Bay (Cape Cod, MA)

Technology and methods for faster mapping of key estuarine habitat parameters
Project Coordinator: S. Ross | Reserve Location(s): North Carolina,NC - Jacques Cousteau,NJ - Rookery Bay,FL

New instrument for faster field-sampling of gas-phase ammonium!
Project Coordinator:Joel Baker | Reserve Location(s): Chesapeake Bay (Maryland)

Modeling the effects of oysters and clams on seagrass and water clarity
Project Coordinator: Roger Newell | Reserve Location(s): Chesapeake Bay - MD

Detecting groundwater inflow sites into estuaries
Project Coordinator: Charles Sarabun | Reserve Location(s): Chesapeake Bay (Maryland)

Modeling land-based nutrients flow into estuaries
Project Coordinator: Ivan Valiela | Reserve Location(s): Apalachicola Bay, FL - Great Bay, NH - Waquoit Bay, MA - Weeks Bay, AL

New instrumentation for tracking estuarine contaminant plumes
Project Coordinator:John King | Reserve Location(s): Chesapeake Bay (Maryland)

Renourishing marshes with dredge spoil
Project Coordinator: Lynn Leonard | Reserve Location(s): Narragansett Bay ,RI

Using remote sensing and GIS to assess groundwater inflow and loadings
Project Coordinator: Tom Ballestero | Reserve Location(s): Great Bay, NH

New in situ technology automatically counts and captures images of phytoplankton
Project Coordinator: M. Sieracki | Reserve Location(s): Wells, ME

Accelerating the breakdown of oil in salt marshes
Project Coordinator: Nancy Kinner | Reserve Location(s): Foreriver Marsh: Portland, Maine

New technology for containing oil in high speed currents
Project Coordinator:M.R. Swift | Reserve Location(s): Great Bay, NH

Latest Results from URI Eelgrass Restoration Project
Project Coordinator: Scott Nixon | Reserve Location(s): Narragansett Bay, RI

Louisiana Project uses Marshland Upwelling System to Treat Domestic Wastewater
Project Coordinator: Kelly Rusch | Reserve Location(s): Grand Bay, MS