News Release

CICEET's Spring 2005 Progress Reports Online



The Cooperative Institute for Coastal & Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) is a partnership of the University of New Hampshire and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. CICEET is dedicated to the development of tools for clean water and healthy coasts nationwide.


Interested in the research that CICEET is sponsoring in your reserve? The spring 2005 progress reports have been posted online. These reports, submitted by the projects' investigators, detail their progress in gathering data, meeting research objectives, reaching out to coastal management, and soliciting feedback from end users.

You can browse these reports online by region:

Northeast
Mid-Atlantic
Southeast (including Puerto Rico)
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast




NORTHEAST

Great Bay, N.H.
Field Testing Targeted Sampling and Enterococcus faecalis to Identify Human Fecal Contamination in Three National Estuarine Research Reserve System Sites

Injection Vessel to Remediate Contaminated Salt Marshes: Advancements and Demonstration (Part 2 of 2)

Integrating Technologies to Monitor and Predict Patterns of Urban Growth

Interactive GIS-based, Site Selection Model for Eelgrass Restoration on CD-ROM

Presentation of Nutrient Pollutant Load and Source Estimation Model Results for Enhanced Nutrient Loading Analyses of New England Coastal Watersheds

Use of Permeable Reactive Barriers to Reduce the Release of Nitrate from Existing Septic Systems to Groundwater and Estuaries

Narragansett Bay, R.I.
Assessing Relative Eutrophication of Coastal Embayments with Calibrated Aerial Video Imagery

Evaluation of Leachfield Aeration Technology for Improvement of Water Quality and Hydraulic Functions in Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems

Field Plot Demonstration Project for Large Scale Restoration of Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) Using Mechanical Seeding Apparatus (Part 3 of 3)

In Situ Sediment Ozonator for Remediation of PCB, PAH, DDT, and Other Recalcitrant Chemicals

Interactive, GIS-based Site Selection Model for Eelgrass Restoration on CD-ROM

Microbial Source Tracking Using F-specific Coliphages and Quantitative PCR

A New Autonomous Technology for Monitoring Microbial Indicators of Fecal Contamination in Coastal Waters

Polychlorinated Biphenyl Remediation in Sediments: Pilot Scale Demonstration

Presentation of Nutrient Pollutant Load and Source Estimation Model Results for Enhanced Nutrient Loading Analyses of New England Coastal Watersheds

Waquoit Bay, Mass.
Assessing Relative Eutrophication of Coastal Embayments with Calibrated Aerial Video Imagery

Assessment of Anthropogenic Copper Pollution in Waquoit Bay NERR: Dr. Thompson's Progress Report has been withheld to protect intellectual property. Please contact Mr. Kalle Matso for updated information on this project: 603.862.3508; kalle.matso@unh.edu.

Autotrophic Biological Dentrification with Hydrogen or Thiosulfate for Complete Removal of Nitrogen from Septic System Wastewater

Effectiveness of Reactive Barriers for Reducing N-Loading to the Coastal Zone

Mitigating the Effects of Excess Nutrients in Coastal Waters through Bivalve Aquaculture and Harvesting

Presentation of Nutrient Pollutant Load and Source Estimation Model Results for Enhanced Nutrient Loading Analyses of New England Coastal Watersheds

A User Friendly Aid to Explore Management Options to Lower Nitrogen Loads to Estuaries

Wells, Maine
In Situ Sediment Ozonator for Remediation of PCB, PAH, DDT, and Other Recalcitrant Chemicals

Presentation of Nutrient Pollutant Load and Source Estimation Model Results for Enhanced Nutrient Loading Analyses of New England Coastal Watersheds

Salt Marsh Assessment and Restoration Tool (SMART): An Evaluation of Hyperspectral, LIDAR and SWMM for Producing Accurate Habitat Restoration Predictions

Science Translation for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control: A Cultural Models Approach with Municipal Officials

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MID-ATLANTIC

Chesapeake Bay, Md. and Va.
Advanced Laser Fluorescence (ALF) Technology for Estuarine and Coastal Environmental Biomonitoring

DATAVIEW: A Real Time Spatially-explicit Visualization Interface and Monitoring System for Estuarine and Coastal Water Quality Data. Mr. Trice's progress report has been withheld to protect intellectual property. Please contact Mr. Kalle Matso for updated information on this project: 603.862.3508; kalle.matso@unh.edu

A Community Model for the Chesapeake Bay

Development of Treatment Wetland Technology for VOC-Contaminated Groundwater

Enhancement and Demonstration of Satellite Telemetry System for Real Time Water Monitoring throughout the NERRS Network

Wastewater Treatment to Minimize Nitrogen Delivery from Dairy Farms to Receiving Waters

Delaware Bay, Del.
Enhancement and Demonstration of Satellite Telemetry System for Real Time Water Monitoring throughout the NERRS Network

Hudson River, N.Y.
Application of Inexpensive Microarray for Assessment of Microbiological Contaminants in Water Quality Control.

Discriminating and Mapping Invasive Plant Species Using Advanced Remote Sensing Technology

Development and Demonstration of Low Pressure Control Zone Contaminated Sediment Dredging Technology

Electrochemical Remediation and Stabilization of Contaminated Sediments

Enclosed Excavator for Contaminated Sediment Removal from Coastal Aquatic Environments

Polychlorinated Biphenyl Remediation in Sediments: Pilot Scale Demonstration

Jacques Cousteau, N.J.
Advanced Laser Fluorescence (ALF) Technology for Estuarine and Coastal Environmental Biomonitoring

F + RNA Coliphages as Source Tracking Viral Indicators of Fecal Contamination

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SOUTHEAST

Ace Basin, S.C.
Enhancement and Demonstration of Satellite Telemetry System for Real Time Water Monitoring throughout the NERRS Network

Jobos Bay, P.R.
Field Testing Targeted Sampling and Enterococcus faecalis to Identify Human Fecal Contamination in Three National Estuarine Research Reserve System Sites

North Carolina, N.C.
F + RNA Coliphages as Source Tracking Viral Indicators of Fecal Contamination

North Inlet-Winyah Bay, S.C.
Advanced Laser Fluorescence (ALF) Technology for Estuarine and Coastal Environmental Biomonitoring

Development of an Automated Mapping Technique for Monitoring and Managing Shellfish Distributions

Wastewater Treatment to Minimize Nitrogen Delivery from Dairy Farms to Receiving Waters

Sapelo Island, Ga.
Enhancement and Demonstration of Satellite Telemetry System for Real Time Water Monitoring throughout the NERRS Network

Field Testing Targeted Sampling and Enterococcus faecalis to Identify Human Fecal Contamination in Three National Estuarine Research Reserve System Sites

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GULF OF MEXICO

Apalachicola Bay, Fla.
Enhancement and Demonstration of Satellite Telemetry System for Real Time Water Monitoring throughout the NERRS Network

F + RNA Coliphages as Source Tracking Viral Indicators of Fecal Contamination

Rookery Bay, Fla.
Application of an in situ Infrared Camera System for Evaluating Icthyofaunal Utilization of Restored and Degraded Mangrove Habitats: Developing a Set of Reference Conditions from a NERRS Site.

F + RNA Coliphages as Source Tracking Viral Indicators of Fecal Contamination

Weeks Bay, Ala.
Sorptive Clarification as an Environmental Technology to Passively Treat Stormwater from Elevated Transportation Infrastructure

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PACIFIC COAST

Elkhorn Slough, Calif.
Development of an Integrated Data Acquisition and Coastal Marine GIS Analysis System for Habitat Mapping and Change Detection in the Elkhorn Slough NERR

F + RNA Coliphages as Source Tracking Viral Indicators of Fecal Contamination

In Situ Sediment Ozonator for Remediation of PCB, PAH, DDT and Other Recalcitrant Chemicals

South Slough, Ore.
Advanced Laser Fluorescence (ALF) Technology for Estuarine and Coastal Environmental Biomonitoring

Tijuana River, Calif.
F + RNA Coliphages as Source Tracking Viral Indicators of Fecal Contamination

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