Water Quality Monitoring and Research Plans for Kettle Ponds, Cape Cod National Seashore Report of a Workshop, March 2-3, 1992
Martin L, Portnoy J, Roman C. 1993. Water Quality Monitoring and Research Plans for Kettle Ponds, Cape Cod National Seashore Report of a Workshop, March 2-3, 1992. Technical Report NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-93/15. National Park Service. Washington, DC
To assist in the design of a kettle pond monitoring program for Cape Cod National Seashore, the National Park Service (NPS) held a two-day workshop with scientists and resource managers familiar with the ponds. The invited participants represented a range of disciplines including groundwater hydrology; physical, biological, and chemical limnology; nutrient and geochemical processes; and freshwater ecology. Pond ecological processes and human use patterns were reviewed in the context of NPS resource management goals. Both future research needs and monitoring tasks were identified. This report presents the conclusions of the workshop panel. Contents include: Introduction and Management. Monitoring Objectives. Limnological Monitoring (Previous studies; General water quality; Proposed monitoring program [Study sites and frequency; Variables and measurement methods; Discussion; Data storage]). Hydrologic Research (Local Hydrogeology [Geology; Water Table Mapping]; Pond Morphometry; Water Budgets; Ground Water Quality Survey at Gull Pond; Duck Pond Hydrologic Research). Project Management, Data Analysis and Reporting. Corollary Studies (Pond Margin Ecology; Benthos and Surface Sediments; Fish). Plus Appendices (Appendix 1: Workshop Agenda; Appendix 2: Hypothesized Biogeochemical Pond Processes; Appendix 3: Recent Trends in Kettle Pond pH; Appendix 4: Field and Laboratory Methods).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Martin, Larry; Portnoy, John; Roman, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1993-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CACO
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Aquatic Sciences, Benthos, Ecology, Fish, Geology, Groundwater, Hydrology, Kettle Ponds, Limnology, Management, Monitoring, pH, Research & Studies, Resource Management, Water Quality, workshop