The coastal bluffs at Marconi Beach.
Photo By Scott Buchanan
Research Publications and Media
It is a priority of the Atlantic Research Center to communicate research taking place within the park. On this page you will find a number of publications and a variety of media that describe past and ongoing research, as well as some general information pertaining to park natural resources. For a more in-depth listing of research reports and publications please visit our Cape Cod Ecosystem Monitoring (CCEM) page. Those interested in learning more about research at Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) should also visit the NPS Research Permit and Reporting System website and review the archive of Investigator's Annual Reports. These reports are mandatory year-end summaries of research projects written by Principal Investigators (PI's) intended to record and communicate objectives and progress of all permitted projects. Below you will find audio, video, illustrations, and publications all created to disseminate information about research taking place within the Park. Please click on the links below to view the files.
Research Posters
Explore past and current research on our research posters page. These projects have utilized ARC resources to unlock the mysteries of the natural world found at Cape Cod National Seashore. Links are provided to full-size pdfs.
Video Media
Dr. Todd Tupper, a wildlife biologist who carried out his dissertation research at Cape Cod National Seashore, discusses the ecology of amphibians in the Park, specifically Fowler's toads. View video! Video courtesy of Mark Adams.
Audio Media
The Cape Codcast
A special audio series exploring science at Cape Cod National Seashore. Click on the episodes below to listen.
Spadefoot Toads at CCNS (8:47) - Take a ride on a rainy night to the Province Lands and discover the elusive spadefoot toad with Wildlife Ecologist Bob Cook and researcher Brad Timm.
Restoration of East Harbor (10:26) - Plant Ecologist Steve Smith takes us on a journey to East Harbor; a former salt marsh undergoing restoration via the reintroduction of salt water from Cape Cod Bay.
Geomorphic Shoreline Change (11:22) - A joint project between the National Park Service and the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies examining how the coast of Cape Cod is changing over time.
Music Credit: Special thanks to Vampire Weekend for the use of their song Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa!
ARC Supported Presentations
Medeiros, Kelly. 2009. Necessity of improving water level time series data accuracy from non-vented instrumentation through post-processing of barometric pressure effects.
ARC Supported Publications
The citations below are a partial list of journal articles and theses that have utilized Atlantic Research Center facilities and resources while conducting data collection and/or analysis for their research. The list is intended to represent the diverse opportunities for research within Cape Cod National Seashore. Please review this list of publications to gain a greater perspective of past research. Links to abstracts are provided where available.
Argow, A.B., Hughes, Z.J., and D.M. FitzGerald. 2011. Ice Raft Formation, Sediment Load, and Theoretical Potential for Ice-rafted Sediment Influz on Northern Coastal Wetlands. Continental Shelf Research 31(12): 1294-1305.
|
|
Bertness, M.D., Holdredge, C. and A.H. Altieri. 2009. Substrate Mediates Consumer Control of Salt Marsh Cordgrass on Cape Cod, New England. Ecology 90(8): 2108-2117.
|
|
Bertness, M.D., and B.R. Silliman. 2008. Consumer Control of Salt Marshes Driven by Human Disturbance. Conservation Biology 22: 618-623.
|
|
Boland, K.M., and Litvaitis, J.A. 2008. Role of predation and hunting on cottontail mortality at Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 918-927.
|
Buchanan, S.W. 2012. Ecology of the eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) at Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. MS Thesis, Montclair State University. pp. 104.
|
|
Elkinton, J.S., D.Parry, and G.H. Boettner. 2006. Implicating an introduced generalist parasitoid in the invasive browntail moth's enigmatic demise. Ecology 87(10): 2664 - 2672.
|
|
Forman, S.L., Z. Sagintayev, M. Sultan, S. Smith, R. Becker, M. Kendall, and L. Marìn. 2008. The 20th century migration of parabolic dunes and wetland formation at Cape Cod National Seashore, MA: Landscape response to a legacy of environmental disturbance. The Holocene 18(5): 765-774.
|
|
Gwilliam, E. L. 2004. Extent and composition of open coastal sandplain plant communities of the Cape Cod National Seashore. MS Thesis, University of Rhode Island. pp 80.
|
|
Holdredge, C., Bertness, M.D., and A.H. Altieri. 2009. Role of Crab Herbivory in Die-Off of New England Salt Marshes. Conservation Biology 23: 672-679.
|
|
James-Pirri, M.J., P. Veillette, and A. Leschen. 2012. Selected hemolymph serum constituents of captive, bled, and wild caught female American horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. Accepted pending revisions.
|
|
James-Pirri, MJ. 2010. Seasonal movement of the American horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus in a semi-enclosed bay on Cape Cod, Massachusetts (USA) as determined by acoustic telemetry. Current Zoology 56: 575-586.
|
|
Lasek-Nesselquist, E., A.L. Bogomolni, R.J. Gast, D.M. Welch, J.C. Ellis, M.L. Sogin, and M.J. Moore. 2008. Molecular characterization of Giardia intestinalis haplotypes in marine animals: variation and zoonotic potential. Disease of Aquatic Organisms 81: 39-51.
|
|
Lewis, Z.R., R. Kerney, and J. Hanken. 2011. Lung development in lungless salamanders! Developmental Biology 356: 250-251.
|
|
Lyons, P., C. Thornber, J. Portnoy & E. Gwilliam. 2008. Dynamics of macroalgal blooms along the Cape Cod National Seashore. Northeast Naturalist 16(1): 53-66.
|
|
O'Connell, A. F., N.W. Talancy, L.L. Bailey, J.R. Sauer, R. Cook, and A.T.Gilbert. 2006. Estimating site occupancy and detection probability parameters for mammals in a coastal ecosystem. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6): 1625-1633.
|
|
Schneider, E.G. 2005. Behavioral Ecology of an incubating shorebird: the effects of ambient temperature and human disturbance on piping plover (Charadrius melodus) Incubation Patterns at Cape Cod National Seashore. MS Thesis, University of Rhode Island. pp. 97.
|
|
Selfridge, J.A., D. Parry, and G.H. Boettner. 2007. Parasitism of barrens buck moth Hemileuca maia drury in early and late successional pine barrens habitat. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 61(4): 213 - 221.
|
|
Thelen, B.A., Thiet, R.K. 2008. Molluscan community recovery following partial tidal restoration of a New England estuary, U.S.A. Restoration Ecology 17(5): 695-703.
|
|
Timm, B.C., K. McGarigal, and R.P. Cook. 2010. Scaphiopus h. holbrookii predation. Herpetological Review 41: 207.
|
|
Timm, B.C., and K. McGarigal. 2010. The diets of subadult Fowler's toads (Bufo fowleri) and Eastern spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus h. holbrookii) at Cape Cod National Seashore, USA. Herpetological Review 41:154-156.
|
|
Tupper, T.A., Streicher, J.W., Greenspan, S.E., Timm, B.C., and Cook, R.P. 2011. Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in anurans of Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Herpetological Review: 42(1): 62-65.
|
|
Tupper TA, McLean MD, Buchanan S. 2009. Oviposition in northern clade B. fowleri: implications for conservation. Applied Herpetology 6: 343-353.
|
|
Tupper, T.A., Cook, R.P. 2008. Habitat variables influencing breeding effort in northern clade Bufo fowleri: Implications for conservation. Applied Herpetology 5: 101-119.
|
|
Tupper, T.A., Cook, R.P., Timm, B.C., Goodstine, A. 2007. Improving calling surveys for detecting Fowler's Toads, Bufo fowleri, in southern New England, USA. Applied Herpetology 4: 245-259.
|
|
Tupper, T.A. 2006. Variables Influencing Vocalization and Breeding Effort in the Fowler's Toad, Bufo fowleri, in Southern New England. PhD Dissertation, George Mason University. pp 112.
|
|
Von Holle, B., K.A. Joseph, E.F. Largay, and R.G. Lohnes. 2006. Facilitations between the introduced nitrogen-fixing tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, and nonnative plant species in the glacial outwash upland ecosystem of Cape Cod, MA. Biodiversity and Conservation 15(7): 2197-2215.
|
This map shows some major features of the Gulf of Maine region, such as topography and undersea landscape.
Base map courtesy of United States Geological Survey/Geological Survey of Canada/Woods Hole Field Center
ARC Activities
Shallow Water Mapping Techniques Workshop
On September 30 2009, the National Park Service's Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit sponsored a workshop on shallow water mapping techniques and challenges at the University of New Hampshire's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. The workshop was organized and coordinated by the Gulf of Maine Mapping Initiative (GOMMI) (www.gulfofmaine.org/gommi). GOMMI is subcommittee of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Environment whose goal is to promote and facilitate seafloor mapping, particularly in the Gulf of Maine.
The objectives of the workshop were to provide: an overview of shallow water mapping techniques, an opportunity to assess the regional resource management, monitoring, research, outreach, and education applications of seafloor mapping, a technical foundation enabling informed interactions with collaborators and to network with technical experts and representatives from multiple agencies to foster seafloor mapping collaborations.
Two major products were produced as a result of the one day workshop. A workshop proceedings which includes overviews of: the need for shallow water mapping, the technologies available to accomplish it, and recommendations for proceeding. The other product was a matrix, which compares advantages/limitations, data types, and range of suitable conditions for the various technologies used in seafloor mapping. A word about the matrix here.
|
