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Cape Cod National Seashore
ARC - Research Publications and Media
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| Photo By Scott Buchanan |
| The coastal bluffs at Marconi Beach. |
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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.
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 the Cape Cod National Seashore. Click on the episodes below to listen.
Restoration of East Harbor - Plant Ecologist, Dr. 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 - 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 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.
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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.
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Elkinton, J.S., D.Parry, and G.H. Boettner. 2006. Implicating and introduced generalist parasitoid in the invasive browntail moth’s enigmatic demise. Ecology 87(10): 2664 – 2672.
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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.
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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.
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Lyons, P., C. Thornber, J. Portnoy & E. Gwilliam. 2008. Dynamics of macroalgal blooms along the Cape Cod National Seashore. Northeast Naturalist, (in press).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| Smith, S.M., and M. Hanley. 2005. Dune Slack Wetlands of Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts, U.S.A. NPS Report. Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MA. |
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Thelen, B.A., Thiet, R.K. 2008. Molluscan community recovery following partial tidal restoration of a New England estuary, U.S.A. Restoration Ecology, (in press).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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