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Case Stories
The NERRS System-wide Monitoring (SWMP) data has proved useful in a wide variety of applications. These include identifying and assessing contaminant spills, designing and evaluating restoration projects, measuring the impacts from stormwater, hurricanes and other natural disturbances, and analyzing water quality conditions related to fish kills and shellfish diseases. To learn more see the specific examples below.
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Related Data Lesson Plan
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| Buried Forest Emerges at South Cape Beach: Watch your step but take a second look |
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March 2010
Massachussetts |
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precipitation
wind
waves
tides
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The recurring storms of March 2010 caused significant erosion to some parts of the Nantucket and Vineyard Sound south-facing shoreline. Because of this scientists made an interesting discovery. |
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Estuaries 101, Earth Science, Activity 4: Extreme Weather and Estuaries |
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| Tracking the Record March 2010 Rains in Narragansett Bay |
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March 2010
Rhode Island |
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salinity
turbidity dissolved oxygen
precipitation |
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Historic rainfall flooded Rhode Island in March 2010. By some accounts, it was the worst flooding in 200 years. |
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Estuaries 101, Earth Science, Activity 3: Estuary and Watershed |
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Hurricane Katrina impacts GBNERR: Moving forward
Questions and Answers regarding the impacts of Hurricane Katrina (Elive! 2005) |
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August 29, 2005
Mississippi |
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salinity
turbidity dissolved oxygen
precipitation
water temperature |
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The SWMP dataloggers at the Grand Bay Reserve in Mississippi captured one of the most significant and tragic hurricane events in American history-Hurricane Katrina. |
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Estuaries 101, Earth Science, Activity 4: Extreme Weather and Estuaries |
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| Tracking the Impacts of a Phosphate Spill in the Grand Bay NERR |
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April 14, 2005
Mississippi |
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salinity
temperature
dissolved oxygen
pH
chlorophyll-a
dissolved phosphorous
orthophosphates
turbidity |
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On April 14, 2005, a SWMP datalogger in the Grand Bay NERR reserve in southeastern Mississippi detected an abrupt drop in pH levels due to the failure of containment ponds at a nearby phosphate fertilizer manufacturing company. |
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Estuaries 101, Physical Science, Activity 3: Human Impact on Estuaries: A Terrible Spill in Grand Bay |
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| Hurricane Ivan |
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September 2004
Alabama |
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salinity
turbidity dissolved oxygen
precipitation
water temperature |
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During hurricane events, SWMP data tracks short-term variation in the extreme. In September of 2004, the eye of Hurricane Ivan came ashore very near Weeks Bay (AL). |
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EstuaryLive Video: Weeks Bay Alabama – “Mud?! Who Knew?” |
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Last Updated on: 10-01-2010
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