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Agnew, A. M., D. H. Shull, and R. N. Buchsbaum. 2003. Grow Acinas, S. G., K. Klepac-Ceraj, D. E. Hunt, C. Pharino, C. Ceraj, D. L. Distel, and M. F. Polz. 2004. Fine-scale phylogenetic architecture of a complex bacterial community. Nature 430:551-554 th of a salt marsh invertebrate on several species of marsh grass detritus. Biological Bulletin 205:238-239

Agrawal, A. 2001. Uncertainty analysis of land-use change modeling in GIS. MS Thesis. Clark University, Worcester.

Alderman, D., B. Balsis, I. D. Buffam, R. H. Garritt, C. S. Hopkinson, and J. J. Vallino. 1995. Pelagic metabolism in the Parker River/Plum Island Sound Estuarine System. Biological Bulletin 189:250-251

Aldrich, S. 2002. Water quality as a function of land use. Honors, BS Thesis. Clark University, Worcester.

Alexander, R. B., J. F. Bohlke, E. W. Boyer, M. David, J. W. Harvey, P. J. Mulholland, S. P. Seitzinger, C. R. Tobias, C. Tonitto, and W. M. Wollheim. 2009. Dynamic modeling of nitrogen losses in river networks unravels the coupled effects of hydrological and biogeochemical processes. Biogeochemistry 93:91-116 DOI 10.1007/s10533-008-9274-8.

Allee, R. J., M. Dethier, D. Brown, L. Deegan, R. G. Ford, T. F. Hourigan, J. Maragos, C. Schoch, K. Sealey, R. Twilley, M. P. Weinstein, and M. Yoklavich. 2000. Marine and Estuarine Ecosystem and Habitat Classification. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-FSPO-43, US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National marine Fisheries Service.

Anan, F. S., J. C. Boothroyd, J. M. DaBoll, S. C. Farrell, V. Goldsmith, S. A. Greer, A. D. Harrtwell, M. O. Hayes, C. L. McCormick, and B. S. Timson. 1969. Coastal environments to Northeastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Field Trip Guidebook. Geology Dept., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Armstrong, D. S., T. A. Richards, and G. W. Parker. 2001. Assessment of habitat, fish communities and stramflow requirements for habitat protection, Ipswich River, Massachusetts, 1998-99. Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4161, U.S. Geological Survey.

Ayotte, J. D., M. G. Nielsen, G. R. Robinson, and R. B. Moore. 1999. Relationship of arsenic, iron and manganese in ground water to aquifer type, bedrock lithogeochemistry and land use in the New England coastal basins. Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4162, U.S. Geological Survey.

Bahr, M., B. C. Crump, V. Klepac-Ceraj, A. P. Teske, M. L. Sogin, and J. E. Hobbie. 2005. Molecular characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a New England salt marsh. Environmental Microbiology 7:1175-1185 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00796.x.

Balsis, B., D. Alderman, I. D. Buffam, R. H. Garritt, C. S. Hopkinson, and J. J. Vallino. 1995. Total system metabolism in the Plum Island Sound estuary. Biological Bulletin 189:252-254

Battin, T. J., L. Kaplan, S. Findlay, C. Hopkinson, E. Marti, A. Packman, J. D. Newbold, and F. Sabater. 2008. Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks. Nature Geoscience 1:95-100 doi: 10.1038/ngeo101.

Bernhard, A., T. M. Donn, A. E. Giblin, and D. A. Stahl. 2005. Loss of Diversity of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria Correlates with Increasing Salinity in an Estuary System. Environmental Microbiology 7:1289-1297 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00808.x.

Bernhard, A., Z. C. Landry, A. Blevins, J. R. de al Torre, A. E. Giblin, and D. A. Stahl. 2009 (accepted). Abundance of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria along an estuarine salinity gradient in relationship to potential nitrification rates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Bernhard, A. E., J. Tucker, A. E. Giblin, and D. A. Stahl. 2007. Functionally distinct communities of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria along an estuarine salinity gradient. Environmental Microbiology 9:1439-1447 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01260.x.

Bernot, M. J., R. J. Bernot, and J. T. Morris. 2009. Nutrient cycling relative to d15N and d13C natural abundance in a coastal wetland with long-term nutrient additions. Aquatic Ecology doi:10.1007/s10452-008-9221-8.

Berry, J. C. 1936-1990. Newburyport Christmas bird count. in. National Audubon Society.

Bertness, M. D. 1991. Zonation of Spartina Patens And Spartina Altenaflora In A New England Salt Marsh. Ecology 72:138-148

Bircher, L., and E. Ruber. 1988. The effects of altosid on various life cycle stages of the salt marsh copepod Apocyclops spartinus with a correlation to dosage effectiveness against Aedes mosquitoes. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 4:520-523

Bochman, A. 1991. The effect of buffer zones on water quality in the Parker River/Essex Bay ACEC: A correlational study. MS Thesis. Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA.

Boothroyd, J. C. 1985. Tidal inlets and deltas. Pages 444-525 in R. A. Davis, editor. Coastal Sedimentary Environments. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.

Boothroyd, J. C., and D. M. Fitzgerald. 1988. Coastal environments of the Merrimack embayment, northeastern Massachusetts-southeastern New Hampshire. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogist, Northeastern Section Field Trip.

Bouillon, S., and H. T. S. Boschker. 2006. Bacterial carbon sources in coastal sediments: a cross-system analysis based on stable isotope data of biomarkers. Biogeosciences 3:175-185

Boumans, R. M. J., and J. J. W. Day. 1993. High precision measurements of sediment elevation in shallow coastal areas using a sediment-erosion table. Estuaries 16:375-380

Bowen, J. L., B. C. Crump, L. A. Deegan, and J. E. Hobbie. 2009. Increased supply of ambient nitrogen has minimal effect on salt marsh bacterial production. Limnology and Oceanography 54:713 - 722

Bowen, J. L., B. C. Crump, L. A. Deegan, and J. E. Hobbie. 2009. Salt marsh sediment bacteria: their distribution and response to external nutrient inputs. The ISME Journal 3:924 - 934 doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.44.

Bowling, A., and J. Morrison. 2002. 2001 Annual Results Report. Ipswich River Watershed Association, Ipswich, MA.

Briggs, M. A., M. N. Gooseff, C. D. Arp, and M. A. Baker. 2009. A method for estimating surface transient storage parameters for streams with concurrent hyporheic storage. Water Resources Research 45 doi:10.1029/2008WR006959.

Briggs, M. A., M. N. Gooseff, B. J. Peterson, K. Morkeski, W. M. Wollheim, and C. S. Hopkinson. 2009 (in press). Surface and hyporheic transient storage dynamics throughout a coastal stream network. Water Resources Research

Bronk, D. A., M. W. Lomas, P. M. Glibert, K. J. Schukert, and M. P. Sanderson. 2000. Total dissolved nitrogen analysis: comparisons between the persulfate, UV and high temperature oxidation methods. Marine Chemistry 69:163-178

Bronstein, A. 1981. The origin, transport, and decomposition of plant macro-litter on a northern Massachusetts salt marsh. MS Thesis. Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Broo, S. 2009. Sensitivity Analysis for Scenarios of Water Withdrawal in Massachusetts. MS Thesis. Clark University, Worcester, MA.

Brush, T., R. A. Lent, T. Hruby, R. M. Marshall, and W. G. Montgomery. 1986. Habitat use by salt marsh birds and responses to open marsh water management. Colonial Waterbirds 9:189-195

Buchsbaum, R. 2000. A Symposium Report: Marine Monitoring in Massachusetts - Water quality monitoring and related activities at Plum Island Sound. Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Managment, Boston, MA.

Buchsbaum, R. 2009. Striped bass: the coastal connection. Pages 9-11 in Sanctuary.

Buchsbaum, R., E. H. Catena, and M. J. James-Pirri. 2006. Changes in salt marsh vegetation, Phragmites australis, and nekton in response to increased tidal flushing in a New England salt marsh. Wetlands 26:544-557

Buchsbaum, R., A. Cooper, and J. LeBlanc. 1998. The Plum Island Sound/River ecosystem: Current status and future management. Plum Island Sound Minibay Project, Massachusetts Bays Program.

Buchsbaum, R., A. Cooper, and J. LeBlanc. 1999. Conserving the Plum Island Sound/Rivers Ecosystem - A research report and management plan. Produced for the Massachusetts Bays Program and the Towns of Ipswich, Rowley and Newbury by Massachusetts Audubon: North Shore Conservation Advocacy.

Buchsbaum, R., L. Deegan, and R. Garritt. 2002. Changes in the fish comunity of Plum Island Sound from 1965 through 1994. in R. Buchsbaum, T. Purinton, and B. Magnusson, editors. The marine resources of the Parker River-Plum Island Sound estuary: An update after 30 years. MCZM publications.

Buchsbaum, R., and J. C. Powell. 2008. Symposium Review: Long term shifts in faunal assemblages in North American estuaries: A review of a workshop held at the biennial meeting of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF), November 2007, Providence, Rhode Island. Reviews in Fisheries Biology and Fisheries 18:447-450 DOI 10.1007/s11160-008-9086-x.

Buchsbaum, R., T. Purinton, and B. Magnusson. 2002. The marine resources of the Parker River-Plum Island Sound estuary: An update after 30 years. Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Boston, MA.

Buchsbaum, R. N. 1996. Resource protection in the Plum Island Sound/Rivers Ecosystem. Final Project Report of the Plum Island Sound Minibay Project of the Massachusetts Bay Program.

Buchsbaum, R. N., L. A. Deegan, J. Horowitz, R. H. Garritt, J. P. Ludlam, and D. H. Shull. 2009. Effects of regular salt marsh haying on marsh plants, algae, invertebrates and birds at Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts. Wetlands Ecology and Management 17:469-487 DOI 10.1007/s11273-008-9125-3.

Buchsbaum, R. N., and C. A. Wigand. 2010 (in press). Chapter 14: Adaptive management and monitoring as fundamental tools to effective salt marsh restoration. in C. Roman and D. Burdick, editors. Restoring Tidal Flow to Salt Marshes: A Synthesis of Science and Management in New England (USA). Island Press.

Burdick, D., R. Buchsbaum, and E. Holt. 2001. Variation in soil salinity associated with the expansion of Phragmites australis in salt marshes. Environmental and Experimental Botany 46:247-261

Burgess, P. 1999. Conservation and development in conflict. MS Thesis. Clark University.

Callaway, D. W., I. Valiela, K. Foreman, and L. A. Soucy. 1995. Effects of Nitrogen Loading and Salt Marsh Habitat on Gross Primary Production and Chlorophyll a in Esutaries of Waquoit Bay. Biological Bulletin 189:254-255

Canfield, S., L. Claessens, C. S. Hopkinson, E. Rastetter, and J. Vallino. 1999. Long-term effect of municipal water use on the water budget of the Ipswich River basin. Biological Bulletin 197:295-297

Carini, S. S., N. B. Weston, J. C. Hopkinson, J. Tucker, A. E. Giblin, and J. J. Vallino. 1996. Gas exchange rates in the Parker River estuary, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 191:333-334

Cavatorta, J., M. Johnston, C. S. Hopkinson, and V. Valentine. 2003. Patterns of sedimentation in a salt marsh-dominated estuary. Biological Bulletin 205:239-241

Chalmers, A. 2002. Trace elements and organic compounds in streambed sediment and fish tissue of coastal New England Streams, 1998-99. Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4179, USGS.

Charles, H. 2007. Effects of Warming and Altered Precipitation on Plant and Nutrient Dynamics of a New England Salt Marsh. MS Thesis. University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.

Chesmore, A. P., D. Brown, and R. D. Anderson. 1973. A study of the marine resources of Essex Bay. Monograph Series No. 13, Publication No. 2500-4-73-074986, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.

Chiaravalle, K., J. Hughes., R. Javonillo, and L. Deegan. 1997. Tidal river riffle habitats support high diversity and abundance of Gammaridean amphipods. Biological Bulletin 192:283-285

Chute, N. E., and R. L. Nichols. 1941. The geology of the coast of northeastern Massachusetts. Bulletin No. 7, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works.

Claessens, L., C. Hopkinson, E. Rastetter, and J. Vallino. 2006. Effect of historical changes in land use and climate on the water budget of an urbanizing watershed. Water Resources Research 42 doi:10.1029/2005WR004131.

Clarke, J. A., B. A. Harrington, T. Hruby, and F. Wasserman. The effect of ditching for mosquito control on salt marsh use by birds in Rowley, Massachusetts. Journal of Field Ornithology 55:160-180

Clayton, G. 1976. Reproduction, first year growth, and distribution of anadromous rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax (Mitchill), in the Park River-Plum Island Sound EstuaryThesis. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Clement, J., R. M. Holmes, B. J. Peterson, and G. Pinlay. 2004. Isotopic investigation of nitrogen retention in a riparian ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:1035-1048

Coffin, R. B., B. Fry, B. J. Peterson, and R. T. Wright. 1989. Carbon isotopic compositions of estuarine bacteria. Limnology and Oceanography 34:1305-1310

Coles, J. F., T. F. Cuffney, G. McMahon, and K. M. Beaulieu. 2004. The effects of urbanization on the biological, physical and chemical characterizations of coastal New England streams. Professional Paper 1695, U.S. Geological Survey.

Colosi, P. 1979. Life history and population characteristics of a common mummichog, Fundulus Heteroclitus, in a salt marsh pond system of Plum Island, Massachusetts. MS Thesis. Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Cook, A. 2001. The Voice Of The River. The Ipswich Watershed Association.

Cornell, S. E., and T. D. Jickells. 1999. Water-soluble organic nitrogen in atmospheric aerosol: a comparison of UV and persulfate oxidation methods. Atmospheric Environment 33:833-840

Cronon, W. 1983. Changes in the land. Hill and Wang, New York, NY.

Crump, B. C., and J. E. Hobbie. 2005. Synchrony and seasonality in bacterioplankton communities of two temperate rivers. Limnology and Oceanography 50:1718-1729

Crump, B. C., C. S. Hopkinson, M. L. Sogin, and J. H. Hobbie. 2004. Microbial biogeography along an estuarine salinity gradient: the combined influences of bacterial growth and residence time. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:1494-1505 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1494?1505.2004.

Cummings, E., and E. Ruber. 1987. Copepod colonization of natural and artificial substrates in a salt marsh pool. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 25:637-645

DaBoll, J. M. 1969. Holocene sediments of the Parker River estuary, Massachusetts. MS Thesis. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Day, J. W., R. R. Christian, D. M. Boesch, A. Yáñez-Arancibia, J. T. Morris, R. R. Twilley, L. Naylor, L. Schaffner, and C. Stevenson. 2008. Consequences of climate change on the ecogeomorphology of coastal wetlands. Estuaries and Coasts 31:477-491 DOI 10.1007/s12237-008-9047-6.

Deblinger, R. D., and J. R. E. Jenkins. In press. Preserving coastal biodiversity: the private, non-profit approach. Journal of Coastal Management

Deblinger, R. D., and D. W. Rimmer. In press. Piping plover nest and habitat protection in Massachusetts. Transactions of the Northeast Section of the Wildlife Society

Deblinger, R. D., and D. W. Rimmer. In press. Solving suburban deer overpopulation problems: The Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts story. The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA.

Deblinger, R. D., J. J. Vaske, and M. P. Donnelly. 1989. Integrating ecological and social impacts into barrier beach management. Transactions of the Northeast Recreation Research Conference. NE-132, Northeast Forest Experiment Station, Saratoga, NY.

Deegan, L. 1976. Analysis of the ecology of the mummichog, Fundulus Heteroclitus, in a New England salt marsh: Growth, population size, distribution, consumption, and net production. Senior honors thesis Thesis. Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Deegan, L. 1993. Nutrient and energy transport between estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems by fish migration. Canadian J. Fish Aquatic Sci. 50:74-79

Deegan, L., J. Finn, C. S. Hopkinson, B. J. Peterson, A. E. Giblin, B. Fry, and J. Hobbie. 1995. Flow model analysis of the effects of organic matter-nutrient interactions on estuarine trophic dynamics. Pages 273-281 in K. Dyer and R. Orth, editors. International Symposium Series, Changes in Fluxes in Estuaries: Implications from Science to Management. Olsen and Olsen, Pub., Fredensborg, DK.

Deegan, L., J. T. Finn, S. G. Ayvasian, C. A. Ryder, and J. Buonaccorsi. 1997. Development and validation of an estuarine biotic integrity index. Estuaries 20:601-617

Deegan, L., and R. H. Garritt. 1997. Evidence for spatial variability in estuarine food webs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 147:31-47

Deegan, L., L. A. Wright, J. Hughes, and E. Boynton. 1999. Establishing the Food Web Links between Estuaries and Nearshore Fisheries of New England. Final Report NA 76 FD 0106, NOAA.

Deegan, L. A. 2002. Lessons learned: the effects of nutrient enrichment on the support of nekton by seagrass and saltmarsh ecosystems. Estuaries 25:585-600

Deegan, L. A., J. L. Bowen, D. C. Drake, J. W. Fleeger, C. T. Friedrichs, K. A. Galvan, J. E. Hobbie, C. Hopkinson, D. S. Johnson, J. M. Johnson, L. E. LeMay, E. E. Miller, B. J. Peterson, C. Picard, S. Sheldon, M. Sutherland, J. Vallino, and R. S. Warren. 2007. Susceptibility of salt marshes to nutrient enrichment and predator removal. Ecological Applications 17:S-42-S63

Deegan, L. A., and R. Buchsbaum. 2005. The effect of habitat loss and degradation on fisheries. Pages 67-96 in R. Buchsbaum, J. Pederson, and W. E. Robinson, editors. The Decline of Fisheries Resources in New England: Evaluating the Impact of Overfishing, Contamination, and Habitat Degradation. University of Massachusetts Press.

Deegan, L. A., and C. o. E. E. o. Fishing. 2002. Effects of trawling and dredging on seafloor habitat. Pages 107 pp. in. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

Deegan, L. A., J. E. Hughes, and R. A. Rountree. 2000. Salt marsh ecosystem support of marine transient species. Pages 333-365 in M. Weinstein and J. Kreeger, editors. Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology. Kluwer Academic Publisher, The Netherlands.

Deegan, L. A., J. Kremer, T. Webler, and J. Brawley. 2001. The use of models in integrated resource management in the coastal zone. in B. V. Bodungen and R. K. Turner, editors. Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Dahlem University Press, Berlin.

Drake, D. C., B. J. Peterson, L. A. Deegan, L. A. Harris, E. E. Miller, and R. S. Warren. 2008. Plant nitrogen dynamics in fertilized and natural New England saltmarshes: a paired 15N tracer study. Marine Ecology Progress Series 354:35-46 doi: 10.3354/meps07170.

Drake, D. C., B. J. Peterson, K. A. Galván, L. A. Deegan, J. W. Fleeger, C. Hopkinson, J. M. Johnson, K. Koop-Jakobsen, L. E. Lemay, E. E. Miller, C. Picard, and R. S. Warren. 2009. Salt marsh ecosystem biogeochemical responses to nutrient enrichment: A paired 15N tracer study. Ecology 90:2535-2546

Driscoll, C., D. Whitall, J. Aber, E. Boyer, M. Castor, C. Cronan, C. Goodale, P. Groffman, K. Lambert, G. Lawrence, C. Hopkinson, and S. Ollinger. 2002. Nitrogen Pollution: From sources to the sea. Science Links - Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Hanover, NH.

Driscoll, C., D. Whitall, J. Aber, E. Boyer, M. Castro, C. Cronan, C. Goodale, P. Groffman, C. Hopkinson, K. Lambert, G. Lawrence, and S. Ollinger. 2003. Nitrogen pollution in the northeastern United States: Sources, effects and managment options. BioSciences 53:357-374

Driscoll, C., D. Whitall, J. Aber, E. Boyer, M. Castro, C. Cronan, C. Goodale, P. Groffman, C. Hopkinson, K. Lambert, G. Lawrence, and S. Ollinger. 2003. Nitrogen pollution: Sources and consequences in the U.S. Northeast. Environment:8-22

Duerring, C. 1989. North coastal water quality surveys, 1987-1988. Publication No. 15965-140-25-5-89-C.R., Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch, Westboro, MA.

El Fantroussi, S., H. Urakawa, A. E. Bernhard, J. J. Kelly, P. A. Noble, and D. A. Stahl. 2003. Direct profiling of environmental microbial populations by thermal dissociation analysis of native ribosomal RNAs hybridized to oligonucleotide microarrays. Applied Environmental Microbiology 69:2377-2382

Emeis, K. C., J. R. Benoit, L. Deegan, A. J. Gilbert, V. Lee, J. M. Glade, M. Meybeck, S. B. Olsen, and B. V. Bodungen. 2001. Group 4: Unifying concepts for integrated coastal management. in B. V. Bodungen and R. K. Turner, editors. Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Dahlem University Press, Berlin.

Fagherazzi, S., R. Torres, C. Hopkinson, and D. vanProosdij. 2004. The Salt Marsh Geomorphology: Physical and Ecological Effects on Landform. Pages 57-58 in AGU Chapman Conference. EOS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Fagherazzi, S., R. Torres, C. Hopkinson, and D. vanProosdij. 2005. Salt marsh geomorphology: physical and ecological effects on landform. EOS 86:57-58

Farber, S., D. Costanza, D. Childers, J. Erikson, K. Gross, M. Grove, C. Hopkinson, J. Kahn, S. Pincetl, A. Troy, P. Warren, and M. Wilson. 2006. Linking ecology and economics for ecosystem management. BioScience 56:121-134

Fedorko, E. J., R. G. Pontius, Jr., S. P. Aldrich, L. Claessens, C. Hopkinson, and W. M. Wollheim. 2005. Spatial distribution of land type in regression models of pollutant loading. Journal of Spatial Hydrology 5:60-80

Fennel, K., D. Brady, D. DiToro, R. W. Fulweiler, W. S. Gardner, A. Giblin, M. J. McCarthy, A. Rao, S. Seitzinger, M. Thouvenot-Korppoo, and C. Tobias. 2009. Modeling denitrification in aquatic sediments. Biogeochemistry 93:159-178 DOI 10.1007/s10533-008-9270-z.

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Ferry, K. 2003. Factors driving distribution of migratory striped bass across Massachusetts estuarties: predator-prey interactions and implications for multispecies managment. MS Thesis. University of Natural Resources.

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Fisher, T. R., D. Correll, R. Costanza, J. Hollibaugh, C. Hopkinson, R. Howarth, N. Rabalais, J. Richey, C. Vorosmarty, and R. Wiegert. 2000. Synthesizing drainage basin inputs to coastal systems. Pages 81-105 in J. Hobbie, editor. Estuarine Science: A Synthetic Approach to Research and Practice. Island Press, Washington, DC.

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Fleeger, J. W., D. S. Johnson, K. A. Galván, and L. A. Deegan. 2008. Top-down and bottom-up control of infauna varies across the saltmarsh landscape. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 357:20-34 doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.003.

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Frank, H. F., M. E. Mather, J. M. Smith, R. M. Muth, and J. T. Finn. 2009 (in review). Role of origin and release location in pre-spawning movements of anadromous alewives. Fisheries Management and Ecology

Frank, H. J. 2009. Improving Strategies for Coastal River Restoration: Tracking Anadromous River Herring in a Coastal Massachusetts Stream. MS Thesis. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Frank, H. J., M. E. Mather, R. M. Muth, S. M. Pautzke, J. M. Smith, and J. T. Finn. 2009. The Adopt-a-Herring Program as a Fisheries Conservation Tool. Fisheries 34:496-507

Freeman, C. J., H. Haas, S. Warren, L. A. Deegan, and J. Logan. 2004. What makes mummichogs grow? The relationship between growth rates and gut contents of Fundulus heteroclitus held in enclosures along a salinity gradient in a New England salt marsh. in New England Estuarine Research Society (NEERS), Burlington, Vermont.

Fry, B., M. Cieri, J. Hughes, C. Tobias, L. A. Deegan, and B. Peterson. 2008. Stable isotope monitoring of benthic-pelagic coupling with salt marsh fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 369:193-204 doi: 10.3354/meps07644.

Fry, B., C. Hopkinson, A. Nolin, and S. Wainright. 1998. 13C/12C composition of marine dissolved organic carbon. Chemical Geology 152:113 - 118

Fry, B., C. S. Hopkinson, A. L. Nolin, B. Norrman, and U. Zweifel. 1996. Long term decomposition of DOC from experimental diatom blooms. Limnology and Oceanography 41:1344-1347

Fry, B., E. Peltzer, C. S. Hopkinson, A. L. Nolin, and L. Rdmond. 1996. Analysis of marine DOC using a reference dry combustion method. Marine Chemistry 54:191-201

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Galvan, K., J. W. Fleeger, and B. Fry. 2008. Stable isotope addition reveals dietary importance of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos to saltmarsh infauna. Marine Ecology Progress Series 359:37-49

Galvan, K., J. W. Fleeger, B. Peterson, D. Drake, L. A. Deegan, D. S. Johnson, M. Johnson, and C. Picard. 2009 (in review). Trophic plasticity and spatiotemporal variation revealed in a New England saltmarsh food web. Marine Ecology Progress Series

Galvan, K. A. 2008. Diet of saltmarsh invertebrates. Ph.D. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

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