Bibliography of technical papers, monographs, and theses from the Parker River/Essex Bay Area of critical environmental concern

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BARRIER BEACH MANAGEMENT

Bliven, S. 1989. Coastal areas of critical environmental concern: the Massachusetts program for identification, designation, and protection of critical coastal areas. Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office.

Brady, P. and R. Buchsbaum. 1984. Buffer zones: the environment’s last defense. A report submitted by Massachusetts Audubon: North Shore.

Buchsbaum, R., A. Cooper, and J. LeBlanc. 1996. The Plum Island Sound/Rivers Ecosystem: current status and future management. Final project report of the Plum Island Sound Minibay Project of the Massachusetts Bays Program. Massachusetts Audubon: North Shore Conservation Advocacy. 311 pp.

Buchsbaum, R. and K. Leahy. 1999. Conserving the Plum Island Sound/River Ecosystems: a research report and management plan. Massachusetts Audubon Society: North Shore Conservation Advocacy for the Massachusetts Bays Program and the Towns of Ipswich, Rowley, and Newbury. 30 pp.

Busse, K.M. 2000. Parker River/Essex Bay area of critical environmental concern resource inventory. Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management. 92 pp.

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., Saratoga, N.Y. April 3-5, 1988. Northeast Forest Experiment Station Technical Report NE-132: 49-56.

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

Deegan, L., J. Kremer, T. Webler, and J. Brawley. 2000. The use of models in integrated resource management in the coastal zone. Von Bodungen, B., and R.K. Turner, eds. 2000. Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Dahlem Workshop Report. Berlin: Dahlem University Press, in press.

Hankin, A.L., L. Constantine, and S. Bliven. 1985. Barrier beaches, salt marshes, and tidal flats: an inventory of the coastal resources of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies and the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program. Publication #13899-27-600-1-85 C.R. 27 pp.

United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 1983. Final Environmental Impact Statement: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. 182 pp.

BOTANY

Harris, S.K. 1975. A flora of Essex County, Massachusetts. Peabody Museum, Salem, MA. 269 pp.

McDonnell, M.J. 1979. The flora of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts. Station Bulletin 513. New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. 110 pp.

McDonnell, M.J. 1979. The vascular flora of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts with an analysis of the impact of human trampling on the coastal dune vegetation. M.S. thesis, University of New Hampshire. 199 pp.

Roberts, M.F. 1971. Tidal marshes of Connecticut: a primer of wetland plants. Reprint Series No. 1, The Connecticut Arboretum, Connecticut College.

FISH

Ayvazian, S.G., L.A. Deegan, and J.T. Finn. 1992. Comparison of habitat use by estuarine fish assemblages in the Acadian and Virginian zoogeographic provinces. Estuaries 15: 368-383.

Beltz, J.R. 1975. Movement and behavior of adult anadromous alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson), in the Parker River, Massachusetts. Masters Thesis, University of Massachusetts. 65 pp.

Clayton, G. 1976. Reproduction, first year growth, and distribution of anadromous rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax (Mitchill), in the Parker River-Plum Island Sound Estuary. M.S. Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 105 pp.

Cohen, D.L. 1976. Food habits of larval and juvenile anadromous alewives Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson), as related to the limnology and zooplankton of Rock and Pentucket Ponds, Georgetown, Massachusetts. Masters Thesis, University of Massachusetts. 125 pp.

Colosi, P. 1979. Life history and population characteristics of a common mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, in a salt marsh pond system of Plum Island, Massachusetts. Masters thesis. Northeastern University.

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. Northeastern University.

Deegan, L.A., B.J. Peterson, and R. Portier. 1990. Stable isotopes and cellulase activity as evidence for detritus as a food source for juvenile gulf menhaden. Estuaries 13: 14-19.

Howe, A.B., T.P. Currier, S.L. Sass, and B.C. Kelly. 1984. Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act Final Report. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Ipswich River Fisheries Current Status and Restoration Approach. Ipswich River Fisheries Restoration Task Group. Draft Report. June 11, 2001. 7 pp.

Ipswich River Target Fish Community. Ipswich River Fisheries Restoration Work Group. Draft Report. May 3, 2001.

Libey, G.S. 1976. A mathematical model and computer simulation of the anadromous alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson), migration in the Parker River, Massachusetts. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Massachusetts. 196 pp.

Mayo, R.K. 1974. Population structure, movement, and fecundity of the anadeomous alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson), in the Parker River, Massachusetts, 1971-72-M.S. Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 118 pp.

Mosher, T.D. 1976. Comparison of landlocked and estuarine populations of the white perch (Morone americana, Gmelin) in the Parker River, Massachusetts. M.S. Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Murawski, S.A. and C.F. Cole. 1978. Population dynamics of anadromous rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, in a Massachusetts river system. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 107: 535-542.

Murawski, S.A., G.R. Clayton, R.R. Reed, and C.F. Cole. 1980. Movements of spawning rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, in a Massachusetts estuary. Estuaries 3: 308-314.

Pellegrini, R.H. 1976. Aspects of the biology of the American sand lance, Ammodytes americanus, from the lower Merrimack River estuary, Massachusetts. Masters Thesis, University of New Hampshire.

Preston, J. 1988. An angler’s guide to trout fishing in Massachusetts, Parker River and Mill Brook. p. 152-155.

Renaud, P.E., L.A. Deegan, and M.E. Mather. 2000. Linking ecosystem processes and higher-level trophic interactions in a detrital – based saltmarsh. National Science Foundation Research Proposal. 19 pp.

Rideout, S.G. 1974. Population estimate, movement, and biological characteristics of anadromous alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus, Wilson) utilizing the Parker River, Massachusetts in 1971-1972. Masters Thesis, University of Massachusetts. 183 pp.

Strategic Assessment Branch, Ocean Assessments Division, Office of Oceanography and Marine Services, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1983. Maps showing spawning areas of important northeast fish and invertebrate species. 36 pp.

Wright, R.T. 1997. Sampling and age structure in a saltmarsh minnow population. Division of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, Gordon College.

GEOLOGY

Abele, R.W. 1977. Analysis of short term variations in beach morphology for summer and winter periods, 1971-72, Plum Island, Massachusetts. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Fort Belvoir, VA. Miscellaneous Report # 77-5, 101 pp.

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. 462 pp.

Bickford, W.E. and U.J. Dymon. 1990. An atlas of Massachusetts river systems: environmental designs for the future. University of Massachusetts Press. Amherst, Massachusetts. 87 pp.

Boothroyd, J.C. 1985. Tidal inlets and deltas. In: R.A. Davis (ed.) Coastal Sedimentary Environments. Springer Verlag, NY. p. 444-525.

Boothroyd, J.C. and D.M. Fitzgerald. 1988. Coastal environments of the Merrimack embayment., northeastern Massachusetts-southeastern New Hampshire. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Northeastern Section Field Trip. 42pp.

Castle, R.O. 1965. Gneissic rocks in the south Groveland Quadrangle, Essex County, Massachusetts. Geological Survey Research. C81-C86.

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

Daboll, J.M. 1969. Holocene sediments of the Parker River estuary, Massachusetts. M.S. Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 138 pp.

Dewalle, D.R., B.R. Swistock, and W.E. Sharpe. 1988. Three-component tracer model for stormflow on a small Appalachian forested catchment. Journal of Hydrology 104: 301-310.

Fitzgerald, D.M. 1982. Sediment bypassing at mixed energy tidal inlets. Proc. 18th Coastal Engineering Conf. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers, Cape Town, S. Africa. p. 1094-1112.

Fitzgerald, D.M. In press. Origin and stability of tidal inlets in Massachusetts. In: D. Aubrey and G. Geise (eds.) Tidal inlets of New England.

Goodbred, S.L. and T.M. Montello. 1989. A study of the morphological characteristics of Plum Island, Crane, Coffins, and Wingaersheek Beaches, MA. Boston Univ. Geology Dept. unpublished report. 15 pp.

Hayes, M.O. Geomorphology and sedimentation of some New England estuaries. Coastal Research Center, Department of Geology, University of Massachusetts.

Jones, J.R. 1977. An alternative hypothesis for barrier island migration. Ph.D. thesis, Boston University. 176 pp.

Jones, J.R. and B. Cameron. 1976. Sedimentary and geomorphic origin and development of Plum Island, Massachusetts: An example of a barrier island system. In: Cameron, B. (ed.) Geology of Southern New England: A Guidebook for Field Trips to the Boston Area and Vicinity. Science Press. pp. 188-204.

Jones, J.R. and B. Cameron. 1977. Landward migration of barrier island sands under stable sea level conditions: Plum Island, Massachusetts. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 47(4): 1475-1483.

Katz, F.J. and A. Keith. 1917. The Newington Moraine, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 11-29.

Lind, J.M. 1971. Ipswich River district water supply study. Massachusetts Water Resources Commission, Division of Water Resources. 62 pp.

McCormack, C.L. 1968. Holocene stratigraphy of the marshes at Plum Island, Massachusetts. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 104 pp.

McIntire, W. and J. Morgan. 1964. Recent geomorphic history of Plum Island, Massachusetts and adjacent coasts. Louisiana State University Press. 44 pp.

Oldale, R.N., L.E. Wommack, and A.B. Whitney. 1983. Evidence for a postglacial low relative sea level stand in the drowned delta of the Merrimack River, Western Gulf of Maine. pp. 325-336.

Rhodes, E.G. 1973. Pleistocene-Holocene sediments interpreted by seismic refraction and wash bore sampling, Plum Island-Castle Neck, MA. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Vicksburg, MS. Technical Memo No. 40. 75 pp.

Sammel, E.A. 1967. Water resources of the Parker and Rowley River Basins, Massachusetts. Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. 9 pp.

Sears, J.H. 1905. The physical geography, geology, mineralogy, and paleontology of Essex County. Essex Institute, Salem MA. 418 pp.

Smith, J.B. 1991. Morphodynamics and stratigraphy of the Essex River ebb-tidal delta, Essex, Massachusetts. Boston University Geology Department, unpublished Master's thesis. 201 pp.

Som, M.R. 1990. Stratigraphy and the evolution of a backbarrier region along a glaciated coast of New England: Castle Neck-Essex Bay, MA. Boston University Geology Dept. unpublished Master's thesis.

Sylva, S.R. and P. Deese. 1986. Massachusetts Hydrogeologic Information Matrix, Second Edition. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Environmental Quality Engineering. 146 pp.

United States Geological Survey. Water resources data Massachusetts and Rhode Island 1975-1981, 1983-1985. United States Geological Survey Water Data Report.

Water Resources Commission. 1973. Report of the water resources commission relative to the investigation and study of the public water supply resources of the Parker River. Senate No. 1829. 91 pp.

Wandle, Jr., S.W. 1984. Gazetteer of hydrologic characteristics of streams in Massachusetts – coastal river basins of the North Shore and Massachusetts Bay. United States Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 84-4281. 60 pp.

Wandle, Jr., S.W. 1990. Massachusetts Floods and Droughts: National Water Summary 1988-89 Floods and Droughts: Massachusetts. United States Geological Survey. p. 327-334.

LAND USE

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

Ehler, C.N. and D.J. Basta. 1987. National estuarine inventory data atlas volume 2: land use characteristics and volume 3: coastal wetlands – New England region. Strategic Assessment Branch, Ocean Assessments Division, Office of Oceanography and Marine Assessment, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

MacConnell, W.P. Land use and vegetative cover mapping, 1951-1972. Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

MacConnell, W., D. Goodwin, G. Urich, and M. Mpelkas. Land-use update for Essex County with area statistics for 1951, 1972 and 1980. Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Sebold, K.R. 1998. The low green prairies of the sea: economic usage and cultural construction of the Gulf of Maine salt marshes. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Maine.

LIVING RESOURCES - GENERAL

Chesmore, A.P., D. Brown, and R.D. Anderson. 1973. A study of the marine resources of Essex Bay. Monograph Series No. 13. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Publication No. 2500-4-73-074986. 40 pp.

Jerome, W.C., A.P. Chesmore, and C.O. Anderson. 1968. A study of the marine resources of the Parker River-Plum Island Sound estuary. Monograph Series No. 6. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Publ. No. 2M-6-68-947687. 79 pp.

LYME DISEASE

Lastavica, C.C., A. Spielman, V.P. Berardi, M.L. Wilson, and R.D. Deblinger. 1989. Rapid emergence of a focal epidemic of Lyme disease in coastal Massachusetts. New England Journal of Medicine 320: 133-137.

Yuval, B. 1990. Mating behavior of male deer ticks, Ixodes dammini, (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 3: 765-772.

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

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

Hobbie, J.E. and R.T. Wright. 1979. An assessment of quantitative measurements of aquatic microbes. Archives Hydrobiol. Beih. 13: 85-95.

Wright, R.T. 1984. Dynamics of pools of dissolved organic carbon. In: Hobbie, J.E. and P.L. Williams, (eds). Heterotrophic Activity in the Sea. Proceedings of NATO ASRI, Cascais, Portugal, 1981. Plenum Publ. Co.

Wright, R.T. 1988. Methods for evaluating the interaction of substrate and grazing as factors controlling planktonic bacteria. Archives Hydrobiol. Beih. 31: 229-242.

Wright, R.T. 1988. A model for short-term control of the bacterioplankton by substrate and grazing. Hydrobiologia 159: 111-117.

Wright, R.T. and R.B. Coffin. 1983. Planktonic bacteria in estuaries and coastal waters of northern Massachusetts: spatial and temporal distribution. Marine Ecology Progress Series 11: 205-216.

Wright, R.T. and R.B. Coffin. 1984. Factors affecting bacterioplankton density and productivity in salt marsh estuaries. In Klug, M.J. and C.A. Reddy (eds.). Current Perspectives in Microbial Ecology. (Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Mich. State Univ. Aug. 1983) American Society for Microbiology.

Wright, R.T. and R.B. Coffin. 1984. Measurements of bacterial production and microzooplankton in an estuarine-coastal water system of northern Massachusetts. Microbial Ecology 10: 137-149.

Wright, R.T. and R.B. Coffin. 1987. Dynamics of planktonic bacteria and heterotrophic microflagellates in the Parker Estuary. Northern Mass. Continental Shelf Research 7: 1383-1397.

Wright, R.T., R.B. Coffin, C.P. Ersing, and D. Pearson. 1982. Field and laboratory measurements of bivalve filtration of natural marine bacterioplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 27: 91-98.

MOSQUITO CONTROL AND RELATED PAPERS

Bircher, L. and E. Ruber. 1988. Toxicity of methoprene to all stages of the salt marsh copepod, Apocyclops spartinus (cyclopoida). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 4: 520-523.

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.

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.

Hruby, T., W.G. Montgomery, R.A. Lent, and N. Dobson. 1985. Open marsh water management in Massachusetts: Adapting the techniques to local conditions and its impact on mosquito larvae during the first season. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 1: 85-88.

Maly, M. 1980. A study of the effects of pesticides on single and mixed species cultures of salt marsh algae. Ph.D. thesis, Northeastern University.

Maly, M. and E. Ruber. 1983. The effects of pesticides on pure and mixed species cultures of salt marsh pool algae. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 30: 464-472.

Ruber E. and K. LeFrance. 1983. The effects of temephos (abate) on the respiratory rate of the salt marsh amphipod, Gammarus mucronatus. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 31: 148-151.

Ruber E. and R.E. Murray. 1978. Some ideas about coastal management from production and export studies on a Massachusetts salt marsh. Proceedings of the New Jersey Mosquito Control Association. 65: 51-58.

SALT MARSH INVERTEBRATES

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.

Gilbert, A.T. and E. Ruber. 1986. A water column sampler for invertebrates of salt marsh tidal pools. Estuaries 9: 380-381.

Gillis, G. 1977. Energy flow in a harpacticoid community of a salt pool. Ph.D. thesis, Northeastern University. 201 pp.

LaFrance, K. and E. Ruber. 1985. The life cycle and productivity of the amphipod Gammarus mucronatus on a northern Massachusetts salt marsh. Limnology and Oceanography 30: 1067-1077.

Mandracchia, M. and E. Ruber. 1990. Production and life cycle of the gastropod Hydrobia truncata, with notes on Spurwinkia in Massachusetts salt marsh pools. Estuaries 13: 479-485.

Ruber, E. and K. LaFrance. 1983. Effects of Temephos on the respiratory rate of the salt marsh amphipod, Gammarus mucronatus. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37: 148-151.

SALT MARSH PROCESSES

Bronstein, A. 1981. The origin, transport, and decomposition of plant macro-litter on a northern Massachusetts salt marsh. Masters thesis, Northeastern University. 130 pp.

Copeland, B.J. 2000. Salt marsh restoration coastal habitat enhancement. North Carolina Sea Grant College Program, Raleigh, North Carolina. 31 pp.

Fry, B., M. Hullar, B.J. Peterson, S. Saupe, and R.T. Wright. 1992. DOC production in a salt marsh estuary. Arch. Hydrobiol. Beih. Ergebn. Limnol. 37: 1-8.

Jewett, A.E. 1949. The tidal marshes of Rowley and vicinity with an account of the old-time methods of “marshing.” The Essex Institute Historical Collections LXXXV. 23 pp.

Montagna, P.A. 1975. Rates of decomposition of Spartina alterniflora and the occurrence of associated organisms in a Massachusetts salt marsh. Masters thesis, Northeastern University. 110 pp.

Montagna, P.A. and E. Ruber. 1981. Decomposition of Spartina alterniflora in different seasons and habitats of a northern Massachusetts salt marsh and a comparison with other Atlantic regions. Estuaries 3: 61-64.

Murray, R. 1978. Detrital standing crop and flux in a New England salt marsh. Masters thesis. Northeastern University. 106 pp.

National estuarine inventory data atlas: coastal wetlands – New England region. 1989. United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 20 pp.

Niering, W.A., R.S. Warren, and C.G. Weymouth. 1977. Our dynamic tidal marshes: vegetation changes as revealed by peat analysis. Bulletin No. 22, The Connecticut Arboretum, Connecticut College.

Nolan, P.M. 1981. Primary productivity, chlorophyll, biomass, and decomposition of the green alga, Cladophora sp. in a Northern Massachusetts salt marsh. Masters thesis, Northeastern University. 162 pp.

Ruber E., G. Gillis, and P.A. Montagna. 1981. Production of dominant emergent vegetation and of pool algae on a northern Massachusetts salt marsh. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 108: 152-165.

Vorosmarty, C.J. and T.C. Loder III. 1994. Spring-neap tidal contrasts and nutrient dynamics in a marsh-dominated estuary. Estuaries 17: 537-551.

WATER QUALITY

Balsis, B., D.W.M. Alderman, I.D. Buffam, R.H. Garritt, C.S. Hopkinson, Jr., and J.J. Vallino. 1995. Total system metabolism of the Plum Island Sound Estuarine System. Biol. Bull. 189: 252-254.

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

Chinman, R.A. 1991. Phosphorus dynamics in the Parker River Estuary. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Rhode Island. 299 pp.

Dallaire, T.R. and S.G. Halterman. 1991. Dissolved oxygen, temperature, and density profiles in Salem Sound and Massachusetts Bay 1990. Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch. 42 pp.

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

Duerring, C. 1992. Water quality survey of Essex and Ipswich Estuaries 1989. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Section. 71 pp.

Hanley, N.E. 1988. The Ipswich River Basin water quality management plan. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch. 46 pp.

Hudak, L.J. 1981. Levels of groundwater contamination, Ipswich River Basin, Massachusetts. Masters Thesis, Boston University. 162 pp.

Ingram, K. 1993. Nutrient analysis of the Ipswich River Basin: land-use characteristics and their effects on nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations. REU Summer Project. The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

Ipswich River Watershed Association 1997 RiverWatch Volunteer Monitoring Program: 1997 Final Report. March 1998. 32 pp.

Ipswich River Watershed Association RiverWatch Volunteer Monitoring Program: 1997 Final Report Appendices. March 1998.

Ipswich River Watershed Association RiverWatch Volunteer Monitoring Program: 1998 Data Report. Winter 1999. 37 pp.

Ipswich River Watershed Association RiverWatch Volunteer Monitoring Program: 1999 Data Report. August 2000.

Ipswich River Watershed Association RiverWatch Volunteer Monitoring Program: 1999 Appendices. August 2000.

Johnson, A.S. 1986. A water quality and deepwater habitat assessment of the Parker River basin. Mass. Dep't. of Env. Qual. Engineering. Div. Water Pollution Control. , Tech. Services Branch. Westborough, MA #14579-40-50-9-86-CR. 35 pp.

Lantagne, D.S. 2000. RiverWatch Volunteer Monitoring Program 1999 Data Report. Ipswich River Watershed Association, Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Layzer, N., M. Walk, and P.J. Godfrey. 1988. Sensitivity of surface waters in Massachusetts: a listing of the sensitivity of all surface waters sampled by the Acid Rain Monitoring Project. Water Resources Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

McAnespie, R.C. 1969. Parker River study 1968 Part A: data record on water quality. Division of Water Pollution Control, Massachusetts Water Resources Commission.

McMahon, T.C. 1975. North coastal water quality management plan. Water Quality and Research Section, Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control. 52 pp.

McMahon, T.C. 1977. Parker and Ipswich Rivers wastewater discharge survey data 1976-1977. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch. 13 pp.

McMahon, T.C. 1979. Ipswich and Parker River Basins 1978 water quality survey data. Water Quality and Research Section, Division of Water Pollution Control.

McMahon, T.C. 1982. Parker and Ipswich Rivers wastewater discharge survey data 1978-1981. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch. 13 pp.

McMahon, T.C. 1985. Ipswich River Basin 1982-1985 water quality survey data and wastewater discharge survey data. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Division of Water Pollution Control. 66 pp.

McMahon, T.C. 1986. A water quality and deepwater habitat assessment of the Parker River Basin: results of the 1984 survey. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Division of Water Pollution Control. Publication #14,579-40-50-9-86-CR. 35 pp.

McMahon, T.C. 1988. Commonwealth of Massachusetts summary of water quality. Division of Water Pollution Control. 66 pp.

Morrill, G.B. and L.G. Toler. 1972. Effect of septic-tank wastes on quality of water, Ipswich and Shawsheen River Basins, Massachusetts. United States Geological Survey Journal of Research 1: 117-120.

Notini, B.R., G.E. Whittaker, and A.M. Rojko. 1984. Baseline water quality studies of selected lakes and ponds in the Parker and Ipswich River Basins 1978-1981. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Division of Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch. 78 pp.

Ridlon, A.D. Ipswich River Watershed Association 2000 RiverWatch Volunteer Monitoring Program: 2000 Annual Report Site Data. 60 pp.

Tennant, P.A., J.B. Casazza, and W.R. Jobin. 1970. Ipswich River study 1968. Division of Water Pollution Control, Water Resources Commission. 43 pp.

Wilmington, Massachusetts Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan Scope of Services (CWRMP). June 18, 2001. 16 pp.

WILDLIFE

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

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

MacDougall, J.S. (Editor). 1988. Field list of the Birds of Essex County, 6th Edition. Essex County Ornithological Club, Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem MA. 35 pp.

Rimmer, D.W. and R.D. Deblinger. 1990. Use of a predator exclosure to protect piping plover nests. Journal of Field Ornithology 61: 217-223.

Townsend, C.W. 1905. Birds of Essex County. Nuttall Ornithological Club, Cambridge, MA.

Townsend, C.W. 1920. Supplement to birds of Essex County. Nuttall Ornithological club, Cambridge, MA.

Miscellaneous field notes, field guides,

species lists, and natural history observations

about the Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern.

Basler, D. Common estuarine fish: an identification guide. Fisheries Ecology Laboratory, Department of Forestry and Wildlife, University of Massachusetts. 51 pp.

Berry, J. (Compiler). 1936-1990. Newburyport Christmas bird count. National Audubon Society.

Knights, R.E., R.E. Lautzenheiser, J.J. Balsama, S.F. Robbins, and D.A. Ryan. 1982. A commemorative guide to the natural history of Plum Island. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. 41 pp.

Nove, J. (Compiler). 1936-1990. Cape Ann Christmas bird count. National Audubon Society.

Townsend, C.W. 1913. Sand dunes and salt marshes. Dana Estes and Co., Boston. 311 pp.

Townsend, C.W. 1923. Beach grass. Marshall Jones Co., Boston, MA.