Waquoit Bay Reserve, Massachusetts

Research

Research at the reserve focuses on a variety of issues that are important to the Cape Cod area. Particular attention is paid to nonpoint source pollution as population growth along the coast has increased the amount of nitrogen entering coastal waters. To address this issue as well as many others, reserve scientists collaborate with many outside biologists, chemists, geologists and hydrologists from a variety of institutions, including the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.