Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-21T04:36:51Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 124 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]epa_nep -124.2255,18.4223,-66.1212,49.2104 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

The National Estuary Program protects and restores the health of estuaries while supporting economic and recreational activities. 28 local NEPs are demonstrating practical and innovative ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]barb -71.4047,41.2408,-69.929,42.8172 2000-09-01T00:00:00Z 2001-07-15T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

This data layer represents the spatial extent of Massachusetts Executive Order 181: Barrier Beaches. An existing spatial data layer that had been created by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_77 -76.0,35.0,-65.0,45.0 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-03-06T05:00:00Z

The objectives of the investigation are 1) to monitor the fishery-relevant components of the Northeast Shelf ecosystem, to characterize the baseline conditions and their variability, and to index ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Coastal_Change_Analysis_Program_Maine_SAV_data_set -70.8867,43.0552,-66.9743,45.1121 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-02-23T05:00:00Z

Maine's eelgrass (SAV) meadows form an important aquatic habitat for the state. These meadows provide shelter for juvenile fish, and invertebrates. In certain locations they also help stabilize unconsolidated ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]WHOI_Benthic_Fauna -82.0,24.0,-49.04,49.1 1881-10-10T00:00:00Z 1989-09-01T00:00:00Z 2012-01-19T05:00:00Z

Benthic fauna data has been collected from 1881 to the present by the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratories at Woods Hole, MA (early years Bureau of Fisheries) and Sandy Hook, NJ (formerly ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_174 -73.68,41.06,-69.75,43.07 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-09-29T04:00:00Z

Small mammal monitoring at Cape Cod National Seashore began in 2000. Small mammals are an important component of the park's fauna. In addition to their direct contribution to species richness, they ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GLOBEC_GEORGE_WHOI -69.0,40.0,-66.0,43.0 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z

The U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program is a large multi-disciplinary multi-year oceanographic effort. The proximate goal is to understand the population dynamics of key species on the Bank: cod, haddock, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NWI -180.0,-15.0,-60.0,75.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-10-27T04:00:00Z

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2008) identified wetlands as the most vulnerable landscape feature affected by climate change. The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), established ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WEBCOAST_COOA_PULSE_Eco_Monitor -70.629,42.848,-70.432,43.181 2001-12-20T00:00:00Z 2004-11-10T00:00:00Z 2010-06-24T04:00:00Z

PULSE, the Partnership for Pelagic Ecosystem Monitoring in the Gulf of Maine Data, collects weekly samples of the state of the pelagic ecosystem in the Gulf of Maine at two fixed sites: GoMOOS Buoy ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NMFS_NFSC_Bottom_Trawl_Survey -81.4,28.78,-63.33,44.87 1948-07-14T00:00:00Z 2008-11-08T00:00:00Z 2009-09-10T04:00:00Z

This is the Northeast Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl Survey database for Northwest Atlantic marine organisms. Survey cruises use a bottom trawl to sample randomly selected stations in an attempt ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]groundfish_atlas -75.0,35.0,-50.0,61.0 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-08-03T04:00:00Z

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are the federal agencies responsible for marine fishery assessment and management in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UME_SMS_PHYPL_CHL_NUTR -70.0,40.0,-65.0,43.0 1997-01-13T00:00:00Z 1999-06-24T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

Nutrient and chlorophyll vertical profiles and aerial contour plots are available for the Georges Bank region of the northwest Atlantic Ocean near the Gulf of Maine. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EN321_325_microplankton_GB -68.5,40.0,-66.0,42.3 1999-03-28T00:00:00Z 1999-04-11T00:00:00Z 1999-06-13T00:00:00Z 1999-06-30T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

Water samples collected with a CTD rosette were screened using Epifluorescence Microscopy and Flow Cytometry for estimating the abundance of micro planktonic forms. Depending ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]vpr_cashjian_GB -67.0,40.0,-66.0,42.0 1994-06-15T00:00:00Z 1994-06-16T00:00:00Z 1995-01-18T00:00:00Z 1995-01-19T00:00:00Z 1995-03-06T00:00:00Z 1995-03-08T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

A Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) was towed, in a towyo fashion, along three 180-200 km transects across the northeast region of Georges Bank during June 1994, January/March ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ctd_cg_dg_dh_GB -69.5,40.0,-65.5,42.5 1995-04-26T00:00:00Z 1995-05-02T00:00:00Z 1995-06-12T00:00:00Z 1995-06-15T00:00:00Z 1997-10-09T00:00:00Z 1997-10-16T00:00:00Z 1998-10-22T00:00:00Z 1998-10-27T00:00:00Z 1998-12-04T00:00:00Z 1998-12-10T00:00:00Z 1999-03-29T00:00:00Z 1999-04-10T00:00:00Z 1999-06-13T00:00:00Z 1999-06-28T00:00:00Z 1999-10-16T00:00:00Z 1999-10-25T00:00:00Z 1999-12-05T00:00:00Z 1999-12-12T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

Process Study CTD temperature and salinity surveys were conducted in discrete/different hydrographic regimes on Georges Bank to better understand the impact of the environment ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]nmfs_ctd_GB -69.5,40.0,-65.5,42.5 1992-05-21T00:00:00Z 1992-05-28T00:00:00Z 1993-06-13T00:00:00Z 1993-06-28T00:00:00Z 1994-05-03T00:00:00Z 1994-05-28T00:00:00Z 1995-03-14T00:00:00Z 1995-05-26T00:00:00Z 1997-04-02T00:00:00Z 1997-05-23T00:00:00Z 1999-04-14T00:00:00Z 1999-05-29T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

Process Study CTD temperature and salinity surveys were conducted in discrete/different hydrographic regimes on Georges Bank to better understand environmental impacts on zooplankton ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_158 -71.122,41.498,-70.657,41.763 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-05-08T04:00:00Z

The Coalition for Buzzards Bay is a membership-supported non profit organization dedicated to the restoration, protection and sustainable use and enjoyment of our irreplaceable Bay and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_160 -71.044,41.407,-70.615,41.764 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-05-08T04:00:00Z

Phase 1 - Monitor common and endangered roseate tern colonies at Bird and Ram Island; reclaim a nesting site at Penikese Island, rebuild nesting habitats at Bird (and possibly Ram) Island, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_99 -70.2967,43.556,-69.8504,43.9296 1998-04-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-28T04:00:00Z

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership is working to protect and restore the Casco Bay ecosystem and watershed while sustaining compatible human uses. The stakeholder-developed "Casco Bay Plan" ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]Canada_ARC_InvertebratesFishes -69.0,40.0,-24.0,68.0 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

This is the Atlantic Reference Centre museum database for Canadian Atlantic marine organisms. Specimens represent invertebrates from sponges to tunicates, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_156 -70.923,42.489,-70.763,42.577 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-14T04:00:00Z

Salem Sound Coastwatch trains volunteers to monitor tide pools through the Adopt-A-Tide pool program. Volunteers will help us focus special attention on local tide pools and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_159 -71.25,41.8,-70.5,44.3 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-14T04:00:00Z

National Estuary Program Waterbody or Watershed Names: Buzzards Bay

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_192 -70.915,42.874,-70.808,43.153 2009-03-25T04:00:00Z

Volunteers are asked to report horseshoe crab sightings in New Hampshire. Type: Estuary Waterbody or Watershed Names: Great Bay Estuary; ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EPA0158 -125.0,25.0,-67.0,50.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-03-16T04:00:00Z

The "Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)" was developed in 1988 for the purpose of estimating the current status, changes, and trends in indicators of the condition ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_179 -72.68,42.57,-70.58,45.43 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-03-06T05:00:00Z

The EMAP National Coastal Database contains estuarine and coastal data that EMAP and Regional-EMAP have collected since 1990 from thousands of stations along the U.S. coasts. These data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]CANEMRCCRS_ORGANOCHL_SEALS -69.0,43.0,-45.0,62.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-21T05:00:00Z

The data is available from 1972 to the present. Samples are collected in the field with an annual growth of 30 records per site per year. The area of coverage includes ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_143 -70.692,43.063,-69.76,43.911 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-08T05:00:00Z

The Wells NERR research department studies and monitors change in Gulf of Maine estuaries, coastal habitats, and adjacent coastal watersheds, and produces science-based information needed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_200 -72.68,42.57,-70.58,45.43 2008-08-21T04:00:00Z

The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game participates in the Atlantic States Marine Fishteries Commission (ASMFC) managed species monitoring program by keeping track of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_124 -71.31,42.85,-66.74,47.67 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-06-04T04:00:00Z

At more than 40 sites coast-wide, community members and students use plankton nets and field microscopes to monitor for phytoplankton that have the potential to cause harmful algal blooms (HAB's ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WEBCOAST_COOA_LOBSTER -71.0,42.0,-70.0,43.0 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-05-30T04:00:00Z

These lobster catch data were collected as part of research projects of Dr. Winsor Watson and his students in the Zoology Department at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH., USA. Data were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]noaanosnerr_d_nerrparent -117.5,18.0,-65.9,43.5 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-05-28T04:00:00Z

Water quality monitoring is conducted, for all 22 National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) sites, at two locations within or adjacent to the Reserve. These two locations monitor a reference non-impacted ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GoMA-Platts_Bank_Aerial_Survey -70.17854,43.00422,-69.14483,43.35316 2005-07-11T00:00:00Z 2005-07-29T00:00:00Z 2008-05-20T04:00:00Z

The study area is located 50 km from shore in the western Gulf of Maine and covers 1672 km2, including Platts Bank, Three Dory Ridge and surrounding deep water. Platts Bank (43?10?N, 069?40?W) is ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_25 -145.27,37.3,-48.11,87.61 2008-05-20T04:00:00Z

Research is an essential part of wildlife conservation. Canada is a vast country with a multitude of different species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. Scientists can't possibly ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GoMA-Intertidal_Biodiversity -70.65833,43.08417,-66.96444,44.815 2005-06-27T00:00:00Z 2005-08-27T00:00:00Z 2008-05-07T04:00:00Z

Epibenthic macroinvertebrate communities were examined at six rocky intertidal locations along the Maine shore. Sampled locations were distributed across nearly the entire coast of Maine from Kittery ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USFWS_CSDS_cpwbnd -70.0,44.6,-69.2,44.8 2008-02-12T05:00:00Z

This dataset contains boundary layers for the Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area in Maine. National Wildlife Refuges are federal lands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]COOA_Zooplankton -70.422,42.889,-69.8055,43.881 2002-04-24T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-01-24T05:00:00Z

This collection contains data acquired on cruises to the Western Gulf of Maine. Monthly cruises began in April 2002 for the REACH project with limited spatial coverage and limited measurements. Beginning ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]sediments_gom -71.4661,40.6306,-67.2693,44.6999 2007-08-27T04:00:00Z

The overall objective of this project is to create a database of existing data on contaminants in sediment for the Gulf of Maine region that will be useful to persons throughout the region for scientific ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_CMG_WHSC_usSEABED 2007-08-27T04:00:00Z

The usSEABED database system is the collaborative product of the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Colorado, and other partners and provides integrated marine geologic data from small and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_161 -70.7959,41.7754,-70.134,42.3017 2000-11-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-06-27T04:00:00Z

The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies' Cape Cod Bay Monitoring Project was a four-year study on the effects of the treated effluent from the Boston Outfall, funded in part by the Massachusetts ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_82 -75.774,38.452,-66.98,45.185 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-06-27T04:00:00Z

The US EPA's National Coastal Assessment surveys the condition of the Nation's coastal resources by creating an integrated, comprehensive monitoring program among the coastal states. To answer broad-scale ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_202 -70.942,42.877,-70.707,43.197 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-06-27T04:00:00Z

The US EPA National Coastal Assessment (also known as Coastal 2000 or C2000) is a five-year effort led by the EPA Office of Research and Development to evaluate the assessment methods it has developed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_348 -64.797,45.7273,-64.498,46.1123 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-04-13T04:00:00Z

The Petitcodiac River, which flows into Shepody Bay, drains a 3,000 km2 watershed area situated at the far reaches of the Inner Bay of Fundy. It is the source of life of the most important ecosystem ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_147 -70.73,43.069,-66.923,44.856 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-04-13T04:00:00Z

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_215 -70.909,42.87,-70.788,43.18 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-03-29T04:00:00Z

The New Hampshire Estuaries Project (NHEP) compiles data from many coastal and estuarine monitoring programs to assess the status and trends of environmental indicators in the Great Bay and Hampton/Seabrook ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_177 -72.68,42.57,-70.58,45.43 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-03-06T05:00:00Z

On the coast and Great Bay, wintering waterfowl are beginning to move on. A January 6 aerial survey conducted by Fish and Game reported 3,461 wintering ducks and geese on the open waters of Great ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_13 -71.31,42.85,-66.74,47.67 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-03-06T05:00:00Z

Human activity has reduced the abundance and breeding range of the Common Loon in North America. To help reverse this trend, the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey was founded as a long-term project ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_46 -66.9617,44.4808,-66.1927,45.0347 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-03-06T05:00:00Z

The Government of Canada administers the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program (CSSP) to protect public health by routinely monitoring water quality in shellfish harvesting areas and toxin levels ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_234 -73.6729,40.9654,-71.8272,41.3562 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-03-06T05:00:00Z

The Connecticut Department of Agriculture is the lead State agency responsible for shellfish and aquaculture. The Bureau performs coastal sanitary surveys along Connecticut's 250-mile shoreline and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_162 -70.95037,42.09017,-70.26193,42.61774 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-02-26T05:00:00Z

U.S. Geological Survey studies show that the concentrations of metals in surface sediments of Boston Harbor are decreasing with time. This conclusion is supported by analysis of (1) surface sediments ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_168 -73.68,41.06,-69.75,43.07 2007-02-26T05:00:00Z

The MEAP program was part of CZM until 2003, when state funding for the monitoring position dried up. MEAP was essentially the NCA-MA cooperative partnership (NCA=EPA's National Coastal Assessment ...