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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. |
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Ecosystems and Watersheds |
| Buchsbaum, R.N. 1996. Resource protection in the Plum Island Sound/Rivers ecosystem. Final project report of the Plum Island Sound Minibay Project. Massachusetts Bay Program. |
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Buchsbaum, Robert, Andrea Cooper, and Joan LeBlanc. 1996. The Plum Island Sound/Rivers Ecosystem: current status and future management. Massachusetts Audubon Society. |
| Buchsbaum, Robert, and Tim Purinton. 2000. The marine resources of the Parker River-Plum Island Sound Estuary: an update after 30 years. Massachusetts Audubon Society. Draft. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1996. Parker River Basin Team Report. Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Document in preparation. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1995. Ipswich River Watershed 1995 Resource Assessment Report. Document in preparation. |
| Hopkinson, C.S., Jr. and J.J. Valliano. 1998. The relationships among man's activities in watersheds and estuaries: a model of runoff on patterns of estuarine community metabolism. Estuaries, 18(4), pp. 598-621. |
| L Schneider and R G Pontius Jr. 2000. Modeling land-use change in the Ipswich watershed, Massachusetts, USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society. 1999. Conserving the Plum Island Sound/Rivers ecosystems: a research report and management plan. 31 pp. |
| Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (CZM). 1989. Coastal areas of critical environmental concern: Massachusetts program for identification, designation, and protection of critical coastal areas. Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Boston, MA. Publication number 16,096-140-250-10-89-C.R. |
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Mountain, Dave, and Becka Roolf. 1999. Parker River guide: an introduction to the Parker River and Plum Island Sound. Parker River Clean Water Association. |
| Smith, J. Bailey. August 1991. Morphodynamics and Stratigraphy of Essex River Webb-Tidal Delta: Massachusetts. Coastal Engineering Research Department, Department of the Army. Technical Report DERD-91-11. 234 pgs. |
| Thorburn, Gary W. 1975. The Essex River Basin Base Line Studies and Future Choices. Gordon College. 120 pgs. |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1992. Environmental impact statement draft: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge master plan. Prepared by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5. Newton Corner, Massachusetts. |
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Estuarine Ecology |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Buchsbaum, Robert, and Tim Purinton. 1999. The marine resources of the Parker River-Plum Island Sound Estuary: an update after 30 years. Massachusetts Audubon Society. |
| Carini, S.S., N.B. Weston, C.S. 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. |
| 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. |
| Hopkinson, C. S., and J.J. Vallino. 1995. The relationship among man's activities in watersheds and estuaries: a model of runoff effects on estuarine community metabolism. Estuaries 18:598-621. |
| Ingram, K., C. S. Hopkinson, K. Bowman, R.H. Garritt and J.J. Vallino. 1994. From watershed to estuary: assessment of nutrient loading, retention and export from the Ipswich River Basin. Biological. Bulletin. 187:277-278. |
| 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. |
| Morlock, S., D. Taylor, A. Giblin, C. Hopkinson and J. Tucker. 1997. Effect of salinity on the fate of inorganic nitrogen in sediments of the Parker River Estuary, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin. 193:290-292. |
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Schmitt, C., N. Weston and C. Hopkinson. 1998. A preliminary evaluation of sedimentation rates and species distribution in Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 195:232-233. |
| Uhlenhopp, A.G., J.E. Hobbie, and J.J. Vallino. 1995. Effects of land use on the degradability of dissolved organic matter in three watersheds of the Plum Island Sound estuary. Biological Bulletin. 189:256-257. |
| Vallino, J.J. and C.S. Hopkinson. 1998. Estimation of dispersion and characteristics mixing times in Plum Island Sound Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 46:333-350. |
| Weston, N.B., S.S. Carini, A.E. Giblin, G.T. Banta, C.S. Hopkinson, and J. Tucker. 1996. Estimating denitrification in sediments of the Parker River estuary, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin 191:334-335. |
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Fish |
| Beltz, James R. 1975. Movement and behavior of adult anadromous Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson), in the Parker River, Mass. M.S. Thesis. Fishery Biology. University of Maine. 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. |
| 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. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA). 1999.1999 blueback herring fish count results. Fact sheet. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA). 2000. 2000 blueback herring fish count results. Fact sheet. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA). 2000.Macroinvertebrate study data report. |
| Mayo, R.K. 1974. Population structure, movement, and fecundity of the anadromous 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. |
| Reback, Ken. 1998. Parker River fishway restoration action plan. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Report. |
| Rideout, Stephan G. 1974. Population estimate, movement and ecological characteristics of the anadromous alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, (Wilson) utilizing the Parker River, Massachusetts in 1971-1972. M.S. Thesis. Fishery Biology. University of Maine. 183 pp. |
| Stevenson, Robert D., David C. Mountain, and Becka Roolf. 1998. Parker River alewife assessment. Parker River Clean Water Association. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Daboll, J.M. 1969. Holocene sediments of the Parker River estuary, Massachusetts. M.S. Thesis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 138 pp. |
| Goodbred, S.L. and Montello, T.M. 1989. A study of the morphological characteristics of Plum Island, Crane, Coffins, and Wingaersheek Beaches, MA. Boston Univ. Geology Dept. unpublished report. 15 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. |
| 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. |
| New England Environmental Technologies Corporation. 1995. Report of Newbury landfill stockpile soils analysis. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| United States Department of Agriculture. 1981. Soil survey of Essex County, Massachusetts - Northern part. |
| History |
| Story, Dana Adams. 1976. A recollection of the Essex Branch. The B&M Bulletin. Boston and Maine Railroad Historical Society, Inc. |
| Story, Dana Adams. 1995. The shipbuilding of Essex: a chronicle of the Yankee Endeavor. Ten Pound Island Book Company. Gloucester, MA. |
| Vickers, Daniel. (1994). Farmers and fishermen: two centuries of work in Essex County, MA. University of North Carolina Press. |
| Weare, Nancy. 1993. Plum Island the way it was. Newbury, MA: Newburyport Press, Inc. |
| Salt marsh/wetlands |
| Bronstein, A. 1981. The origin, transport, and decomposition of plant macro-litter on a northern Massachusetts salt marsh. Masters thesis, Northeastern University. 130 pp. |
| 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. |
| Burdick, David, Robert Buchsbaum, Christopher Cornelisen, and Ted Diers. 1999. Monitoring restored and created salt marshes in the Gulf of Maine: framework and data collection methods to guide monitoring programs that involve volunteers. Sponsored by Massachusetts Audubon Society, and Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. |
| 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. |
| Hutchins, E., John Catena, M.J James-Pirri, R. Buchsbaum, Wayne Castonguay, and Carl Gustafuson. 1999. Argilla Road salt marsh restoration, Ipswich, Massachusetts. National Marine Fisheries Service. Unpublished document. |
| 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. |
| Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management. 1998. Wetlands ecological integrity: an assessment approach. The Coastal Wetlands Ecosystem Projection Project. |
| Massachusetts Wetlands Restoration and Banking Program. 1996. Atlas of tidally restricted wetlands: North Shore of Massachusetts. |
| Massachusetts Wetlands Restoration and Banking Program. 1999. Tidal Wetlands Restoration. Ouline of required monitoring plan. Unpublished Draft. Boston, MA. |
| Massachusetts Wetlands Restoration and Banking Program. 2000. A citizens guide to restoring Massachusetts wetlands: how to participate in the GROWetlands initiative. Draft. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Parker River Clean Water Association. 1996. Tidal crossings inventory and assessment. Prepared for the Massachusetts Bay Program. |
| Parker River Clean Water Association. 1997. Addendum to the Tidal Crossing Inventory and Assessment Report. |
| Purinton, T.A. and D. Mountain. 1997. Tidal Crossing Handbook, A Volunteer Guide to Assessing Tidal Restrictions. Parker River Clean Water Association. 69 pp. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Tiner, R.W. 1999. Wetlands monitoring guidelines: Operational draft. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Region 5, Northeast, Hadley, MA. |
| Shellfish |
| Castonguay. 1999. Soft-shell clam aquaculture research continues. Coastal Monitor, Summer 1999. Massachusetts Bays Program, Eight Towns and the Bay Committee. |
| Catena, John. 1998. Partnership to restore a salt marsh. Coastal Monitor, Spring 1998. Massachusetts Bays Program, Eight Towns and the Bay Committee. |
| Division of Marine Fisheries. 1981-1997. Shellfish constables reports. Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. |
| Whitten J., and A. Macintosh. 1997. Shellfishing and the potential for soft-shell clam aquaculture on Massachusetts' North Shore. Metropolitan Valley Planning Commission. Report in progress. |
| Water Quality |
| 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 |
| Castonguay, W. 1991. Shellfish in Ipswich: pollution and its effect on shellfishing. Ipswich Shellfish Advisory Board. |
| Clark Engineers and Associates. 1990. Report on the Newbury municipal landfill. |
| Dames and Moore. 1999. Town of Essex wastewater facilities plan/MEPA special procedures report: phase 1 report. Prepared for the town of Essex. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1968, 1969. Ipswich River Basin water quality and wastewater discharge survey data and water quality analysis. Division of Watershed Management. No. 92-ABC-1. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1968, 1973. Ipswich River Basin water quality survey data. Division of Watershed Management. No. 92-A-2, 92-A-3. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1976. Ipswich and Parker River Basins water quality analysis and basin plan. Division of Watershed Management. No. 92/91-CD-1. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981. Parker and Ipswich River Basins wastewater discharge survey data. Division of Watershed Management. No. 91/92-B-1/B-2. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1978. Parker River and Ipswich River water quality survey data. Division of Watershed Management. No. 91/92-A-4. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981. Parker and Ipswich River Basins baseline water quality studies of selected lakes and ponds. Division of Watershed Management. No. 91/92-E-1. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1982, 1984, 1985. Ipswich River Basin water quality and wastewater discharge survey data. Division of Watershed Management. No. 92-AB-1. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1984. Parker River Basin water quality survey data and deepwater habitat assessment. Division of Watershed Management. No. 91-AC-1. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1988. Ipswich River Basin water quality management plan. Division of Watershed Management. No. 92-D-1. |
| Department of Environmental Protection. 1989, 1990. Essex and Ipswich Estuaries water quality survey data and analysis. Division of Watershed Management. Pub. No. 17,083-87-40-4-92-1.89-C.R. 71 pgs. |
| 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. |
| Haley and Ward. 1990, 1992. Initial site assessment summary and progress report, Rowley landfill. |
| Ipswich Coastal Pollution Control Committee. 1995. Ipswich Coastal Pollution Control Committee Report. 39 pp. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA). 1998. Fecal coliform study data report. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA). 1998. 1997 Low-flow/no-flow study. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA). 1998. 1997 River Watch volunteer monitoring program data report and appendices. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA). 1999. 1998 River Watch volunteer monitoring program data report and appendices. |
| Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA). 2000. 1999 River Watch volunteer monitoring program data report and appendices. |
| Johnson, A.S. 1986. A water quality and deepwater habitat assessment of the Parker River basin. Mass. Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, Div. Water Pollution Control, Technical Services Branch. Westborough, MA #14579-40-50-9-86-CR. 35 pp. |
| Leahy, Kathryn W. 1998. Non-point source comprehensive implementation program for the Mill River sub-watershed. Massachusetts Audubon Society. No. 94-07. 28 pp. |
| Massachustts Bays Program. 1991. Sources and Loadings of Pollutants to the Massachusetts Bays. MBP-91-01S. 20 pgs. |
| New England Environmental Technologies Corporation. 1993, 1995. Groundwater sampling and analysis. |
| Parker River Clean Water Association. 1999. Parker River watch annual report: 1999 sampling season. |
| Port Engineering. 1994, 1995, 1996. Newbury municipal solid waste program, groundwater monitoring program. |
| Roach, David A. 1992. A sanitary survey report of Essex Bay in Essex, Gloucester, and Ipswich, Massachusetts. Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Shellfish and Sanitation Program. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. List of wildlife/habitat inventories: § Spotlight white-tailed deer survey. Provides a long-term population index as well as a doe:fawn, doe:buck ratio. October-December. § Aerial white-tailed deer survey. Provides annual minimum winter population estimate and can be used to assess actual and potential population growth. Winter. § White tailed deer enclosure study. Monitor and quantify effects of browsing by white-tailed deer to examine effects of deer impacts on plant composition and cover. August, every 2 years. § Predator scent station survey. Obtains annual population index on various mammalian predators which is used in conjunction with nesting waterfowl and shorebird management. September-October. § Waterfowl breeding pair survey. Estimates annual number of breeding pairs of waterfowl in the three fresh water impoundments on the refuge. May. § Waterfowl brood survey. Estimates annual brood production for the three impoundments. June-July. § Tern survey. Estimates breeding numbers of local tern colonies for assistance to Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. June. § Piping plover/least tern survey. Monitors population and production of piping plovers and least terns on and surrounding the refuge. March-August. § Waterfowl, marsh and wading bird, shorebird and raptor survey. Monitors species composition and numbers to determine seasonal and long term use of refuge habitats. Year round. § Purple martin nest box monitoring. Provide nesting habitat for purple martins and subsequently monitor success of nest box use. April-May, September. § Osprey platform program. Establish a nesting population of osprey and monitor the success of the platform program. April-August. § Purple loosestrife biocontrol program. Release Galerucella beetles and Hylobious weevils and monitor their impact on purple loosestrife growth in fresh water impoundments. June, August. § Breeding bird survey. Conduct breeding bird point counts to provide annual index of avian species breeding in refuge scrub/shrub habitat. June. |