Herring River Water Quality Completed
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) New England Water Science Center installed, operated, and maintained surface water-quality sites at the Chequessett Neck Road dike on the Herring River from November 2015 through September 2018.
The goals of the data collection program were to establish a pre-restoration baseline water-quality dataset and to characterize concentrations of nutrients and other water-quality indicators in the estuary.
These data provide critical information and feedback needed as part of the adaptive management process being taken to guide management decisions and measure progress toward restoration objectives for the Herring River Saltmarsh.
The data collected between November 2015 and September 2017 are included in a USGS Scientific Investigations Report (in review) and all data through September 2018 are published in the National Water Information System.
Water-quality data collected by Cape Cod National Seashore from 1984 through 2017 are available in a USGS data release; access it under the Data and Tools tab on this page.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Discrete water quality data supporting Herring River restoration project, Cape Cod National Seashore, 1984-2017
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Herring River Water-Quality
The New England WSC geonarrative explores the availability of water-quality data collected by the Cape Cod National Seashore and U.S. Geological Survey in support of the Herring River restoration project. It highlights the development of the monitoring program since the 1980s and the recent publication of Cape Cod National Seashore data in a U.S. Geological Survey data release.
- Overview
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) New England Water Science Center installed, operated, and maintained surface water-quality sites at the Chequessett Neck Road dike on the Herring River from November 2015 through September 2018.
The goals of the data collection program were to establish a pre-restoration baseline water-quality dataset and to characterize concentrations of nutrients and other water-quality indicators in the estuary.
These data provide critical information and feedback needed as part of the adaptive management process being taken to guide management decisions and measure progress toward restoration objectives for the Herring River Saltmarsh.
The data collected between November 2015 and September 2017 are included in a USGS Scientific Investigations Report (in review) and all data through September 2018 are published in the National Water Information System.
Water-quality data collected by Cape Cod National Seashore from 1984 through 2017 are available in a USGS data release; access it under the Data and Tools tab on this page.
- Data
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Discrete water quality data supporting Herring River restoration project, Cape Cod National Seashore, 1984-2017
Staff from the Cape Cod National Seashore, National Park Service (CACO NPS) began limited water-quality data collection in the Herring River Estuary as early as 1984. In 2006 a monthly sampling program was established for 14 sites to monitor nutrient concentrations, dissolved oxygen, and other constituents. This monitoring program is ongoing and has been supplemented with data from other CACO NPS - Web Tools
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Herring River Water-Quality
The New England WSC geonarrative explores the availability of water-quality data collected by the Cape Cod National Seashore and U.S. Geological Survey in support of the Herring River restoration project. It highlights the development of the monitoring program since the 1980s and the recent publication of Cape Cod National Seashore data in a U.S. Geological Survey data release.