<p>A Coastal Pond Studied by Oceanographic Methods is a reprint of the classic book of the same name by K.O. Emery, distinguished scientist at the famous Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). This book was first published in 1969 and enjoyed three printings, but has long since been out of print. This study of Oyster Pond in Falmouth, MA, traces the pond's history from post glacial, pre-European and early settler days to the middle of the 20th century and details the geology, topography, chemistry and biology of the pond in the late 1960s. In Emery's words, it "was a low-cost backyard operation, but it cut through much of the whole field of oceanography". In this reprinting by the Oyster Pond Environmental Trust, Inc., the original book was updated with an addendum, Epilogue: Oyster Pond -- Three Decades of Change, in which Brian Howes and Stanley R. Hart of the WHOI summarize studies of Oyster Pond conducted during the years 1987-1997 by the Falmouth Pond Watch Program. This is an ongoing and cooperative project involving citizen volunteers and local municipality and research institutions. This decadal Pond Watch study elucidates the changes that have taken are taking place in the pond, especially since the large-scale development of housing in the pond's watershed. The book chronicles thirty years of change in the pond's vital statistics during a period of rapid expansion of human activity in its watershed area. </p>
<p>Interested readers will include naturalists, ecologists, environmental scientists, those living along the shores of other coastal ponds in the world, and those interested in preserving or restoring the health of coastal ponds. They will also include teachers and students at all levels, but especially of the high school and college level because, as Emery himself stated, "It is hoped that the examples of low-cost research presented in this study will motivate budding oceanographers to go beyond the classroom and onto the water".</p>

A Coastal Pond Studied by Oceanographic Methods

Science & Math

Emery, K.O.

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Oyster Pond Environmental Trus

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