Completed Projects

Aquatic ecology studies for TRC Environmental Corp. Sandwich Cape Cod Canal power plant. Southern Company and 1999-2001. 

     Raytheon Environmental Services, Washington Group/Sunset Energy . (1999) . Ichthyoplankton study in Gowanis Bay, New York.

Sithe Edgar Development LLC 1998-1999. Fisheries study in Weymouth Fore River and Epsilon Associates, Inc. for re-powering project. 

Continental Shelf Associates 1990. Analysis of ichthyoplankton samples from Mobil drilling site on Continental Shelf off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. 

     General Electric Company 1994-1997. Impingement and entrainment monitoring studies at GE's Lynn (Mass.) aircraft engine plant including studies in the Saugus River. 

Camp, Dresser and McKee 1996. Assessment of fisheries issues associated with a proposed Taunton River water diversion project. 

Boston Edison Company 1993. Fish impingement study at Mystic Power Station. 

Massachusetts Water Resource Authority 1991. Bioaccumulation assessment of Boston Harbor wastewater treatment discharge. 

HMM Associates (Concord, Mass.), 1990-1992. Entrainment and impingement studies at Cleary Power Station and in-river sampling of fish and benthos in connection with Taunton Cogeneration Facility Project. 

Boston Edison Company 1989-1993. Studies of the Weymouth Fore River (Massachusetts) in association with United Engineers & Constructors (Philadelphia, Pa.) including ichthyoplankton, fish, benthos, - and water quality as part of a monitoring program for a power station. Preparation of 316a and 316b documents was included. 

New England Power Company  1979-1983, 1988. Analysis of the interrelationships between physical-chemical factors and planktonic and adult populations in Taunton River-Mount Hope Bay ecosystem. 

City of New Bedford 1989. Bioaccumulation assessment of New Bedford wastewater treatment discharge. 

New England Power Company, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1974. Sampling and analysis of biological, chemical, suspended matter and sediments at ocean dumping site and determination of fly-ash disposal on indigenous organisms. 

Montaup Electric Company 1974-1975. Studies of Taunton River in the vicinity of the Montaup Station to assess the effects of plant cooling system on the biological communities of the river. 

Yankee Atomic Electric Company 1974-1979. Studies of Block Island Sound, Charlestown Pond, Quonochontog Pond, and Point Judith Pond, R.I. to assess possible environmental effects of a proposed power plant. 

Northeast Utilities Service Company 1974-1980. Jointly funded research program to investigate marine fouling and ecological impact when biocidal agents are used for fouling control.

United Illuminating Company, Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., PSC of New Hampshire, Electric Power Research Institute, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1975. Guidelines for the development of a Coastal Zone Management program. 

Environmental Protection Agency 1975-1980. Analysis of 1500 Continental Shelf benthic invertebrate species.

Northeast Utilities Service Company 1976-1980. Research in the use of waste heat for aquaculture. 

Energy Resources Company, Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.) 1976-1978. Participation in Georges Bank sampling and analysis of macro-benthos, zooplankton, and benthic infauna for Georges Bank baseline study sponsored by Bureau of Land Management.

URS Company (San Mateo, Calif.) 1977-1978. Analysis of benthic samples from Buzzards Bay oil spill of January 1977. 

New England Power Company 1978. Dye study to determine the flushing time of Mount Hope Bay (Mass.) .

NMFS (1978). Investigations on whelk fishery and resource of Southern New England. 

Environmental Protection Agency 1979-1981. Analysis of benthic samples from oil spills. 

Central Maine Power Co. and Maine Yankee (1979-1981). Analysis of estuarine ichthyoplankton (Searsport) - and zooplankton samples for power plant impact assessment. 

Con Edison of New York 1979-1982. Assessment of biofouling at six generating plants within the Con Ed system.

Town of Falmouth, Mass. 1979. Study of shellfish populations of Bournes Pond and assessment of benefits of greater tidal flushing. 

Boston Edison Company 1980-1982. Assessment of biofouling at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and evaluation of biofouling control techniques. 

New England Power Company 1980-1982. Same as preceding except at Brayton Point Power Station. 

Lynn Sewer Commission (Lynn, Mass.)1982. Study of impact of sewage outflow after a rain- storm on the benthic invertebrate and water-column plankton populations of Lynn Harbor. 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1982-1983. Study of the Taunton River system and estuary (Mass.) to assess the impact of nutrient flow to the ecosystem. 

The Green Company (Falmouth, Mass.) 1983-1987. Assessment of the inflow of chemicals and nutrients into Falmouth Harbor due to leaching. 

National Park Service (Boston, Mass.)1984-1986. Ecological study of the upper Pamet  River, Truro, Massachusetts. including nutrient cycling, eutrophication, groundwater analyses, and river hydrology. 

Environmental Protection Agency 1984-1985. Analyses of benthic invertebrate samples for taxonomy and community structure.

Wehran Engineering/RESCO (Middletown, N.Y./Saugus, Mass.)1984-1989. Studies of Saugus and Pines River estuaries (Mass.) related to the impact of a waste to energy industrial site. Assessment of ichthyoplankton and finfish populations in the site area including entrainment and impingement survival. 

Groton (CT) Sewer Commission 1973. Studies relevant to selection of proposed discharge site in Long Island Sound.