Team
Christopher Neill
Senior Scientist
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Rachel Jakuba
Vice President, Bay Science
Buzzards Bay Coalition
Anita Milman
Professor, College of Natural Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Michael Jakuba
Senior Engineer
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Linda Deegan
Senior Scientist
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Tom Bernardin
Executive Director, Center for Data Science
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Paul Gannett
Principal Product Manager
Onset Computer Corporation
Emily Caruso
Ph.D. Student
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Seema Ravendale
Ph.D. Student
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lara Gulmann
Research Associate
Buzzards Bay Coalition
Kristin Huizenga
Posdoctoral Researcher
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Lilia Bartolotta
Research Assistant
Buzzards Bay Coalition
Ethan Plunkett
Research Fellow, Center for Data Science
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Carmen Gray
Engineering Co-op Intern
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bradley Compton
Research Associate
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ray Zhang
Intern
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Water’s dissolved oxygen content is critical to estuarine ecosystems—if the level drops too low, even for a short time, it can stress or kill marine life.
The Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Baywatchers Program’s volunteers began measuring water quality in 1992. The BBC has a remarkable continuous record from more than 220 stations around the Bay.
It is now possible to measure dissolved oxygen with relatively low cost and reliable sensors produced on Cape Cod by Onset Computer Corporation.
Project Purpose
The COMBB Project aims to understand how deploying continuously-recording sensors can produce more detailed information about water quality, but also create challenges for volunteers and community groups who do much of the nation’s current water quality monitoring.
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