Falmouth Pond Watchers: Water Quality Monitoring of Falmouth's Coastal Ponds.Results from the 1993 Season

摘要

The Citizen Volunteer Monitoring Effort for Falmouth's Coastal Ponds (betterknown as the Pond Watchers), was initiated in 1987 in response to concern over the apparently deteriorating water quality of Falmouth's circulation restricted coastal salt ponds. The overall goals of the study are to provide the Town with information on current water quality conditions in the ponds, both to help plan watershed land use and to help guide potential remediation plans where possible. In addition, the project was designed to involve local citizens directly in determining the present and future ecological health of their coastal ponds and harbors, as well as to draw community attention to the increasing human pressures on our fragile coastal resources. Through the efforts of Falmouth's Citizen Volunteers the Pondwatch Program has maintained a high level of success, with 1993 being no exception. The value of the information collected during the 1993 season varied depending upon the embayment in question.