State of Napatree Report -- Current


1	State of Napatree Report 2022
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4	Cover	View
5	Foreword. Peter August & Janice Sassi	View
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7	Introduction and Acknowledgements. Deborah Lamm & Grant G. Simmons III	View
8	Mission and Vision of the Napatree Point Conservation Area	View
9	Staff and Scientists: 2022	View
10	Executive Summary	View
11	Overview
12	Monitoring and Stewardship in the Napatree Point Conservation Area: Where Do the Data Go (2018)? Peter August, Grant G. Simmons III & Janice Sassi	View
13	The Geography of the Napatree Point Conservation Area (2020 Update). Peter August, Janice Sassi, Kevin Rogers & Jessica Cressman-Greene	View
14	The Human Dimension
15	Napatree Point Children’s Education Program: Investigators 2022. Stephen Brown, Hugh Markey, Emily Bodell, Maddie Smith & Emily Watling NEW	View
16	Visitor Activity on Napatree: 2022. Daniel Cole, Janice Sassi, Emily Bodell & Tom Pappadia NEW	View
17	Physical Systems
18	Understanding the Short- and Long-term Shoreline Change of Napatree Barrier Using RTK-GPS Beach Profiles and Mapping of the Last High Tide Swash: 2022 Update. Bryan A. Oakley NEW	View
19	Tidal Characteristics of the Napatree Lagoon (2017). Scott Rasmussen	View
20	Napatree Water Quality 2022. Marco Greco-Byrne & Grant G. Simmons III NEW	View
21	Updated Elevation (Bathymetry and Topography) Model and Subaqueous Soils of the Napatree Lagoon (2018). Bryan Oakley, Nicole Rohr, James Turenne, Michael Bradley, Scott Rasmussen, Peter August & Janice Sassi	View
22	Bathymetric Model of the Napatree Lagoon (2019). Alyson Augenstein, Madeline Varney, Jennifer Croteau & Bryan A. Oakley	View
23	Mapping Napatree With Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (2017). Christina Montello, Greg Bonynge, Christopher Damon, Peter August & Janice Sassi	View
24	Animals
25	Shorebird Disturbance in the Napatree Lagoon (2015). Thomas Mayo, Peter Paton & Peter August	View
26	Piping Plover Monitoring at Napatree Point Conservation Area: 2022. Noah Barreto & Daniel Cole NEW	View
27	Bee Fauna of Napatree Point Conservation Area. Aya Rothwell & Howard Ginsberg	View
28	A Survey of Moths in Two Rhode Island Barrier Dune Systems, Goosewing Beach Preserve in Little Compton and Napatree Point Conservation Area in Westerly, During 2020. Mark J. Mello & Jamie Bogart	View
29	Camera Trap Reconnaissance of Wildlife in the Napatree Point Conservation Area: 2022 Sampling. Emily Bodell, Peter August, Daniel Cole & Janice Sassi NEW	View
30	Summertime Bat Activity on Napatree Point (2022). Peter August, Janice Sassi & Daniel Cole NEW	View
31	An Ecological Reconnaissance of the Napatree Lagoon: Fish and Water Quality in 2018. Nicole Rohr, Peter August & Janice Sassi	View
32	Project Limulus on Napatree Point: Horseshoe Crab Surveys (2022). Jennifer Croteau NEW	View
33	Crab Abundance in the Napatree Lagoon (2018). Jennifer Croteau, Bryan Oakley & Nicole Rohr	View
34	The Juvenile Fish Assemblage of Little Narragansett Bay (2019). Katherine Rodrigue, Conor McManus, Peter August, Alan Desbonnet & Janice Sassi	View
35	Plants
36	Monitoring Seaweed Abundance and Species Composition at Napatree Lagoon: 2015-2018. Lindsay Green-Gavrielidis, Alec Mauk & Carol Thornber	View
37	The Plants of the Napatree Point Conservation Area (2018). Keith Killingbeck, Lisa Gould, Hope Leeson, Melissa Cote, Janice Sassi & Peter August	View
38	Assessing Shrub Island Dynamics on Napatree Point: 2019 Update. Jessica Cressman-Greene, Keith Killingbeck, Peter August & Janice Sassi	View
39	Native Vegetation Restoration and Invasive Plant Control in the Napatree Point Conservation Area: 2017. Hope Leeson, Peter August & Janice Sassi	View
40	Invasive Plant Control in the Napatree Point Conservation Area: 2019. Melissa Cote, Hope Leeson, Janice Sassi & Kevin Rogers	View
41	Eelgrass or Macroalgae: An Assessment of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mapping Technologies (2018). Peter August, Michael Bradley, Christopher Damon, Bryan Oakley, Grant Simmons, Melissa Cote, Nicole Rohr, Caitlin Chaffee & Lindsay Green-Gavrielidis	View
42	Assessing Seagrass Field-Mapping Techniques in the Napatree / Sandy Point Eelgrass Meadow (2020). Peter August, Michael Bradley, Bryan Oakley, Charles LaBash, Beck LaBash, Christopher Damon, Grant G. Simmons, Braden Fleming & Janice Sassi	View
43	News
44	Notable News and Sightings of Fauna and Flora at Napatree Point in 2022. Daniel Cole & Peter August NEW	View
45	State of Napatree Reports - All Chapters
46	State of Napatree Report: 2022 NEW	View
47	State of Napatree Report: 2021	View
48	State of Napatree Report: 2020	View
49	State of Napatree Report: 2019	View
50	State of Napatree Report: 2018	View
51	State of Napatree Report: 2017	View
52	State of Napatree Report: 2016	View
53	State of Napatree Report: 2015	View
54	State of Napatree Report: 2014	View
55	State of Napatree Report: 2013	View
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