CAPE COD COMMISSION 3225 MAIN STREET P.O. BOX 226 BARNSTABLE, MA 02630 (508) 362-3828 Fax (508) 362-3136 www.capecodcommission.org CAPE COD MASSACHUSETTS POND AND LAKE REFERENCES Last update 7/2009 REGIONAL McCann, J.A. 1969. An inventory of the Ponds, Lakes, and Reservoirs of Massachusetts, Barnstable County. Water Resources Research Center. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. (all Cape Cod ponds) Cape Cod Commission. Water Level Monitoring Data, updated monthly. Water Resources Office, Barnstable, MA. Contact Gabrielle Belfit. http://www.capecodcommission.org/wells.html Cape Cod Pond Survey Preliminary Report. 1975. p.1-152. Cape Cod Planning and Economic Development Commission, Water Resources Department. (all ponds) Soukup, Michael, 1977. Limnology and the Management of the Freshwater Pond of Cape Cod National Seashore. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. 1983. Public lakes, ponds and reservoirs of Massachusetts. Division of Water Resources. p. 86-95. (157 ponds) Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering. 1984. Baseline water quality studies of selected lakes and ponds in the Cape Cod drainage area, Volume 2: Johns Pond-Wequaquet Lake. Division of Water Pollution Control. (Johns, Long(B), Long(W), Mashpee-Wakeby, Pilgrim, Queen Sewell, Red Lily, Reservoir, Salt, Santuit, Scargo, Schoolhouse, Shallow, Sheep, Shubael, Snake, Village, and Wequaquet Ponds) Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. 1993. Pond Maps of Massachusetts, Cape Cod. http://www.state.ma.us/dfwele/ Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1999. Final ecological quarterly data report for the Ashumet Valley groundwater plume: fall 1998. Massachusetts Military Reservation. Document No.: AFC-J23-
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Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1999. Final ecological quarterly data report for the Ashumet Valley groundwater plume: fall 1998. Massachusetts Military Reservation. Document No.: AFC-J23-35Q85005-M22-0004. (Ashumet, Johns, Flax, Pond 14, Little Jenkins, Mashpee, Peters, Triangle and Washburn Ponds) ENSR, 2001 Shawme Pond Data Review. TOWN OF TRURO Truro, Town of. 1989. Truro Open Space Plan. p. 45. Portnoy, John. 2000 Draft. Kettle pond data atlas for Cape Cod National Seashore: Compendium of water quality monitoring, 1975-1999. (Ryder, Round, Great, Snow, Horseleech, and Slough Ponds) TOWN OF WELLFLEET Wellfleet, Town of, 1997. Wellfleet Open Space and Recreation Plan. p. 59-60. Horsley and Witten, Inc, 1996. Hydrologic Evaluation of Duck and Gull Ponds. Portnoy, John. 2000 Draft. Kettle pond data atlas for Cape Cod National Seashore: Compendium of water quality monitoring, 1975-1999. (Duck, Dyer, Great, Turtle, Southeast, Northeast, Long, Spectacle, Kinnacum, Gull, Higgins, Williams, Herring, and Perch Ponds) Sobzack, R, Cambareri, TC and Portnoy, 2003. Physical Hydrology of Selected Vernal Pools and Kettlehole Ponds in the Cape Cod National Seashore: Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions., Cape Cod Commission. TOWN OF YARMOUTH Yarmouth, Town of. 1996. Yarmouth Open Space and Recreation Plan. p. 25. GENERAL Mattson, Mark D., Paul Godfrey, Regina Barletta and Alisson Aiello.1998. Eutrophication and aquatic plant management in Massachusetts, Draft generic environmental impact report. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Dept. of Environmental Management.