Browse Research Projects

Our funded research projects span a wide range of topics that interest and benefit New Hampshire residents and their environment. Find projects below by funding cycle year and/or topic.

Resource Year Topic
Shellfish Growing Areas (NSI)
Reducing the extent of permanently closed shellfish growing areas through regulatory modernization: enteric virus contamination and mitigation…
2012-2013
Tradeoff Analyses of MSP (regional)
Decision support for the economic analysis of trade-offs in coastal and marine spatial planning for the U.S. Northeast
2012-2013
Legal Analysis of MSP (regional)
The governance role of local authorities in marine spatial planning: a legal assessment of prospects and problems.
2012-2013
Evaluating Adaptation Strategies (regional)
Climate change adaptation and ecosystem service resilience in Northeast coastal communities: quantifying economic values and tradeoffs for regional…
2012-2013
Catch Share Management (regional)
Social and economic impact assessment of catch share management in the Northeast multispecies fishery.
2012-2013
Storm Event Nitrogen Fluxes
Understanding the Mechanisms Controlling Storm Event Nitrogen Fluxes from the Lamprey River Watershed Using Continuous in situ Sensors
2012-2013
Salinity and Pathogenic Vibrios
Interactions between Salinity and the Resident Microbial Community in Excluding Pathogenic Vibrio from Oysters
2012-2013
Lobster Recruitment and Retention
Recruitment and Retention of Lobsters in a New England Estuary
2012-2013 Fisheries
Alternative Seafood Marketing
Matching Alternative Marketing Opportunities with the N.H. Commercial Fishing Industry's Alternative Marketing Capacity
2012-2013 Fisheries
Alewife Population
Alewife Population Assessment and Aquaculture
2012-2013 Aquaculture, Fisheries
Shoreline Hardening (regional)
Social and ecological factors influencing shoreline hardening in the Northeast: implications for vulnerability, resilience and informed decision…
2014-2015
Hazards and Housing Values (regional)
Coastal hazards and Northeast housing values: comparative implications for climate change adaptation and community resilience.
2014-2015
Buy Out or Build Back? (regional)
Buy out or build back? A comparative assessment of approaches to employing public funding to vulnerable coastal properties in the Northeastern United…
2014-2015
Road Infrastructure
Climate Adaptation for road infrastructure in coastal New Hampshire
2014-2015 Coastal Resilience, Flooding
Pathogen Identification
Identification of endemic lineages of Vibrio parahaemolyticus causing regional outbreaks and their occurrence in New Hampshire shellfish waters.
2014-2015 Aquaculture, Genetics, Human Health
Nori Production
Diversifying the New England sea vegetable aquaculture industry: modification of kelp nursery and grow-out technology for nori production.
2014-2015 Aquaculture
Lamprey River Flood Damage
Analysis and communications of flood damage cost avoidance in the Lamprey River watershed of New Hampshire.
2014-2015 Coastal Resilience, Flooding
Great Bay Sediments
What happens to the nutrients that have accumulated in the sediments of the Great Bay? Quantifying nutrient release and removal due to diffusion and…
2014-2015 Water Quality and Safety
Clam Leukemia
Gene expression during development of clam leukemia: interactive effects of temperature and ocean acidification on viral loading and onset of disease
2014-2015 Fisheries, Genetics
Value of estuaries to rainbow smelt in New Hampshire
Through experimental larval release, acoustic telemetry, and otolith microchemistry, a team of researchers led by Nathan Furey at the University of…
2020-2021 Fisheries