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Massachusetts Estuary Project(MEP) <br /> Linked Watershed Embayment Model Peer Review <br /> -------- <br /> Table of Contents <br /> 1. Peer Review Panel Members................................................................................................................1 <br /> 2. Executive Summary..............................................................................................................................4 <br /> 3. Introduction................................................................................................................:..........................6 <br /> 3.1. Background...................................................................................................................................6 <br /> 3.2. Purpose..........................................................................................................................................6 <br /> 3.3. Charge to Panel.....................................:...........:............... ...:.....:..... ..:.::........:...::.:..:::.....:..........6 <br /> 3.4. Scope................................................................................................:............................................6 <br /> 3.5. Process . I.............7 <br /> 4. MEP Modeling Approach g <br /> 4.1. Decision Support and Adaptive Management..:...:1 ::'...............8 <br /> 4.2. Components and Linkages'. 9 <br /> 4.3. Scientific Credibility and Functional Adequacy`. ............10 <br /> 5. Key Issues Identified by Panel. 11 <br /> 5.1. Introduction: 11 <br /> 5.2. Model-Based Issues 11 <br /> 5.2.1. Groundwater and Watershed Nitrogen Loads ......:. :. ....... ..... :.:..........11 <br /> 5.2.2. Estuarine Hydrodynamics and Water'Quality 14 <br /> 5.3. Data-Based Issues 20 <br /> 5.4, TMDL Issues .......... 24 <br /> 6. Conclusions. 28 <br /> 6.1. Response to Charge'Questiori 1 28 <br /> 6.2. Response to'Charge Question 2.....: ........' ........: .......:: ....... : ...................28 <br /> 7. Recommendations for Path Forward...................................................................................................31 <br /> 8. Bibliography ................. ................................ ............... ......... ......... ...................32 <br /> Appendix A Resumes of Panel Members <br /> December 30,2011 _ <br />