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impact on benthic animal communities and low bottom water D.O., (b) the extent to which <br /> macroalgae are modifying the nitrogen related water quality and(c)the extent to which they are <br /> playing a role in sequestering and releasing nitrogen,thus effecting the occurrence and duration of <br /> phytoplankton blooms. <br /> The Mashpee Water Quality Monitoring Partnership has grown to be one of the most successful <br /> programs in the region and has provided a sound assessment of the present health of the bays. <br /> The Monitoring Program has again proven that it can provide high quality data for tracking the <br /> status of both Waquoit and Popponesset Bay Systems and for determining compliance with the <br /> USEPA/MassDEP TMDLS for these systems, all in a cost effective manner. The Coordinator <br /> (Don MacDonald, Waterways Committee)and volunteers from the Mashpee Wampanoag <br /> Tribe,the Town and SMAST continue to meet sampling targets and produce high quality data <br /> with the goal of restoring the Town's estuarine waters. <br /> 23 <br />