LIST OF STUDIES RELATING TO THE DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN POPULATION STUDY AT NOCKUM HILL

Nesting of Diamondback Terrapins at Nockum Hill, Barrington, Rhode Island, A Report Submitted to the Barrington Land Conservation Trust Jenifer L. Bush and Dr. Peter J. Auger 1990

Aspects of Nesting Ecology of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) In Rhode Island, A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master on Science in Zoology, University of Rhode Island, 1994, Caitlin Goodwin

1999 Summary of Diamondback Terrapin Population Study, Hundred Acre Cove, Barrington, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Natural History Survey News, E. Douglas Rayner, Charlotte Barton Sornborger, and Seth Thompson

Mitro, M. 2003. Demography and viability analysis of a Diamondback Terrapin population. Can. J. Zool. 81: 716-726.

Matthew Mitro, USEPA Office of Research and Development
Reviewed, see www.dtwg.org, Bibliographies

Habitat and Resource Utilization of Diamondback Terrapins in Narragansett Bay
Report for the Barrington Land Conservation Trust, Wheaton College 2005
Orissa M. Moulton and Amanda Crouch-Smith

Consequences of Egg Size on Hatchling Energition in the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) A Geographic Comparison: A dissertation presented to the Faculty of the College of the University of Ohio in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2006
Phillip Allman Theses and Dissertaions, see www.dtwg.org, Bibliographies

Erin E. Horn, Hofstra University, M.Sc. 2008
( report expected late 2008)

Niveen Ismail, Temple University, M.Sc. 2008
( report expected in spring 2009)

Summary of Analysis of Diamondback Terrapin Turtle Eggs for Selected Chlorinated Organic Compounds and for Total Mercury, EPA Narragansett Laboratory,
Courtesy of Susan Adamowicz, Ph.D. 2003

2003 Surface Sediments, Barrington River Specials PCB/OCP’s
EPA Narragansett Laboratory, Courtesy of John King, Ph.D. 2003

REPORT: Analyses of Soil and Egg Samples from the Knockem Hill Area and Comparison with Soils from a Barrington House Lot, August 1, 2001
Hank Griffin, Research Associate and James Belliveau, Professor of Chemistry, Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Providence College, Providence, RI

UNDERGRADUATE PAPERS

Rhode Island’s Endangered Diamonds, Brianna Smith, University of Rhode Island 2006

Terrapins in Turmoil, Emily Migliaccio, Barrington High School Senior Project 2007

Alex Patterson, University of RI, special senior project 2008
( report expected spring of 2009)

NOCKUM HILL STUDIES DONE IN RELATION CREATION OF TOWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

Inventory of Birds at Nockum Hill Steven Reinert, Staff Ornithologist for the Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies 1991

Management Plan for Nockum Hill Wildlife Refuge, approved by the Barrington Town Council 1994, Charlotte B. Sornborger, E. Douglas Rayner and Steven Reinert

TOWN ORDINANCES FOR NOCKUM HILL
Prohibition of:
* Horses, vehicles (including bicycles), and dogs
* Motorboat speeds in excess of 5 mph north of buoys in Hundred Acre Cove and the Barrington River

Nockum Hill ( The Doug Rayner Wildlife Refuge at Nockum Hill) is owned by the Town of Barrington, Rhode Island. There is a conservation easement held by the Barrington Land Conservation Trust on the entire 72 acres.