Barnegat Bay - Plan 9 Research
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On December 9, 2010, the administration of NJ Governor Chris Christie announced a plan to address the health of Barnegat Bay. As part of that plan, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Science, working with the NJDEP Science Advisory Board, state universities, U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the Barnegat Bay (National Estuary Program) Partnership, developed and funded ten research projects designed to fill in data gaps, address the improvement of water quality, and advance habitat restoration on the bay. These studies were designed to collect data for three years in order to address year-to-year natural variability in the bay’s ecosystem (e.g., Superstorm Sandy came ashore at Barnegat Bay in the fall of 2012 between year 1 and 2 data collections). The studies were also designed to address the multiple stressors impacting the bay for the development of targeted and appropriate regulatory management strategies. The ten projects started in January of 2012 and continued in 2013 and 2014.
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Item Assessment of Fish and Crab Responses to Human Alteration in Barnegat Bay(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2013) Able, Ken; Jivoff, Paul; Grothues, Thomas M.; Hagan, Roland; Belton, Thomas; Ferko, Marc; Ruppel, Bruce; Buchanan, Gary; Muffley, BrandonItem Assessment of Fish and Crab Responses to Human Alteration in Barnegat Bay(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2014-03-28) Able, Ken; Jivoff, Paul; Grothues, Thomas M.; Hagan, Roland; Belton, Thomas; Ferko, Marc; Ruppel, Bruce; Buchanan, Gary; Muffley, BrandonItem Assessment of Fish and Crab Responses to Human Alteration in Barnegat Bay : Barnegat Bay Final Report(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-09-29) Able, Ken; Jivoff, Paul; Grothues, Thomas M.; Hagan, Roland; Belton, Thomas; Ferko, Marc; Ruppel, Bruce; Buchanan, Gary; Muffley, BrandonItem Assessment of Summer-Fall Conditioning of Hard Clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, in the Barnegat Bay Estuary in Relation to Clam Size and Environmental Conditions(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-09-14) Bricelj, V. Monica; Kraeuter, John; Flimlin, GefItem Assessment of the Distribution and Abundance of Stinging Sea Nettles (Jellyfish) in Barnegat Bay(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2013) Bologna, Paul; Gaynor, JohnDuring the 2012 field season, we collected samples from 16 sites in Barnegat Bay to assess the distribution of gelatinous zooplankton, with emphasis on all life history stages of sea nettles (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) and potential impacts on the pelagic zooplankton communities. During the research, 384 plankton tow samples were collected, 1152 filtered water samples were collected, and approximately 1394 lift net samples were collected during eight sampling events commencing in May and concluding in September.Item Barnegat Bay nutrient inference model : final report [2013], New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Sea Grant contract SR12-003(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Technology, 2013-08-08) Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Potapova, Marina; Desianti, Nina; Velinsky, David; Mead, JerryItem Barnegat Bay Nutrient Inference Model : Final Report [2015](Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-09-08) Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Potapova, Marina; Desianti, NinaItem Barnegat Bay Nutrient Inference Model : Final Report, Draft(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-04-06) Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Potapova, Marina; Desianti, Nina; Velinsky, DavidItem Barnegat Bay Phytoplankton Year 3 : Phytoplankton Reference Communities and Index of Biotic Integrity Final Report(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-07) Ren, Ling; Belton, ThomasBarnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor (BB-LEH) is very susceptible to human-induced eutrophication due to its shallow depth, relatively long flushing time and highly developed surrounding watershed. The Estuary has been classified as a highly eutrophic system (Nixon 1995, Bricker et al. 2007), experiencing episodic recurrences of brown tides and other microalgal blooms, loss of submerged aquatic vegetation, and decline of hard clam stock and harvest. We carried out a three-year research on the phytoplankton community in BB-LEH estuary in coordination with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)’s Bureau of Marine Monitoring from 2012 to 2015. In the first two years of study we investigated phytoplankton community in BB-LEH from August 2011 to August 2013, characterized species composition and spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton, including bloom patterns, dominant species succession, and occurrence of Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) species. In addition, multivariate analyses were conducted to understand the temporal changes of phytoplankton between Year-one and Year-two, and the relationship between the phytoplankton changes and environmental conditions. More details can be found in the project reports (Ren 2013, 2015).Item Baseline Characterization of Phytoplankton and Harmful Algal Blooms in Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary, New Jersey (Year Two) : Final Report(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-06) Ren, LingItem Baseline Characterization of Phytoplankton and Harmful Algal Blooms in Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey (Year One) : Final Report, Revised(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2013-08) Ren, LingWe carried out a two-year survey on the phytoplankton community in Barnegat BayLittle Egg Harbor (BB-LEH) estuary in New Jersey through coordination with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)’s Bureau of Marine Monitoring during 2011-2013. The study aims to characterize species composition and spatial and temporal trends in the BB-LEH phytoplankton community, and to document bloom patterns and dominant species succession as well as Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) species over time. This report presents the major results from year one of the study, including species composition, seasonal changes of dominant/abundant species, and species succession at the study sites, as well as biovolume calculation and carbon biomass estimation based on cell density. Several major HAB species and their occurrences and abundance are documented. We compare present results with those from previous surveys.Item Baseline Survey of Zooplankton of Barnegat Bay : Final Project Report, June 2014-May 2015(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2016-01) Nickels, James; Howson, Ursula; Noji, Thomas; Samson, JenniferItem Baseline Survey of Zooplankton of Barnegat Bay : Final Report, February 2012-May 2013(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2013) Nickels, James; Howson, Ursula; Noji, Thomas; Samson, JenniferItem Baseline Survey of Zooplankton of Barnegat Bay : Final Report, June 2013-May 2014(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-06) Nickels, James; Howson, Ursula; Noji, Thomas; Samson, JenniferItem Benethic Invertebrate Community Monitoring and Indicator Development for the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 2017-06-21) Taghon, Gary L.; Fuller, Charlotte M.; Petrecca, Rosemarie F.; Ferko, Marc; Schuster, BobThe possibility of using benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality has been recognized for some time. For example, Hutchinson traced the origin and meaning of the term eutrophication (Hutchinson, 1973). In its earliest application to the trophic status and productivity of lakes, the species diversity of the bottom fauna, whether or not they could tolerate low oxygen conditions, and the organic content of sediment were all included in classification of lakes as oligotrophic or eutrophic. The potential has been difficult to realize in estuarine and coastal habitats, however, because macroinvertebrates respond to many environmental variables (e.g., temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen) that can change quickly over space and time in these environments. Data collected over three years in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, were used to explore if a straightforward relationship could be found between water quality and benthic macroinvertebrates (Taghon et al., 2015). The proportion of the total abundance consisting of those species most sensitive to nutrient pollution was used as the response variable. Exploratory data analysis identified summertime water total nitrogen concentration as the best, linearly correlated (negatively) variable, accounting for 84% of the variability in the proportion of sensitive species. Other potential variables (for example, salinity, chlorophyll-a, dissolved oxygen concentration) did not meet the assumptions of linear regression models. This report includes a detailed analysis of the model. This report also includes the results of field sampling conducted in 2016. These samples were used to evaluate if the linear model could apply to “new” data that were not included in model development.Item Benthic Invertebrate Community Monitoring and Indicator Development for Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary : Final Report(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2013-07-15) Taghon, Gary L.; Grassle, Judith P.; Fuller, Charlotte M.; Petrecca, Rosemarie F.; Ramey, Patricia; Belton, Thomas; Ferko, Marc; Schuster, BobThe Barnegat Bay ecosystem is potentially under stress from human impacts, which have increased over the past several decades. Benthic macroinvertebrates are commonly included in studies to monitor the effects of human and natural stresses on marine and estuarine ecosystems. There are several reasons for this. Macroinvertebrates (here defined as animals retained on a 0.5-mm mesh sieve) are abundant in most coastal and estuarine sediments, typically on the order of 103 to 104 per meter squared. Benthic communities are typically composed of many taxa from different phyla, and quantitative measures of community diversity (e.g., Rosenberg et al. 2004) and the relative abundance of animals with different feeding behaviors (e.g., Weisberg et al. 1997, Pelletier et al. 2010), can be used to evaluate ecosystem health. Because most benthic invertebrates are sedentary as adults, they function as integrators, over periods of months to years, of the properties of their environment.Item Benthic Invertebrate Community Monitoring and Indicator Development for Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary : Year 2, Final Report(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2014-06-03) Taghon, Gary L.; Grassle, Judith P.; Fuller, Charlotte M.; Petrecca, Rosemarie F.; Ramey, Patricia; Belton, Thomas; Ferko, Marc; Schuster, BobThe Barnegat Bay ecosystem is potentially under stress from human impacts, which appear to have increased over the past several decades. Benthic macroinvertebrates are commonly included in studies to monitor the effects of human and natural stresses on marine and estuarine ecosystems. There are several reasons for this. Macroinvertebrates (here defined as animals retained on a 0.5-mm-mesh sieve) are abundant in most coastal and estuarine sediments, typically on the order of 103 to 104 individuals per meter squared. Benthic communities are typically composed of many taxa from different phyla, and quantitative measures of community diversity (e.g., Rosenberg et al. 2004) and the relative abundance of animals with different feeding behaviors (e.g., Pelletier et al. 2010, Weisberg et al. 1997), can be used to evaluate ecosystem health. Because most benthic invertebrates are sedentary as adults, they function as integrators, over periods of months to years, of the properties of their environment.Item Benthic Invertebrate Community Monitoring and Indicator Development for Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary : Year 3, Final Report(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-09-08) Taghon, Gary L.; Grassle, Judith P.; Fuller, Charlotte M.; Petrecca, Rosemarie F.; Ramey, Patricia; Belton, Thomas; Ferko, Marc; Schuster, BobThe Barnegat Bay ecosystem is potentially under stress from human impacts, which appear to have increased over the past several decades. Benthic macroinvertebrates are commonly included in studies to monitor the effects of human and natural stresses on marine and estuarine ecosystems. There are several reasons for this. Macroinvertebrates (here defined as animals retained on a 0.5-mm-mesh sieve) are abundant in most coastal and estuarine sediments, typically on the order of 103 to 104 individuals per meter squared. Benthic communities are typically composed of many taxa from different phyla, and quantitative measures of community diversity (e.g., Rosenberg et al. 2004) and the relative abundance of animals with different feeding behaviors (e.g., Pelletier et al. 2010, Weisberg et al. 1997), can be used to evaluate ecosystem health. Because most benthic invertebrates are sedentary as adults, they function as integrators, over periods of months to years, of the properties of their environment.Item Benthic-pelagic Coupling : Hard Clams as Indicators of Suspended Particulates in the Barnegat Bay – Little Egg Harbor Estuary(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2013-10) Bricelj, V. Monica; Kraeuter, John; Flimlin, GefItem Benthic-pelagic Coupling: Hard Clams as Indicators of Seston in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary : A Follow-up Study(Trenton, N.J. : New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Environmental Health, 2015-06) Bricelj, V. Monica; Kraeuter, John; Flimlin, Gef