Subject: 'Research of Jamaica Bay' Webinar March 15: Jamaica Bay Estuarine Composition: From Nutrients to Fish
Every third Thursday of the month, the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay and the National Park Service hold a webinar series entitled, ‘Research of Jamaica Bay’. This is an effort to coordinate and share scientific data, information, tools, and resources with our partners and networks working in Jamaica Bay and beyond. Join us on Thursday, March 15 at 12PM EST for our Research of Jamaica Bay Webinar Series Featuring: Jamaica Bay Estuarine Composition: From Nutrients to Fish Bradley Peterson, Stony Brook University José Anadón, CUNY Queens College Summary: Estuaries are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. Many animals rely on estuaries for food, places to breed, and migration stopovers. Estuaries are delicate ecosystems and Jamaica Bay is no exception. However Jamaica Bay has had a long history of intensive anthropogenic activity from the transformation of the coastal landscape to popularizing recreational activities such as fishing. In recent years, there have been monitoring programs and assessments to study and track the qualities and trends of Jamaica Bay. In this webinar, we will present two projects that have assessed the qualities and factors of Jamaica Bay.
Given the intensive land use near to the NPS, a water quality monitoring program was initiated to look at how the water quality of this coastal embayment changes over time and in response to changes in the surrounding environment. There are several factors that influence water quality in Jamaica Bay. Nutrient loading in a prominent one. Furthermore, there are potential impacts from storms on the hydrodynamics of the bay as well as changing anthropogenic activities that may influence several water quality parameters over time. During July of 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, water sampling was conducted at 30 locations within Jamaica Bay, New York, recorded parameters include temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, Chlorophyll-a, and turbidity. Though they are an important recreational and provisioning resource in Jamaica Bay, the fish community of Jamaica Bay has received scant scientific attention. Fortunately, there is an untapped data source of unparalleled potential, one which contains information on more than one million fish of more than 80 species sampled at nine stations in Jamaica Bay over 30 years. With collaborations with public agencies and CUNY institutions, detailed analyses have been done on these extensive data sets, providing the first quantitative assessment of the fish community in space and time.
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