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 Stakeholder
Profile: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) |
The USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC) has been a leading international
research institute for wildlife and applied environmental research, for transmitting research findings to those responsible for managing
our nation's natural resources, and for providing technical assistance in implementing research findings so as to improve natural resource
management.
PWRC scientists have been responsible for many important advances in natural resource conservation, especially
in such areas as migratory birds, wildlife population analysis, waterfowl harvest, habitat management, wetlands, coastal zone and flood
plain management, contaminants, endangered species, urban wildlife, ecosystem management, and management of national parks and national
wildlife refuges. The Surface Elevation Table (SET),
a portable mechanical leveling device installed in Jamaica Bay, provides accurate and precise measurements of sediment elevation of intertidal
and subtidal wetlands over long periods of time.
Activities/Projects:
| Principal Investigator |
Title |
Start Date |
Stop Date |
Purpose |
| Donald Cahoon |
Monitoring salt marsh development processes at Jamaica Bay, Gateway National Recreation Area, New York and New
Jersey |
1/1/2002 |
12/31/2003 |
There are several factors that may be contributing to the marsh loss at Jamaica Bay, including sediment deficit,
sea level rise, altered estuarine circulation due to dredging, nutrient enrichment, and biotic influences related to waterbird and
mussel populations, among other factors. It is probable that many or all of these factors are acting together and contributing to the
marsh loss at Jamaica Bay. The purpose of this project is not to investigate all of the possible causes of marsh loss within Jamaica
Bay, but rather, we will investigate the process of marsh development from direct measures of sediment elevation change and vertical
accretion. Information on marsh development processes, when coupled with studies targeted at elucidating the role of specific factors,
will be essential to fully understanding why the marshes are being lost at an accelerated rate and to developing effective marsh restoration
strategies. |
| Howard Ginsberg |
Determine the distribution of mosquito species associated with West Nile Encephalitis and survey potential breeding
habitat in NPS units in the Northeast and National Capital regions |
5/18/2001 |
12/31/2001 |
To survey mosquito species and their associations with habitat-types in National Park sites from Maine to Virginia.
The emphasis will be on mosquitoes that might be associated with transmission of West Nile Virus (WNV). |
| James Allen |
Coastal changes in beach and dune systems |
1/1/2001 |
1/31/2001 |
To understand the dynamics of change in these coastal systems, to quantify the rates of change, and identify both
temporal and spatial variations. Traditional, non-invasive survey techniques will be employed as well as remotely-based sensors. Some
aspects of the surveys are greater than 30 years old. Much more intensive study has been taken place over the past 10 years with GPS-based
shoreline surveys, sub-annual surveys of beach/dune changes at Sandy Hook, intensive investigations of nearshore sediment transport
processes at Riis Park in the late 1980s and Lidar survey in 2000. This is a continuation of the long-term research project to provide
resource management guidance to the park issues related to coastal geomorphology. |
| Richard Veit |
Coastal changes in beach and dune systems |
1/1/2001 |
1/31/2001 |
To understand the dynamics of change in these coastal systems, to quantify the rates of change, and identify both
temporal and spatial variations. Traditional, non-invasive survey techniques will be employed as well as remotely-based sensors. Some
aspects of the surveys are greater than 30 years old. Much more intensive study has been taken place over the past 10 years with GPS-based
shoreline surveys, sub-annual surveys of beach/dune changes at Sandy Hook, intensive investigations of nearshore sediment transport
processes at Riis Park in the late 1980s and Lidar survey in 2000. This is a continuation of the long-term research project to provide
resource management guidance to the park issues related to coastal geomorphology. |
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Citations:
Misut, P.E. and Voss, C.I. 2004. Simulation of subsea discharge to Jamaica Bay in New York City with a three-dimensional, variable-density, finite-element
model. Proceedings of the International Conference on Finite Element Models, MODFLOW, and More: Solving Groundwater Problems, 13-16 September
2004, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.
Burkhead, N.M. and Jelks, H.L. 2001. Effects of suspended sediment on the reproductive success of the tricolor shiner, a crevice-spawning minnow.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130: 959-968. (JABERRT # 285).
Staubitz, W.W. and Wolcott, S.W. 1985. Hydraulic and sediment characteristics at the North Channel Bridge, Jamaica Bay, N.Y. United States Geological
Survey, Water Resources investigations. Report 85-4085. U.S. Geological Survey, Albany, NY. 43pp. (LSM).
Erwin, R.M. 1979. Coastal waterbird colonies, Cape Elizabeth Maine to Virginia, 1977. FWS/OBS 79/10, Washington, D.C.
Erwin, R.M. and Korschgen, C.E. 1979. Coastal waterbird colonies: Maine to Virginia, 1977. An atlas showing colony locations and species composition.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of Biological Services FWS/085-79/08. Washington, D.C. Lusczynski, N.J. 1952. The recovery of
groundwater levels in Brooklyn, New York from 1947 to 1950. USGS Circular 167, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington DC. 29pp. (LSM).
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