Cerrato

Type

Text

Date

1986

Language

en_US

Subject

Marine Sciences. | Atmospheric Sciences. | Marine animals -- New Jersey -- Newark Bay. | Benthos -- New Jersey -- Newark Bay. | U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Source

Cerrato, Robert Michael. The benthic fauna of Newark Bay / by Robert M. Cerrato. Stony Brook, N.Y. : Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, [1986]

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/66092

Contributor

Marine Sciences Research Center

Creator

Cerrato, Robert M.

Publisher

Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY

Format

application/pdf

Description

iv, 105 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references.,from the introduction, ". . .In the present study, a benthic survey was conducted in Newark Bay as part of an environmental assessment of a proposed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers navigation project. Sampling was carried out in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The purpose of the field and laboratory effort was to collect quantitative baseline information on the benthic fauna, sediments, and water quality characteristics of the project area. This information was then analyzed to 1) characterize the distribution and abundance of the benthos in the project area; 2) relate observed biological patterns to environmental parameters; 3) test the shallow vs deep hypothesis formulated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4) compare the distribution and abundance of finfish, as observed from several recent fishery studies, to their potential food items in the benthos; and 5) assess the potential impacts of the proposed navigation project on the benthos. . .

Relation

Special report (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center);68

Rights

Stony Brook University

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