Type
Text
Date
1992
Language
en_US
Subject
Marine Sciences. | Atmospheric Sciences. | Environmental impact analysis > New York (State) > Jamaica Bay. | Estuarine ecology > New York (State) > Jamaica Bay. | Water quality > New York (State) > Jamaica Bay. | Jamaica Bay (N.Y.).
Source
West-Valle, Anne S. Use impairments of Jamaica Bay / Anne S. West-Valle, Cynthia J. Decker, R.L. Swanson. Stony Brook, N.Y. : Marine Sciences Research Center, The University at Stony Brook, [1992].
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/66138
Contributor
Marine Sciences Research Center | Bubolo, Nicole Justine | Chang, Sherry | Larese. Stephen | Reigert, Maria | Torre, F. Jason
Creator
West-Valle, Anne S. | Decker, Cynthia Jane | Swanson, Robert Lawrence
Publisher
Stony Brook, NY | Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University
Format
application/pdf
Description
187 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references.,from the conclusion, ". . .Broad categories of use impairment in Jamaica Bay that are causing significant losses of ecological, economic or social values are 1) limited opportunities for swimming and other watercontact recreation, 2) unsafe seafoods, 3) losses of commercial and recreational fisheries, 4) loss or modification of habitat. Causes of these impairments include 1) human pathogens, 2) toxic substances and 3) excess nutrient loadings, in addition to the others mentioned previously. Measures of such impairments are not standardized, nor in many cases, totally quantifiable. The specific subsets of these impairments that have been examined are listed in Table 21. These impairments are overlapping throughout the Bay and may be caused by a variety of factors often acting synergistically. In addition, the causal agents may have both direct and indirect effects. For example, contaminants may, at low levels, directly jeopardize the health of finfish or shellfish by lowering reproductive capacity. They may indirectly affect human health via the consumption of those organisms. . .
Relation
Special report (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center);99
Rights
Stony Brook University
Recommended Citation
West-Valle, Anne S.; Decker, Cynthia Jane; and Swanson, Robert Lawrence, "Use impairments of Jamaica Bay" (1992). Special Reports. 92.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/special-reports/92