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Stakeholder Profile: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Items of Interest:

The NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC) is conducting a study to map benthic (bottom) habitats in New York/New Jersey harbor in a geographic information system (GIS) using sediment profiling imagery (SPI). The maps developed in this study identify benthic habitat types and their distribution, and are used to document habitat variability. The use of GIS provides the spatial context needed to evaluate biological resource distributions for management and restoration planning.

In October 1994, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began collecting habitat data using traditional benthic sampling methods and the SPI technique. CSC is working with the USACE's NY District managers to evaluate these data and develop habitat maps that can be used to assist with restoration planning.

Activities/Projects:

Principal Investigator	Title	Start Date	Stop Date	Purpose
Thomas Noji	Studies of juvenile fishes, marine invertebrates, and macroalgae	1/1/2003	12/31/2007	Specimens will be collected for ongoing research of the James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 07732. Collecting includes fishes, invertebrates, and macroalgae for feeding to the research organisms.

Data/Metadata:

Principal Investigator/Organization	Title	Metadata	Data Download
NOAA Coastal Services Center, US Army Corps of Engineers NY District	Benthic stations from NY/NJ Harbor's inland bays surveyed in June 1995
NOAA Coastal Services Center, US Army Corps of Engineers NY District	Benthic stations from NY/NJ Harbor's inland bays surveyed in October 1995
NOAA Coastal Services Center, US Army Corps of Engineers NY District	Sediment stations from NY/NJ Harbor's inland bays surveyed in June 1995
NOAA Coastal Services Center, US Army Corps of Engineers NY District	Sediment stations from NY/NJ Harbor's inland bays surveyed in October 1995
NOAA Coastal Services Center, US Army Corps of Engineers NY District	SPI stations from NY/NJ Harbor's inland bays surveyed in June 1995
NOAA Coastal Services Center, US Army Corps of Engineers NY District	SPI stations from NY/NJ Harbor's inland bays surveyed in October 1995
NOAA Coastal Services Center	Bathymetry grid from Jamaica Bay, 1934
NOAA Coastal Services Center	Bathymetry grid from Jamaica Bay, 1950
NOAA Coastal Services Center	Bathymetry change grid from Jamaica Bay, 1934 to 1950

Citations:

Mackenzie, Jr., C.L. and Mclaughlin, S.M. 2000. Life history and habitat observations of softshell clams mya arenaria in northeastern New Jersey. Journal of Shellfish Research 19(1): 35-41. (JABERRT # 263).

Duffy-Anderson, J.T. and Able, K.W. 1999. Effects of municipal piers on the growth of juvenile fishes in the Hudson River estuary: a study across a pier edge. (JABERRT # 274).

Mackenzie, Jr., C.L.1990. History of the fisheries of Raritan Bay, New York and New Jersey. Marine Fisheries Review. 52(4): 1- 45.

Steimle, F.W. and Caracciolo-Ward, J. 1989. A reassessment of the status of the benthic macrofauna of the Raritan Estuary. Estuaries 12:145-156.

Jeffress, D. and Steimle, F.W. 1988. The horseshoe crab. Underwater Naturalist 17(3): 19-22.

Chang, S. 1985. Examining statistical associations of contamination-indicator benthic species with sediment grain size and contaminants in the New York Bight. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

Steimle, F. 1985. Biomass and estimated productivity of the benthic macrofauna in the New York Bight: a stressed coastal area. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 21:539-554. (LSM).

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1983. Northeast Monitoring Program: Annual NEMP Report on the Health of the Northeast Coastal Waters of the United States, 1981. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F NEC-20, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

NOAA, National Climatic Data Center. 1982. Local climatological data. Annual summary with comparative data, JFK International Airport, NY.

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1982. Bibliography FY 1979-1982. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, Boulder CO. (JABERRT # 16).

Dayal, R., Heaton, M.G., Fuhrmann, M, and Duedall, I.W. 1981. A Geochemical and Sedimentological Study of the Dredged Material Deposit in the New York Bight. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, Boulder, CO (JABERRT # 370).

Pearce, J.B., Radosh, D.J., Caracciolo, J.V. and Steimle, F.W. 1981. Benthic fauna. Mesa New York Bight Atlas Monograph 14, New York Sea Grant Institute. 79pp.

Segar, D.A. 1981. An Assessment of Great Lakes and Ocean Pollution Monitoring in the United States. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Marine Pollution Assessment. (JABERRT # 363).

Thorson, L.C. 1981. Fishery publication index, 1975-79. NOAA technical report NMFS circular 437. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. 109pp. (JABERRT # 173, RIC # 103).

U.S. Department of Commerce. 1981. Northeast Monitoring Program. Annual NEMP Report on the Health of the Northeast Coastal Waters of the United States, 1980. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA. (JABERRT # 364, RIC # 2273).

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.

McHugh, J.L. and Ginter, J.J.C. 1978. Fisheries. Mesa New York Bight Monograph 16, New York Sea Grant Institute. 129pp.

Mackenzie, Jr., C.L. 1977. Predation on hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) populations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 106(6): 530-537.

McHugh, J.L. 1977. Fisheries and fishery resources of New York Bight. NOAA technical report NMFS circular 401. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. 50pp. (JABERRT # 138, RIC # 310).

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1974. Bibliography of the New York Bight, Part I-list of citations. Marine Ecosystems Analysis Program. 184pp. (JABERRT # 9).

U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1974. Bibliography of the New York Bight, Part II-indexes. Marine Ecosystems Analysis Program. 493pp. (JABERRT # 14).

Pearce, J.B., Waldauer, E. and Trafford, M. 1971. Bibliography to studies in the New York Bight: Including references to effects of sewage sludge. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Sandy Hook Laboratory, Highlands, NJ. 51pp. Anonymous. 1914. NOAA/Oceans Assesment Division, Stony Brook Office, Bibliography. 51pp.

Anonymous. 1914. NOAA/Oceans Assesment Division, Stony Brook Office, Bibliography. 51pp.

Marindin, H.L. Date unknown. Tidal levels and flow of currents in New York Bay and Harbor, pp. 405-408. In Superintendent’s Report 1888?, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Washington, DC. 1888?

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Date unknown. Jamaica Bay and Rockaway Inlet. Cartographer. 1912 Feb. 1, 1: 20,000. (49th edition, # 12350).

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Service Center (NOAA) and U.S. Army Crops of Engineers, New York District. Date unknown. Benthic Habitats of the New York/New Jersey Harbor, Vector Data from Sediment Profiling Imagery (CD-ROM). (JABERRT # 366).

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Date unknown. Currents of New York Bay and Harbor. Bulletin No. 8 (2nd Edition), U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, DC. 3pp.

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