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 Stakeholder
Profile: U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) |
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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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