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“Jamaica Bay: Plight and Promise” conference represented the first joint conference for researchers and educators made possible by collaboration between Gateway NRA’s Jamaica Bay Institute, the National Parks of New York Harbor Education Center, the City University of New York at Brooklyn College, and the College of Staten Island. It marked the first time that a deliberate effort has been made to bring these groups together, reinforcing that sound education is based on sound science and that having access to up-to-date scholarship and research is critical to designing educational programs. Fourteen field scientists from the National Park Service, Hofstra University, St. John’s University, McGill University, and the City University of New York presented findings of their research work in Jamaica Bay to date and painted a cohesive picture portraying the plight of one of the richest and most diversified ecosystems on the East Coast.
View Program Booklet containing presenters abstracts and contact information The Nature of Environmental Restoration in the City- Mark Bain Black Crowned Night Heron Population Ecology in Gateway National Recreation Area- Andrew J. Bernick Bird Banding Mapping Station at Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area- Robert Brown Diamondback Terrapins in Jamaica Bay: Combining Scientific Research , Conservation, and Environmental Education- Russell L. Burke Herpetofaunal Community Restoration at Gateway National Recreation Area- Robert P. Cook Application of Citizen Science and GIS Technologies to the Field of Invasion Biology- David G. Delaney Atlantic Silversides as a New Model Organism for Assessment of Environmental Endocrine Disruption- Tara A. Duffy Invertebrate Communities in Jamaica Bay- David R. Franz Mosquitoes, Birds, and transmission Patterns of West Nile Virus- Howard S. Ginsberg An Examination of Predatory Pressures on Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) Nesting at Breezy Point, New York- Brooke Lauro Jamaica Bay Marsh Islands Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring Program- Patricia S. Rafferty Assessment of the Use of Stable Nitrogen Isotope Ratios in Monitoring Anthropogenic Nutrient Inputs to Estuarine Systems- Charles Roman Monitoring and Restoration of Estuarine Systems in Jamaica Bay- Martin P. Schreibman Horseshoe Crab Spawning Activity Survey- Matt Sclafani Parkwide Vegetation Inventory and Mapping of Threatened Plant Species- Richard Stalter |
Last updated: May 9, 2018