Assessment and characterization of salt marshes in the Arthur Kill (New York and New Jersey) replanted after a severe oil spill / David B. Packer, editor.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Packer, David B.

Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)

Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NE ; 167.

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NE ; 167

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salt marshes--Ecology--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Salt marshes.

Salt marshes--Effect of contaminated sediments on--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Salt marshes--Effect of oil spills on--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Salt marshes--Growth--Monitoring--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Restoration ecology--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Restoration ecology.

Salt marsh ecology.

Atlantic Ocean--Arthur Kill (Newark Bay).

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Other Title:

Salt marshes in the Arthur Kill (New York and New Jersey) replanted after a severe oil spill

Place of Publication:

Woods Hole, Mass. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Region, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, [2001]

Summary:

On January 1 and 2, 1990, a 576,000-gal oil spill seriously damaged the salt marshes of the Arthur Kill, the strait separating Staten Island, New York, from New Jersey. The New York City Salt Marsh Restoration Team (SMRT) implemented a multiyear restoration and monitoring project to restore those parts of the marshes directly impacted by the oil spill. Restoration activities included successfully reintroducing Arthur-Kill-propagated saltmarsh cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, and monitoring several parameters both in oiled marshes that were replanted and in oiled marshes that were left for natural recovery. Those parameters included: peak standing biomass, stem and flower density, and height of S. alterniflora; sediment total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH); density of ribbed-mussels (Geukensia demissa); fish abundance and diversity; and wading bird (i.e., egret) foraging success.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Feb. 6, 2009).

"December 2001."

Includes bibliographical references.

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OCLC:

301937041