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New Jersey Salt Marsh Ponds as Harmful Algae Reservoirs
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Contact Us:
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Mihaela D. Enache, Ph.D., Project Manager & Co-PI, Research Scientist I, Division of Science and Research, NJDEP (mihaela.enache@deptest.nj.gov)
Ling Ren, Ph.D., PI, Research Assistant Professor, College of Science, George Mason University (lren2@gmu.edu)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1724434639036{border-bottom-width: 4px !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #5b9bd5 !important;}”]
Study Area
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Tuckerton peninsula, a NOAA’s designated sentinel site of the JC NERR, offers a large expanse of unaltered salt marsh along the southern New Jersey coast. Salt marsh ponds (SMPs) on the Tuckerton peninsula show a variety of sizes and connections with adjacent water. (picture credit: Dr. Thomas Grothues, Rutgers University).
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Two ponds were sampled for algal assemblages in each of the three sections:
Parallel Grid Ditching (PGD) | Open Marsh Water Management (OMWM) | Reference Area (REF)
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Longitude: 74°22’30.76″W
Dimensions (m): 8.5 x 12[/vc_hoverbox][vc_hoverbox image=”3009″ primary_title=”PGD-2″ primary_title_font_container=”color:%23FFFFFF” hover_title=”PGD-2″ hover_btn_title=”Larger image” use_custom_fonts_primary_title=”true” hover_add_button=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1734472696320{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}” hover_btn_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fdsr%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F19%2Fpgd-2-scaled.jpg|target:_blank”]Latitude: 39°34’6.09″N
Longitude: 74°20’41.47″W
Dimensions (m): 14 x 24[/vc_hoverbox][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_hoverbox image=”3007″ primary_title=”OMWM-1″ primary_title_font_container=”color:%23FFFFFF” hover_title=”OMWM-1″ hover_btn_title=”Larger image” use_custom_fonts_primary_title=”true” hover_add_button=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1734472707027{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}” hover_btn_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fdsr%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F19%2Fomwm-1-scaled.jpg|target:_blank”]Latitude: 39°33’20.12″N
Longitude: 74°20’34.94″W
Dimensions (m): 20 x 25[/vc_hoverbox][vc_hoverbox image=”3006″ primary_title=”OMWM-2″ primary_title_font_container=”color:%23FFFFFF” hover_title=”OMWM-2″ hover_btn_title=”Larger image” use_custom_fonts_primary_title=”true” hover_add_button=”true” hover_btn_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fdsr%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F19%2Fomwm-2-scaled.jpg|target:_blank”]Latitude: 39°33’28.07″N
Longitude: 74°20’17.31″W
Dimensions (m): 18 x 20[/vc_hoverbox][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][vc_hoverbox image=”3010″ primary_title=”REF-1″ primary_title_font_container=”color:%23FFFFFF” hover_title=”REF-1″ hover_btn_title=”Larger image” use_custom_fonts_primary_title=”true” hover_add_button=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1734472736375{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}” hover_btn_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fdsr%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F19%2Fref-1-scaled.jpg|target:_blank”]Latitude: 39°31’10.00″N
Longitude: 74°19’13.37″W
Dimensions (m): 12 x 15[/vc_hoverbox][vc_hoverbox image=”3011″ primary_title=”REF-2″ primary_title_font_container=”color:%23FFFFFF” hover_title=”REF-2″ hover_btn_title=”Larger image” use_custom_fonts_primary_title=”true” hover_add_button=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1734472747893{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}” hover_btn_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fdsr%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F19%2Fref-2-scaled.jpg|target:_blank”]Latitude: 39°31’46.83″N
Longitude: 74°18’58.81″W
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