The health of Barnegat Bay is still in peril from nutrient enrichment due to increased development along its shores, marine ecosystem scientist Michael Kennish (Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Scie…
Another Side of Summer: Plovers Struggle to Survive Amid People and Predators
The challenge continues: Can endangered piping plovers thrive nesting in one of the busiest state parks in New Jersey? The tiny family giving it a go south of Barnegat Lighthouse this summer is surely determined…”The eggs just hatched the day before Father’s Day; that was really exciting,” said Karen Leu, a research technician with Rutgers University. “As far as nests, though, we only have the one piping plover nest out there. In previous years we’ve had two to four pairs. This year numbers have been going down for all the sites, actually. That’s a little depressing.”
The Fun and Sex of Shellfish Restoration
Wet, dirty sex – that’s the topic for discussion of an upcoming class. “It’s the sex talk,” admitted Gef Flimlin, professor and marine extension agent of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County. “Now, the average guy is really interested because he sees those three letters: S, E, X.” This class is the second for ReClam the Bay, the nonprofit organization that is affiliated with the Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program sponsored by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County. The class will feature Flimlin discussing how spawning happens in the clam hatchery – the sex part. Flimlin said the class will go from spawning all the way to harvesting.
Ken Able Writes History of the Rutgers Marine Field Station
Fish biologist Ken Able has been the director of the Rutgers Marine Field Station, situated at the end of Great Bay Boulevard, from the very beginning and has written a book about his home away from home for the past 42 years, titled Station 119…In A…
Did Predatory Pests Survive the ‘Polar Vortex’ in the Pinelands?
The cold didn’t snap quite hard enough to kill the hardiest bugs out there, suspect scientists from Rutgers Cooperative Extension Service. The ticks just keep on ticking, and even the freeze-sensitive Southern pine beetle may not have been stoppe…
Rutgers Researchers Studying Differences Between Mold Samples Taken From Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy
"I happen to be a mold expert. I will continue to study it until I drop," declared Joan Bennett, 71, of Somerset, N.J., a plant biology and pathology professor and researcher in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers Uni…
Tales of Tuckerton’s Historic Houseboat Cynthia
In the 1880s the succulent Barnegat Bay oyster was harvested in the thousands. The fishery employed around 200,000 people directly or indirectly in the oyster harvesting industry that was centered on Tuckerton, Barnegat and the Mullica River. The oyste…
JCNERRS Interactive Flood Map Predicts Sea Level Rise
On introducing a new interactive flood mapping website, www.NJFloodMapper.org, Lisa Auermuller, watershed coordinator for the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, acknowledged that playing with the controls and seeing the implications …
Stafford’s Fight Against V-Zones Is Taking Shape; NJ, Rutgers Will Step in to Offer Expert Assistance
Going up? That’s just one of the important questions on the minds of every homeowner impacted by Superstorm Sandy…Looking ahead, Spodofora said, Rutgers University research professor Michael Kennish is on a post-Sandy fact-finding mission to se…
