Setting of Estuarine Invertebrates in Delaware Bay, New Jersey, Related to Intertidal-Subtidal Gradients

1978 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 637-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Hidu
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Delaware Bay

Ecotourism and Birds in Coastal New Jersey: Contrasting Responses of Birds, Tourists, and Managers

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Burger ◽  
Michael Gochfeld ◽  
Larry J. Niles
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Migratory Birds ◽  
Delaware Bay ◽  
Charadrius Melodus ◽  
Sterna Antillarum ◽  
Least Terns ◽  
Piping Plovers ◽  
Diverse Cultures ◽  
Aesthetic Values

People of diverse cultures appreciate and observe wildlife. With the increase in the importance of economic, social, and aesthetic, values of wildlife comes the responsibility for wise management and use of these resources to ensure biodiversity and the continued wellbeing of the populations. We describe several ways in which ecotourists affect the behaviour, reproductive success, and population levels, of breeding and migratory birds in New Jersey — a heavily industrialized, coastal US state with a dense human population. We use several case-studies to illustrate the effects of ecotourists on birds: heronries, breeding Least Terns (Sterna antillarum), foraging Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) during the breeding season, migrant shorebirds and gulls at Caven Point and Delaware Bay, and migrant hawks at Cape May.

The Effect of Human Activity on Shorebirds in Two Coastal Bays in Northeastern United States

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Burger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Delaware Bay ◽  
Secondary Peak ◽  
Northeastern United States ◽  
Road Vehicles ◽  
Coastal Bays ◽  
Bird Populations

The effects of human activities on shorebirds migrating through Raritan and Delaware Bays (New Jersey, USA) were examined from late April to late October 1982. Less than 5% of the 471,055 shorebirds counted in the censuses were in Raritan Bay, and only eight species accounted for 95% of the total. Bird populations peaked during late May to early June, and had a secondary peak in early August. People walking accounted for 43% (Raritan Bay) and 50% (Delaware Bay) of the disturbances. Other disturbances, in descending order of abundance, were of fishermen, airplanes, dogs, clam-diggers, off-road vehicles, boats, children, and joggers.

Metals in tissues of migrant semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) from Delaware Bay, New Jersey

2014 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 362-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Burger ◽  
Michael Gochfeld ◽  
Lawrence Niles ◽  
Amanda Dey ◽  
Christian Jeitner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Delaware Bay ◽  
Calidris Pusilla ◽  
Semipalmated Sandpipers

scholarly journals Sediment Budget and Geomorphological Evolution of the Estuarine Dune-Beach System on Three Nourished Beaches, Delaware Bay, New Jersey

Geosciences ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Psuty ◽  
Katherine Ames ◽  
Andrea Habeck ◽  
Glenn Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Temporal Evolution ◽  
Sediment Budget ◽  
Delaware Bay ◽  
Volumetric Change ◽  
Sediment Budgets ◽  
Digital Elevation ◽  
Seasonal Monitoring ◽  
Geomorphological Evolution ◽  
Dune Crest

Beach nourishment was applied at three fetch-restricted sites along the estuarine margin of Delaware Bay, New Jersey. Evaluation of geomorphological performance of the nourishment project was conducted through seasonal monitoring to track linear features (shoreline, dune crest, peat edge) and to create digital elevation models (DEMs). Comparisons of the DEMs yielded sediment budgets of the updrift, fill area, and downdrift zones as well as the spatial and temporal evolution of the tidal flat, beach, and dune features within the zones. Through four years, Moore’s Beach lost all of the emplaced fill as well as an additional −5446 m3 from the fill area. The shoreline position shifted inland −12.78 m, and the foredune crest shifted inland −9.23 m. The fill area at Pierce’s Point lost all of the fill and an additional −3810 m3. The shoreline and dune crest shifted inland −7.35 m and −1.17 m, respectively. The Reed’s Beach study area benefited from beach fill updrift that more than offset the losses in the fill area, a net gain of 2107 m3. There was a major contrast in volumetric change between the updrift and downdrift portions. Sediment budget calculations established alongshore transport was an important factor in the fetch-restricted estuarine environment driving the variable geomorphological responses in the updrift, fill, and downdrift zones.

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