Projects
Grant Number: 20231328
to support the study of salt in catch basins and to design simple and inexpensive modifications that will allow salt to be flushed out while leaving sediments and their toxic burdens behind where they can be removed by routine maintenance.
Year Issued: 2023 | Amount: $18,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20221221
to support the study of salt levels in the Quinnipiac River and typical source waters to advance understanding of this emerging pollution threat.
Year Issued: 2022 | Amount: $20,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.your.yale.edu/research-support/office-sponsored-projects
Grant Number: 20201268
to support the study of microplastics in storm run-off to tributaries in the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $19,757
Yale University
Contact Information
Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
https://www.yale.edu/
Grant Number: 20201267
to support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support measurement of soil salinity and vegetation cover in marsh-bordering areas at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2020 | Amount: $4,856
Yale University
Contact Information
Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
https://www.yale.edu/
Grant Number: 20190124
to support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support measurement of soil salinity and vegetation cover in marsh-bordering areas at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20190123
To support the measurement of mercury in bottom sediments and in fish from ponds spanning the Quinnipiac River watershed to determine where it exceeds safety thresholds.
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $17,000
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20160127
To support the study of the risk of runoff from artificial turf fields into the Quinnipiac River's watershed.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $16,700
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Gaboury Benoit
gabouryb@gmail.com
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20160132
To support the study of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes, and for a wildlife-exclusion experiment to test the hypothesis that herbivory is preventing vegetation from recolonizing mudflat areas.
Year Issued: 2016 | Amount: $13,500
Yale University
Contact Information
Dr. Shimon Anisfeld
shimon.anisfeld@yale.edu
www.yale.edu
Grant Number: 20150151
to support the study of several sites along the Quinnipiac River to determine whether endocrine disruptors are present and then to trace their source.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $11,000
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Contact Information
Dr. Melanie Eldridge
meldridge@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20150147
to support the study of the biodiversity of benthic algal communities and the potential for copper contamination in communities throughout the Quinnipiac River.
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,000
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Contact Information
Dr. Amy Carlile
acarlile@newhaven.edu
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/