Projects

For development of GIS data layers and analyses in support of conservation and sustainable development activities in the lower Quinnipiac River Watershed.

To support Field Research Program to document wetland loss along the Quinnipiac River Estuary and document baseline conditions and historic trends.

To develop GIS data layers of selected brownfield sites in Hamden, CT, and develop and analyze detailed GIS data layers for the marshes in the lower Quinnipiac River.

To support the project entitled Bioaccumulation of Sediment Contaminants by Benthos of the Quinnipiac River.  This proposed research is an investigation of the sediment contaminant load of two sites in the Quinnipiac River and the availability of the contaminants to the benthic organisms living in them.

To conduct restoration of its 9.4 acre parcel along the Quinnipiac River to remove rubble and debris degrading tidal wetland on the parcel.

Research on tidal wetland plants in the Quinnipiac River estuary related to wetland restoration.

Use plankton net to collect tautog embryos and assess their viability in New Haven Harbor.

To document the macrobenthic structure of the lower Quinnipiac River as an "ecological benchmark" against future changes.

To classify and assess shellfish growing water for the Quinnipiac River and New Haven Harbor.

To assess relative abundance, health and body burden of selected contaminants in winter flounder.