Projects
Grant Number: 20190127  
To support an examination of the seasonal variation in the composition and quantity of microplastic particles from wastewater treatment facilities discharging treated wastewater into the Quinnipiac River. 
Year Issued: 2019 | Amount: $16,000 
        Southern Connecticut State University  
  
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Vincent Breslin 
Breslinv1@southernct.edu 
www.southernct.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  
  
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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  
  
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Dr. Amy Carlile 
acarlile@newhaven.edu 
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20150082  
to support the study of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wild fish within the freshwater regions of the Quinnipiac River watershed. 
Year Issued: 2015 | Amount: $10,600 
        University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science  
  
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Dr. John Kelly 
jkelly@newhaven.edu 
http://www.newhaven.edu/4486/academic-departments/biology-environmental-science/
Grant Number: 20040390  
To measure contamination along the Quinnipiac River and in oysters of the New Haven Harbor and evaluate the extent of mercury pollution and  identify sources and hotspots. 
Year Issued: 2004 | Amount: $7,500 
        Yale University Grant and Contract Administration  
  
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Grant Number: 20040385  
To support a short course in river processes to local environmental activists and municipal officials that will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems and how they are perturbed by human activities. 
Year Issued: 2004 | Amount: $7,390 
        Yale University Grant and Contract Administration  
  
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Grant Number: 20050347  
To support investigation of the various stresses that may be contributing to the extensive loss of vegetation in the Quinnipiac tidal marshes and begin to gather data on the relative importance of sub-surface compaction, decompositon in causing elevation loss in this ecosystem. 
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $12,000 
        Yale University Grant and Contract Administration  
  
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Grant Number: 20050346  
To offer a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmrntal activists.  The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and biological processes that govern stream exosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activities.  Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environemntal data on the Q River. 
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $7,500 
        Yale University Grant and Contract Administration  
  
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Grant Number: 20050336  
To support the measurement of methyl mercury contamination in the Quinnipiac River and the Oysters in New Haven Harbor. The study will evaluate the extent of methylmercury pollution and  help to identify sources and hotspots. 
Year Issued: 2005 | Amount: $14,500 
        Yale University Grant and Contract Administration  
  
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Grant Number: 20060119  
To support the measurement of methyl mercury in the Quinnipiac River and the New Haven Harbor. The work will also provide direct information on safety of local finfish and shellfish. 
Year Issued: 2006 | Amount: $14,000 
        Yale University Grant and Contract Administration  
  
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