Research

Monitoring of marsh surface elevations, salinity and vegetation

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Amount: 
13 100.00
Description: 
To support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support analysis of vegetation change and surveying of marsh migration at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.

Industrial pollutants in water and on indigenous fish populations

Organization: 
Quinnipiac University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Amount: 
21 000.00
Description: 
To support identification, characterization and assessment of industrial pollutants in water and on indigenous fish populations in the Quinnipiac River.

Monitor the ecology of songbirds in the Quinnipiac River watershed

Organization: 
Quinnipiac University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Amount: 
11 500.00
Description: 
To support the establishment of bird nest boxes at multiple locations in the Quinnipiac River watershed and monitor the ecology of songbirds that breed in the watershed.

Marsh migration at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Monday, March 27, 2017
Amount: 
14 000.00
Description: 
To support the monitoring of marsh surface elevations as well as the salinity and vegetation in one lobe of the marsh, and to support preliminary analysis of marsh migration at the Quinnipiac Meadows Preserve.

Measuring mercury in fish from ponds spanning the Quinnipiac River

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Amount: 
19 000.00
Description: 
To support measuring mercury in fish from ponds spanning the Quinnipiac River's watershed to see where it exceeds safety thresholds.

Trace sources of endocrine disruptors and toxicity

Organization: 
University of New Haven
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Amount: 
12 000.00
Description: 
To support the study of several sites along the Quinnipiac River to trace sources of endocrine disruptors and toxicity.

Study of copper uptake efficiency of various ulvoid species

Organization: 
University of New Haven
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Amount: 
10 500.00
Description: 
To support the study of copper uptake efficiency of various ulvoid species in order to pinpoint potential candidates for bioremediation of heavy metals at marine and brackish water sites along the Quinnipiac River.

Identification, characterization and assessment of industrial pollutants

Organization: 
Quinnipiac University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Amount: 
21 000.00
Description: 
to support identification, characterization and assessment of industrial pollutants in Wallingford and North Haven with an emphasis on the pollutant's impact to indigenous fish populations in the Quinnipiac River.

Study of the risk of runoff from artificial turf fields into the Quinnipiac River's watershed

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
Amount: 
16 700.00
Description: 
To support the study of the risk of runoff from artificial turf fields into the Quinnipiac River's watershed.

Study of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
Amount: 
13 500.00
Description: 
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.

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