Research

Study of benthic algae, testing copper content in situ algal samples and mesocosm copper uptake experiments

Organization: 
University of New Haven
Date Issued: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
Amount: 
12 000.00
Description: 
To support the study of benthic algae to detect seasonal variation in species composition, as well as testing copper content in situ algal samples and conducting mesocosm copper uptake experiments to test the bioremediation potential of various algal species.

Study to determine presence of encocrine disruptors

Organization: 
University of New Haven
Date Issued: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
Amount: 
11 500.00
Description: 
To support the study of several sites along the Quinnipiac River to determine whether endocrine disruptors are present and then trace their source.

Study of plasticizers and other chemical pollutants from industrial point sources

Organization: 
Quinnipiac University
Date Issued: 
Friday, March 25, 2016
Amount: 
24 000.00
Description: 
To support the study of plasticizers and other chemical pollutants from industrial point sources in Wallingford and North Haven with an emphasis on the pollutant's impact to indigenous fish populations in the Quinnipiac River.

Monitoring of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes

Organization: 
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Amount: 
12 300.00
Description: 
to support continued monitoring of sediment accretion and elevation change in the Quinnipiac marshes, and to support a marsh organ experiment to assess whether soil toxicity is contributing to marsh submergence

Study to determine presence of endocrine disruptors

Organization: 
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Amount: 
11 000.00
Description: 
to support the study of several sites along the Quinnipiac River to determine whether endocrine disruptors are present and then to trace their source.

Study of the biodiversity of benthic algal communities and the potential for copper contamination

Organization: 
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Amount: 
10 000.00
Description: 
to support the study of the biodiversity of benthic algal communities and the potential for copper contamination in communities throughout the Quinnipiac River.

Study of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wild fish

Organization: 
University of New Haven, Department of Biology & Environmental Science
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Amount: 
10 600.00
Description: 
to support the study of the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in wild fish within the freshwater regions of the Quinnipiac River watershed.

Study of phthalate and organotin plasticizers

Organization: 
Quinnipiac University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Amount: 
18 000.00
Description: 
to support the study of phthalate and organotin plasticizers in an effort to characterize contamination from industrial and municipal sources in the Quinnipiac River and New Haven tidal basin.

Educational programs related to the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve

Organization: 
New Haven Land Trust, Inc.
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Amount: 
10 000.00
Description: 
to support educational programming, installing educational signs, organizing volunteer events and beginning research into potential acquisition of land surrounding the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve.

Study of pH variations and the resulting changes in copper's bioavailability and toxicity

Organization: 
Yale University
Date Issued: 
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Amount: 
16 517.00
Description: 
to support the study of pH variations and the resulting changes in copper's bioavailability and toxicity in the Quinnipiac River.

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