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Environmental Chemistry Field Trip

Environmental Chemistry Field Trip. An Introduction to the Marine Field Station and the Mullica River-Great Bay Estuary. Stockton Marine Science and Environmental Field Station. Located off of the Mullica River Mullica River empties into the Great Bay

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Environmental Chemistry Field Trip

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  1. Environmental ChemistryField Trip An Introduction to the Marine Field Station and the Mullica River-Great Bay Estuary

  2. Stockton Marine Science and Environmental Field Station • Located off of the Mullica River • Mullica River empties into the Great Bay • The Great Bay empties into the Atlantic Ocean

  3. My Position (1996) • Faculty support • co-teach in field and laboratory • Support research/courses in general • Facility management • Scheduling • Maintenance • Purchasing • Director of marine operations • Safety program • Dive program

  4. Field Station capabilities • Research vessels 21’ – 24’, 8 -10 passengers

  5. Facilities • Teaching laboratory • Individual research labs • Aquaculture laboratory • GIS software and computer systems

  6. Equipment • Biological sampling equipment • Seine nets, otter trawls, plankton nets, etc. • Benthic survey equipment • Ponar grabs, vibracore, side scan sonar • Water quality instrumentation • Yellow Springs Instrument suite

  7. Designated as the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JCNERR) • NOAA funded program • Designated in October of 1997

  8. Location in the State of NJ

  9. System Wide Monitoring Program • Water and weather data throughout estuary • 30 minute intervals of data • Student internships developed • Data available on CDMO site • 18 month lag time • Data available sooner through S. Evert

  10. Datalogger locations

  11. Two week sample, Nacote Creek

  12. Water quality instruments… Temp pH Conductivity Salinity DO (Mg/L and %sat) Depth

  13. Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI) • Discrete sampling instruments (600 series) • Used to “spot” sample • Could be used on a weekly basis • $3000-$5000 • Unattended sampling instruments (6000 series) • Left in the field to collect data on a user determined interval • Requires secure mounting • $5000-$8000 • How can we display the data collected?

  14. Geographic Representation of Measurements at Sampling Stations in the Mullica River - Great Bay Estuary • ArcView was used to create a macro program • spatial data from the field • table development in Excel • table import to ArcView software • Results of macro program • generates a map with sampling sites noted • creates charts of selected variables vs. sites • produces report quality map with data charts, north arrows, scale, and titles

  15. Technical Reports - data maps using GIS software and analysis

  16. Boating Safety – year round • Medical needs – must inform me • Eat properly day of trip • Non-swimmers? • Other concerns? • Boarding a boat – carefully • While underway – PFD’s on • Getting off the boat • To assist or not to assist…fending off, etc.? • Questions?

  17. Steven Evert, Field Station Manager Richard Stockton College of NJ Marine and Environmental Science Field Station PO Box 195 Pomona, NJ 08240 (609) 652-4486 everts@stockton.edu

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