Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): NFWF/Monitoring Beach Marsh (MN00GSM)
Principal Investigator(s): Neil Kamal Ganju
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Steven Suttles
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Turbidity, Environmental Data: Current, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Sampling: Chemistry, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: The proposed plan will use remote sensing techniques and targeted in-situ observations to monitor the post-restoration evolution of beaches, dunes, vegetative cover, and sediment budgets at beach and dune restoration sites specified in the RFP. We will use these data to evaluate if/how restoration projects improved ecological outcomes and decreased storm vulnerability relative to unaltered environments, thereby providing input necessary for estimating cost-effectiveness. The work as part of this field activity will focus on in-situ monitoring of sediment transport and water-quality in creeks within two of the restored marsh/dune sites.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Port Norris, NJ
End Port/Location: Stone Harbor, NJ
Start Date: 2018-12-03
End Date: 2018-12-07
Equipment Used: YSI EXO2 Multi-parameter Sonde, ADCP, Grab sampler, Wingscapes BirdCam Pro, RTK, Water sampler, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Measure water level, currents, pressure, turbidity, and water-quality parameters. Flow/discharge. Water samples for suspended sediment concentration and organic content.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Recovery 1115A, 1116A, and 1119A: On December 4, 2018, the YSI EXO2 and RBR Dwave were recovered at mooring 1116A.The Sontek IQ measurements at 1115A were stopped and the data downloaded. On December 5, 2018, the YSI EXO2 and RBR Dwave were recovered at mooring 1119A. Data was downloaded from all recovered instruments and archived on a WHCMSC (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center) file server.
Staff: Jonathan Borden, Eric Marsjanik, Steven Suttles
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: First turnaround of deployed time-series instruments.
Funding Project: MN00GSM NFWF/Monitoring Beach Marsh GR18LQ00GSM2000
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-048-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-056-FA
Location:
Stone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey, United States, Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay.
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.2449 | South: 38.9868 | West: -75.0724 | East: -74.6053 |
Platform(s):
 Muddy Waters |
De Meo, O.A., Bales, R.D., Ganju, N.K., Marsjanik, E.D., and Suttles, S.E., 2024, Calculation of a suspended-sediment concentration-turbidity regression model and flood-ebb suspended-sediment concentration differentials from marshes near Stone Harbor and Thompsons Beach, New Jersey, 2018-19 and 2022-23: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1193, 12 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1193.
De Meo, O.A., Bales, R.D., Suttles, S.E., Marsjanik, E.D., and Ganju, N.K., 2024, Supplementary data in support of oceanographic and water quality times-series measurements made at Thompsons Beach and Stone Harbor, NJ from September 2018 to February 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CS5U6N.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| YSI EXO2 Multi-parameter Sonde | --- | Chlorophyll Conductivity Depth Dissolved Oxygen Fluorescence Nitrate ORP pH Temperature Turbidity | |
| ADCP | --- | Current | |
| Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Wingscapes BirdCam Pro | --- | Photo Video | |
| RTK | --- | Transects Benchmarks | |
| Water sampler | --- | Chemistry | |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) |
