Grad, 10 students gps latitude N40. 57743 w 073. 93294 Location: Breezy Point, Queens, Jamaica Bay Sampling site



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Snapshot Day 10/7/08 Data

(Salt Front RM 63.4)

RIVER MILE -11

Breezy Point, Queens

Geri Kobryn-Blatter, National Parks Service Rangers

Jennifer Porcheddu, Beach Channel High School – 9/10th grad, 10 students

GPS latitude N40.57743 W 073.93294


Location: Breezy Point, Queens, Jamaica Bay


Sampling site: Fishing beach area, birding pen area

Surrounding Uses: 100% beach

Area: All beach, grassy dunes

River Bottom: shallow sandy

Plants in area: Sea Rocket, Beach grass, Sand spur, Seaside Goldenrod

Water Depth: 2-3 ft.

ITEM

Time

Reading 1

Reading 2

Comments

Physical












Air Temperature

10:30 AM

50  F

10 C











11:00 AM

58  F

15 C








Wind Speed

11-13 mph




NW




Cloud Cover

Clear










Weather yesterday

Warm and clear

Water Surface

White Caps

Water Temperature

11:22 AM

17 C

62  F











11:30 AM

17 C

62  F








Turbidity

11:10 AM

95 cm

115 cm


110 cm




107 cm

Chlorophyll

Noon

0.1







Chemical













DO

LaMotte


11:15 AM

4.0 mg/L


Temp. 17 C


40% saturated

pH – Lamotte color match

11:15 AM

7

7

8






7.33

Salinity -

Instant Ocean



11:22 AM

27.7

29.0


27.7




average

28.14 ppt




Fish Catch –

10 ft. X 12 ft. seine/1 pull

Number Caught

Species




Seine net




6

Atlantic Silversides










1

Kingfish










2 cm

Comb jellies










1.5 cm

Mole Crab







Tides

10:30 AM

10 cm

Rising







10:45 AM

14 cm

Rising







11:00 AM

20 cm

Rising







11:15 AM

31.3 cm

Rising







11:32 AM

36 cm

Rising




Currents
















8m/60secs

13.33 cm/sec

North

Flood




16m/120 secs




North

Flood




24m/180 secs




North

Flood

Core-

Noon

Water depth 4 ft,

22 cm total length

Abundant – mud on the bottom

Sand & Gravel on top

Common–

Pebbles

Fine grain bottom & larger grain top, pea size gravel on top




8 cm top

15 cm bottom









Worm inside

Shipping

10:30 AM

Small pleasure boat

Southbound







11:00 AM

Fishing Boat

Northbound







11:30 AM

DEP Boat

Northbound




Journal

It was a clear day and quite breezy. Good thing the students were wearing chest waders. After an hour or so it was difficult to write, student hands were frozen. Hardly caught anything in the seine net, better luck next year!

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