MONTAUK MARINE ROCKY INTERTIDAL SURVEYS

• Sponsoring Institution: Other Cooperating Institutions
• Project Status: COMPLETE
• Funding Source: STATE
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 1018185
• Project Start Date: Oct 25, 2018
• Project End Date: Mar 31, 2021
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK
(N/A)
SYRACUSE,NY 13210

Performing Department
Natural Heritage Program

Non Technical Summary
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, New York District will begin the Montauk Point, New York Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project in the fall of 2018 at Montauk Point. The New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP) has documented a marine rocky intertidal (MRI) community of statewide significance around the point and NYS DEC has made monitoring changes in this community a requirement of the Water Quality Certificate.This project will address the potential impacts of construction of a stone revetment on native organism re-colonization of the rocky intertidal zone. Three consecutive years of MRI intertidal surveys at and around Montauk Point will be performed in order to chart re-growth of the MRI community after seawall construction in comparison to the unaffected MRI. The first survey will be undertaken prior to construction activities and the last survey two years after the project is completed.Awarded Start Date: 9/1/18Sponsor: NYS-DEC

Animal Health Component

100%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

(N/A)

Applied

100%

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
136	4099	1070	50%
136	0210	1070	50%

Knowledge Area
136 - Conservation of Biological Diversity;

Subject Of Investigation
4099 - Microorganisms, general/other; 0210 - Water resources;

Field Of Science
1070 - Ecology;

Keywords

montauk point

marine rocky intertidal (mri)

marine rocky intertidal community

native organisms

Goals / Objectives
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Project Methods
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