New York Bight

Gochfeld M. 1997. Spatial patterns in a bioindicator heavy metal and selenium concentrations in eggs of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) in the New York Bight. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 33 63-70. 

Figure 7. Excess activity versus depth (left) and X-radiograph (right) in a sediment core collected from the New York Bight, showing the importance of mixing by benthic fauna in the upper part of the seabed. Abundant individnals of the small bivalve Nucula proximo may be seen in the X-radiograph near the sediment-water interface, and the light-colored areas represent bnrrows of Nephtys sp. and Ceriantheopsis sp. Reprinted from Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (formerly Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science) Vol. 9, Cochran and Aller, pp. 739-747, 1979, with permission from Elsevier Science.

Cochran JK Aller RC (1979) Particle reworking in sediments from the New York Bight apex evidence from disequilibrium. Estuar Coast Mar S 9 739-747... 

Kaufman A, Li Y-H, Turekian KK (1971) The removal rates of " Th and Th from waters of the New York Bight. Earth Planet Sci Lett 54 385-392... 

Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld. 1993. Lead and cadmium accumulation in eggs and fledgling seabirds in the New York Bight. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12 261-267. 

Smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis, New York Bight ... 

Representatives of this phylum have been used extensively as indicators of stressed environments. Population structure and species diversity of free-living nematodes inhabiting sediments in the New York Bight were moderately influenced by the heavy-metal content of sands. In medium-grained sands, species diversity was inversely correlated with increased concentrations of chromium and other metals. Sands containing 3.0 to 21.5 mg Cr/kg were also marked by high relative abundances of one or two nematode species the tolerance of these species to chromium stress probably exceeded that of the normal nematode inhabitants of such sediments (Tietjen 1980). 

Tietjen, J.H. 1980. Population structure and species composition of the free-living nematodes inhabiting sands of the New York Bight Apex. Estuar. Coast. Mar. Sci. 10 61-73. 

Zooplankton New York Bight vs. Long Island Sound... 

Yellowtail flounder, Pleuronectes ferruginea-, New York Bight liver vs. muscle Marine fishes... 

Liver 5 species New York Bight 1971-73 Most species all tissues... 

Winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus New York Bight muscle vs. skin Texas muscle vs. skin... 

Greig, R.A., A. Adams, and D.R. Wenzloff. 1977. Trace metal content of plankton and zooplankton collected from the New York Bight and Long Island Sound. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 18 3-8. 

New York Bight dumpsite 1970s-1980s total Max. 0.04 FW 5... 

Boehm, P.D. 1981. Investigations of Pollutant Organic Chemical Fluxes in the Hudson-Raritan Estuarine and New York Bight Coastal Systems. Tech. Rep., Energy Resources Co. (ERCO), Cambridge, MA. Submit, to Off. of Mar. Pollut. Assess., U.S. NOAA, Rockville, MD. 59 pp. 

MacLeod, W.D., Jr. L.S. Ramos, A.J. Friedman, D.G. Burrows, P.G. Prohaska, D.L. Fisher, and D.W. Brown. 1981. Analysis of Residual Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Related Compounds in Selected Sources, Sinks, and Biota of the New York Bight. U.S. NOAA, Tech. Memor. OMPA-6.128 pp. 

Humason, A.W. and D.F. Gadbois. 1982. Determination of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the New York Bight Area. Mimeo MSG-506. Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Gloucester, MA. 

Distribution of iead (ppm) in bottom sediments from the New York bight. See Figure 28.14 for iocations of dumpsites. Source-. From Carmody, D. J., et at. (1973). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 4, 132-135. 

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