Eighty participants representing nonprofits, state agencies and 20 colleges gathered at Reserve office at Norrie Point Environmental Center to learn about collaborative ecosystem research conducted with the Reserve or at its four tidal wetland sites along 100 miles of the Hudson Estuary. The Reserve shared its long-term water quality, nutrient, and weather data, habitat mapping products, fish, restoration and tidal wetland habitats and history a variety of research scientists.
This workshop, held March 11, 2020, gathered stakeholders together to explore current data and research in the estuary, and to identify opportunities and resources for future research collaboration. This workshop resulted in the development of the Research Focus Areas library.
Workshop materials
Intro Materials
- Agenda
- Poster Abstracts
- Introduction to HRNERR and Research in the Reserve – Heather Gierloff
- Research Funding Opportunities – Sarah Fernald
Tidal Wetlands and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV)
- Habitat Mapping and Resilience at HRNERR – Sarah Fernald
- Spatial Analysis of SAV in the Hudson River Estuary Following the 2011-2012 Hurricane Seasons – Sean Carroll
- Linking Past to Future: Marsh Sediment Archives Reveal Natural Variability and Human-Induced Change – Dorothy Peteet and Lamont Doherty
- Rapid Tidal Marsh Development on the Hudson during Periods of Tributary Damming and Shoreline Modification – Brian Yellen
Habitat and Restoration
- Littoral Habitats – Stuart Findlay
- Habitat Restoration in the Research Reserve – Brian DeGasperis
Fish Research
- Fish & Invertebrate Communities in Iona and Piermont – Dave Yozzo
- Fish Community Assessment at Stockport Flats – Christopher Nack
- Fish Communities in the Tivoli Bays – Robert Schmidt
- Citizen Science Eel Research – Sarah Mount
Research Long-Term Data
- Long-Term Water Quality Monitoring Data Analysis at HRNERR – Sarah Fernald
- Studying the Saw Kill – Emily M. White
Panel Discussion
- Summary of Research in Tivoli Bays since 1971 – Erik Kiviat
