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The purpose of this report is to disseminate technical information gathered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, during the 1983 New York Bight Water Quality Monitoring Program. The monitoring program was conducted using an EPA helicopter for water quality sample collection. During the summer period of May 18 to October 5, 1983, approximately 140 stations were sampled each week, weather permitting. The Bight sampling program was conducted 5 days a week, 6 days a week in July and August, and consisted of four separate sampling networks. The beach station network was used to gether bacteriological water quality information at 26 Long Island coast stations and 40 New Jersey coast stations. The New York Bight station network was used to gather chemcal and bacteriological information at 20 stations in the inner New York Bight. Ther perpendicular station network consisted of 12 transects extending from the New Jersey and Long Island coasts. Three transects extended south from the Long Island coast, with 4 stations in each transect and 9 transects extended east from the New Jersey coast, with 5 stations in each transect. The transects covered the inner Bight from Jones Beach on Long Island to Strathmere, along the New Jersey coast. Samples were collected for dissolved oxygen and temperature. The New York Bight Contingency Network consisted of 24 stations which were sampled twice weekly for dissolved oxygen and once a week for fecal coliform densities. Samples for phytoplankton identification and nutrient analysis were collected at 9 stations along the New Jersey coast and in Raritan Bay. |
