Randall’s Island Park’s Repository
The data repository for Randall’s Island Park serves as a resource hub – a compilation of the ecological and environmental monitoring and assessments performed on the island by the Alliance’s staff and community collaborators. Through this repository, researchers, students and community members can access detailed data sets, reports, and analyses, facilitating further research questions, informed decision-making, and strategic planning.
Randall’s Island Park Alliance staff, volunteers, and members of the public participate in weekly water quality testing to detect bacteria from the genus Enterococcus, which are associated with fecal coliform presence.
2019
2018
2015-17
Randall’s Island Park Alliance staff, volunteers, and members of the public participate in monthly fish and crustacean monitoring at two locations on Randall’s Island.
2021
2020
2019
2018
2015-17
Randall’s Island Park Alliance staff participate in the nation’s longest-running community science bird project: Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count. This information allows researchers and agencies to understand the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America.
2021
2020
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2018
2017
RIPA staff, volunteers, and students monitor an oyster cage installed by Billion Oyster Project to assess eastern oyster growth and survival and observe other marine organisms using oyster shells and oyster cage as habitat.
2018
2017
2016
Salt marshes may help reduce nitrogen and phosphorus in ecosystems but it is unclear if restored marshes can provide this function. RIPA and partners at Baruch College measured dissolved gas and nutrient fluxes from salt marshes at Randall’s Island and compared these to adjacent unrestored habitat.
The purpose of this study was to better understand the ways in which decreased water quality impact NYC’s urban fish communities, and which fish species are most sensitive to changes in water quality.
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