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. This community-based initiative provides valuable data on water quality and safety by testing enterococcus, a fecal indicator associated with sewage contamination.
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Randall’s Island Natural Areas team collects a variety of water quality parameters including water temperature (C), dissolved oxygen (ppm), and salinity (ppt) to assess fluctuating river conditions. These measurements are documented in a variety of on-going monitoring projects.
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Volunteers on Randall’s Island assist staff in collecting, identifying, and counting types of ocean litter.
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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.
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