scholarly journals Control of Nonnative Invasive Woody Plant Species at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, New York City

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-156
Author(s):  
Richard Stalter ◽  
Dwight Kincaid ◽  
Michael Byer
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Ailanthus Altissima ◽  
Celastrus Orbiculatus ◽  
Rosa Multiflora ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Wildlife Refuge ◽  
Japanese Honeysuckle ◽  
Jamaica Bay

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (JBWR) is situated within Jamaica Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean at the western end of Long Island, New York, U.S. (40°35' N latitude, 72°52' W longitude) within Brooklyn and Queens, boroughs of New York City. The vouchered vascular flora of the refuge consists of 456 species within 270 genera and 90 families of which 222 species, 49% of the flora, are nonnative. The most aggressive woody alien species are tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), autumn olive (E. umbellata), buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula), Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), and porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata). Ailanthus altissima, Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, and Celastrus orbiculatus are the most aggressive of the aforementioned aliens. These and additional woody nonnative vascular species can be removed from small areas of a few square meters by cutting, herbicide treatment or hand-pulling. It may be impossible to control, much less eradicate these alien invasives from Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. This article presents guidelines for a scientific and experimental approach to this problem.

scholarly journals Sediment starvation destroys New York City marshes’ resistance to sea level rise

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (41) ◽  
pp. 10281-10286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy M. Peteet ◽  
Jonathan Nichols ◽  
Timothy Kenna ◽  
Clara Chang ◽  
James Browne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
York City ◽  
Organic Sediment ◽  
Jamaica Bay ◽  
Structural Weakness ◽  
Global Sea Level ◽  
Matter Flux

New York City (NYC) is representative of many vulnerable coastal urban populations, infrastructures, and economies threatened by global sea level rise. The steady loss of marshes in NYC’s Jamaica Bay is typical of many urban estuaries worldwide. Essential to the restoration and preservation of these key wetlands is an understanding of their sedimentation. Here we present a reconstruction of the history of mineral and organic sediment fluxes in Jamaica Bay marshes over three centuries, using a combination of density measurements and a detailed accretion model. Accretion rate is calculated using historical land use and pollution markers, through a wide variety of sediment core analyses including geochemical, isotopic, and paleobotanical analyses. We find that, since 1800 CE, urban development dramatically reduced the input of marsh-stabilizing mineral sediment. However, as mineral flux decreased, organic matter flux increased. While this organic accumulation increase allowed vertical accumulation to outpace sea level, reduced mineral content causes structural weakness and edge failure. Marsh integrity now requires mineral sediment addition to both marshes and subsurface channels and borrow pits, a solution applicable to drowning estuaries worldwide. Integration of marsh mineral/organic accretion history with modeling provides parameters for marsh preservation at specific locales with sea level rise.

Translating spiritual experience into environmental stewardship at Jamaica Bay, New York City

Urban Nature ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 144-165
Author(s):  
Zachary Garcia ◽  
Sonya Sachdeva ◽  
Lindsay Campbell ◽  
Erika Svendsen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Spiritual Experience ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Jamaica Bay

scholarly journals Slow-Walk: Climate as Volatility and Expansive Political Practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-92
Author(s):  
May Joseph
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Barrier Island ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Political Practice ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Jamaica Bay ◽  
2004 Tsunami

A lone tree stands in the midst of a devastated landscape at Rikuzentakata, Japan. At Aceh, Malacca, a whole generation is washed out by the 2004 tsunami. At Beach 116, Far Rockaway, New York City, the entire street is swept away as the sea rolls in from the ocean toward the Jamaica Bay end of the avenue, built on a slope from ocean to bay on a barrier island. These scenes of climate volatility arouse in coastal communities a sense of vulnerability, of risk as a way of life. It is a daily choreography of uncertainty whose underlying structures shape the performance work of the movement-based theater company Harmattan Theater, which I started in 2009.

Building Resilience of Urban Ecosystems and Communities to Sea-Level Rise: Jamaica Bay, New York City

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-115
Author(s):  
A. Saleem Khan ◽  
Kytt MacManus ◽  
Jane Mills ◽  
Malgosia Madajewicz ◽  
Laxmi Ramasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
York City ◽  
Urban Ecosystems ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
Jamaica Bay

Anthropogenic and climate-change impacts on salt marshes of Jamaica Bay, New York City

Wetlands ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Kracauer Hartig ◽  
Vivien Gornitz ◽  
Alexander Kolker ◽  
Frederick Mushacke ◽  
David Fallon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
York City ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Jamaica Bay

Building Resilience of Urban Ecosystems and Communities to Sea-Level Rise: Jamaica Bay, New York City

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
A. Saleem Khan ◽  
Kytt MacManus ◽  
Jane Mills ◽  
Malgosia Madajewicz ◽  
Laxmi Ramasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
York City ◽  
Urban Ecosystems ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
Jamaica Bay

An Important Armenian MS. with Greek Miniatures

1942 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
H. Kurdian
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Christian Iconography

In 1941 while in New York City I was fortunate enough to purchase an Armenian MS. which I believe will be of interest to students of Eastern Christian iconography.

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