Field studies and aerial photograph interpretation suggest that large sections of Jamaica Bay
salt marshes in New York City near John F. Kennedy International Airport are deteriorating …

The greater New York City region, with over 2400 km of shoreline, will be vulnerable to
accelerated sea level rise (SLR) due to anticipated climate warming. Accelerated SLR would …

Dense cities represent biogeochemical hot spots along the shoreline, concentrating fixed
nitrogen that is subsequently discharged into adjacent coastal receiving waters. Thus, the …

New York City (NYC) is threatened by 21st-century relative sea-level (RSL) rise because it
will experience a trend that exceeds the global mean and has high concentrations of low-…

Chronic early-life stress increases adult susceptibility to numerous health problems linked
to chronic inflammation. One way that this may occur is via glucocorticoid-induced …

The salt marshes of Jamaica Bay serve as a recreational outlet for New York City residents,
mitigate wave impacts during coastal storms, and provide habitat for critical wildlife species. …

The zebrafish has recently emerged as a model system for investigating the developmental
roles of glucocorticoid signaling and the mechanisms underlying glucocorticoid-induced …

High-magnitude storm events such as Hurricane Sandy are powerful agents of geomorphic
change in coastal marshes, potentially altering their surface elevation trajectories. But how …

Naturally-occurring wetlands perform such functions as flood control, pollution filtration, nutrient
recycling, sediment accretion, groundwater recharge and water supply, erosion control, …

… From 1924 to 1999, Jamaica Bay experienced a conversion of more than 50 percent of
its vegetated saltmarsh islands into nonvegetated intertidal and subtidal mudflats (Hartig …