Assessment of Historical Phytoplankton Characteristics and Bloom Phenomena in the New York Harbor Estuarine and New York Bight Ecosystems - NYNJHEP_phytoplanktonchar

There are four major monitoring programs from which data were obtained: the New York City, Harbor Survey, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP); the Interstate Sanitation Commission (ISSC); the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in conjunction with the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); and the Gateway National Park, National Park Service (NPS).

The compiled data addresses the following topics:Chlorophyll a- Index of Phytoplankton Abundance, Phytoplankton Species and Biomass, Bloom Conditions Versus Environmental & Water Quality Variables, Algal Bloom Index: Nature of Bloom Impacts and Historical Analysis of Bloom Impacts.