Sediment redistributed by coastal marsh mosquito ditching in cape may county, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-93

  Kirby, Ronald E ^a   Widjeskog, Lee E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

dredging; geomorphology; mid Atlantic coast; mosquito control; Ochlerotatus sollicitans; Salt marsh; sea level rise; sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DREDGING; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN WATER; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION;

CAPE MAY COUNTY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

OCHLEROTATUS SOLLICITANS;

EID: 84872912933     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00002.1     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Adamowicz, S.C. and Roman, C.T., 2005. New England salt marsh pools: A quantitative analysis of and geographic features. Wetlands, 25(2), 279-288 (Pubitemid 44515901)
2. Anderson, R.R. and Wobber, F.J., 1973. Wetlands mapping in New Jersey. Photogrammetric Engineering, 39(4), 353-358
3. Bourn, W.S. and Cottam, C., 1950. Some Biological Effects of Ditching Tidewater Marshes. Washington, D.C.: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, Research Report 19, 17p.
4. Bromberg, K.D. and Bertness, M.D., 2005. Reconstructing New England salt marsh losses using historical maps. Estuaries, 28(6), 823-832 (Pubitemid 43128924)
5. Brown, W.W., 1978. Wetland mapping in New Jersey and New York. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 44(3), 303-314
6. Bruder, K.W., 1980. The establishment of unified open marsh water management standards in New Jersey. Proceedings of the New Jersey Mosquito Control Association, 67, 72-76
7. Cahoon, D.R. and Guntenspergen, G.R., 2010. Climate change, sealevel rise, and coastal wetlands. National Wetlands Newsletter 32(1), 8-12
8. Carson, B.; Ashley, G.M.; Lennon, G.P.; Weisman, R.N.; Nadeau, J.E.; Hall, M.J.; Faas, R.W.; Zeff, M.L.; Grizzle, R.E.; Schuepfer, F.E.; Young, C.L.; Meglis, A.J.; Carney, K.F., and Gabriel, R., 1988 Hydrodynamics and sedimentation in a back-barrier lagoon-salt marsh system, Great Sound, New Jersey - a summary. Marine Geology, 82(1-2), 123-132
9. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. (Titus, J.B. [Coordinating Lead Author]
10. CCSP (Climate Change Science Program), 2009. Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region. A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. (Titus, J.B. [Coordinating Lead Author]; Anderson, K.E.; Cahoon, D.R.; Gesch, D.B.; Gill, S.K.; Gutierrez, B.T.; Thieler, E.R., and Williams S.J. [Lead Authors]). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 320p.
11. Christiansen, T.; Wiberg, P.L., and Milligan, T.G., 2000. Flow and sediment transport on a tidal salt marsh surface. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 50(3), 315-331
12. Cook, G.H. 1867. Third Annual Report on the Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey for the Year 1866. Trenton, New Jersey: Office of the State Gazette, 27p.
13. Crain, C.M.; Gedan, K.B., and Dionne, M., 2009. Tidal restrictions and mosquito ditching in New England marshes. In: Silliman, B.R.; Grosholz, B.E., and Berkness, M. (eds.), Human Impacts on Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, pp.149-169
14. Culberson, S.D.; Foin, T.C., and Collins, J.N. 2004. The role of estuary sedimentation in estuarine marsh development within the San Francisco Estuary, California, USA. Journal of Coastal Research, 20(4), 970-979 (Pubitemid 39558560)
15. Daiber, F.C. 1986. Conservation of Tidal Marshes. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc., 341p.
16. Douglas, B.B., 2005. Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coast sea level change. Geophysical Monograph, 161(352), 111-121
17. Englehart, S.E.; Horton, B.P.; Douglas, B.C.; Peltier, W.R., and To?rnqvist, T.E., 2009. Spatial variability of late Holocene and 20th century sea-level rise along the Atlantic coast of the United States. Geology 37(12), 1115-1118
18. Erwin, R.M.; Cahoon, D.R.; Prosser, D.J.; Sanders, G.M., and Hensel, P., 2006a. Surface elevation dynamics in vegetated Spartina marshes versus unvegetated tidal ponds along the mid-Atlantic Coast, USA, with implications to waterbirds. Estuaries and Coasts, 29(1), 96-106 (Pubitemid 44048885)
19. Erwin, R.M.; Dawson, D.K.; Stouts, D.B.; McAllister, L.S., and Geissler, P.H., 1991. Open marsh water management in the Mid- Atlantic region: Surveys of waterbird use. Wetlands, 11(2), 209- 227
20. Erwin, R.M.; Sanders, G.M.; Prosser, D.J., and Cahoon, D.R., 2006b. High tides and rising seas: Potential effects on estuarine waterbirds. . Studies in Avian Biology, 32, 214-228 (Pubitemid 44901268)
21. Faas, R.W. and Carson, B., 1988. Short-term deposition and long-term accumulation of lagoonal sediment, Great Sound, New Jersey. Marine Geology, 82(1-2), 123-132
22. Ferrigno, F.; McNamara, L.G., and Jobbins, D.M., 1969. Ecological approach for improved management of coastal meadowlands. Proceedings of the New Jersey Mosquito Control Association, 56, 188-202
23. Ferrigno, F.; Slavin P., and Jobbins D.M., 1975. Salt marsh water management for mosquito control. Proceedings of the New Jersey Mosquito Control Association, 62, 30-38
24. Friedrichs, C.T. and Perry, J.E., 2001. Tidal salt marsh morphodynamics: A synthesis. Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue No. 27, 7-37
25. Gedan, K.B.; Silliman, B.R., and Bertness, M.D., 2009. Centuries of human-driven change in salt marsh ecosystems. Annual Review of Marine Science, 2009(1), 117-141 Geological Survey of New Jersey [1884-1888]
26. Cook, G.H., State Geologist, and Vermeule, C.C., Topographer, New Jersey state map, New Jersey relief map, and 17 numbered plates. New York: Julius Bien and Company. Available at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/ njgs/enviroed/Sheets/as17. pdf
27. Hand, M., Jr., 1912. Map of Cape May County, New Jersey. Cape May Court House, New Jersey:Morgan Hand, Jr. (on file at the Cape May Museum, Cape May Court House, New Jersey, 504 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210, U.S.A. and at http://mapmaker. rutgers.edu/CAPE-MAY-COUNTY/CapeMayCo-1912.jpg
28. Hansen, J., 1974. Mosquito control work accomplished and money expended for the work in Cape May County in 1974. Cape May Court House, New Jersey: Report, Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission. 15p.
29. Hansen, J., 1979. Reduced use of pesticides through Open Marsh Water Management. Proceedings of the Florida Anti-Mosquito Association Meeting, 50, 43-46
30. Headlee, T.J., 1914. Anti-mosquito work of the New Jersey Experiment Station. Mosquito Extermination Proceedings, 1, 30-39
31. Headlee, T.J., 1945. The Mosquitoes of New Jersey and Their Control. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 326p.
32. Hunt, R., 1916. Progress on mosquito control in New Jersey. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association, 3, 78-86
33. Kelley, J.T., 1975. Sediment and heavy metal distribution in a coastal lagoon complex, Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Lehigh University, Wetlands Institute Reprint #3, 56p.
34. Kelley, J.T., 1980a. Sediment introduction and deposition in a coastal lagoon, Cape May, New Jersey. In: Kennedy, V.S. (ed.), Estuarine Perspectives. New York: Academic, pp. 379-388
35. Kelley, J.T., 1980b. Sources of Tidal Inlet Suspended Sediment, Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Bethelem, Pennsylvania: Lehigh University, doctoral thesis, 178p.
36. Kelley, J.T., 1983. Composition and origin of the inorganic fraction of southern New Jersey coastal mud deposits. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 94, 689-699
37. Kennish, M.J., 2001. Coastal saltmarsh systems in the U.S.: A review of anthropogenic impacts. Journal of Coastal Research, 17(3), 731-748 (Pubitemid 32925526)
38. Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; D'Alpaos, A.; Morris, J.T.; Mudd, S.M., and Temmerman, S., 2010. Limits on the adaptability of coastal marshes to rising sea level. Geophysical Research Letters 37, L23401, 5p.
39. Kirwan, M.L. and Murray, A.B., 2007. A coupled geomorphic and ecological model of tidal marsh evolution. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(15), 6118-6122 (Pubitemid 47186058)
40. Kitchell, W., 1857. Geology of the County of Cape May, State of New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey: Office of the True American, 211p.
41. Klaas, E.E. and Belisle, A.A., 1977. Organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in selected fauna from a New Jersey salt marsh - 1967 vs. 1973. Pesticides Monitoring Journal, 10(4):149-158 (Pubitemid 8097284)
42. Lathrop, R.G.; Cole, M.B., and Showalter, R.D., 2000. Quantifying the habitat structure and spatial pattern of New Jersey (U.S.A.) salt marshes under different management regimes. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 8, 163-172 (Pubitemid 30457840)
43. Markley, M.L., 1977. Soil Survey of Cape May County, New Jersey. National Cooperative Soil Survey. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, in Cooperation with the New Jersey gricultural Experiment Station, Cook College, Rutgers University, and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, State Soil Conservation Committee.) U.S. Government Printing Office. 48p., 30 maps, and keys
44. Miller, F.W., 1925. Cape May County Salt Marsh Survey. Report to Cape May County Mosquito Extermination Commission by the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Pamphlet, 8p.
45. Mitchell, L.R.; Gabrey, S.; Marra, P.P., and Erwin, R.M., 2006. Impacts of marsh management on coastal marsh-bird habitats. Studies in Avian Biology 32, 155-175 (Pubitemid 44901264)
46. Nichols, R. and Leatherman, S., 1996. Adapting to sea-level rise: Relative sea-level trends to 2100 for the United States. Coastal Management, 24(4), 301-324
47. Nordstrom, K.F.;Hastings, R.W., and Bonsall, S., 1974. An Environmental Impact Assessment of Maintenance Dredging of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Marine Science Center, Rutgers University Technical Report, 74-1, 122p.
48. Psuty, N.P., 1986. Holocene sea level in New Jersey. Physical Geography, 7(2), 156-167 (Pubitemid 17266504)
49. Rahmstorf, S.; Cazenave, A.; Church, J.A.; Hansen, J.E.; Keeling, R.F.; Parker, D.E., and Somerville, R.C.J., 2007. Recent climate observations compared to projections. Science, 316(5825), 709 (Pubitemid 46717671)
50. Redfield, A.C., 1972. Development of a New England salt marsh. Ecological Monographs, 42(2), 201-237
51. Spencer, H.E., Jr., 1982. Black Duck Management Plan for North America 1980-2000, Black Duck Committee. Augusta, Maine: Atlantic Flyway Council, 35p.
52. Stumpf, R.P., 1983. The process of sedimentation on the surface of a salt marsh. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 17(5), 495-508
53. Thorbjarnarson, K.W.; Nittrouer, C.A.; DeMaster, D.J., and McKinney, R.B., 1985. Sediment accumulation in a back-barrier lagoon, Great Sound, New Jersey. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 55(6), 856-863
54. Tiner, R.W., Jr., 1985. Wetlands of New Jersey. Newton Corner, Massachusetts: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory, 117p.
55. Vassallo, C.F., 1988. Geomorphic History and Sediment Dynamics of a Dredged Inlet on a Developed Shoreline: Townsends Inlet, New Jersey. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University, Master's thesis, 144p.
56. Young, C.L.; Weisman, R.N., and Lennon, G.P., 1988. Modeling deposition of suspensate in Great Sound, New Jersey. Marine Geology, 82(1-2), 49-60
57. Zervas, C., 2006. Sea Level Variations for the United States, 1854- 2006. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Ocean Service. NOAA Technical Report NOS CO-OPS 053, 78 p. + Appendices I-V.