Summer Environmental StudyJessica Valenti
2016 The Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
Jessica Valenti is a PhD candidate in the Biological Oceanography program at Rutgers University, NJ. Her research will focus on assessing how the urbanization (human development) of the watershed surrounding Barnegat Bay, NJ, impacts the fishes living in the bay. She will test for the possibility of a pollution signature in summer flounder otoliths (ear stones) and compare fish communities in natural creeks versus fish communities in creeks with bulkheading to determine if there are differences between fish communities in those two habitats.
The Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship
To promote environmental studies by students who are residents of New Jersey or nonresidents studying in New Jersey or its adjacent waters.
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