Project:

Comparison of plant species in Big Egg Marsh in Jamaica Bay, NY before and after Hurricane Sandy

Students:

Zahir Shaddick, Prescilla Narain, yvette domond

School:

queens high school for information, research and technology, Queens

Mentors:

Donna Artola

Abstract:

A previously isolated pond in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge has been infiltrated by sea water when a section of the pathway surrounding the pond was washed away by Hurricane Sandy. This change in water composition may have altered the type or number of plant species that live in that ecosystem. We will compare the plants we find with the previously reported species recorded in 2002 before the destruction of Hurricane Sandy.

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