Skip to navigation

The Georgica Pond Project

An investigation led by the Gobler laboratory of Stony Brook University

  • Home
  • Return to Content

Menu 1

  • The Project
  • The Plan
  • Chapman Perelman Foundation Water Body Remediation Summit
  • News and Updates
  • Real-time Water Quality Data
  • Images
  • Links

Images

Georgica Pond and its tributaries.
Cut closed
Cut open

Sailing is enjoyed by many on the Pond.
A beautiful ecosystem for all to enjoy.
Georgica Pond has one of the most productive blue crab fisheries on Long Island.

Thick stand of macroalgae in Georgica Cove, July 2014.
Macroalgae covering Georgica Cove, summer 2014.
Double trouble: Macroalgae strands amid a blue-green algae bloom.

Anabaena was the most abundant of the blue-green algae in Georgica Pond in 2014.
Dynamics of blue-green algae in 2014
The presence of toxic blue-green algae forced the closure of the Pond to crab harvest in the summer of 2014.

Macroalgae begin to grow in Georgica Cove, May 2015.
Cut in the open position
When the cut is open, groundwater can be visually seen seeping into the Pond.

Opening of the cut on October 15 2014 flushed the blue-green algae bloom out of the Pond.
R2-D2? No, its the Stony Brook Water Quality buoy in the southeast corner of the Pond.
Ryan Wallace readies the water quality buoy for deployment.

Rob McCabe prepares the water quality buoy.
The watershed, or water contributing area, of Georgica Pond.
Jankowiak, Gobler, Wallace

Post navigation

Powered by WordPress & Highwind.

Back to top
Skip to toolbar
  • Log In