What is the HRBMP database?
The database consists of all the data collected through the various HRBMP survey components. The HRBMP completed its first series of river wide surveys in 1974 and covered the extent of the Hudson River Estuary from the Troy Dam in Albany to Battery Park. For a full history of what led to the development of the HRBMP see the History page, and for a general overview of the HRBMP survey see The Surveys drop down menu, which has a series of pages for each of the 6 main HRBMP surveys.
Metadata
Due to the complexity of the database, the HRBMP team developed a suite of metadata documents for the main HRBMP surveys including the Long River, Fall Juvenile, Beach Seine, and Water Quality Surveys. The metadata documents are available for download and include a description of the survey with summary figures and tables, data dictionary documenting all variables collected by the survey, timeline of survey protocol changes, and metadata records in HTML and XML format.
Click here for the Long River Survey metadata documents.
Click here for the Fall Juvenile Survey metadata documents.
Click here for the Beach Seine Survey metadata documents.
Click here for the Water Quality Survey metadata documents.
Data Requests
Those interested in accessing the HRBMP database should review the metadata documents before contacting the HRBMP team. For more information about making a data request please email Yong Chen (yong.chen.2@stonybrook.edu), Stephanie Arsenault (stephanie.arsenault@