Table of Contents

 

I. WATERSHED PLANT COMMUNITIES

A. Barrier Islands

B. Tidal Wetlands

C. Uplands and Freshwater Wetlands

 

II. SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION

 

III. PLANKTON

A. Phytoplankton

B. Zooplankton

    1. Introduction

    2. Zooplankton Characteristics

        a. Microzooplankton

        b. Macrozooplankton

    3. Conclusions

 

IV. BENTHIC FAUNA

A. Faunal Categories

    1. Infauna

    2. Mobile Epifauna

    3. Fouling Organisms

    4. Boring Organisms (Teredinids)

B. Conclusions

 

V. FINFISH

A. Estuarine Fish

B. Freshwater Fish

 

VI. CRUSTACEANS

 

VII. SHELLFISH

 

VIII. BIRDS

A. Colonial Nesting Birds

B. Nesting Shorebirds

    1. American Oystercatchers, Willets, and Piping Plovers

    2. Clapper Rails

    2. Migratory Shorebirds

    3. Waterfowl

F. Raptors

G. Songbirds

    1. Estuarine (Marsh) Associated Birds

    2. Neotropical Migrant Landbirds: Forest, Scrub-shrub, Grassland Species

    3. Management Recommendations

 

IX. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

A. Introduction

B. Frogs and Toads

C. Salamanders and Lizards

D. Turtles

E. Snakes

F. Conservation and Management

    1. Reasons for the Decline of Amphibian and Reptile Populations

    2. Management Considerations and Recommendations for Amphibians and Reptiles

 

X. MAMMALS

A. Fur-bearing Mammals

B. Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of the Jersey Shore

     1. Introduction

    2. Seasonal Bay Inhabitants

    3. Threats to the Species Inhabiting the New Jersey Coast

    4. Data collection

C. Land Mammals

 

XI. INSECTS

A. Special Problems

 

XII. THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES

 

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