Institute: New Jersey
Year Established: 2009 Start Date: 2009-03-01 End Date: 2010-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $5,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $10,000
Principal Investigators: Sean Bugel, Keith Cooper
Project Summary: The research proposed here fits with the New Jersey Water Resource Research Institute’s first and second priorities of addressing water quality in New Jersey by (1) studying the link between waterborne PAH exposure and reproductive effects in fish, (2) assessing endocrine activity of NJ sewage treatment plant effluents and (3) expanding a biomonitoring program to assess reproductive health of fish within New Jersey waters. Reproductive health of finfish inhabiting and migrating into NJ waters is important for efforts to restore sustainable populations and serves as an important bioindicator of water quality.