First and foremost, I would like to recognize that the completion of the capstone project titled “Evaluating the Impact Detached Breakwaters have Habitat Enhancement of American Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in the Delaware Bay” was a tremendous source of experience and knowledge that will help propel my post-academic career. I would like to take the time and recognize those individuals who assisted me through this project's journey, as without them, this project would never have been possible. First, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my capstone advisors Dr. Shah Alam Khan & Steven Hafner. Without their support, guidance, and overall encouragement, this capstone would have never been finalized into the final product it has become. Their expertise and knowledge paved the way for this research to be completed.

I would also like to give a special thanks to the Stockton University Coastal Research Center and the Stockton University Marine Field Station for contributing to this capstone project. It is their ongoing work at Money Island that made this project possible by allowing me to tag along with their data collection and for allowing me to process the data that was collected for my own academic research. I want to bring special attention to some individuals within the Coastal Research Center (Matthew Deibert & Holly Pimpinelli) for assisting with data collection and offloading processes associated with the project.

Another contributor I would like to give special thanks is the American Littoral Society out of Millville, New Jersey. I would like to personally thank them for providing me with American Horseshoe Crabs over the past years and allowing me to accompany them during their surveys in June 2023. Special thanks to Quinn Whitesall for being so helpful during this capstone project.

Finally, I want to recognize the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Blue Acres Program. If not for their restoration work along Money Island, there would be research for this capstone project. I would also like to thank the NJDEP for allowing a collegiate student to undergo further research at their project location. Especially considering the short time frame between NJDEP’s restoration project and this capstone report.