Research Projects 

Dissolved Oxygen and Rainfall's Correlation In Cascade Brook by Julia Purrazzella. 

Data collected from the Black Rock Forest virtual data set to find a correlation between dissolved oxygen and rain. 

2nd Place in the Intro to Marine Biology Research 2020-2021 Projects. 

How to Maintain a Recirculating Aquaculture System and Keep the Organisms Healthy by Julia Purrazzella.

Discusses the maintenance of a RAS tank in a high school marine biology lab. 

1st Place in the Intermediate Marine Biology Research 2021-2022 Projects. 

Carbon Dioxide levels changes throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic 

SEALs Project 2021 

Discusses the Carbon Dioxide levels in NYC collected directly from sites in two NY boroughs and their changes in relation to the national data for 2021. Carbon Dioxide is the main driver of climate change so this was important to learn about to see if the pandemic helped or hurt the levels of Co2.

By: Katherine Mumford, Arlo Kane, Nicholas Pabotoy, Julia Purrazzella,  Aelish Mullaney, Dakota Rogers

RipRap Project (Year 1, 2021-2022) 

The monitoring of marine debris on Governors Island's riprap and physical chemistry in the NY Harbor by the Harbor SEALs Civic Science club. 

To see data results look at slides 45-52. 

Riprap Year 2 Research Paper

Continued research and categorization by the Harbor SEALs to monitor marine debris and physical chemistry of NY Harbor.