Description: This data represents point sites sampled by NJDEP as part of its Ambient Biomonitoring Network (AMNET). Sites are sampled in every Watershed Management Area (WMA) in the State. Historically, the New Jersey Impairment Score (NJIS), based on family level taxonomy, was used for the entire state to make assessments at three levels of impairment; non-impaired, moderately impaired, and severely impaired. Indices were developed, based on genus level taxonomy and grouped into three distinct geographical regions: high gradient (above the Fall Line), low gradient (Coastal Plain excluding the Pinelands), and Pinelands (the boundary of the Pinelands National Reserve plus a 5-km buffer). These indices are called High Gradient Macroinvertebrate Index (HGMI), Coastal Plain Macroinvertebrate Index (CPMI), and the Pinelands Macroinvertebrate Index (PMI). These indices replace the NJIS and offer a greater level of resolution using four levels of assessment; excellent, good, fair, and poor. Round 1 data has been assessed using NJIS, while all subsequent rounds are assessed using the HGMI, CPMI, or PMI.
Description: This dataset is a GIS layer of points representing ambient stream sites monitored cooperatively by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and the US Geological Survey (USGS) for water quality parameters. It includes fields identifying the type of station for each monitoring year.
Name: 2014 New Jersey Integrated List of Waters (Integrated List)
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Description: This data consists of the 2014 New Jersey Integrated List of Waters (Integrated List) prepared as Appendix A of the 2014 NJ Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. This data represents the results of assessing NJ's 958 assessment units to determine if applicable designated use(s) was(were) attained. The data reflects which of five sublists each assessment/designated use combination was assigned,
Description: This data is a graphic representation of the Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring’s (BMWM) water quality monitoring points. Points shown belong to at least one of the following monitoring programs at the Bureau; National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP); Coastal Water Quality Network (CWQN); Phytoplankton Network (PHYTO).
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Description: During the growing season (June through September), a gross estimate of total areal coverage of dominant type(s) of macrophytes are made for lakes in the lake monitoring network. The lake macrophyte extent is determined by visual observations during a monitoring event and marked on an aerial photograph map.