MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: New Jersey Research and Monitoring Initiative Eco-glider Surveys

MATOS Project Code: RMIgliders

Data Type: Deployment

Project Duration: September 2022 - December 2025

Project Description: This project uses Slocum glider deployments to perform seasonal surveys of environmental and biological features in the coastal shelf waters of New Jersey as part of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's research and monitoring efforts to support offshore wind development. The gliders usually carry a CTD, a Seabird Scientific ECO triplet fluorescence/backscatter/chlorophyll-a sensor, an Aanderaa dissolved oxygen sensor, and either active or passive acoustics.

Objectives:

environmental and biological monitoring

Principal Investigator:	Grace Saba (Mid - Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System)
Email:	saba@marine.rutgers.edu

Point of Contact:	Laura Nazzaro
Email:	nazzaro@marine.rutgers.edu

Collaborators:

Kira Lawrence (NJBPU)
Reneé Reilly (NJDEP)
Michael Crowley (Rutgers)
Josh Kohut (Rutgers)

Participating Organizations:

NJBPU
NJDEP
Rutgers University

Funding:

NJDEP

External URL: https://rowlrs.marine.rutgers.edu/research/new-jersey-department-of-environment-protection-research-and-monitoring-initiative-rmi/eco-gliders/, https://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu, https://www.state.nj.us/dep/wms/bmw/glider.html

RUCOOL NJRMI Eco-glider Surveys