Berry’s Creek marsh
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Berry’s Creek marsh is a tidal salt marsh in the New Jersey Meadowlands known for its ecological importance and legacy of industrial pollution and contamination.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Berry’s Creek marsh canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | tidal salt marsh ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
industrial areas of the Meadowlands
ⓘ
transportation infrastructure in the Meadowlands ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ecoregion | Atlantic coastal marshes ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
chromium contamination
ⓘ
mercury contamination ⓘ organic chemical contamination ⓘ other heavy metal contamination ⓘ polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType |
brackish marsh
ⓘ
estuarine marsh ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
floodwater storage
ⓘ
nutrient cycling ⓘ shoreline stabilization ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ |
| hasSalinity | brackish to saline ⓘ |
| hasTidalInfluence | yes ⓘ |
| hasTidalRange | influenced by tides of the Hackensack River ⓘ |
| historicallyImpactedBy |
chemical manufacturing
ⓘ
industrial waste disposal ⓘ |
| hydrologicallyConnectedTo | Berry’s Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ecological importance
ⓘ
legacy of contamination ⓘ legacy of industrial pollution ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bergen County, New Jersey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Jersey Meadowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ State of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Jersey Meadowlands Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | New York City metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Berry’s Creek Study Area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hackensack River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ New Jersey Meadowlands wetland complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Ventron/Velsicol Superfund site area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | Superfund-affected area ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
contaminant fate and transport studies
ⓘ
ecological risk assessments ⓘ environmental remediation planning ⓘ |
| supports |
benthic invertebrates
ⓘ
fish populations ⓘ saltmarsh vegetation ⓘ wading birds ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ |
| tributaryTo | Hackensack River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.