{"id":6165,"date":"2024-10-07T16:13:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/?page_id=6165"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:14:25","slug":"fleming-noaa-fisheries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/fleming-noaa-fisheries\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigating the impacts of estuarine water quality and ecological regime shifts on fish species in the northeastern United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-2497 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/profile\/caroline-fleming\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/urban\/files\/2020\/08\/Headshot2_CFleming-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Caroline Fleming Ianniello headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2020\/08\/Headshot2_CFleming-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2020\/08\/Headshot2_CFleming-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Caroline Fleming<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago \/ Tufts University<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Project Partner: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/about\/northeast-fisheries-science-center\">NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeastern Fisheries Science Center<\/a>, Summer 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Summary: <\/strong>Atlantic menhaden, an economically important commercial fishery, is sensitive to poor water quality from urban and agricultural pollution in estuaries that can result in fish kills. The Narragansett Bay estuary downstream from Providence, Rhode Island, has an active menhaden fishery, and stakeholders are interested in understanding the relationship between water quality and the presence and abundance of menhaden. Caroline\u2019s internship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/about\/northeast-ecosystem-dynamics-and-assessment\">NOAA\u2019s Ecosystem Dynamics and Assessment Branch<\/a> focused on analyzing how water quality metrics\u2014such as dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and pH\u2014impact menhaden in the Bay. Using data from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management\u2019s aerial menhaden spotter program and the Narragansett Bay Fixed-Site Water Quality Monitoring Network, Caroline\u2019s analysis revealed that the presence of menhaden in the Bay is sensitive to changes in dissolved oxygen and pH, offering valuable insights into ecosystem-based management for this important species.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Deliverables: <\/strong>Caroline developed code, data visualizations, and a preliminary report. She was recently awarded funding through the NSF INTERN program to work full- time with NOAA NMFS for five months next year, extending these analyses for a chapter of her dissertation and contributing to the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/new-england-mid-atlantic\/ecosystems\/state-ecosystem-reports-northeast-us-shelf\">State of the Ecosystem Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo1-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"wp-image-6166 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo1-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo2-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"wp-image-6167 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo2-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2024\/10\/Fleming-2023_Internship-Photo2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watch Caroline&#8217;s URBAN Internship lightning talk <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/22LqGqlxHHM?si=SbIyTh37tqF_a1LX\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Partner: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeastern Fisheries Science Center, Summer 2023 Project Summary: Atlantic menhaden, an economically important commercial fishery, is sensitive to poor water quality from urban and agricultural pollution in estuaries that can result in fish kills. The Narragansett Bay estuary downstream from Providence, Rhode Island, has an active menhaden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16792,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6168,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6165\/revisions\/6168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}