Since 2017, the Barnegat Bay Partnership has operated continuous water quality monitoring stations at three sites in the bay to track changes in critical parameters such as temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, salinity and pH. These long-term stations, in Beach Haven, Seaside Park and Mantoloking, transmit real-time data to the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and the Rutgers University Continuous Data Monitoring Program website.

“The Barnegat Bay is home to more than 3,600 species of plants, fish, shellfish and birds, making it one of the most…