The 2010 BioBlitz was held at Gateway National Park's Floyd Bennett Field, Plum Beach and Dead Horse Bay units in around Jamaica Bay...It was seamlessly coordinated by Assistant Professor Rebecca Boger (Brooklyn College) and Park Ranger Jessica Browning (National Parks Service)...
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The 24 hour event began at 3pm Friday June 11th and ended at 3pm June 11th, 2010...It was a fun event which served as a learning experience for the scientists, amateur naturalists and children who participated...There was a total of over 500 species located and identified during the 24 hour period...
Even though BioBlitz 2010, is history, the counting is still going on. Final results should be ready in a few weeks as lab tests come back to us. Below is a *preliminary* count as of the close of BioBlitz 2010:
Species Count as of 2:30 PM, 6/12/2010 | |
| Aquatic Plant | 60 |
Bird | 47 |
| Bryophyte | 10 |
| Fish | 15 |
| Herp | 6 |
| Mammal | 10 |
| Marine Invertebrate | 55 |
| Terrestrial Inverebrate | 164 |
| Terrestrial Plant | 149 |
| *Preliminary Total* | 516* |
