Talk:Jamaica Bay

Jamaica Bay | Ecology
This section appears to have been copied verbatim from a government report - deleted. A more extensive Ecology section would be worthwhile here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brooklynbiology (talk • contribs) 18:37, 21 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I've now updated the section on Ecology, including references to the original sources. Brooklynbiology (talk) 16:00, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Why is it called Jamaica Bay?
I am a citizen of Jamaica, the island nation probably best known for being the home of Bob Marley and for having one of the highest murder rates in the world. The name "Jamaica", we are told, is an Anglicization of the Taino name Xaymaca, meaning "Land of Wood and Water". "Jamaica" is therefore a rather odd name with a rather odd origin, and it is unlikely that another place named "Jamaica" would have been so named independent of reference to this one. Does anyone have any citable references as to the origin of the name "Jamaica Bay"? Respectfully, SamBlob 17:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It's a corruption of a local Indian tribe, the Yamocah (the community of Jamaica, Queens, for which the bay is named, was where they lived. I suppose the early colonists, who were certainly familiar with the names of other British colonies in the New World, may have found the two easily confused. Daniel Case (talk) 17:35, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Not a "tribe", but a place name the Lenape people gave to the area. Europeans associated the place-name with the people who lived there, and so called them by it.  In reality, these people had the same language, culture, and beliefs as many of their neighbors in other nearby settlements of the same people, and were not different "tribes." Shoreranger (talk) 19:59, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Rehab
There's been a decent bit of rehabilitation done on the Jamaica Bay area, including, notably, the establishment of oyster beds to filter the water. Right now I'm busy with SNL pages, but I'll help this article out once I have some spare time. That said, I work in entertainment, not ecology or the like, so I do feel like this may be better suited to someone else. A good NY Times article http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/nyregion/24oysters.html Mainly.generic (talk) 04:21, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Is this article about the Bay or the Wildlife Refuge?
Right now it's about both, and somewhat confusing. The title of the article is "Jamaica Bay," but the lead paragraph begins, "Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is..." A redirect was created back in 2003 for the latter, and text was subsequently added to the lead section describing the refuge. The remainder of the article is mainly about the water body. Typically there would be separate articles describing: There can be overlapping information in the two articles, of course. If there is no objection I will create a new article about the refuge. Moreau1 (talk) 05:13, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * the water body (Jamaica Bay), a natural geographic feature (human alterations not withstanding), and
 * the wildlife refuge, a "cultural feature," as the geographers would say.


 * Split this should be a geography article, not a wildlife refuge article. 76.66.200.95 (talk) 05:31, 25 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Article split as per above. New article added at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. I added a Geobox to the instant article. Anyone with data on bay parameters (tributaries, coordinates, etc.) please add these to the infobox. Thanks. Moreau1 (talk) 03:25, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Bibliography - Ecology
I'm working on expanding the ecology section of this article, and am starting to put together a bibliography for this section. I've already made a first round of edits, but plan on expanding this section to bring it up to date, and in line with recent research on the region.

Wiki Education assignment: Principles of Ecology
— Assignment last updated by KMorales34 (talk) 16:17, 27 October 2022 (UTC)