<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>NJDEP - Water Monitoring and Standards - Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring</dc:creator><dc:description>In 2024, the Bureau of Freshwater and Biological Monitoring conducted macrophyte surveys on seven reference lakes. The goals of the surveys are to check status of general lake ecosystem health, determine the presence / absence of invasive species, determine the presence of RTE species, and track changes in plant community.</dc:description><dc:format>ArcGIS FeatureLayer</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/9f30822979bc4c528370966f173045e6_135</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) Bureau of GIS</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>Aquatic Macrophyte Surveys (Species Table) [New Jersey]</dc:title><dc:type>Web services</dc:type><dc:coverage>New Jersey</dc:coverage><dc:date>Last Modified: 2025-11-24</dc:date></oai_dc:dc>