Barnegat Bay is home to a diverse suite of organisms and rich coastal habitats, including a maritime forest, tidal creeks, salt marsh, freshwater ponds, brackish impoundment, and bayshore environments. The entire Bay is included in the U.S. Coastal Plain biodiversity hotspot, an area of high levels of biodiversity that have great need for protection from high threats of human impact.

Learn more about the wildlife found at the Lighthouse Center using our species compendium pages found below.

Species Compendium