Barn Island Wildlife Management Area Research Citations

Adamowicz, S. C. and C. T. Roman (2005) New England salt marsh pools: A quantitative analysis of geomorphic and geographic features. Wetlands 25:279-288.

Allen, E. A., P. E. Fell, M. A. Peck, J. A. Geig, C. R. Guthke, M. D. Newkirk. 1994. Gut contents of common mummichogs, Fundulus heteroclitus L., in a restored impounded marsh and in natural reference marshes. Estuaries 17:462-471.

Andreadis, T.G., T.F. Anderson, F. John, S.J. Tirrell-Peck. 1998. Multiple isolations of Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Highlands J Viruses from mosquitoes (Diptera:Culicidae) during a 1996 epizootic in southeastern Connecticut. J. Med. Entomology 35:296-302.

Barrett, N. E. and W. A. Niering. 1993. Tidal marsh restoration: Trends in vegetation change using a geographical information system (GIS). Restoration Ecology. March: 18-28.

Bellet, L. 2000. The impacts of accelerated relative sea level rise on Connecticut tidal marshes. M.A. Thesis. Department of Botany, Connecticut College, New London.

Benoit, L. K. 1997. Impact of the spread of Phragmites on the populations of tidal marsh birds in Connecticut. M.A. Thesis. Department of Zoology, Connecticut College, New London.

Benoit, L. K. and R. A. Askins. 1999. Impact of the spread of Phragmites on the distribution of birds in Connecticut tidal marshes. Wetlands 19:194-208.

Bernhard, A., D. Marshall and L. Yiannos. 2012. Increased variability of microbial communities in restored salt marshes nearly 30 years after restoration. Estuaries and Coasts 35:1049-1059.

Bernhard, A., I. Courtney, G. Bender and R. Zwick. 2015. Long-term impacts of disturbance on nitrogen-cycling bacteria in New England salt marsh. Front. Microbiol. 6: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00046.

Bulkley, S., A. Al-Haj. 2016. Sentinels of change - are salt marshes in LIS keeping pace with sea level rise. Report prepared for US EPA and New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission Long Island Sound Study. 99 pages.

Bloom, A. L. 1964. Peat accumulation and compaction in a Connecticut coastal marsh. J. Sediment. Petrol., 34:599-603.

Brawley, A. H. 1995. Birds of Connecticut's tidal wetlands: relating patterns of use to environmental conditions. M.A. Thesis. Department of Botany, Connecticut College, New London.

Brawley, A.H., R.S. Warren and R.A. Askins. 1998. Bird use of restoration and reference marshes within the Barn Island Wildlife Management Area, CT, USA. Environ. Mgmt. 22:625-633.

Carey, J.C., K.B. Raposa, C. Wigand and R.S. Warren 2015. Contrasting decadal-scale changes in elevation and vegetation in two Long Island Sound salt marshes. Estuaries and Coasts

Coleman, W. B. 1978. Vegetation of the Wequetequock-Pawcatuck Marshes Stonington, Connecticut - A Comparative Study 1948 and 1976. Smith College, MA. 130 p.

Donnelly, J. P., P. Cleary, P. Newby, and R. Ettinger, 2004. Coupling instrumentation and geological records of sea-level change: Evidence from southern New England of an increase in the rate of sea level rise in the late 19th century. Geophysical Research Letters, 31:1-4.

Ecker, G., J. Zalapa and C. Auer. 2015. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) genotypes differ between coastal sites and inland road corridors in the Northeastern US. PLOS ONE 10.1371:1-15.

Egler, F. E. 1956. The Barn Island Marshes. Connecticut Arboretum Bulletin #9.

Egler, F. E. 1974. Barn Island Field Trip Notes.

Elphick, C. S., C. Gjerdrum, P. Comins, and M. Rubega. 2005. Salt-marsh breeding sparrows in Long Island Sound: Status and productivity of globally important populations. Report to the CT Dept. Environ. Protection License Plate Fund.

Fell, P. E., N. C. Olmstead, E. Carlson, W. Jacob, D. Hitchcock and G. Silber. 1982. Distribution and abundance of macroinvertebrates on certain Connecticut tidal marshes, with emphasis on dominant molluscs. Estuaries 5:234-239.

Fell, P. E., K. A. Murphy, M. A. Peck and M. L. Recchia. 1991. Re-establishment of Melampus bidentatus (Say) and other macroinvertebrates on a restored impounded tidal marsh: comparison of populations above and below the impoundment dike. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 152:33-48.

Fell, P. F., R. S. Warren and W. A. Niering. 2000. Restoration of salt and brackish tidelands in southern New England: angiosperms, macroinvertebrates, fish and birds. Pages 845-858 in M.P. Weinstein and D.A. Kreeger, editors. Concepts and controversies in tidal marsh ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Hingham.

Field, C. and C. Elphick 2014. Sentinels of climate change: coastal indicators of wildlife and ecosystem change in Long Island Sound. Report to the CT Dept. Energy & Envir. Prot., 52 p.

Gjerdrum, C., C.S. Elphick, and M. Rubega. 2005. Nest site selection and nesting success in saltmarsh breeding sparrows: the importance of nest habitat, timing, and study site differences. Condor 107:849-862.

Gjerdrum, C., C.S. Elphick, and M. Rubega. 2008. How well can we model numbers and productivity of Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows (Ammodramus caudacutus) using habitat features? Auk 125: 608-617.

Gjerdrum, C., K. Sullivan-Wiley, E. King, M.A. Rubega, and C.S. Elphick. 2008. Egg and chick fates during tidal flooding of Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow nests. Condor 110: 579-584.

Getz, Lowell L. 1966. Salt tolerance of salt marsh meadow voles. J. Mammology 47:201-207

Gross, Alfred C. 1966. Vegetation of the Brucker Marsh and the Barn Island Natural Area, Stonington, CT. Connecticut College, MS.

Hall, Albert E. 1947. Ecological aspects of some salt marsh duck food organisms and their waterfowl management significance. University of Connecticut. MS.

Harrison, E. Z. and A. L. Bloom. 1977. Sedimentation rates on tidal marshes in Connecticut. J. of Sedimentary Petrology 47:1484-1490.

Harrison, E. Z. 1975. Sedimentation rates, shoreline modification and vegetation changes on tidal marshes along the coast of Connecticut. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 107 p.

Hebard, G. 1980. Vegetation pattern and changes in the impounded salt marshes of Barn Island Wildlife Management Area. M.A. Thesis, Botany Department, Connecticut College, New London.

Helvenston, L. L., P. E. Fell, and C. E. Wood. 1995. Patterns of egg laying by the tidal salt marsh snail, Melampus bidentatus (Say), in relation to lunar phase. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 27: 159-166.

Hill, C.E., C. Gjerdrum, C.S. Elphick. 2010. Extreme levels of multiple mating characterize the mating system of the Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus). Auk 127: 300-307.

Hoover, M.D. 2009. Connecticut’s Changing Salt marshes: A Remote Sensing Approach to Sea Level Rise and Possible Salt Marsh Migration. M.S. Thesis. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

Hoover, M., D. Civco and A. Whelchel. 2010. The Development of a Salt Marsh Migration Tool and its Application in Long Island Sound. Amer. Soc. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Annual Conference, San Diego.

Humphries, S., C.S. Elphick, C. Gjerdrum, and M. Rubega. 2007. Testing the function of the domed nests of Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: 152-158.

Langer, C.S., W.F. Fitzgerald, P.T. Visscher and G.M. Vandal. 2001. Biogeochemical cycling of methylmercury at Barn Island Salt Marsh, Stonington, CT, USA. Wetlands Ecology and Management 9:295-310.

Lefor, W.L., W.C. Kennard and D.L.Civco. 1987. Relationship of salt-marsh plant distribution to tidal levels in Connecticut, USA. Environ. Mgmt. 11:61-68.

Meehan, Brian W. 1985. Genetic comparison of Macoma balthica (Bivalvia, Telinidae) from eastern and western North Atlantic Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 22:66-76.

Meiman, S.T. 1988. Modeling Saltmarsh Sparrow Distribution in Connecticut. University of Connecticut, Masters Thesis.

Meiman, S., D. Civco, K. Holsinger and C.S. Elphick. 2012. Comparing Habitat Models Using Ground-Based and Remote Sensing Data: Saltmarsh Sparrow Presence Versus Nesting. Wetlands 32:725-736.

Meiman, S., and C.S. Elphick. 2012. Evaluating habitat-association models for the Saltmarsh Sparrow. Condor 114:856-864.

Miller, W., and F.E. Egler. 1950. Vegetation of the Wequetequock-Pawcatuck tidal marshes, Stonington, Connecticut. Ecological Monographs 20:143-172.

Miller, W.R. 1948. Aspects of waterfowl management for the Barn Island public shooting area. MS Thesis at University of Connecticut. 291 pp.

Mitchell, A.H. 1968. The distribution and concentration of Mya arenaria at the Barn Island Wildlife Management Area. EastConn?

Niering, W.A. 1997. Tidal wetlands restoration and creation along the east coast of North America. Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development. K. M. Urbanska, N. R. Webb and P. J. Edwards (eds.), Cambridge University Press, p 259-285.

Niering, W.A. and R.S. Warren. 1980. Vegetation patterns and processes in New England salt marshes. Bioscience 30:301-307.

Niering, W.A. and R.S. Warren. 1993. Vegetation change on a Northeast tidal marsh: Interaction of sea-level rise and marsh accretion. Ecology 74:96-103.

Orson, R.A. 1996. Some applications of paleoecology to the management of tidal marshes. Estuaries 19:238-246.

Orson, R.A., R S. Warren and W.A. Niering. 1998. Interpreting sea level rise and rates of vertical marsh accretion in a Southern New England tidal salt marsh. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 47:419-429.

Peck, M.A., P.E. Fell, E.A. Allen, J. A. Geig, C.R. Guthke, and M.D. Newkirk. 1994. Evaluation of tidal marsh restoration: comparison of selected macroinvertebrate populations on a restored impounded valley marsh and an unimpounded valley marsh within the same system in Connecticut, USA. Environmental Management 18:283-293.

Rozsa, R. 1995. Tidal wetland restoration in Connecticut. pp 51-65. In: Dreyer, G.D. and W.A. Niering (eds.), Tidal marshes of Long Island Sound: ecology, history and restoration. Connecticut College Arboretum Bulletin 34. Connecticut College Arboretum, New London, CT.

Sinicrope, T. L., P. G. Hine, R. S. Warren, and W. A. Niering. 1990. Restoration of an impounded salt marsh in New England. Estuaries 13:25-30.

Spelke, J.A., Fell, P.E., and Helvenston, L.L. 1995. Population structure, growth and fecundity of Melampus bidentatus (Say) from two regions of a tidal marsh complex in Connecticut. The Nautilus 108: 42-47.

Steever, E. Z., R. S. Warren and W. A. Niering. 1975. Tidal energy subsidy and standing crop production of Spartina alterniflora. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science 4:473-478.

Swamy, V., P. E. Fell, M. Body, M. B. Keaney, M. K. Nyaku, E. C. McIlvan, and A. L. Keen, 2002. Macroinvertebrate and fish populations in a restored impounded salt marsh 21 years after the re-establishment of tidal flooding. Environ. Mgmt. 29:516-530.

Varekamp, J.C., B. Kreulen, M.R. Buchholtz ten Brink and E.L. Mecray. 2003. Mercury contamination chronologies from Connecticut wetlands and Long Island Sound sediments. Envir. Geol. 43:268-282.

Varekamp, J. C. and S. Scholand 1996. Metal Pollution in Coastal and Riverine Wetlands. Long Island Research Conference.

Warren, R. S., P. Fell, W. A. Niering 1992. Biotic change on tidal marshes: Restoration and sea-level rise. Final Report to Connecticut Dept. Environ. Prot. Long Island Sound Research Fund. 11 pages.

Warren, R. S. and W. A. Niering. 1993. Vegetation change on a northeast tidal marsh: interaction of sea-level rise and marsh accretion. Ecology 74:96-103.

Warren, R. S., P. E. Fell, R. Rozsa, A. H. Brawley, A. C. Orsted, E. T. Olson, V. Swamy, W. A. Niering. 2002. Salt marsh restoration: 20 years of science and management. Restoration Ecology 10:497-513.