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Barrier Beaches:

Fuss & O’Neill, 2008. Environmental Impact Evaluation Hammonasset Beach Erosion Study, Report to State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, 107 pp.

Johnson, D.S, and H.H. York. 1913. The relation of plants to tide level. Johns Hopkins Univ. circular No. 2. pp 6

Johnson, D.S, and H.H. York. 1915. The relation of plants to tide level. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. no 206. pp. 162.

Transeau, E.N. 1913, The vegetation of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. I. The littoral succession. Plant World. 16:181-210.

Benthic Community:

Margiotta, Frank S. 1975. The Biology of Asharoken Wetlands with Particular Emphasis on the Benthic

Invertebrate Community. Long Island University, Graduate Dept. of Marine Science: April 1975.

Serafy, D. Keith, D. Hartzband, M. Bowen. 1977. Aquatic Disposal Field Investigation: Eatons Neck Disposal Site, Long Island Sound, Appendix C: Predisposal Baseline Conditions of Benthic Assemblage. Dredged Material Research Program Tech Report D-77-6. NY Ocean Science Lab, Montauk, NY. Prepared for the US Army Corps of Engineers: November 1977.

Benthic Habitats:

Abramson, I., Bowman, S., Thomas, E., Varekamp, J.C., Moore, J., Mecray, E.L., and Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R., 2001, Benthic foraminifera in Long Island Sound--indicators of environmental changes [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Boston, November 2001, v. 33, no. 6, p. A364.

Beaulieu, E., Poppe, L.J., Paskevich, V.F., Doran, E.F., Chauveau, B.E., Crocker, J.M., Beaver, A.L., and Schattgen, P.T., 2005, Sidescan Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretation of the Sea Floor off Bridgeport Connecticut. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1162, DVD.

Werdell, P.J. and C. S. Roesler. 2003. Remote Assessment of benthic substrate in shallow waters using multispectral reflectance. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48 (1, part 2), 557-567.

Zajac, R.N., Lewis, R.S., Poppe, L.J., Twichell, D.C., Vozarik, J., and DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., 2000, Relationships among sea-floor structure and benthic communities in Long Island Sound at regional and benthoscape scales: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 16, no.3, p 627-640.

Zajac, R.N., Lewis, R.S., Poppe, L.J., Twichell, D.C., Vozarik, J., and DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., 2000, Benthic community geographic information system (GIS) data layers for Long Island Sound, Chapter 10, in Paskevich, V.F. and Poppe, L.J., eds., Georeferenced mapping and bottom photography in Long Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open File-Report 00-304, CD-ROM.

Benthic Algae

Pedersen A., G.Kraemer and C. Yarish. 2009. Seaweed of the littoral zone at Cove Island in Long Island Sound: annual variation and impact of environmental factors. J.Appl.Phycol. 2:419-432.

Benthic Mapping

Cerrato and Holt. 2008. North Shore Bays Benthic Mapping: Ground Truth Studies. Final Report to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. MSRC Special Report #135.

Benthos and water chemistry

Rhoads, D.C. and J.D. Germano. 1982. Characterization of Organism-Sediment Relations Using Sediment Profile Imaging: An Efficient Method of Remote Ecological Monitoring of the Seafloor (Remots™ System). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. Vol 8: 115-128.

Benthos and water quality

Ecosystems Investigations. 1972 - 1974. Environmental Baselines in Long Island Sound, 1972-1974. Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service,National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Dept. Of Commerce.

Benthos and water chemistry

Reid, R.N., A.F. Draxler, and A.D. Frame. 1979. Environmental Baselines in Long Island Sound 1972-1973. Vol. 738 of NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF US Dept of Commerce.

Bibliography

Lewis, R.S., Robinson, A.C., McHone, N., DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., Poppe, L.J., and Polloni, C., 1998, Long Island Sound bibliographic database, in L.J. Poppe, and C. Polloni, eds., Long Island Sound Environmental Studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-502, Chapter 7, CD-ROM.

U.S. Geological Survey - Studies in Long Island Sound (Geology, Contaminants and Environmental Issues)

Birds

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

Billard, R. 1948. An ecological study of the Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) and the Sora (Porzana carolina) in some Connecticut swamps. M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Clark, J.N. 1884. Nesting of the Little Black Rail in Connecticut. Auk. 1:393-394.

Clark, J.N. 1897. The Little Black Rail. Nidologist 4:86-88.

Craig, Robert. 2004. Marsh Birds of the Connecticut River Estuary: a 20 Year Perspective. Bird ConservationResearch, Inc. Contribution No. 13.

Craig, Robert. 1990. Historic Trends in the distributions and populations of estuarine marsh birds of the Connecticut River. University of Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report 83. 38p.

Craig, R. and K.G. Beal. 1992. The Influence of Habitat Variables on Marsh Bird Communities of the Connecticut River Estuary. Wilson Bull., 104: 295-311.

Hodgman, T.P., W.G. Shriver, and P.D. Vickery. 2002. Redefining range overlap between the sharp-tailed sparrows of coastal New England . Wilson Bulletin 114:38-43

Hodgman, T.P., C.S. Elphick, B.J. Olsen, and W.G. Shriver 2015. The Conservation of Tidal Marsh Birds: Guiding Action at the Intersection of our Changing Land and Seascapes. Report. State Wildlife Grant.

Sage, J.H., L.B. Bishop, and W.P. Bliss. 1913. The birds of Connecticut. Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 20

Saltmarsh sparrow references

Shriver, W. G. 2002. The conservation ecology of salt marsh birds in New England. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY.

Shriver, W. G., A. L. Jones, P. D. Vickery, A. Weik, and J. V. Wells. 2005. The distribution and abundance of obligate grassland birds breeding in New England and New York. Pages 511-518 in Bird Conservation and Integration in the Americas (C. J. Ralph and T. D. Rich, eds.). U. S. Forest Service General Technical Report, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Gen. Tech. Report PSW-GTR-191.

Shriver, W. G. and J. P. Gibbs. 2004. Projected effects of sea-level rise on the population viability of Seaside Sparrows (Ammodramus maritimus) In H. R. Akcakaya et al. (eds.) Species Conservation and Management: Case Studies. Oxford University Press, 608 pp

Shriver, W. G., T. P. Hodgman, J. P. Gibbs, and P. D. Vickery. 2004. Landscape context influences salt marsh bird diversity and area requirements in New England. Biological Conservation 119:545-553

Sommers, L.A.,D.L. Rosenblatt and M.J. DelPuerto. 2002. 1998-1999 Long Island Colonial Waterbird and Piping Plover Survey. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY. 218p.

Spitzer, P.R. and A. Poole. 1980. Coastal Ospreys between New York and Boston: a decade of reproductive recovery. American Birds 34:234-241.

Zeranski, J.D. and T.R. Baptist. 1990. Connecticut Birds. Univ. Press of New England, Hanover, NH

Brackish and Freshwater tidal marshes

Gilmore, M,S., E. H. Wilson, N. Barrett, D. L. Civco, S. Prisloe, J. D. Hurd, C. Chadwick. Integrating multi-temporal spectral and structural information to map wetland vegetation in a lower Connecticut River tidal marsh. Remote Sensing of Environment 112 (2008) 4048–4060

Metzler, K.J. and R. Rozsa. 1982. Vegetation of fresh and brackish tidal marshes in Connecticut. Newsletter of the Connecticut Botanical Society 10: 1-3.

Circulation Patterns of LIS and the CT River

Numerous publications by James O'Donnell

Climate Change

Coastal Ocean Analytics, 2016. Detecting climate change impacts in Long Island Sound. Prepared for the Long Island Sound Study (EPA Grant #LI96144501), 134 pages including appendices.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2016. Climate change indicators in the United States, Third edition. EPA 430-R-14-004. www.epa.gov/climatechange/indicators.

Coastal Bluffs and Escarpments

Davies, D.S., Axelrod, E.W., and J.S. O’Conner, 1973. Erosion of the north shore of Long Island. Marine Science Research Center of State University of New York Technical Reprint Series #18, 101 p.

Currents and Circulation Patterns

Codiga, D.L. and Aurin, D.A. 2007. Residual circulation in eastern Long Island Sound: observed transverse-vertical structure and exchange transport. Cont. Shelf Res., 27, 103-116.

Diadromous Fish

Clark, J. 1968. Seasonal movements of striped bass contingents of Long Island Sound and the New York Bight. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 97: 320-343.

Corson, S. and R. Schiff. 2000. West River Anadromous Fish Survey. March-Nov 2000. Yale University.

Greene, K. E., J. L. Zimmerman, R. W. Laney, and J. C. Thomas-Blate. 2009.Atlantic coast diadromous fish habitat: A review of utilization, threats, recommendations for conservation, and research needs. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat Management Series No. 9,Washington, D.C.

Janicki, A., W. P. Saunders, and E. A. Ross. 1986. A retrospective analysis of the frequency and magnitude of low pH events in some Atlantic coast striped bass spawning grounds. Final Report to U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.

Maltezos, G. C. 1960. Striped bass investigations (Roccus saxatilis). Connecticut State Board of Fish and Game, Hartford, Connecticut.

Morgan, R. P., II, V. J. Rasin, Jr., and R. L. Copp. 1981. Temperature and salinity effects on development of striped bass eggs and larvae. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 110: 95-99.

Otwell, W. S., and J. V. Merriner. 1975. Survival and growth of juvenile striped bass in a factorial experiment with temperature, salinity and age. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 104: 560-566.

Palawski, D., J. B. Hunn, and F. J. Dwyer. 1985. Sensitivity of young striped bass to organic and inorganic contaminants in fresh and saline waters. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 114: 748-753.

Raney, E. C. 1954. The striped bass in New York waters. Conservationist 8: 14-17.

Rogers, B. A., and D. T. Westin. 1975. A bibliography on the biology of the striped bass (Morone saxatilis, Walbaum). University of Rhode Island, Marine Experiment Station, Marine Technical Report No. 37, Kingston, Rhode Island.

Savoy, T. 1991. Sturgeon status in Connecticut waters. Completion Report.Project No. AFC-18. State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Marine Fisheries, Waterford, CT. June.

Savoy, T. and D. Shake. 1991. Population dynamics studies of American shad, Aloosa sapidissima in the Connecticut River. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NationalMarine Fisheries Service. June 30.

Schaefer, R. H. 1968a. Size, age composition and migration of striped bass form the surf waters of Long Island. New York Fish and Game Journal 15: 1-51.

Schaefer, R. H. 1968b. Sex composition of striped bass from the Long Island surf. New York Fish and Game Journal 15: 117-118.

Shannon, E. H. 1970. Effect of temperature changes upon developing striped bass eggs and fry. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissions 23: 265-274.

Schaefer, R. H. 1970. Feeding habits of striped bass from the surf waters of Long Island. New York Fish and Game

Shannon, E. H., and W. B. Smith. 1968. Preliminary observations on the effect of temperature on striped bass eggs and sac fry. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissions 21: 257-260.

Tagatz, M. E. 1961. Tolerance of striped bass and American shad to changes of temperature and salinity. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Scientific Report Fisheries No. 388, Washington, D.C.

Talbot, G. P. 1966. Estuarine environmental requirements and limiting factors for striped bass. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 3: 37-49.

Eelgrass

Koch, E.W. and S. Beer. 1996. Tides, light and the distribution of Zostera marina in Long Island Sound, USA. Aquatic Botany 53 (1-2), 97-107.

Vaudrey, J. Numerous eelgrass publications

Embayments

Gross, M. Grant, Dewitt Davies, Paul M. Lin and William Loeffler. 1972. “Characterization and Environmental Quality of 6 North Shore Bays: Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, New York.” Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, January 1972.

New Haven Harbor ecological studies summary report, 1970-1977 and 1981 / prepared for the United Illuminating Company, New Haven, Connecticut by Normandeau Associates, inc., Bedford, New Hampshire ; edited by Andrew J. McCusker, Weldon S. Bosworth.

Suffolk County North Shore Embayments Watershed Management Plan includes water quality, stream flow, habitats and species distributions 2007

Estuary

Marshall, N. 1960. Studies of the Niantic River, Connecticut with special reference to the bay scallop, Aequipecten irradiens. Limnology and Oceanography Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 86-105.

Zarillo, G. A. and M-J Park. 1987. Sediment Transport Prediction in a Tidal Inlet Using a Numerical Model: Application to Stony Brook Harbor, Long Island, New York, USA. Journal of Coastal Research. Vol. 3, No. 4. pp. 429-444.

Fisheries

New England Fishery Management Council Reports Fisheries, Ecosystems and Wildlife Ecological Studies: Interim Report Feb. 1974. New England River Basins Commission.

Saila, S. B., and S. D. Pratt. 1973. Coastal and offshore environmental inventory: Cape Hatteras to Nantucket

Shoals, Mid-Atlantic Bight Fisheries. University of Rhode Island Marine Publications Series 2, Providence, Rhode

Thomson, K. S., W. H. Weed, III, A. G. Taruski, and D. E. Simanek. 1978. Saltwater fishes of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey 105.

Wood, A.J.M., J.S. Collie, and J.A. Hare. 2009. A comparison between warm-water fish assemblages of Narragansett Bay and those of Long Island Sound waters.

Fisheries and Invertebrates

Jury, S.H., et al. 1994. Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in North Atlantic estuaries. ELMR Rep.

No. 13. NOAA/NOS SEA Division, Silver Spring, MD. 221 p.

Foraminifera

Buzas, M.A., 1965, The distribution and abundance of foraminifera in Long Island Sound: SmithsonianMiscellaneous Collections, v. 149,p. 1–89.

Buzas, M. A., 1966. The discrimination of morphological groups of Elphidium (foraminifer) in Long Island Sound through canonical analysis and invariant characters. J. Paleontology, v.40, p.585-594.

Buzas, M.A., 1969, Foraminiferal species densities and environmental variables in an estuary: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 14, p. 411-422.

Parker, F.L. 1948. Foraminifera of the continental shelf from the Gulf of Maine to Maryland: Harvard College,Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin, v. 100, p. 213-241.

Geochemistry, mercury, sea level rise in Long Island Sound

Varekamp, J.C.

Ground Water Quality

Scorca, Michael P., and Monti, Jack Jr., 2001, Estimates of Nitrogen Loads Entering Long Island Sound from Ground Water and Streams on Long Island, New York, 1985-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4196, 29 p

Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB's)

Carmichael, W.W. 1997. The Cyanotoxins. Advances in Botanical Research. Academic Press. Incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology - Classic Papers. Volume 27, pages 211-256.

Pearl, H.W. and Huisman, J. 2008. Blooms Like It Hot. Science 4 April 2008: Vol. 320 no. 5872 pp. 57-58

Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB's)

NOAA 2011

Hypoxia

Lohrer, A.M. and R.B. Whitlatch. 2002. Alien crabs in Long Island Sound: relative impacts of two exotic brachyuran species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 227: 135-144.

Lohrer, A.M. and R.B. Whitlatch. 1997. Ecological studies onthe recently introduced Japanese shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) in Eastern Long Island Sound. Pages 49-60. In: N.C. Balcolm (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Northeast Conference on Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species. Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, Publication No. CTSG-97-02.

McCardell, G. and J. O'Donnell. 2008. Vertical mixing rates and hypoxia in Western Long Island Sound. Long Island Sound Research Conference Proceedings.

O’Donnell, J., H. G. Dam, W. F. Bohlen, W. Fitzgerald, P. S. Gay, A. E. Houk, D. C. Cohen, and M. M. Howard-Strobel (2008). Intermittent Ventilation in the Hypoxic Zone of Western Long Island Sound During the Summer of 2004. J. Geophys. Res. V113, C09025, doi:10.1029/2007JC004716

Invasive Species

Haska, C. L., Yarish, C., Kraemer, G., Blaschik, N., Whitlatch, R.,Zhang, H., Lin, S. J. 2012. Bait worm packaging as a potential vector of invasive species. Biological Invasions, 14:481-493.

Osman, R.W. and R.B. Whitlatch. 1995. Ecological factors controlling the successful invasion of 3 species of ascidians into marine subtidal habitats of New England. Pages 49-60. In: N. Balcolm (ed.), Northeast Conference on Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species. Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, Publication No. CT-SG-9504

Stachowicz, J.J., J.R. Terwin. R.B. Whitlatch, and R.W. Osman. 2002. Linking climate change and biological invasions: ocean warming facilitates non-indigenous species invasions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99: 15497-15500.

Whitlatch, R.B., R.W. Osman, A. Frese, R. Malatesta, P. Mitchell and L. Sedgwick. 1995. The ecology of two introduced marine ascidians and their effects on epifaunal organisms in Long Island Sound. Pages 29-48. In: N. Balcolm (ed.), Northeast Conference on Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species. Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, Publication No. CT-SG-9504.

Lobster

Jan Robert Factor, Kathleen M. Castro, and Barbara A. Somers. 2006. Sea Grant 3rd Annual Science Symposium Lobsters as Model Organisms for Interfacing Behavior, Ecology and Fisheries: Discussion Session Summary on Disease and Population Level Impacts. Journal of Crustacean Biology 2006 26 (4), 661-662.

See websites for numerous publications on Long Island Sound Lobster Health from 1999

Lobster water chemistry western Long Island Sound

Cuomo, C., R. Valente, and D. Dogru. Seasonal variations in sediment and bottom water chemistry of western Long Island Sound: Implications for lobster mortality. Journal of Shellfish Research 2005, 24:805-814

Marine Bottom Communities

Riley, Gordon A. and others. 1956. Oceanography of Long Island Sound, 1952–1954. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 15. Section X - Howard L. Sanders. Biology of Marine Bottom Communities, pp. 345–414.

Marine Mammals

Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University 2003. An Inventory and Mapping of Natural and Man-made Resources of Long Island Sound. Map of Existing and Proposed Infrastructure Crossing of Long Island Sound – Marine Environment – Marine Mammals (figure C-9).

Metal Contamination

Sweeney , A., and S. A. Sanudo-Wilhelmy. 2004. Dissolved metal contamination in the East River-Long Island Sound system; potential biological effects. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48, pp 663-670.

Methylmercury

Hammerschmidt, C.R., Fitzgerald, W.F., Lamborg, C.H., Balcom, P.H., Visscher, P.T., 2004. Biogeochemistry of methylmercury in sediments of Long Island Sound. Mar. Chem. 90, 31-52

Nitrogen

Anisfeld, S. C., R. T. Barnes, M. A. Altabet, and T. Wu, 2007. Isotopic Apportionment of Atmospheric and Sewage Nitrogen Sources in Two Connecticut Rivers. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41, 6363-6369

Oceanology of Long Island Sound (Physical and Chemical)

Riley, Gordon A. and others. 1956. Oceanography of Long Island Sound, 1952–1954. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 15. Part II – Physical Oceanography by G. Riley, pp. 15-46.

Riley, Gordon A. and others. 1956. Oceanography of Long Island Sound, 1952–1954. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 15. Part III - Chemical Oceanography by G. A. Riley and A. M. Conover, pp. 47-61.

Pelagic Fish

Riley, Gordon A. and others. 1956. Oceanography of Long Island Sound, 1952–1954. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 15. Part VII - Pelagic Fish Eggs and Larvae by Sarah B. Wheatland, pp. 234–314.

Phytoplankton

Capriulo, G.M., Smith, G., Wikfors, G., Yarish, C., Troy, R., Richards, S., Pellet, J. and Welsh, B. 1996. Alteration of the planktonic food web of Long Island Sound due to eutrophication. Hartford, CT: Connecicut. Department of Environmental Protection. Office of Long Island Sound Programs. Final Report submitted to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT. also published:

Capriulo, G.M., G. Smith, R. Troy, G. Wikfors, J. Pellet & C. Yarish. 2002. The Planktonic Food Web Structure of a Temperate Zone Estuary, and its Alteration Due to Eutrophication. Hydrobiologia 475/476: 263-333.

Liu, S. and S. Lin. 2008. Temporal and Spatial Variarion of Phytoplankton Community in Long Island Sound. Long Island Sound Research Conference Proceedings.

Riley, Gordon A. and others. 1956. Oceanography of Long Island Sound, 1952–1954. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 15. Part. VIII - Chemical Composition of the Plankton, Eugene Harris and Gordon A. Riley, pp. 315–323

Riley, Gordon A. and others. 1956. Oceanography of Long Island Sound, 1952–1954. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 15. Part IV - Phytoplankton, Shirley A. M. Conover, pp. 62-112.

Pollen

Beuning, K.R.M., Fransen, L., Nakityo, B., Mecray, E.L., and ten Brink Buchholtz, M.R., 2000, Modern Pollen Deposition in Long Island Sound. J. of Coastal Research 16: 656-662.

Precipitation

Miller, D. R., G.S. Warner, F.L. Ogden, and A.T. DeGaetano. 2002. Precipitation in Connecticut. Special Reports. Paper 36. CT Institute of Water Resources.

Primary Production

Goebel, N.L., and J.N. Kremer. 2007. Temporal and Spatial Variability of Photosynthetic Parameters and Community Respiration in Long Island Sound. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 329 (Jan. 2007): 23-42.

Goebel, N.L., J.N. Kremer, and C.A. Edwards. 2006. Primary Production in Long Island Sound. Estuaries and Coasts. Vol. 29, No. 2 (April 2006): 232-245.

Salinity and Water Temperature

Garvine, R.W. 1994. The Distribution of Salinity and temperature in the Connecticut River Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research 80:1176-1183.

Seafloor Habitat Classification

Auster, P.J., K.B. Heinonen, C. Witharana and M. McKee. 2009. A Habitat Classification Scheme for the Long Island Sound Region. Long Island Sound Study Technical Report. EPA Long Island Sound Office, Stamford, Connecticut 06904. 83 p.

Weaver, K.J., J.K. Greene, M.G. Anderson, E.J. Shumchenia, K.Ford and M.A. Rousseau 2013. Application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to the Northwest Atlantic. The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Division Conservation Science, Eastern Regional Office. Boston, MA.

Sea Level Rise

Donnelly, J.P., P. Cleary, P. Newby, and R. Ettinger. 2004. Coupling Instrumental 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: L05203

Hill, T.D. and S. Anisfeld. 2015. Coastal wetland response to sea level rise in Connecticut and New York. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 163: 185-193.

Sallenger Jr., Asbury H., K. S. Doran and P. A. Howd 2012. Hotspot of Accelerated Sea-level Rise on the Atlantic Coast of North America. Nature Climate Change 2:884-888.

Yin, J., Schlesinger, M. and R. Stouffer. 2009. Model Projections of Rapid Sea Level Rise on the Northeastern Coast of the United States. Nature GeoScience 2: 262-266.

Seaweed

Pedersen, A, Kraemer GP, Yarish C. 2009. Seaweed of the Littoral Zone at Cove Island in Long Island Sound: Annual Variation and Impact of Environmental Factors, Journal of Applied Phycology. 2:419-432.

Shoreline Change

Davies, D.S., E.W. Axelrod, and J.S. O’Connor. 1972. Erosion of the North Shore of Long Island. SUNY Stony Brook MSRC Tech Report 18.

Stocker, J. and E. Wilson. Connecticut Coast: Then and Now. University of Connecticut - Center for Land Use Education and Research. Interactive online map showing the 1934 aerial photographs along the shoreline - the swipe tool allows for the viewing of current photography and the 1934 photography to view change.

Tidal Flats

Whitlatch, R.B. 1990. The ecological value of tidal flats. Pages 2-6. In C.R. Percy (ed.), Intertidal Flats: A Review of Their Values and Legal Status. The Sounds Conservancy, Inc.

Whitlatch, R.B. 1982. The Ecology of New England Tidal Flats: A Community Profile. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program, Washington, DC. FWS/OBS-81/01. 125 p.

Tidal Wetlands

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.

Anisfeld, Shimon C., Marcia J. Tobin and Gaboury Benoit 1999. Sedimentation Rates in Flow-Restricted and Restored Salt Marshes in Long Island Sound. Estuaries 22: 231-244.

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

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.

Coastal Ocean Analytics 2016. Detecting climate change impacts in Long Island Sound. Report to US EPA - Long Island Sound Study.

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

Combs, A. and R. Orson. 1983. A Development History of the Small Mamacoke Marsh. Unpublished report, Connecticut college.

Dreyer, Glenn D. and Caplis, Marcianna, "Bulletin No. 37: Living Resources and Habitats of the Lower Connecticut River" (2001). Bulletins. Paper 37.

Dreyer, Glenn D. and Niering, William A., "Bulletin No. 34: Tidal Marshes of Long Island Sound: Ecology, History and Restoration" (1995). Bulletins. Paper 34.

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.

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Vegetation

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Water Quality

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Wind Speed

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Zooplankton

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