A COORDINATED EFFORT

Coordination with agencies and organizations in the Long Island–New Jersey Coastal Drainages was integral to the success of this water-quality assessment. We thank those agencies and organizations who allowed their employees to serve as members of our liaison committee.

We thank the following individuals and their agency or organization for contributing to this study.

John Curran (New Jersey Geological Survey), Glenn Berwick, and David Kraemer (USGS) provided monitoring-well-drilling services. Robert Daniels (New York State Museum) validated and vouchered unusual fish specimens. Robert Zampella (New Jersey Pinelands) provided helpful input throughout the study. Timothy Dunne (Natural Resource Conservation Service) assisted with historical fish sampling site location and validation. James Kurtenbach (USEPA) and Lisa Barno, Alan Korndoerfer, Walter Murawski, and Paul Olsen (NJDEP) contributed biological and other information for retrospective assessments. Christopher Millard (Maryland Department of Natural Resources) assisted with barge and backpack electrofishing and fish identification. Edward Callender, Peter Van Metre, Michael Dorsey, Kathryn Conko, Craig Weiss, and Timothy Wilson (USGS) led and (or) assisted in the lake-sediment coring. David Krabbenhoft and William Brumbaugh (USGS) provided laboratory analyses and interpretation of mercury data. David Armstrong (USGS) assisted with total station analyses for habitat characterization. Ronald Baker, Thomas Barringer, Karen Beaulieu, Eric Best, Ann Chalmers, Michael Deluca, Charles Donovan, Rose Eppers, Bonnie Gray, Tamara Ivahnenko, Jonathan Klotz, Mathew Lahvis, Joel Murray, Timothy Oden, Melissa Riskin, Kristin Romanok, Nicholas Smith, Zoltan Szabo, Steven Tessler, and Robert Winowitch (USGS), Dean Bryson, Thomas Miller, and Victor Poretti (NJDEP), Harold Campbell (NSF International, Mich.), Michael Chadwick, Adam Kustka, Diane Salkie, and Thuan Tran (USEPA, Region II) all assisted with collection, compilation, and (or) analysis of the data to some degree. Many genuinely interested people, landowners, and organizations helped locate and provide access to data and sampling sites. The District publications unit, especially William Ellis and Dale Simmons, provided editorial and graphics assistance throughout the study. Last but not least, Arthur Baehr, Ellyn (Del Corso) Campbell, Ming Chang, Emmanuel Charles, Richard Clawges, Helle Gylling, Jessica Hopple, Leon Kauffman, Gary Long, John Monti, Anne O'Brien, John Pflaumer, Robert Reiser, and Steven Terracciano all were dedicated team members and contributing authors.