Acknowledgments

Financing for this study was provided by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, using the Department of the Interior Hurricane Sandy supplemental funding. The authors thank Brent Lunghino (Cherokee Nation Technology), Bruce Richmond (USGS- Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center), Kathryn Smith (USGS-St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center) and Haunani Kane (University of Hawaii at Manoa) for field assistance. We would like to thank the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife for allowing us to conduct research within the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge–Holgate Unit and Officer Meloro of the Barnegat Light House Unites States Coast Guard (USCG) base for providing storage of scientific instruments and gear. We thank Nancy Dewitt, Kyle Kelso and Arnell Forde (USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center) for conducting scientific, editorial, and metadata reviews that improved the content and presentation of the report. Jolene Gittens (USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center) assisted with the report layout and Web design. Lastly, we would like to thank Lance Thornton (USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center) for coordinating the shipment of scientific instruments and gear.    

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