Ralph S. Lewis¹, Alexander C. Robinson², Nancy McHone¹,
Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen¹, Catherine Coffin¹, Lawrence J. Poppe² and Chris Polloni²

¹Long Island Sound Resource Center, Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey,
Department of Environmental Protection, 1084 Shennecossett Road, Avery Point, Groton, CT 06340
²US Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543

INTRODUCTION

The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, is conducting a geological resource assessment. This bibliography is offered in the belief that it will augment this project and enhance the development and maintenance of a useful marine resource database for scientists carrying out studies of the Sound in the future. Although marine resource information can be found in various forms throughout our region, there is little order in its dispersal, and it is often hard to evaluate the extent, adequacy, and relevance of the existing literature. Clearer definition of Connecticut's future data needs and more efficient application of existing information will result if access to that information is facilitated.

This bibliography is largely a compilation of references from Lewis and Coffin (1985) and the GENCAT bibliographic database at the Long Island Sound Resource Center, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Groton, Connecticut. These sources have been supplemented by numerous citations from the BIOSIS, GEOREF, and FISH AND FISHERIES WORLDWIDE bibliographic databases. The earliest work sighted in this bibliography is by B.F. Thompson (1839) who wrote about the history of Long Island; the earliest citation of oceanographic work within the Sound is a catalogue of marine algae conducted by F.W. Hall (1876). Although many subsequent references are sighted, most of the references deal with literature published during the last 40 years. The bibliography, which contains 2194 citations, is fairly complete with respect to the geological literature, but weaker in the other basic sciences. We realize that this compilation is incomplete, but it should be viewed as a precursor to improved succeeding editions. Maintenance of a current and truly comprehensive bibliography for Long Island Sound is an ambitious goal which cannot be realized without continuing input from the entire Long Island Sound research community. We hope that you will find enough potential value in this undertaking to lend it insight and expertise. We are particularly interested in receiving reprints, copies, or notifications of past and future articles and publications that should be included in this compilation.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The bibliography is available as a Microsoft Word^TM 7.0 (biblio.doc), a Corel WordPerfect^TM 7.0 (biblio.wpd), an html document (biblio.htm), a Microsoft Excel^TM (biblio.xls) and an ascii text (biblio.txt) file. These formats can be imported into many spreadsheet, word processing, text editing, and database software programs. The original versions of all of the files on the CD-ROM cannot be altered or destroyed. Any changes to the bibliography files must be made to copies that are downloaded from the CD-ROM.