In cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-304
 

Georeferenced Sea-Floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound Edited By Valerie F. Paskevich and Lawrence J. Poppe U. S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Team Woods Hole, MA 02543

Falkner Island Lighthouse Falkner Island, Long Island Sound

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE -		Ralph S. Lewis, State Geologist Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Hartford, CT
CHAPTER 1 -		MAPS SHOWING THE SHAPE OF THE MARINE TRANSGRESSIVE SURFACE AND THE THICKNESS OF POSTGLACIAL SEDIMENTS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND
		by Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen and Ralph S. Lewis
CHAPTER 2 -		A FREE-AIR GRAVITY ANOMALY MAP OF LONG ISLAND AND BLOCK ISLAND SOUNDS
		by Peter Dehlinger, Lanbo Liu, and Ralph S. Lewis
CHAPTER 3 -		REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF SEA-FLOOR SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND
		by Harley J. Knebel, Lawrence J. Poppe and Vee Ann Cross
CHAPTER 4 -		MAP SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND
		by Lawrence J. Poppe, Harley J. Knebel, Barbara A. Seekins, and Mary E. Hastings
CHAPTER 5 -		MAP SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON IN LONG ISLAND SOUND
		by  Lawrence J. Poppe, Harley J. Knebel, Zofia J. Mlodzinska, and Barbara A. Seekins
CHAPTER 6 -		METALS IN THE SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
		by Ellen L. Mecray, Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, and Sunita Shah
CHAPTER 7 -		THE DISTRIBUTION OF MERCURY IN SEDIMENT FROM LONG ISLAND SOUND AND SURROUNDING MARSHES
		by Johan C. Varekamp, Ellen L. Mecray, Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, and B. Kreulen
CHAPTER 8 -		CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS  DISTRIBUTION IN LONG ISLAND SOUND SEDIMENTS: Data Report
		by Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, Ellen L. Mecray, Erin L. Galvin, and Kathleen Feldman
CHAPTER 9 -		MAPS OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA DISTRIBUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN LONG ISLAND SOUND BETWEEN THE 1940s AND THE 1990s
		by Ellen Thomas, T. Gapotchenko, J.C. Varekamp, Ellen L. Mecray, and Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink
CHAPTER 10 -		A BENTHIC COMMUNITY GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) FOR LONG ISLAND SOUND
		by Roman N. Zajac, Ralph S. Lewis, Lawrence J. Poppe, David C. Twichell, Joseph Vozarik, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen, and Matt Robinson
CHAPTER 11 -		MEGAFAUNAL INTERACTONS WITH SEDIMENTARY AND BIOLOGICAL HABITATS IN THE NEARSHORE AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND: A PICTORIAL SURVEY
		by Peter J. Auster and Robert E. DeGoursey
CHAPTER 12 -		SELECTED BOTTOM PHOTOGRAPHS OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS IN EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND
		by Lawrence J. Poppe, Harley J. Knebel, and Dann S. Blackwood
Appendix
A		TABLE OF AVAILABLE DIGITAL DATA WITH METADATA LINKS
B		LIST OF LINKS TO RELATED WEBSITES
C		CONTACT INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

 
  [an error occurred while processing this directive]