Related Links
The information provided in this database compilation needs to be put in its geographic context. There are many external factors contributing to coastal contamination in sediments such as population, land use, sewage treatment facilities, and others. Geographic analysis and mapping using these parameters can be accomplished using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The maps created for display within this web site were generated using GIS. Many of the data layers, or coverages, originate at websites listed below.
Connecticut:
State
of CT Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Connecticut
Sea Grant
Connecticut
Public Interest Research Group (ConnPIRG)
Connecticut
Council on Environmental Quality
New
York:
New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation
New
York City DEP
New
York Sea Grant
Hudson
River Foundation
New
Jersey:
New Jersey
DEP
New
Jersey Sea Grant
Association
of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC)
Long
Island Sound:
Save
the Sound, Inc.
Long
Island Sound Foundation, Inc.
Long
Island Sound Resource Center
Long
Island Sound Resource Guide
Academic
Institutions:
Wesleyan
University
New
York University (NYU)
Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory of Columbia University
University
of Connecticut (UConn)
Yale
University
Connecticut
College
U.S.
Coast Guard Academy (USCGA)
Other
Institutions:
Mystic
Aquarium
Project
Oceanology
Government
Organizations:
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Sources
of Additional Information:
Population
Discharge
Sites
Sediment Analyses - Procedures, Database,and Displays
Watersheds
Bathymetric
Data Sources
Shoreline/Coastline
Data |
