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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1003
Sidescan Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretation of the Sea Floor off Branford, Connecticut

Shell bed provides shelter for juvenille skate.

Bottom photograph shows an example of a shell bed providing shelter for a juvenile skate. Bottom photo is from Niantic Bay in Long Island Sound (Poppe and others, 2000c).

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