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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1005

Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes of Block Island Sound, Offshore Rhode Island

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Title | List of Figures | Conversion Factors | Abstract | Introduction | Setting | Methods | Bathymetry | Sediment Distribution | Bottom Photography | GIS Data Catalog | Summary | Acknowledgments | References | Contacts | Index

Figure 39. Two photographs of the fauna on boulders in the study area.

Figure 39. Bottom photographs from stations BIS25 and BIS10 showing the sessile fauna that commonly cover boulders in Block Island Sound. Note the presence of hydrozoans, hydroids, anemones, and encrusting sponges, and that juvenile finfish seek shelter among the rocks. Station locations are shown in figures 14 and 37.


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