Acknowledgments

Funding for this research was provided by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM). We especially thank Bruce Carlisle, Dan Sampson, Emily Huntley, Adrienne Pappal, Todd Callahan, and Bob Boeri from CZM for their collaboration in this project. We thank the Captain and Crew of the motor vessel Scarlett Isabella for their assistance during data collection.

The following USGS personnel participated during survey 2013-003-FA: William Schwab, Laura Brothers, William Danforth, Emile Bergeron, Charles Worley, Brian Andrews, Eric Moore, David Foster, Wayne Baldwin, Seth Ackerman, and Lee Sorrel (University of Maine student). We also thank the USGS staff of surveys 2007-011-FA and 2010-072-FA for providing survey data from areas directly adjacent to this study area. Technical and (or) editorial reviews by Elizabeth Pendleton, Bonny Clarke, VeeAnn Cross, and Jonas Casey-Williams improved the quality, clarity and organization of the report. We also thank Gail Wynne and Andrea Toran for all of their help in preparing this report for publication.