Based on analyses at nine stations in Essex Bay, a coastal enclosure 

 formed by the large sand spit of Castle Neck, the following data are pre- 

 sented: the history of fisheries in the area; morphometry, water quality, 

 type and degree of pollution affecting the marine environment; relative 

 abundance and economic value of fisheries; the economic value of shellfish 

 populations; and information on the current status of salt marsh acreage. 



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 *Duane, D. B. 1969. Sand inventory program: a study of New Jersey and 

 northern New England coastal waters. Shore and Beach 37(2) :12-16 . 



This article describes a program by the Corps of Engineers to find and 

 delineate offshore deposits of and suitable for beach restoration and 

 stabilization. Included are data on the following areas: Sandy Hook 

 and Barnegat (New Jersey); Plum Island, Nantasket Beach, Revere Beach, 

 Salisbury Beach, and Castle Neck (Massachusetts). 



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Jones, J. R. 1977. An alternative hypothesis for barrier island migration. 

 Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University. 205 pp. (Diss. Abstr. 37:6038-B.) 



This study examines geomorphic and sedimentological parameters which 

 are interpreted to support an alternative hypothesis for barrier island 

 migration: that high energy storm transport of sediment and spit develop- 

 ment is the mechanism for barrier island migration rather than a rise in 

 sea level. Some sampling was done at the Plum Island-Castle Neck, Mas- 

 sachusetts barrier system. 



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 *Rhodes, E. G. 1973. Pleistocene-Holocene sediments interpreted by seismic 

 refraction and wash-bore sampling, Plum Island-Castle Neck, Massachusetts. 

 U.S. Coastal Engineering Research Center, Technical Memorandum 40. 81 pp. 



Seismic refraction successfully located Pleistocene and bedrock topog- 

 raphy in the Plum Island-Castle Neck area. The wash-bore method of soil 

 sampling was also employed. 



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 *Chesmore, A. P., D. J. Brown, and R. D. Anderson. 1972. A study of the 



marine resources of Lynn-Saugus Harbor. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 

 Division of Marine Fisheries, Monograph Series No. 11. 40 pp. 



Data are presented on the following elements for the area, which includes 

 Nahant and Revere: survey methodology, historical overview of fisheries, 

 physical and chemical characteristics, marine vegetation, coastal marsh 

 regulations, and the economic value of marine resources. 



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