ECOLOGY OF BUZZARDS BAY: An Estuanne Profile 1 1 1 



MONTAUK 



-19 100 



. BRIDGEPORT 

 -13 093 



PORT JEFFERSON 

 -2 7 WO 



NEW ROCHELLE 



-07 094 



WILLETS PT 

 -2 4 WO 



NEW YORK 



-31 



WO 



SANDY HOOK 



-4 1 WO 



.PHILADELPHIA 



-2 7 WO 



ATLANTIC CITY 



NANTUCKET 

 -09 093 



CAPE COD CANAL 

 -20 097 



BUZZARDS BAY 

 -06 098 



WOODS HOLE 



-27 W0 



NEW LONDON 

 -2 2 W0 



Top: At the left of each record is the name of the station, the mean annual 

 change of relative land level in mm/year (regular numbers) and the t-confi- 

 dence of the regression line (italic numbers). 



Bottom: A. Positions of tide-gauge stations from above The edge of the latest 

 Wisconsinan ice sheet at its maximum extent (about 16,000 years B.P.) lay 

 along the offshore islands B Mean annual change of relative land level based on 

 linear regression analysis of full records from tide gauges Contours show areal 

 distribution of rates in mm/year. 



Fig. 6.5. Mean annual and changes in relative land levels at tide-gauge stations 

 in Long Island Sound and vicinity. From Emery and Aubrey (1991). 



