AN ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF COASTAL MAINE 

 (North and East of Cape Elizabeth) 



Stewart I. Fefer and Patricia A. Schettig 

 Principal Investigators 



Volume 1 



FWS/OBS-80/29 

 October 1980 



The principal investigators wish to 

 gratefully acknowledge the excellent 

 guidance provided by the project's 

 steering committee; the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service National Coastal 

 Ecosystems Team; and the contributions 

 made by the many authors and 

 reviewers . 



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DOCUMENT 



COLLECTION 



Special recognition is warranted for 

 John Parsons, for his invaluable tech- 

 nical editorial assistance, and for 

 Beth Surgens, Cheryl Klink, and Renata 

 Cirri for their tireless attention to 

 production details throughout the 

 study period. 



The study was conducted as part of the Federal Interagency Energy/Environment 

 Research and Development Program of the Office of Research and Development, 

 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tidal 

 Power Study; and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Coastal Ecosystems 

 Project. 



Department of the Interior 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



Northeast Region 

 One Gateway Center, Suite 700 

 Newton Corner, Massachusetts 02158 



