ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This report Is the result of a cooperative effort on the part of many individuals. Their names and contributions 

 are listed below. 



The Organization of the Characterization 

 The Coastal 4aine Ecosystem 



Human Impacts on the Ecosystem 

 The Marine System 



The Estuarine System 



The Riverine System 

 The Lacustrine System 



The Palustri>ie System 



The Forest System 



Agricultural and Developed Land 



Fishes 



Commercially Important Invertebrates 



Marine Mammals 



Waterbirds 



Waterfowl 



Terrestrial 3irds 



Stewart Fefer 

 Patricia Schettig 

 Stewart Fefer 

 Edward Shenton 

 Barry Timson 

 Dave Strimait is 

 Stewart Fefer 

 Norman Famous 

 Lawrence Thornton 

 Dr. Peter Larsen 

 Richard Lee 

 Dr. Peter Larsen 

 Lee Doggett 

 Dr. Chris Garside 

 Dr. Jerry Topinka 

 Dr. Tim Hague 

 Charles Yentsch 

 Toby Garfield 

 Dr. Ray Gerber 

 Dr. Peter Larsen 

 Lee Doggett 

 Dr. Chris Garside 

 Dr. Jerry Topinka 

 Dr. Tim Mague 

 Toby Garfield 

 Dr. Ray Gerber 

 Stewart Fefer 

 Patricia Schettig 

 Lawrence Thornton 

 Russell McCul lough 

 Stewart Fefer 

 Dr. Ronald Davis 

 Stewart Fefer 

 Meryl Freeman 

 Stewart Fefer 

 Dr. Craig Ferris 

 Dr. Craig Ferris 

 Patricia Schettig 

 Stanley Chenoweth 

 Beth Surgens 

 Lee Doggett 

 Susan Sykes 

 Patricia Schettig 

 Cheryl Klink 

 Norman Famous 

 Dr. Craig Ferris 

 Howard Spencer, Jr. 

 Dr. Kenneth Reinecke 

 John Parsons 

 Norman Famous 

 Charles Todd 

 Dr. Craig Ferris 



Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 



New England Coastal Oceanographic Crcup 



Mahoosuc Corporation 



Environmental Research and Technology 



University of Maine at Orono 

 N.J. Department of Environmental Protect ion 

 Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 

 Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 



Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 



Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 



Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 



Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 



Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 



Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 

 Bowdoin College 



Maine Cooperative Fishery Unit, Orono 

 University of Maine at Orono 

 University of Maine at Orono 

 University of Maine at Orono 



Maine Department of Marine Resources 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



Bigelow Laboratories for the Ocean Sciences 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



University of Maine at Orono 



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