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Quirk, Lawler and Matusky (1969) and water quality model of Goodkind et 

 al. (1970). Water quality models have been prepared for the harbor and 

 Quinnipiac River as part of sewage treatment facility design and water 

 management programs (Quirk, Lawler and Matusky, 1969; Goodkind et al . , 

 1970; and Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 1977) . 

 More recent work conducted for sewage outfall location studies (NAI, 

 1975b) provided supplemental data on surface and near surface currents. 

 At the present time, a new dynamic model of the harbor is being prepared 

 based on new current and tide data (NAI, 1979, unpublished). 



Outside of New Haven Harbor, water quality data are more abun- 

 dant for the central and western sections of Long Island Sound. The 

 State University of New York (SUNY) Marine Science Research Center 

 published data on seasonal fluctuations in dissolved oxygen and temp- 

 erature (Hardy and Weyl, 1970, 1971) and nutrients (Hardy, 1972 and 

 1972b) . The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) from Sandy Hook, 

 New Jersey, initiated an extensive environmental baseline study for the 

 Sound in 1972; data have been collected since then, though only small 

 amounts have been published. Infoirmation on chemistry, nutrients, and 

 temperature is available in Reid, Frame, and Drexter (1976) , and further 

 studies on nutrients and their distribution include a Sound-wide study 

 by Bowman (1977). Monitoring programs at Stamford (NAI, 1974c), Bridge- 

 port (NAI, 1973), Niantic Bay (Battelle, 1977, 1978), Shoreham, (NYOSL, 

 1974) , Norwalk Harbor, Housatonic River at Devon, Connecticut River at 

 Middletown and Thames Estuary at Montville (Lawler, Matusky and Skelly 

 Engineers, 1975a, 1975b, 1975c and 1976) provide information on seasonal 

 variation and water quality gradients from coastal areas throughout the 

 Sound. Data are also available from a predictive model of water tempera- 

 ture gradients in the Sound and the impact of power plant discharges 

 (Stone and Webster, 1972) . In addition, temperature loss from surface 

 waters of a thermal plume to the overlying air mass during calm and 

 windy conditions was studied by Williams (1971) at Northport, New York. 



