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and fauna were conducted by Raytheon (1971) and NAI (1973, 1974a, 1974b, 

 1975a, 1976a, 1977a, and 1978). During 1974, additional benthic and 

 intertidal studies were conducted for the City of Now Haven (NAI , 

 1975b). Cunningham (1972, unpublished) also conducted a year-long 

 survey of the Long Wharf flats on the western side of New Haven Harbor. 



An assessment of dredge spoil disposal activities was under- 

 taken at the New Haven dumping grounds for the Corps of Engineers by 

 Rhoads (1972, 1973a, 1973b, 1973c, 1973d, 1973e, 1974a, 1974b, 1974c, 

 1975; Rhoads, Allen and Goldhaber, 1975). During an investigation of 

 the New Haven dumping grounds, Rhoads also conducted a survey of pre- 

 and post-dredged benthic communities in the New Haven shipping channel 

 (Rhoads, 1973a, 1973e, 1974b, 1974c) for the Corps of Engineers. 

 Rhoads and Michael (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978) carried out seasonal in- 

 vestigations of subtidal communities in New Haven's inner harbor region 

 and Morris Cove in conjunction with the United Illuminating program. 

 Other studies conducted at or in the vicinity of the New Haven dump site 

 included assessment of recolonization of dredge spoil and community 

 structure (Franz, 1976; McCall, 1977; Fisher and McCall, 1973). Epi- 

 faunal data are also available from impingement records maintained by 

 the United Illuminating Company. 



Benthic investigations in central Long Island Sound were first 

 conducted by Sanders (1956) as part of the overall Bingham Oceanographic 

 Laboratory survey on the oceanography of Long Island Sound. During the 

 period between 1972 and 1975, the National Marine Fisheries Service 

 conducted an environmental baseline study for the Sound. Benthic 

 infauna were sampled at over 100 stations during the first year of the 

 program, and sampling on a reduced scale continued through 1975. To 

 date, benthic samples from the earlier years have been analyzed but no 

 formal reports have been prepared. The National Marine Fisheries Ser- 

 vice has provided us with unpublished data on the Sound epifaunal pop- 

 ulations. 



