Preface 



This report was prepared by the Northeast Utilities Service Company Environmental Laboratory (NUEL) 

 staff. All contributors are acknowledged according to their respective disciplines: 



Laboratory Manager 

 Benthic Ecology 



Paul M. Jacobson 



Dr. Milan Keser, Supervisor 



Fish Ecology 



Bette Fields 

 James F. Foertch 

 Donald F. Landers 

 Douglas E. Morgan 

 Joseph M. Vozarik 



Dr. Linda E. Bireley, Supervisor 



Robin E. Field 

 Raymond O. Heller 

 Richard A. Larsen 

 John T. Swenarton 



Statistical Support 

 NUEL Mailing Address 



John A. Castleman 

 Donald J. Danila 

 David G. Dodge 

 JoAnne Konefal 



Dr. Ernest Lorda 



Northeast Utilities Environmental Lab. 



P. O. Box 128 



Waterford, Connecticut 06385 



David P. Colby 

 Gregory C. Decker 

 Christine P. Gauthier 

 J. Dale MiUer 



Special thanks are extended to Dr. WtUiam C. Renfro, Director, Environmental Programs Department 

 (NUSCO) and the following members of the Millstone Ecological Advisory Committee for their critical 

 review of this report: Dr. John Tietjen, Dr. Nelson Marshall, Dr. Saul Saila, and Dr. William Pearcy. 

 Reviews provided by Dr. Robert Wilce, Dr. Robert Whitlatch, and Dr. L^nce Stewart are also gratefully 

 acknowledged. 



We would also like to thank the following people for their contributions to the annual report: James 

 Vouglitois, of GPU Nuclear Corporation, for providing publications and information on the bay anchovy; 

 Mark Gibson and Chris Powell, of the Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife, who provided data 

 on the regional abundance of winter flounder; Eric Smith, of the Connecticut Department of Environmental 

 Protection Marine Fisheries Laboratory', for supplying current landings data for winter flounder and lobster; 

 Frank Almeida and Paul Kostovich, of the National Marine Fisheries Service Woods Hole Laboratory, 

 who supplied abundance indices which were requested for selected species and specific areas covered as 

 part of the Northeast Fisheries Center Tnshore and Offshore Bottom Trawl Surveys during 1975-87. 



This report is dedicated to the memory of Bette Fields. 



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