LINKS to web sites with Current Information on Long Island Sound and Coastal-Estuarine Regions in general
Governmental Organizations, LIS
EPA Long Island Sound Office: Long Island Sound Study, Information on Total Maximum Daily Loads of nutrients.
University of Connecticut EMPACT site (Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking: A Marine Environmental Monitoring Network for Long Island Sound
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection: LIS Water Quality Monitoring Program; Atmosphere and hypoxia
Reports on lobsters in Long Island Sound
Non-profits:
Soundkeeper (has links to sites with geological history as well)
The Long Island Sound Foundation
Tidal Marshes of Long Island Sound (Connecticut College)
National Sites:
Clean Coastal waters: Understanding and reducing the effects of nutrient pollution. 2000. National Academy Press. (text book available)
National Estuaries Program (EPA)
National Estuarine Research Reserve System
Special Projects Office web page of the National Ocean Service
NOAA's Estuarine Eutrophication Assessments - Report.
Report on 'State of the Coast', including section on Sediment Toxicity
Database on harmful algal blooms
National Marine and Invasive Species Database
National Assessment of Climate Change: list expected effects of climate change by region, also for coastal regions and the North east specifically.