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Recommended Teacher resources:

*Anderson, Tom, " This Fine Piece of Water", Yale University Press, 2002.

*Bachand, Robert, G., Coastal Atlantic Sea Creatures: A Natural History, The Maritime Center at Norwalk, 1994, Sea Sports Publications.

Bell, Michael, "The Face of Connecticut People, Geology, and the Land", State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1988

Clesceri, Lenore S., Greenberg, Arnold E., Eaton, Andrew D., Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 20th edition., United Book Press, 1998.

Coleman, Margaret, “ The Geologic History of Connecticut’s Bedrock”, State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut

*Gosner, Kenneth L., Peterson Field Guides to the Atlantic Seashore, 1978, Houghton Mifflin

"Guide to Marine Mammals of the World",  National Audubon Society, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, New York, 2002.

Hannah, Janice, "Seals of Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States", International marine Mammal Association, Inc., Ontario, Canada, 1998.

Katona, Steven K, Rough, Valerie, and Richardson, David T., "A Field Guide To Whales, Porpoise's and Seals from Cape Cod to Newfound", Smithsonian Institution, 1993.

King, Judith, "Seals of the World", Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, N.Y., 1983.

"Long Island Sound: An Atlas of Natural Resources", Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection, 1989.

MacBroom, James Grant, The River Book, CT DEP, 1998.

"Mac's Field Guide to Northeast Coastal Invertebrates", Seattle Washington.

McPhee, John, The Founding Fish, 2002, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Reeves, Randall R., Stewart, Brent S., and Leatherwood, Stephen, "The Sierra Club Handbook of Seals and Sirenians", San Francisco, 1992.

Ridgway, Sam H., Harrison, Richard J., "Handbook of Marine Mammals", Academic Press, New York, 1981.

Riedman, Marianne, "The Pinnipeds, Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses", University of California Press, Berkely and Loss Angeles, 1990.

*Sibley, David Allen, National Audubon Society the Sibley Guide to Birds, 2000, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Smith, DeBoyd L., and Johnson, Kevin B., A Guide to Marine Coastal Plankton and Marine Invertebrate Larvae second edition, 1996, Kendall / Hunt.

*Tiner, Ralph W., A Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of Northeastern United States, 1987, The University of Massachusetts Press.

*Thomson, Keith Stewart, Week III, W.H., Taruski, Algis G., Simanek, Dan E., "Saltwater Fishes of Connecticut", State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1978.

Van Patten, Peg, Moore, Milton, O'Muin, Eamon, "Sound Facts", Connecticut Sea Grant, 1997

Wahle, Lisa, "Plants and Animals of Long Island Sound 2nd edition", Connecticut Sea Grant program, 1991.

Weiss, Howard M., "Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York", State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1995.

Weiss, Howard M., and Dorsey, Michael W., Investigating the Marine Environmnet: A Sourcebook Volume 1: Field Studies, 1979.

Weiss, Howard M., and Dorsey, Michael W., Investigating the Marine Environmnet: A Sourcebook Volume 2: Laboratory -Classroom Studies, 1979.

*Weiss, Howard M., and Dorsey, Michael W., Investigating the Marine Environmnet: A Sourcebook Volume 3: The Teacher's Manual, 1979.

Wynne, Kate, Schwartz, Malia, Mix, Garth, Guide to Marine Mammals & Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.  Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island, 1999.

Zim, Herbert, Ingle, Lester, "Seashore Life, a Guide to Animals and Plants along the Beach", Golden Guide, New York, 1989.


*Orange books are excellent initial resources on beach life and the natural history of LIS.

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www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dep/home.html - NY City Dept. of Environmental Protection

*www.dec.state.ny.us - New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation.

http://www.lisrc.uconn.edu - Long Island Sound Resource Center – Univ. of CT

*www.mysound.uconn.edu - My Sound water and weather conditions on LIS.

*www.noaa.gov/ - National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration

www.nws.noaa.gov/  - National Weather Service home page

www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/  - National Ocean Service

*www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/ - National Marine Sanctuaries

www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/  - Ocean Prediction Center - shows Satellite photos

www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/ - National Weather Service - Upton N.Y.

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mar_mammals.htm - National Marine mammals

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR3/Turtles/turtles.html - Sea Turtle Protection

*www.nmfs.noaa/gov  - National Marine Fisheries

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture.html  - National Marine Fisheries Aquaculture

tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/geographic.html - Daily tide chart

chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/ - NOAA nautical charts, & maps

*www.usgs.gov/ - United States Geologic Survey

*www.nasa.gov - National Aeronautics & Space Administraton

marine.usgs.gov/ - USGS Coastal & marine Geology Web page

landsat7.usgs.gov/gallery/detail/111LandSat - image of N.Y. city, L.I. Sound up to Norwalk Islands

nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/ - National Marine Mammals laboratory

www.whoi.edu/  - Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute

sio.ucsd.edu/  - Scripps Institute of Oceanography

www.ldeo.columbia.edu/  - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

*www.seagrant.uconn.edu/  - Connecticut Sea Grant

*www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/ - New York Sea Grant

seagrant.gso.uri.edu/  - Rhode Island Sea Grant

*dep.state.ct.us/  - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

www.dec.state.ny.us/home.html - New York Department of Environmental Conservation

 

*Orange websites are sites that often have free information/posters/material for teachers

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