background info

Coastal Salt Ponds Research Project 1999-2003 


The coastal lagoons dataset is part of the Salt Ponds Research Project, currently underway at URI.  The objectives of the Salt Pond Research Project are to examine distribution, source, and potential impact of contaminants in the shallow ecosystems of Ninigret, Quonochontaug, and Winnapaug Ponds, Rhode Island.  Data from this study is being incorporated in a Ph.D. thesis (Ford, 2003) and is unpublished at this time.  When completed, this thesis will be available at the University of Rhode Island library.

More information can be found at http://espo.gso.uri.edu/~kford/sp


Ford, K.H., 2003.  The distribution and potential impact of inorganic and organic contaminants in coastal lagoons, Rhode Island.  Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis chapter, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island.  45 pp.


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