Projects

To research and analyze the issue of river pollution by landfill leacheates in the Quinnipiac Watershedd, to plan Y begin implementation of "stream team" bio-assessment in two watershed sub-basins, & to improve office as a resource center.

To bioassess the Quinnipiac Headwaters and Tributaries in Southington.

To continue to enhance & update the home page of the Quinnipiac River fund on the World Wide Web to disseminate information regarding the QR and New Haven Harbor ecosystems.

Continued support for the development of a geographic information system for the Quinnipiac River watershed.

To purchase a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in order to conduct studies on the types and levels of organic contaminants in water & tissue of fish & other organisms.

To classify and assess shellfish growing water for the Quinnipiac River and New Haven Harbor.

To assess relative abundance, health and body burden of selected contaminants in winter flounder.

To collect and examine winter flounder eggs for condition and viability.

To continue "Survey of Symbiotic Roots Showing Mycorrhizal Fungi on Tidal Riverine Vegetation in the Lower Quinnipiac River".

To develop a geographical information system database for the Quinnipiac River Watershed.