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SIGNIFICANT HABITA TS AND HABITAT COMPLEXES OF THE NEW YORK BIGHT WATERSHED
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND - NEW YORK BIGHT COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS PROGRAM
CHARLESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
COMPLETED NOVEMBER 1996 PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 1997
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Table of Contents
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EXEC!UTIVYE SUMMARY
ACKN.O..W..L E D.GýMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Background of Project
Geographic Boundaries and Area
Regionwide Threats and Conservation Considerations
Watershed or Ecosystem Approach
Methodology
PHYSIOGRAPHIC SETTING
Regional Geomorphology
Geomorphic or Physiographic Provinces
REGIONAL SPECIES AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERIZATIONS 2 Legally Protected Species
Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened S pejes
State-Iisted.Spe.ies Species Groups of Special Interest
Waterfowl
Coastal Colonial Waterbirds
Seabirds
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Neotropical Migrants
Diadromous Fishes
Estuarine Fishes l.Fr.eshwater.Fishe.s
C o m m erc.ial M,ar..i.l..-. ishe'ries
Marine .Ma.m.m.12als. and Sea Turtles
Rare Natural Communities and Habitat Types
Pi.n.e Barre n s.. CTom..mu!in.i.es
Calcareous Habitats
Traprock Ridge Communities
Tidal River Communities
Coastal Plain Ponds
Beach Strand Habitats
HABITAT COMPLEXES BY PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGION
REGION
Zone or sub-region
Habitat complex
MARINE
Nearshore Zone
C.ont.,inental.Shelf.Zo.ne.
Shelf Break Zone
CanyonsandValleys
ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN (Maps)
New Jersey Atlantic Coastal Watershed
1. Cape May Peninsula
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3. Great Egg Harbor Estuary
4. Brigantine Bay and Marsh Complex
5. Mullica River - Great Bay EstuarY
6. BarnegaqtBay Complex
Long Island Atlantic Coastal Watershed
7. Montma-u kP.e nins•sul..a
8. Long Island Pine Barrens - Peconic River Complex
9. L•ng. island Grasslands
10. Long Pond Greenbelt
Long Island Barrier Beach/Backbarrier Lagoon System
11. South Fork Atlantic Beaches
12. Shinnecock Bay
13. Moriches Bay
14. Great South Bay
15. Hempstead Bays - South Oyster Ba Comnplex
NEW YORK - NEW JERSEY HARBOR URBAN CORE (Map)
New York - New Jersey Harbor Estuary_ (Summary Chapter)
16. Jamaica.Bay-andaBreezy P-oint
17. RaritanB.ay_- SandyHQQkBay Comple 18. Arthur Kill_Comrplex
19. Hackensack Meadowlands
East River/Western Long Island Sound
20. The Narrows
Hudson River Estuary
21. Lower Hudson River Estuary
(Mid-Hudson River Estuary and Upper Hudson River Estuary listed below under Appalachian Ridge and Valley)
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Traprock Ridges
22. The Palisades
23. Preakness Mountain
Glacial Lake Basins
24. 1Pa s s..ic_.Meadows
(Arthur Kill Complex and Hackensack Meadowlands listed above under New York - New Jersey Harbor)
NEW ENGLAND UPLANDS (Maps)
New York - New Jersey Highlands
25. New York - New Jersey Highlands
Taconic Highlands
26. Harlem Valley Calcareous Wetlands Complex
APPALACHIAN RIDGE AND VALLEY (Maps)
Wallkill/Hudson Valley
27. Dutchess County Wetlands Couiplex
28. Shawangunk Kill
29. Upper Wallkill River Valley.
30: Albany Pine Bush
Ridge Systems
31. Shawan_.gunk.Ri-dge1 - Kittatinny
Hudson River Estuary
32. Mid-Hudson River Estuary
33. _Upper Hudsn River Estuary
(Lower Hudson River Estuary listed above under New York - New Jersey Harbor)
ALLEGHENY PLATEAU (Map)
Catskills
34. Catskill High Peaks
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35. HlelderbergEscarpment
APPENDICES
Appendix I
List of Animal Species of Sp ecial Emphasis in the New York. Bight Watershed study area (Note: may take several minutes to download.). List of Plant Species of Special Emphasis in the New York Bight Watershed study area (Note: may take several minutes to download.)
Definitions of Ranks Used in List
Appendix II
Rare_Natural_Communities
Cross-Reference Table of Natural Communities
Appendix III
List of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and State Environmental Agency Offices
US. Fish and Wildlife Service Southern New England- New York Bight Coastal Ecosystems Program P.O. Box 307 Charlestown, Rhode Island 02813 (401) 364-9124
Joseph Dowhan, Project Leader Thomas Halavik, Senior Biologist Andrew Milliken, Senior Biologist Andrew MacLachlan, Biologist/GIS Specialist Marcianna Caplis, Outreach Specialist Kelly Lima, GIS Technician Andrew Zimba, Cartographic Technician
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