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site# site name site code latitute longitude years sampled basin name basin area substrate exposure tidal range
Massachusetts
1 Sandwich MASN 41'45.00'N 70'24.00'W 92,93,94,95 Mill Creek 4 sand 0 2.7
2 Plymouth, Manomet Point MAPY 41'55.70'N 70'32.30'W 93 NA NA rock 40 3
3 Duxbury MADX 42'02.01'N 70'40.03'W 94 Duxbury Bay 32.38 cobble 280 3
4 Cohassett MACO 42'15.30'N 70'47.40'W 93 NA NA rock 0 3
5 Nut Island MANI 42'17.10'N 70'58.20'W 92 Weymouth Fore River 300 steel navigation spindle 35 3
6 Long Island MALI 42'19.70'N 70'57.30'W 93 Charles/Mystic/Neponset 130 rock 45 3
7 Brewster Island MABI 42'20.55'N 70'52,68'W 94 Boston Harbor 45 cobble 285 4
8 Boston Inner harbor MAIH 41'21.53'N 71'02.94'W 95 Boston Inner harbor 300 granite peer 160 4
9 Winthrop MAWN 42'21.89'N 70'57.85'W 94 Boston Harbor 45 cobble 90 4
10 Pines River MAPR 42'25.87'N 70'58.76'W 95 Pines River 25.9 sand 0 4
11 Nahant MANH 42'25.07'N 70'54.28'W 91 NA NA rock 110 3
12 Marblehead MAMH 42'29.90'N 70'50.90'W 93 NA NA rock 180 2.7
13 Ipswich MAIP 42'42.04'N 70'47.44'W 94 Plum Island sound 602.1 rock 90 4
14 Merrimac MAME 42'48.50'N 70'49.40'W 93 Merrimac River 12950 mud 90 3
New Hampshire
15 Hampton / Seabrook Estuary NHHS 42'53.50'N 70'49.00'W 93, 95 Hampton Seabrook Estuary 120 sand 90 2
16 Rye Harbor NHRH 43'00.00'N 70'14.42'W 94 Rye Harbor 1.5 cobble 250 2
17 Little Harbor NHLH 43'02.00'N 70'43.00'W 95 Piscataqua River 2409 mud 90 2.8
18 Odiorne Point NHOP 43'3.20'N 70'43.10'W 92 Piscataqua River 2409 sand 90 2.8
19 Shapleigh Island NHSI 43'5.00'N 70'44.00'W 92 Piscataqua River 2409 mud 180 2.8
20 Dover Point NHDP 43'07.09'N 70'49.39'W 94 Piscataqua River 1400 rock 0 2.7
Maine
21 Clark Cove MECC 43'04.40'N 70'43.40'W 93,94,95 Piscataqua / Salmon Falls 1400 mud 160 2.5
22 Brave Boat Harbor MEBH 43'05.60'N 70'39.20'W 93 Brave Boat harbor 2 mud 100 2.5
23 Saco River MESA 43'26.52'N 70'21.08'W 94 Saco 4403 rock 90 3
24 Portland Harbor MEPH 43'38.75'N 70'15.50'W 94 Stroudwater-Fore 135 mud 180 3
25 Presumpscot River MEPR 43'41.60'N 70'15.00'W 94 Presumpscot 1593 mud 30 3
26 Broad Cove MEBC 43'45.95'N 70'10.75'W 92,95 Casco Bay NA mud 45 3
27 Royal River MERY 43'47.80'N 70'08.80'W 93 Royal River 430 mud 90 3
28 Kennebec River MEKN 43'47.50'N 69'47.60'W 92,93,94,95 Kennebec 24171 rock 30 3
29 Sheepscot River MESH 43'51.26'N 69'42.10'W 92 Sheepscot River 591 rock 30 3
30 Damariscotta MEDM 43'56.30'N 69'34.90'W 95 Damariscotta 260 rock 180 3
31 Boothbay Harbor MEBB 43'51.04'N 69'40.36'W 91 Boothbay Harbor 15 rock 90 3
32 Linekin Bay MELB 43.51.35'N 69'35.41'W 91 Boothbay Harbor 25 rock 180 3
33 Penobscot River MEFP 44'28.30'N 68'48.90'W 93 Penobscot 23867 sand 180 3
34 Pickering Island MEPI 44'15.60'N 68'43.80'W 93 Penobscot 23867 sand 180 3
35 Union river MEUR 44'15.60'N 68'43.80'W 94 Union River 1300 rock 45 3
36 Seal Cove MESC 44'16.54'N 68'24.05'W 91 NA 7 rock 45 3
37 Southwest Harbor MESW 44'16.26'N 68'19.12'W 91 South West Harbor 10 rock 45 3.5
38 Machias River MEMR 44'41.20'N 67'23.50'W 94 Machias River 1165 mud 45 3.6
39 Cobscook Bay MECK 44'54.28'N 67'03.25'W 94 St. Croix 3575 gravel 180 6.5
New Brunswick
40 St. Croix NBSC 45'10.00'N 67'09.70'W 93 St. Croix Estuary 5 rock 150 8
41 Niger River NBNR 45'60.30'N 69'23.50'W 94,95 Passamaquoddy Bay 100 rock 300 8
42 Hospital Island NBHI 45'07.42'N 67'00.53'W 92,93,94,95 Passamaquoddy Bay 100 sand 180 8
43 Letang Estuary NBLN 45'04.60'N 66'48.00'W 93 Letang Estuary 10 rock 180 8
44 Limekiln Bay NBLB 45'51.35'N 69'35.41'W 94 Letang Harbor 10 gravel 330 8
45 Manawagonish Bay NBMI 45'13.00'N 66'6.00'W 92,95 Saint John Harbor   gravel 150 8
46 Machias Seal Island NBSI 44'30.10'N 69'06.10'W 92 Bay of Fundy NA rock 270 6
Nova Scotia
47 Apple River NSAR 45'27.60'N 64'51.80'W 94 Chignecto Bay 1084 cobble/gravel 225 12
48 Fiver Islands NSFI 45'39.50'N 64'06.70'W 93,94 Minas Basin 800 rock/sand 40 8
49 Annapolis Causway NSCW 44'65.70'N 65'66.77'W 95 Annapolis Basin 75 sand/mud 180 5
50 Cornvallis NSAC 44'24.43'N 65'31.13'W 91 Annapolis Basin 100 rock 60 8
51 Thornes Cove NSTC 44'40.95'N 65'41.42'W 91 Annapolis Basin 100 rock 180 8
52 Digby NSDI 44'38.00'N 65'45.00'W 92,93,94 Annapolis Basin 1600 mud 360 8
53 Broad Cove NSBC 44'40.00'N 65'50.00'W 92,93 Bay of Fundy NA rock 135 8
54 Spechts Cove NSSC 44'32.30'N 65'52.20'W 94 Spects Cove 2 rock 180 8
55 Belliveaus Cove NSBE 44'24.15'N 66'02.45'W 95 Sissy-Boo River 2 mud 120 8
56 Yarmouth NSYR 43'81.80'N 66'14.30'W 93 Yarmouth Harbor 15.6 sand/silt 180 5
57 Argyle Sound NSAG 43'73.90'N 65'84.40'W 93 Argyle Sound 4 rock 180 4
58 Barrington Passage NSBP 43'31.00'N 65'38.00'W 94 Doctors Cove 3 rock 45 4

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Last Updated on 8/4/97
By Karen Garrison
Email: kmg@kepler.unh.edu