Landmark Long Island Sound Study Looks for Dangerous Metals

Funded by the EPA, It Hopes to Preserve Water Quality, Marine Life

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Long Island Sound cruise I begins in Western Long Island Sound.	Professor Chris Gobler prepares to collect water samples in Central Long Island Sound.
The final station of the Long Island Sound project, the Thames River in Connecticut. From the left Professor Gobler, and students, Florian Koch, Marie Pier, George Boneillo, and Nathan Buck.  Upon completion of his degree at Southampton, Nathan went on enroll in Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Research Center.	The cruises went as far west as the East River along Manhattan allowing for a wonderful glimpse of the Brooklyn Bridge and the World Trade Center prior to September 11, 2001.
Student George Boneillo prepares to filter for chlorophyll.  Upon completion of his degree at Southampton, George went on enroll in the Old Dominion University graduate school of oceanography.	Taking a break on station in Block Island Sound.  From the left, Professor Gobler, and students, George Boneillo, Nathan Buck, and Marc Renaghan.  Upon completion of his degree at Southampton, Marc went on to captain a sailboat through the Caribbean.
Breaking down an experiment while pulled into Mattituck Harbor.