SYBIL CREEK RESTORATION
Baseline Data and
Habitat Assessment
Prior to Restoration

COVER PAGE

FOREWORD & ACKNOWLEDGMENT

INTRODUCTION
Sybil Creek Baseline
Sampling Report
• Map of Study Site
• Marsh Restoration
• Historic Background
• Purpose & Goals
• Site Conditions

BASELINE SAMPLING RESULTS
• Transect Location Map
• Hydrology
• Nutrients
• Vegetation
• Surface Sediments
• Peat Bulk Densities
• Palynology
• Birds
• Mammals
• Amphibians & Reptiles
• Fish

LITERATURE CITED

PHOTOS
Photo Location Map


This study was funded by a grant to the Branford Land Trust by the Long Island Sound License Plate Fund.



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LITERATURE CITED

Besitka, M.R. 1996. An ecological and historical study of Phragmites australis along the Atlantic coast. Masters Thesis, Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drevel University, Philadelphia, PA, 57 pp.

Bjork, S. 1967. Ecologic Investigations of Phragmites communis: Studies in theoretical and applied limnology. Folia Limnologica Scandinavica 14:1-248

Haslam, S.M. 1973. Some aspects of the life history and autecology of Phragmites communis, Trin.: A review. Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii 20: 79-100.

Milone and MacBroom, Inc. 1996. Sybil Creek Salt Marsh Restoration, Branford, CT, Preliminary Design Report. Report to CTDEP, Office of Long Island Sound Programs, September 1996, 85pp.

Niering, W.A. and Warren, R.S. 1974. Tidal marshes of Connecticut: Vegetation, micro-relief and environmental impacts. In: Niering WA and Warren RS (eds), Tidal Wetlands of Connecticut, pp 1-69. Report to the Connecticut DEP, Hartford, CT, Volumes I and II

Orson, R.A. 1999. A paleoecological assessment of Phragmites australis in New England tidal marshes: changes in plant community structure during the last few millennia. Biological Invasions 1: 149-158.

Orson, R. A., Brown, L. and Sharp, P.C. 1997. Ecological context and vegetation restoration, pages 136 - 150. In D. Casagrande (ed.), Restoration of an urban salt marsh: A case study from New Haven, CT. Yale School of Forestry Bulletin Series, New Haven, CT.

Orson, R.A., Niering, W.A. and Warren, R.S. 1987. The development of a New England river valley tidal marsh. Estuaries 10: 20-27

Orson, R. A., Warren, R.S. and Niering, W.A. 1982. A feasibility study: Restoring Connecticut's tidally restricted salt marshes. Report to CAM/DEP, Hartford, CT.

Roman, C.T., Niering, W.A., and Warren, R.S. 1984. Salt marsh vegetation change in response to tidal restriction. Environmental Management 8:141-150.

Rozsa, R. 1995. Tidal wetland restoration in Connecticut, p 51-65. In Dreyer, G.D. and Niering, W.A. (eds), Tidal Marshes of Long Island Sound, Ecology, History and Restoration. Connecticut College Arboretum Bulletin #34, 72 pp. 2



   
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