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"Watching the Changes in Narragansett Bay for Half a Century" [1]

A trawl survey that has been conducted weekly for some 50 years in Narragansett Bay is finding profound changes in the composition of sea life there. Biologically, the news is bad. Despite huge investments in cleaning up the Bay, climate change seems to be the villain.

Peter B. Lord reports for the Providence Journal October 25, 2009. [2]
 

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Source: Providence Journal [2], 10/26/2009
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/watching-changes-narragansett-bay-half-a-century [2] http://www.projo.com/news/content/Narragansett_Bay_Trawl_10-25-09_GOG107Q_v41.38b53cd.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81