2010年美国《罗德岛特殊海域管理规划(第二卷)》(英文)
——Rhode island Ocean Special Area Management Plan VOLUME 2
摘要
Rhode Island’s offshore waters are an ecologically unique region—the Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound ecosystems, which are shallow, near shore continental shelf waters, are located at the boundary of two bio-geographic provinces, the Acadian to the north (Cape Cod to the Gulf of Maine) and the Virginian to the south (Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras). The area is dynamically connected to Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay, Long Island Sound, and the Atlantic Ocean via the Inner Continental Shelf. While this unique positioning places this ecosystem at high risk of impacts from global climate change, this positioning also allows it to contain and host an interesting biodiversity of fish, marine mammals, birds, and sea turtles that travel throughout this region, thriving on its rich habitats, microscopic organisms, and other natural resources.
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