Ian - Linda Deegan at Woods Hole is doing IBIs for estuaries.

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
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Judith S. Weis   Department of Biological Sciences
   Rutgers Univ.  Newark NJ 07102      [log in to unmask]