As a part of the Long Island Sound Partnership’s ongoing water quality monitoring program, IEC has been monitoring western Long Island Sound (WLIS) and the upper East River for 35 years. Our has joined the IEC to add inorganic carbon and total alkalinity measurements since October 2022.

The stations samples are illustrated below:

This time series has profound importance to understanding the seasonal stress on the WLIS ecosystem and on the shellfish industry as seasonal acidification, destabilizes calcium carbonate shells.