Vertical Photography, Local Ehtnography, and Geographic Information System databsing: Tools for Seagras Trend Analysis in Southeastern Long Island, New York

摘要

The Town of East Hampton, along with its hamlets, Montauk, Wainscott and Amagansett, and the Village of East Hampton, lie at the extreme southeastern end of Long Island, New York. The people of this region have a cultural and economic link with the seagras, Zostera marima (eelgrass) dating for the late 1600's when early colonists used eelgrass for insulation and mulch. Althugh eelgrass is no longer used for insulation and only occasionlly used for mulch by the local population, East Hampton baymen recognize the critical link between the seagrass nursery grounds and the abundance(or scarcity) of bay scallops and clams. Accordingly, the seagrass biome as manifested in East Hampton waters is a valued aquatic habitat.