The channel beyond Staten Island, which connects Newark Bay with Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull, or the Kills.

It is there that the devout affections, undisturbed by other faculties, are incessantly in efflux.

Others have very sensitive soles and can easily feel overwhelmed by what feels like a shoeful of pebbles.

As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.