FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 87, NO. 4, 1989 



Appendix Table 1 . — Summary of data for 29 submersible dives conducted using the JOHNSON-SEA-LINK submers- 

 ible systems from 1983 — 85 in the Gulf of Maine. Mean percentage of sediment composition categories: G = 

 gravel; SA = sand; SI = silt; CL = clay. "Most abundant animals" includes any group where 10 or more individuals 

 were counted in the photographs from each dive. 



Dive location 

 JSL 



Date I or II Lat. 



(Mo/day) Dive # N 



Long. 

 W 



Max. Bottom Sediment No. of Most abundant 

 depth temp. x% composition sediment animals 

 (m) (°C) G SA SI CL samples (#m ^) 



1983 

 8/3 1407 42°58.48' 67°31.18' 



226 8.8 0/46/35/19 



8/3 1408 42°58.48' 67°31.18' 229 8.7 0/33/44/23 



8/4 1409 43°01.30' 67°32.12' 201 8.8 38/45/12/5 



8/4 1410 43°04.12' 67°43.24' 153 8.2 36/50/10/4 



8/5 1413 42°45.18' 67°37.30' 206 8.9 44/45/8/3 



8/6 1414 42°28.18' 67°20.06' 323 8.7 0/5/64/31 



8/6 1415 42°26.24' 67°07.36' 



8/7 1416 42°08.30' 66°09.00' 



8/8 1418 42°14.30' 66°09.00' 



8/8 1419 42°23.42' 66°52.48' 



381 8.6 5/41/37/17 



177 8.1 61/38/<1/<1 



264 7.3 10/89/<1/<1 



351 7.9 4/52/26/18 



8/10 1422 42°32.00' 67°38.00' 171 8.7 38/53/<1/2 



1984 



7/17 880 42°51.31' 68°54.04' 



7/18 881 42°58.ir 68°44.25' 



7/18 882 43°03.16' 68°32.43' 



144 6.9 13/68/13/6 



205 7.3 3/32/39/26 



181 7.0 7/29/39/25 



0.024 Bolocera 

 0.023 Asteroidea 

 0.005 Merluccius 

 0.004 Fish unid. 



0.030 Bolocera 

 0.013 Asteroidea 

 0.012 Merluccius 



0.214 Pennatula 

 0.044 Bolocera 

 0.028 Asteroidea 



0.115 Bolocera 

 0.047 Asteroidea 

 0.008 Polymastia 



0.346 Bolocera 

 0.043 Asteroidea 

 0.021 Pollachius 



2.408 

 0.243 

 0.008 

 0.007 



0.238 

 0.204 



0.085 

 0.013 



0.010 



2.234 

 0.179 

 0.010 



Pennatula 

 Cenanthus 

 Macrouridae 

 Asteroidea 



Cerianthus 

 Ophiuroidea 



Bolocera 

 Asteroidea 



Placopecten 



Cerianthus 



Pennatula 



Asteroidea 



0.254 Asteroidea 

 0.201 Bolocera 



0.327 

 0.182 

 0.009 



0.034 

 0.032 

 0.010 



1.009 

 0.126 

 0.125 

 0.039 



Cerianthus 

 Asteroidea 

 Sebastes 



Pandalidae 



Pennatula 



Asteroidea 



Ophiuroidea 

 Pennatula 

 Cerianthus 

 Pandalidae 



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