TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Foreword v 



List of Figures vii 



List of Tables xi 



Introduction 1 



Methods 6 



Results and Discussion 10 



Depth, Temperature and Salinity 10 



Sediments 15 



Sediment Carbon and Nitrogen 25 



Trace Metals 31 



Hydrocarbons 52 



The Fauna 53 



Density 53 



Biomass 69 



Species Per Station 78 



Diversity 78 



Classification Analysis 90 



Summary and Tentative Conclusions 104 



Acknowledgements 108 



Literature Cited 109 



Appendix 1 113 



Appendix 2 11' 



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