Eel Pond Marsh - The base point is at the northeast edge of Maddaket 

 Harbor at the west end of the island at the edge of a low salt marsh next to 

 a metal stake, 140.8 meters from the edge of the water along Sightline A. 

 From a transit set at the base point, the angles of the various sights were 

 as follows (all referenced to magnetic north as 0°, east as 90°, etc.): 



Sight A. 212.0° to transect line. 



Sight B. 165.2° to west chimney of houses. 



Sight C. 124.4° to line of telephone poles. 



Sight D. 224.8° to westernmost telphone pole on Smith Point. 



Station 1. 17.0 meters from base point. 



Station 2. 47.5 meters from base point. 



Station 3. 71.5 meters from base point. 



Station 4. 98.8 meters from base point. 



Station 5. 130.8 meters from base point. 



Station 6. 135.8 meters from base point. 



Station 7. 140.8 meters from base point. 



Nantucket Harbor - Northwest from the University of Massachusetts Field 

 Station on the Polpis Road. The first station was in the middle of the har 

 bor and the second station was one-fifth of the way back (five stations were 

 planned but dangerous weather allowed only two to be sampled) . Small buoys 

 were left for a short-term reference point (H. Sanders, WHOI) . 



Results 



Only those samples that cannot be stored are being analyzed immediately 

 in detail. These are the microbial samples, samples for chlorophyll, and 

 preliminary identification of living meiofauna and macrofauna. No other sam- 

 ples will be analyzed for the moment. These analyses will provide a basis 

 for appraising the effectiveness of the sampling. 



Follow-up Studies 



(1) The probability seems high that oil from this spill will come 

 ashore at one time or another on Nantucket and other areas along the eastern 

 seaboard, including eastern Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and elsewhere. A 

 systematic sampling of these areas in advance of the oil is clearly desir- 

 able. The question is how intensive this survey should be. The answer will 

 depend in part on the results of the study of Nantucket. 



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