TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES iii 



LIST OF TABLES v 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vii 



1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 



2.0 METHODS 7 



2.1 Description of Study Area 7 



2.2 Project History 7 



2.3 Data Collection 8 



2.4 Sample Processing 10 



2.5 Statistical Techniques 11 



3.0 RESULTS 13 



3.1 Sediment Texture and Organic Content Results 13 



3.1.1 Sheep Island 13 



3.1.2 Beals Island 14 



3 . 2 Soft-Clam and Bait-worm Survey Results 16 



3.2.1 Sheep Island 16 



3.2.1.1 Soft-Clams (Mya arenaria) 16 



3.2.1.2 Clam-worms (Nereis virens ) 20 



3.2.2 Beals Island 22 



3.2.2.1 Soft-Clams (Mya arenaria) 22 



3.2.2.2 Clam-worms (Nereis virens ) 23 



3.3 Infauna 25 



3.3.1 Sheep Island 25 



3.3.1.1 Assemblage Strucmre 25 



3.3.1.2 Taxonomic Strucmre 30 



3.3.2 Beals Island 37 



3.3.2.1 Assemblage Strucmre 37 



3.3.2.2 Taxonomic Strucmre 41 



4.0 DISCUSSION 49 



5.0 CONCLUSIONS 56 



6.0 REFERENCES 57 



INDEX 

 APPENDICES 



