TNDRX 



AUeyBay, 8, 61 



Ampelisca . 39, 45, 51, 57, 72, 75 

 amphipod, 4, 33, 38, 45, 60, 65 

 amphipods, 1, 45, 60 

 Analysis of Variance, 13, 67 



beneficial use, vii, 1, 4, 53, 64, 66 



benthic conununities, 1 



biomass, vii, 1, 12, 13, 14, 28, 32, 40, 44, 



55,62 

 bivalves, 60 



Capitella . 33, 39, 45, 46, 51, 57, 60, 61, 



71,74 

 cohesive sediments, 61 

 colonization, 1, 60, 66, 67 

 commercial fisheries, 1, 53 

 Corophium . 4, 33, 38, 39, 51, 57, 60, 65, 



72,75 

 crustaceans, 32, 44 

 cubic meters, 4 

 cubic yards, 4 



diatoms, 1 

 disposal area, 9 

 disposal site, 9 

 disturbance, 54, 61, 63, 68 

 Diversity, vi, 54, 55, 62 

 dredging window, 4 



erosion, 1, 8, 53, 63 



Exogene . 33, 38, 39, 45, 46, 51, 57, 71, 74 



fish, vii, 1,62 



Gammarus . 33, 38, 39, 45, 51, 57, 72, 75 

 Glycera , 4, 13, 14, 51, 57, 70, 72, 74 

 Great Wass, 8 



Habitat development, 1 

 harbor seals, 8 



Heteromastus , 51, 57, 60, 71, 74 



ice, 8, 54, 63, 64, 68 

 infaunal community, vii, 54, 61, 62, 68 

 Intertidal flats, vii, 1, 4, 8, 53 

 intertidal habitat, 1, 8 



Jonesport, vii, 4, 8, 60, 64 



Macoma , 57, 60, 73, 75 

 marsh, 8, 67 

 marshes, 1, 53 

 molluscs, 1, 32, 55, 60 



NMDS, 14, 33, 38, 46, 61 



Oligochaeta, 13, 39, 57 

 oligochaete, 13, 14, 38 

 organic content, 12, 15 



pioneering species, 60 

 polychaetes, 1, 32, 33, 38, 60, 63 

 Polvdora . 33, 38, 39, 45, 51, 57, 60, 71, 74 

 primary production, 53 

 productivity, 1 



rakers, 54, 61 

 recruitment, 22, 25, 66 



salinity, 8 



Sediment organic content, 12, 15, 17, 53 

 shorebirds, vii, 1, 4, 8, 53, 62, 64 

 SIMPER, V, vi, 14, 38, 39, 46, 51 

 Streblospio . 33, 40, 45, 51, 57, 60, 71, 74 



taxa richness, 14, 28, 40, 54, 61, 62 

 taxonomic composition, 38, 46, 61, 62 



worm rakes, 9 



Zostera, 62 



