LIST OF FIGURES 



Figure 1. The Buzzards Bay Disposal Site, Buzzards Bay, MA. 



Figure 2. Disposal area locations in Buzzards Bay, 

 Massachusetts. Site A is the old Cleveland Ledge 

 Disposal Site, Site B is the Fairhaven Disposal Area 

 and Site C is the Buzzards Bay Disposal Site. 



Figure 3. Buzzards Bay bathymetry chart (from Moore, 1963). 



Figure 4. Buzzards Bay sediment distribution map based upon 

 data taken from X-ray diffraction, petrographic and 

 chemical studies (from Moore, 1963) . 



Figure 5. Visual grain measurements (major mode and range) 

 obtained from REMOTS* photographs for each 

 topographic region (Menzie et al; 1982) . 



Figure 6. Tidal currents in Buzzards Bay (from Moore, 1963) . 



Figure 7. Bottom water characteristics at four stations in 

 northwestern Buzzards Bay from October, 1971 to 

 November, 1972. Dashes indicate Sta. 2 (depth - 

 0.9m) ; dots indicate Sta. 1 (depth - 5.6m) ; dots and 

 dashes indicate Sta. 3 (depth - 7.0m); solid line 

 indicates Sta. 4 (depth - 12.5m) (from Driscoll, 

 1975) . 



Figure 8. Station locations from Gilbert et al. (1973) . 

 Surface and bottom water nutrients, chlorophyll and 

 coliform levels were measured in May 1973. See 

 Tables 1-4 for associated data. 



Figure 9. 



Sediment characteristics at four stations in 

 northwestern Buzzards Bay from October, 1971 to 

 November, 1972. Dashes indicate Sta. 2 (depth - 

 0.9m) ; dots indicate Sta. 1 (depth - 5.6m) ; dots and 

 dashes indicate Sta. 3 (depth - 7.0m); solid line 

 indicates Sta. 4 (depth - 12.5m) (from Driscoll, 

 1975) . 



