LIST OF TABLES 



Table l, 



Nutrient and water quality data for Buzzards Bay 

 (from Gilbert et al; 1973). 



Table 2 



Table 3 



Table 4 



Table 5, 



Table 6. 



Table 7 



Table 8. 



Table 9. 



Water column trace metal concentrations in Buzzards 

 Bay (from Gilbert et al; 1973). 



Sediment trace metal data for Buzzards Bay. Values 

 obtained from Moore, 1963 are compared with those 

 obtained from Gilbert et al; 1973. (The data of 

 Gilbert et al are enclosed in parentheses.) Figure 

 8 shows the station locations (from Gilbert et al; 

 1973) . 



The organic matter values in sediments of Buzzards 

 Bay (from Gilbert et al ; 1973). Figure 8 shows the 

 sample locations. 



Various sedimentary, physical and chemical 

 parameters at four stations in Buzzards Bay, MA 

 (from Driscoll, 1975). 



Dominant infauna of a soft-bottom community (after 

 Sanders, 1958) . 



The dominant infauna of a sand-bottom community 

 (after Sanders, 1958) . 



Weight (kilograms) and number for fish and shellfish 

 species during the 1983 spring and autumn bottom 

 trawl surveys, Massachusetts territorial waters. 

 The asterisk indicates some of the commercially 

 important species (from Howe et al; 1985). 



Weight (kilograms) and number for species collected 

 during the 1984 spring and autumn bottom trawl 

 surveys, Massachusetts territorial waters. The 

 asterisk indicates some of the commercially 

 important species (from Howe et al; 1985). 



