BUZZARDS BAY DISPOSAL SITE 

 BASELINE STUDY MARCH 1990 



benthos 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 13 



deposit feeder 2 



macro- 3 , 8 



Nephtys sp. 8 



Nucula sp. 7 



polychaete 2, 7, 11 

 bioturbation 5, 10 

 body burden 3, 8 

 boundary roughness 4, 5 

 contaminant 13 

 CTD meter 2 

 currents 2, 12 

 density 7 

 detritus 6 

 disposal site 



Buzzards Bay (Cleveland Ledge) 1, 4, 5, 11, 14 



New London 14 



Western Long Island Sound (WLIS) 14 

 grain size 2, 4, 5, 8-10, 12 

 habitat 10 



New England River Basin Classification (NERBC) 8, 9, 12 

 organics 



polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) 4, 9, 12 



polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) 4, 8, 9, 12 



total organic carbon 4, 9 

 recolonization 3 

 recruitment 6 



reference station 2, 5-8, 11, 12 

 REMOTS 1-6, 8-13 



boundary roughness 4, 5 



Organism-Sediment Index (OSI) 6, 7, 10-12 



redox potential discontinuity (RPD) 5, 6, 10-12 

 salinity 2 

 sediment 



chemistry 2, 8, 9, 12 



clay 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 13 



gravel 5 



sand 1, 4, 5, 8-10, 12, 13 



silt 1, 4, 8, 13 



transport 4, 9, 10, 13 

 sediment sampling 2, 3 



cores 3 , 4 



grabs 3 , 11 

 shore station 2 

 sidescan sonar 1, 10, 13 

 species 



dominance 8, 11, 12 



richness 11, 12 



