Acknowledgements 



I wish to express my sincere thanks to my graduate students: 

 Messrs. E. Miller, S. Tettelbach, L. Crockett, R. Niesenbaum, Ms. 

 S. Kelly, Ms. H. Crawford, and Ms. R. Bishop, as well as my 

 technician Mrs. E. Haddad for their support in the field and 

 laboratory. Special thanks are due to Mr. Robert DeGoursey, 

 Institute Diving master, for his management of the demanding 

 field diving program. Sampling of mussels would have been 

 impossible without his logistic support and vigilance in 

 maintaining the mussel platforms. 



I am grateful to Mr. John Volk, Director, Division of 

 Aquaculture, State of Connecticut Department of Agricultural and 

 Natural Resources, and Captain Speer for providing the shellfish 

 for sampling mussel platforms maintained at the Western Long 

 Island Sound Disposal site. 



I am also indebted to Mr. Steve Congdon, Project Manager, 

 New England Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for supplying 

 records of the volume of dredged material disposed in Long Island 

 Sound waters, as well as providing the necessary funds through 

 Dr. Robert W. Morton of Science Applications International Corp. 

 to carry out the tasks. 



Finally I should like to thank Mrs. Joyce Lorensen for her 

 devoted and competent clerical assistance. 



