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1. REPORT NUMBER 



TP 76-15 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



EFFECTS OF DREDGING AND DISPOSAL ON SOME BENTHOS 

 AT MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA 



S. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Technical Paper 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfs; 



John S. Oliver 

 Peter N. Slattery 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs) 



DACW72-73-C-0010 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Moss Landing Marine Laboratories 

 Moss Landing, California 95039 



G31266 



U. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-EC) 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



October 1976 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



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16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT fo/ (A's Report; 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



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Benthos 



Dredging effects 

 Ecological systems 

 Environmental effects 



(Faunal) recovery rates 

 Monterey Bay, California 

 Recolonization rates 



20. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse aide If neceaaary and identify by block number) 



The specific objectives of this Study were to document; (a) Natural tem- 

 poral variations in benthic assemblages and changes related to substrate 

 stability, (b) the initial effects of dredging and subsequent recolonization, 

 (c) the effects of disposal of dredged material on the benthos and subsequent 

 recovery of the fauna, and (d) the role of faunal distribution and reproduc- 

 tive abilities upon recovery or recolonization of disturbed areas. 



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