PREFACE 



This report is published to assist coastal engineers in evaluating 

 the possible effects of dredging and disposal of dredged material upon 

 benthic organisms. The work was carried out under the coastal ecology 

 research program of the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center 

 (CERC) . 



The report was prepared by John S. Oliver and Peter N. Slattery of 

 the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, under 

 CERC Contract No. DACW72-73-C-0010, and was revised for publication by 

 R.M. Yancey, CERC. 



Mr. R.M. Yancey, Chief, Ecology Branch, was the CERC contract monitor 

 for the report, under the general supervision of Mr. R.P. Savage, Chief, 

 Research Division. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th 

 Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



fJOHN H. COUSINS 

 Colonel, Corps of Engineers 

 Commander and Director 



