CONTENTS 



TABLES-Continued 



Page 



7 Average sedimentological parameters at the three control 



stations 32 



8 Average number of species per sampling period and individuals 



per core at the control stations 34 



9 Effect of experimental burial on benthic fauna 39 



10 Effect of experimental burial on benthic fauna 41 



FIGURES 



1 Moss Landing study area 9 



2 Southern branch of the Monterey Canyon head 10 



3 Profile of the southern branch along M-3 to N-3 transect 11 



4 Profile of the south canyon wall along the P-transect 12 



5 Settling jar occurrence during study period 22 



6 Settling jar occurrence during study period 23 



7 Number of species of worm fauna and number of individuals of 



worm fauna 24 



8 Seasonal peaks of reproductive females and juveniles by 



percentages of total population for three amphipod species ... 28 



9 Seasonal changes in chlorophyll a at several shallow-water 



stations in Monterey Bay, and the mean surface water 



temperatures from stations in the central bay and the 



range of station means 30 



10 Species diversity and evenness for the worm fauna and the 



total fauna at the control station 56 



11 Number of species of total fauna and number of individuals 



of total fauna at the 10-meter control station 37 



12 Number of individuals of the total fauna and dominant species 



at the 20-meter station before and after dumping 44 



13 Species diversity and evenness of the total fauna and number 



of species of the total fauna 46 



14 Species diversity and evenness of the total fauna and number 



of species of total fauna 47 



15 Mean per core of juvenile bivalves and number of individuals 



of the total fauna 48 



