LIST OF FIGURES 



Figure 2-1. The Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site. 



Figure 2-2. REMOTS® stations occupied during the 1986 survey 

 of the WLIS disposal area. 



Figure 3-1. Contoured bathymetric chart of WLIS, August 1986. 



Figure 3-2. Contoured bathymetric chart of WLIS, October 1985. 



Figure 3-3. The distribution of grain-size major modes. 



Figure 3-4. The distribution of sand and sand layers in the 

 survey area. 



Figure 3-5. A REMOTS® image from station 4-G showing both 

 surface and subsurface sand layers. 



Figure 3-6. The distribution of dredged material in the WLIS 

 area. 



Figure 3-7. A REMOTS® image from station 5-E showing a low- 

 reflectance dredged material layer overlying a 

 high-reflectance pre-disposal interface. 



Figure 3-8. A benthic process map showing features indicative 

 of bottom disturbances. 



Figure 3-9. A REMOTS® image from station 5-F showing reduced 

 sediment patches at the interface. 



Figure 3-10. A REMOTS® image from station 3-D showing a methane 

 gas pocket at depth in sediment. 



Figure 3-11. Freguency distributions of boundary roughness 

 values at WLIS and WLIS reference. 



Figure 3-12. Freguency distributions of mean RPD depths at WLIS 

 and WLIS reference. 



Figure 3-13. The distribution of RPD depths. 



Figure 3-14. The distribution of infaunal successional stages. 



Figure 3-15. The freguency distribution and Organism-Sediment 

 Index values at WLIS and WLIS reference. 



Figure 3-16. The distribution of Organism-Sediment Index 

 values. 



