TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF TABLES iii 



LIST OF FIGURES iv 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vi 



1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 



2.0 METHODS 5 



2. 1 REMOTS® Sediment-Profile and Plan View Photography 5 



2.2 Sediment Sampling 5 



2.3 Navigation 8 



3.0 RESULTS 9 



3.1 REMOTS® Sediment-Profile Photography 9 



3.1.1 Presence of Dredged Material 9 



3.1.2 Grain Size Distribution 9 



3.1.3 Apparent Redox Potential Discontinuity (RPD) Depth 9 



3.1.4 Successional Stage 14 



3.1.5 Organism-Sediment Index 14 



3.2 Plan View Photography 14 



4.0 DISCUSSION 24 



4. 1 The Sedimentary Environment of BLDS 24 



4.2 Presence of Dredged Material 26 



4.3 Benthic Recolonization 27 



5.0 CONCLUSION 29 



6.0 REFERENCES 30 



INDEX 

 APPENDIX 



