TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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UST OF TABLES iv 



LIST OF FIGURES v 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vii 



1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 



2.0 METHODS 5 



2.1 Bathymetry and Navigation 5 



2.2 REMOTS® Sediment-Profile Photography 5 



2.3 CTD and Dissolved Oxygen Sampling 7 



2.4 Sediment Chemistry and Grain Size 7 



2.4.1 Grain Size Analysis 7 



2.4.2 Total Organic Carbon 9 



2.4.3 Metal and PAH Analysis 9 



2.4.4 QA/QC 9 



3.0 RESULTS 11 



3.1 Bathymetry 11 



3.2 REMOTS® Sediment-Profile Photography 11 



3.2.1 Dredged Material Footprint 11 



3.2.2 Grain Size Distribution 18 



3.2.3 Boundary Roughness 18 



3.2.4 Apparent RPD Depth 18 



3.2.5 Successional Stage 26 



3.2.6 Organism-Sediment Index 26 



3.3 CTD and Dissolved Oxygen Sampling 33 



3.4 Sediment Analysis 33 



4.0 DISCUSSION 39 



4. 1 Disposal Mound Topography 39 



4.2 Recolonization Stams at WLIS 43 



4.3 WLIS Reference Area Chemistry 45 



4.4 Bottom Water Dissolved Oxygen 50 



5.0 CONCLUSIONS . 53 



