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INCREASING DISTANCE FROM ORGANIC LOADING SOURCE 

 INCREASING RPD DEPTH IN THE SEDIMENT COLUMN 



HIGH PEAK OF 



OPPORTUNI 



TRANSITION 



2ft urn n ■■•'-■■' 



§Ka$#Slij$ 



LOW 



REMOTS® 

 Parameters 



ORGANIC LOADING RATE 



AZOIC I STAGE I 



MIXTURE OF 



STAGE I AND III 



STAGE I ON III 

 OR STAGE III 



-4 to +8 



+6 to +11 



Figure 4-1. SAB curves along a gradient of organic enrichments. S = number of species; A = 

 abundance; B = biomass. The relationships between the SAB curves and 

 REMOTS® successional stage and OSI also are depicted. (Modified from Pearson 

 and Rosenberg 1978.) 



Monitoring Cruise at the New London Disposal Site, Seawolf Mound 1995 - 1998 



