INDEX 



absorption, 34, 35 



aerobic, 20 



anoxia, 19 



atomic absorption spectrophotometry, 35 



azoic, 72 



barge, x, 3,4, 6, 8,42, 108 



disposal, 130 

 benthos, x, 1, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 



25, 27, 57, 61, 62, 72, 73, 101, 103, 106, 



107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 119,120, 



139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 147 



ampeliscids, 20, 73, 110, 111 



amphipod, 20, 72, 73, 103, 106, 107, 

 110, 112, 125, 130, 143 



bivalve, 20, 72, 73, 110, 111,112, 113, 

 119, 120, 125 



decapod, 72, 73 



deposit feeder, 19, 20, 73, 103 



macro-, 19, 20, 111, 144, 146 



mussels, 106 



Nephtys sp., 110 



Nucula sp., 72, 73, 110, 111, 112, 113, 

 116, 141 



Pitarsp., 112 



polychaete, 19, 72, 73, 111, 112, 125 



Tellina sp., Ill 



Yoldiasp., 110 

 biomass, 112, 113, 119 

 bioturbation, 20, 106 



feeding void, 104, 110, 119, 120, 143 



foraging, 20, 107 

 boundary roughness, 16, 19, 61, 103, 104, 



107, 125, 130 

 buoy, 3, 6, 8,42,46, 52, 96, 105 



disposal, 3, 4, 28 



taut-wire moored, 4 

 capping, 3, 4, 6, 32, 46, 108, 109, 132, 



139, 142, 144, 146 

 circulation, 106 



colonization, 73, 113 



conductivity, 13 



consolidation, 9, 10, 42, 46, 52, 108, 142 



containment, 3, 4 



contaminant, 8, 10, 27, 76, 81, 96, 132, 



141,142 



New England River Basin Commission 

 (NERBC), 3, 8, 145 

 CTD meter, 13 

 currents, 4, 19, 106, 107, 109, 123 



speed, 107 

 decomposition, 107, 125, 139 

 density, 13, 16,27,61,66, 73, 111, 112 

 deposition, 1, 42, 57, 106, 107, 116, 139 

 dispersive site 



Cornfield Shoals (CSDS), 3 

 disposal site 



Buzzards Bay (BBDS) (formerly 

 Cleveland Ledge), 110, 147 



Central Long Island Sound (CLIS), 3 



Cornfield Shoals (CSDS), 3 



Massachusetts Bay (MBDS), 140 



New London (NLDS), x, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 

 8, 9, 10, 1 1, 20, 33, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 

 42,76, 101, 105,106, 107, 108, 121, 

 123, 139, 140, 143, 144, 145, 146, 

 147 

 dissolved oxygen (DO), 20, 61, 66, 72, 



103, 104, 140 

 erosion, 19, 20, 103, 107, 125, 130 

 feeding void, 104, 110, 119, 120, 143 

 fluff layer, 125 



gas chromatography (GC), 34 

 Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer 



(GC/MS), 33, 34 

 grain size, 16, 32, 35, 37, 57, 62, 76, 77, 



78, 81, 91, 93, 94, 96, 103, 107, 125, 



132, 133, 135, 136 

 habitat, x, 16, 20, 73, 101, 103, 144 



