hydroids, 72, 103, 106 

 hypoxia, 20 



methane, 20, 21, 103, 104 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration (NO AA), 13, 15 

 New England River Basin Commission 



(NERBC), 3, 8, 145 

 organics 



polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), 8, 32, 

 33,34,37,39,41,85,96, 101, 132, 

 133,135,136,142 

 total organic carbon, 35, 78, 93, 143 

 oxidation, 35, 37, 120 

 recolonization, 8, 9, 10, 15, 57, 62, 72, 



109, 112, 139, 140, 141, 143 

 recruitment, 1 1 2 



reference area, 8, 9, 10, 28, 57, 61, 62, 66, 

 72, 76, 77, 90, 91, 94, 96, 101, 103, 104, 

 105, 106, 107, 120, 121, 125, 130, 136, 

 139, 140, 141, 143, 145 

 reference station, 106, 136 

 REMOTS®, x, 9, 10, 1 1, 12, 15, 16, 17, 

 20, 21, 25, 46, 57, 62, 76, 101, 103, 105, 

 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113,116, 119, 

 125, 130, 132, 138, 140, 146, 147 

 boundary roughness, 16, 19, 61, 103, 



104, 107, 125, 130 

 Organism- Sediment Index (OSI), 16, 20, 

 28,61,72, 103, 104, 109, 116, 119, 

 120, 141 

 redox potential discontinuity (RPD), 16, 



25,61, 106 

 sediment-profile camera, 17, 101 

 REMOTS®®, 20 



Organism-Sediment Index (OSI), 20 

 resuspension, 109, 110 

 RPD 



I®, redox potential discontinuity (RPD), 



19 

 REMOTS®, redox potential 



discontinuity (RPD), 16, 19, 20, 21, 

 25, 36, 40, 41, 61, 66, 72, 103, 104, 

 106, 120, 121 

 REMOTS®®, redox potential 

 discontinuity (RPD), 20 



sediment 



chemistry, 27, 76 



clay, 18, 35, 57, 62, 72, 77, 78, 90, 91, 

 93, 108, 111, 119, 120, 123, 125,132, 

 133, 135, 136, 140, 141, 143 



cobble, 18 



gravel, 18, 35, 77, 90, 91, 93, 135, 136 



resuspension, 109, 110 



sand, 18, 35, 57, 62, 77, 78, 90, 91, 93, 



103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 110, 113, 

 123, 125, 130, 132, 133, 135, 136 



silt, 18, 35, 62, 76, 77, 78, 90, 91, 93, 



104, 123, 130, 135, 136 

 transport, 20, 125 



sediment sampling 



cores, 8, 9, 10, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 

 46, 76, 77, 78, 81, 85, 90, 91, 93, 94, 

 96, 101, 108, 130, 132, 133, 135, 136, 

 141, 142 

 grabs, 9, 11,25,72, 109, 110, 111, 112, 



116, 119 

 vibracores, 28 

 species 



abundance, 73, 113, 115, 116, 141 

 diversity, 8, 9, 73, 109, 141 

 dominance, 16, 57, 62, 73, 104, 110, 



111, 112, 116, 141 

 richness, 113, 119, 141 

 spectrophotometry 



atomic absorption, 35 

 statistical testing, 27, 76, 94, 1 16, 1 19 

 stratigraphy, 57, 62, 104, 107, 125, 130 

 succession, 73, 109, 111, 112, 141, 146 

 pioneer stage, 19, 112 

 seres, 62, 109, 110, 111, 112, 143 

 successional stage, 16, 19, 20, 61, 62, 104, 



110, 112, 116, 120, 140, 143 

 survey 

 baseline, 8, 9, 46, 52, 147 

 bathymetry, x, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 42, 

 46,52,91,93, 105, 109, 132, 133, 

 142, 145 

 REMOTS®, 20, 147 

 temperature, 13 

 tide, 15, 107,123,130 



