Figure 3-15. REMOTS® image from station 3-K showing a well- 

 established Stage I assemblage consisting of 

 small, tubicolous polychaetes at the sediment 

 surface, as well as the near-surface dwelling, 

 opportunistic mactrid bivalve Mulinia lateralis 

 just below the surface (arrow) . The dark, thread- 

 like structures barely visible within the RPD 

 layer are probably deposit-feeding errant 

 polychaetes. Very small, shallow-dwelling 

 bivalves also occur below the sediment surface, 

 giving this image a Stage I going to II 

 designation. Scale = IX. 



