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Field Verification Program (FVP) 



10, 28 

 fish 65, 79, 91, 92, 106 



finfish 65, 72, 79 

 fisheries 5, 57, 80, 106 

 grain size 12, 28, 93, 107, 108 

 habitat 27, 72, 79, 92 

 hurricane 8, 10, 11, 13, 27, 43, 



115 

 hypoxia 13, 29, 44 

 nets 



gill 65, 79 

 New England River Basins 

 Classification 

 (NERBC) iv, 8, 9, 



11, 27, 43, 80, 92, 

 112 



nutrients 29 



oil and grease 11, 27, 43, 80 



organics 



oil and grease 11, 27, 43, 



80 

 polyaromatic hydrocarbon 



(PAH) 108 

 polychlorinated biphenyl 

 (PCB) 9, 11, 12, 

 27, 28, 43, 80, 81, 

 92, 93, 108, 114 

 total organic carbon 43, 80 

 PHC 



petroleum hydrocarbon 

 (PHC) 80 

 PHCs 



petroleum hydrocarbons 

 (PHCs) 92, 93 

 recolonization 8, 12, 26-28, 42, 



44, 65, 72, 73 

 reference area 11, 12, 27, 28, 43, 



80, 92, 93 

 reference station 12, 107 

 REMOTS® 



Organism-Sediment Index 

 (OSI) 28, 107 



redox potential discontinuity 

 (RPD) 107 

 REMOTS® 8, 10-12, 26-29, 42, 

 43, 44, 45, 57, 58, 

 65, 66, 72, 73, 80, 



92, 93, 106-108, 

 112, 113-115 



camera 107 

 resuspension 11, 27, 79, 91 

 salinity 12, 44, 106 

 sandy 57, 65, 80 

 sediment 



chemistry v, vi, vii, viii, 4, 

 8, 11, 21, 22, 27, 

 28, 37, 38, 43, 52, 

 53, 57, 80, 82, 89, 



90, 92, 94, 101, 

 102, 107, 108, 117 



clay 10, 106, 107 

 resuspension 11, 27, 79, 91 

 sand 11, 57, 80, 91, 106, 



107 

 silt 10, 11, 26, 72, 91, 



106, 107 

 transport 107 

 sediment sampling 10, 26, 42, 72, 



93, 94, 106, 107, 

 114 



grabs 12 

 side-scan sonar 10, 26, 42, 72, 79, 

 80, 92, 106-108, 113 

 sigma-t 44 

 species 



dominance 27, 92, 106, 

 107 



richness 107 

 statistical testing 5, 27, 43 



Mann- Whitney U-test 43 

 successional stage 12, 92, 107 

 survey 



baseline 11, 12, 26, 29, 57, 



91, 108, 114, 117 



