55 



Table 3-6 



Recommended Terminology for Low Oxygen and the Resulting Biofacies in Marine 

 Environments (from Tyson and Pearson, 1991) 



Dissolved Oxygen Range (mg/I) 



Biofacies 



11.2-2.8 



Aerobic 



2.8- 1.4 



Dysaerobic 



0.28-0 



Quasi-anaerobic 



0(H 2 S) 



Anaerobic 



Table 3-7 



Summary of Amphipod Ampelisca abdita Data for 10-Day Solid Phase Tests from Three Areas in 



Western Long Island Sound 



Sample 



% Survival 



S.D. 



Control % 

 Survival 



S.D. 



Survival as 



%of 



Control 



2000W 



94.0 



2.2 



89.0 



6.5 



105.6 



WLIS-D 



71.0 



29.5 



89.0 



6.5 



79.8 



WLIS-A 



93.0 



2.8 



89.0 



6.5 



104.5 



Monitoring Cruise at the Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site, July 1992 



