INDEX 



barge v, 1, 10, 33, 37, 38, 40 



disposal 34 

 barges 34, 39 



benthos vi, 5, 7, 24, 33, 34, 37, 

 39, 40, 42 



mussels v, 18, 21, 34, 37 



suspension feeder 34 

 bioaccumulation 34 

 bioturbation 



foraging 24 

 body burden 



bioaccumulation 34 



boundary roughness v, 18, 23-25 



buoy iv, vi, 1, 4-7, 10-12, 33, 34, 



37, 40 



disposal 1, 6, 10, 34 

 capping vi, 1, 4, 6, 33, 34, 40, 42 

 conductivity 7 

 consolidation vi, 5, 33, 40 

 contaminant 34 



CTD meter 6, 7, 9, 24, 31, 32, 39 

 density vi, 31 



sigma-t vi, 31, 32, 39 

 deposition 1, 10, 34 

 disposal site 



New London 1, iv, v, vi, 

 1, 2-8, 11-15, 17, 

 18, 20, 23, 26, 28, 

 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, 

 39, 40, 42, 43 

 dissolved oxygen vi, 5, 7, 9, 24, 

 31, 33, 39, 40, 43 

 dredging 



clamshell 43 

 erosion 24 

 fish 43 



grain size iv, 18, 20 

 habitat 24, 34, 39 

 hypoxia 24 



interstitial water 33, 37, 40 

 recolonization vi, 5, 7, 33, 34, 37, 



40 

 reference area 18, 24 



reference station iv, v, 2, 7, 8, 17, 



20, 23-31, 39 

 REMOTS® 



boundary roughness v, 18, 



23, 24, 25 

 Organism-Sediment Index 



(OSI) v, 24, 29, 30, 



39 

 redox potential discontinuity 



(RPD) 24 

 REMOTS® iv, v, vi, 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 



10, 13, 16, 18, 19, 



21, 22, 24, 33, 34, 

 37, 38-40, 42 



camera 18 

 RPD 



REMOTS®; redox potential 

 discontinuity (RPD) 

 v, 16, 24, 26, 27, 



39, 40 

 salinity vi, 6, 7, 9, 31, 32, 39 

 sediment 



sand iv, 10, 16-19 

 shore station 6 

 sigma-t vi, 31, 32, 39 

 species 



dominance 18 

 statistical testing 24, 39 



Mann-Whitney U-test 18, 

 24 

 stratigraphy 18 

 succession 



seres 24, 34, 40 

 successional stage v, 28 

 survey 



bathymetry iv, vi, 1, 3, 6, 

 10, 11-15, 33, 37, 



40, 42 

 postdisposal 1, 5, 34 

 REMOTS® iv, vi, 3, 10, 



18, 24, 33, 37, 39, 

 40, 42 

 temperature vi, 6, 7, 31, 32, 39 



