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Percentages 



and abundance of Phyllodoce arenae in the New York Bight apex 18 



and abundance of Eteone longa in the New York Bight apex 19 



and abundance of Harmothoe extenuata in the New York Bight apex 19 



and abundance of Sthenelais limicola in the New York Bight apex 20 



and abundance of Glycera dibranchiata in the New York Bight apex 21 



and abundance of Goniadella gracilis in the New York Bight apex 22 



and abundance of Nephtys bucera in the New York Bight apex 22 



and abundance of Nephtys incisa in the New York Bight apex 23 



ana abundance of Nephtys picta in the New York Bight apex 24 



and abundance of Nephtys (Agalaophamus) circinata in the New York Bight apex 24 



and abundance of Capitella capitata in the New York Bight apex -25 



and abundance of Mediomastus ambiseta in the New York Bight apex 26 



and abundance of Travisia carnea in the New York Bight apex 27 



and abundance of Spio filicornis in the New York Bight apex 27 



and abundance of Prionospio steenstrupi in the New York Bight apex 28 



and abundance of Polydora ligni in the New York Bight apex 29 



and abundance of Spiophanes bombyx in the New York Bight apex 30 



and abundance of Paraonis gracilis in the New York Bight apex 30 



and abundance of Aricidea catherinae in the New York Bight apex 31 



and abundance of Lumbrinerides acuta in the New York Bight apex 31 



and abundance of Lumbrineris fragilis in the New York Bight apex 32 



and abundance of Lumbrineris tenuis in the New York Bight apex 32 



and abundance of Ninoe nigripes in the New York Bight apex 33 



and abundance of Drilonereis longa in the New York Bight apex 34 



and abundance of Magelona cf riojai in the New York Bight apex 34 



and abundance of Tharyx acutus in the New York Bight apex 35 



and abundance of Tharyx annulosus in the New York Bight apex 35 



and abundance of Caulleriella killariensis in the New York Bight apex 36 



and abundance of Cossura longocirrata in the New York Bight apex 36 



and abundance of Ampharete arctica in the New York Bight apex 37 



and abundance of Asabellides oculata in the New York Bight apex 38 



and abundance of Pherusa affinis in the New York Bight apex 38 



and abundance of Edotea triloba in the New York Bight apex 39 



and abundance of Ampelisca verrilli in the New York Bight apex 39 



and abundance of Unciola irrorata in the New York Bight apex 40 



and abundance of Pseudunciola obliquua in the New York Bight apex 41 



and abundance of Protohaustorius deichmannae in the New York Bight apex 41 



and abundance of Protohaustorius wigleyi in the New York Bight apex 42 



and abundance of Leptocheirus pinguis in the New York Bight apex 42 



and abundance of Rhepoxynius epistomus in the New York Bight apex 43 



and abundance of Neomysis americana in the New York Bight apex 44 



and abundance of Crangon septemspinosa in the New York Bight apex 44 



and abundance of Cancer irroratus in the New York Bight apex 46 



and abundance of Echinarachnius parma in the New York Bight apex 47 



of New York Bight apex benthic invertebrates in each phylum represented 48 



Tables 



Total number of individuals per square meter averaged over five quarterly cruises (August 1973-September 1974) 8 



Species whose abundance distributions indicate an association with fine silty sands with relatively high organic contents, as 



found in the Christiaensen Basin and upper Hudson Shelf Valley 49 



Species whose abundance distributions indicate a lack of strong association with any particular habitat 49 



Species whose abundance distributions indicate an association with clean sand habitats 49 



Concentrations of metals in sediment unaffected by waste dumping 50 



