Appendix Table 1. Station Location and Environmental Variables off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. 





Station location Water 



Water 

 temperature 









Bottoir 



Sediment Parameters 





Station 



Type 



Median 

 diameter 



Composition 



Nitrogen 

 (Kjeldahl) 



Organic 

 carbon 



Carbon 





Lat. 



(N) Long. 



(W) depth 



Sand 



Silt 



Clay 



Nitrogen 









m 



°C 





4> 



% 



% 



% 



% 



% 





1 

 2 



40°58' 

 40°51' 



69°30 

 69°31' 



46 

 46 



8.6 

 8.6 



Sand- 

 gravel 

 Sand 



1.00 



100.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.003 



0.050 



17.0 



3 



40°40 



69°31' 



51 



7.7 



Sand 



2.35 



100.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.010 



0.11 



11.1 



4 



40°30 



69°29" 



62 



7.1 



Sand 



2.54 



100.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.019 



0.13 



6.9 



5 



40°21 



69°30 



76 



9.4 



Sand 



3.47 



81.0 



12.7 



6.3 



0.070 



0.46 



6.6 



6 



40°10 



69°31 



91 



8.6 



Sand 



2.23 



90.0 



10.0 



0.0 



0.034 



0.26 



7.7 



7 



40°00 



69°30 



128 



11.9 



Sand 



2.79 



84.5 



10.2 



5.3 



0.031 



0.24 



7.8 



8 



39°57 



69°30 



183 



11.9 



Sand 



2.89 



86.0 



9.8 



4.2 



0.022 



0.12 



5.5 



9 



39°56 



69°45 



201 



8.9 



Sand 



2.70 



85.0 



10.7 



4.2 



0.035 



0.22 



6.3 



10 

 11 

 12 



40°00 

 40°10 

 40°20 



69°45 

 69°45 

 69°46 



139 

 95 

 79 



11.7 

 7.3 

 6.7 



Silty- 

 Sand 



Silty- 

 Sand 



Sand 



3.85 

 3.70 

 3.48 



57.0 

 69.0 

 85.5 



33.4 



23.6 



9.2 



9.5 

 7.5 

 5.4 



0.037 

 0.064 

 0.059 



0.61 

 0.41 

 0.41 



7.0 

 6.5 

 7.0 



13 



40° 30 



68°45 



73 



7.2 



Sand 



2.63 



95.0 



1.9 



3.2 



0.026 



0.17 



6.6 



14 



40°40 



69°45 



59 



7.5 



Sand 



2.24 



100.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.004 



0.03 



7.9 



15 



40°50 



■ 69°45 



37 



9.2 



Sand 



2.05 



100.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.003 



0.02 



8.0 



16 



40° 46 



' 70°00 



■ 38 



8.1 



Sand 



2.67 



100.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.018 



0.03 



4.6 



17 



40°39 



69°59 



49 



7.5 



Sand 



3.27 



81.0 



10.3 



8.7 



0.072 



0.39 



5.5 



18 



40°30 



■ 70°00 



' 73 



6.8 



Sand 



3.65 



67.0 



25.3 



7.7 



0.082 



0.55 



6.8 



19 



40°20 



49°59' 



91 



6.7 



Sand 



3.79 



62.0 



31.4 



6.7 



0.069 



0.48 



6.9 



20 



40° 10 



70°00' 



117 



11.4 



Sand 



4.12 



45.0 



44.8 



10.2 



0.080 



0.58 



7.2 



21 



40°00 



70°00 



165 



(11.4) 



Sand 



3.35 



66.0 



23.9 



10.1 



0.058 



0.48 



8.4 



22 

 23 

 24 

 25 



40°03 

 40°10 

 40°20 

 40°30 



70°15 

 70°15 

 70°15 

 70°15 



183 

 113 



90 

 70 



10.8 



11.6 



7.8 



6.6 



Silty- 

 sand 



Silty- 

 sand 



Silty- 

 sand 



Sand 



2.18 

 4.31 

 4.12 

 3.83 



66.8 

 36.2 

 47.0 

 58.8 



23.6 

 53.4 

 38.9 

 30.7 



9.6 

 10.4 

 14.1 

 10.5 



0.060 

 0.092 

 0.133 

 0.076 



0.59 

 0.70 

 0.92 

 0.52 



9.9 

 7.6 

 6.9 

 6.8 



26 



40°40 



70°15 



51 



7.2 



Sand 



3.37 



85.9 



10.2 



3.8 



0.048 



0.19 



4.0 



27 



40°50 



70°15 



44 



8.1 



Sand 



3.43 



86.1 



9.3 



4.5 



0.035 



0.20 



5.7 



28 



41°00 



70°15 



33 



9.4 



Sand 



3.35 



90.7 



4.2 



4.7 



0.033 



0.13 



4.0 



29 



41°11 



70°16 



27 



12.2 



Sand 



1.35 



100.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.011 



0.07 



6.9 



30 



41°10 



70°30 



38 



8.3 



Sand 



2.03 



100.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.018 



0.11 



6.2 



31 



41°00 



70°30 



48 



7.5 



Sand 



2.81 



79.5 



14.1 



6.4 



0.044 



0.28 



6.3 



32 



40°50 



70° 30 



59 



6.9 



Sand 



3.30 



67.5 



24.1 



3.5 



0.073 



0.51 



7.0 



33 



34 

 35 



40°40 

 40°30 

 40°20 



70°30 

 70°30 

 70°30 



62 

 73 

 97 



6.7 



7.5 



10.0 



Silty- 

 Sand 



Sandy- 

 silt 



Sandy- 

 silt 



3.48 

 4.54 

 4.67 



60.0 

 33.2 

 12.3 



25.3 

 49.0 

 72.3 



14.7 

 17.8 

 15.4 



0.137 

 0.148 

 0.146 



0.84 

 1.03 

 1.12 



6.2 

 6.9 

 7.6 



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