CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Materials and methods 1 



Descriptions of biotopes from photographs 5 



Station 5 (off Martha's Vineyard) 5 



Station 42 (Georges Bank) 6 



Station 44 (Georges Bank) 7 



Station 45 (Georges Bank) 8 



Water movement 8 



Comparative estimates of fauna density from dredge collections and sea-bottom 



photographs 9 



Epibenthic invertebrates - 9 



Fish 11 



Acknowledgments 11 



Literature cited 12 



