2.4.1 Quality Assurance/ Quality Control of Chemical Analyses.9 
2.4.2 Metals in Sediments.10 
2.4.3 Organics in Sediments.10 
2.5 Data Analyses .12 
3.0. Results and Discussion.13 
3.1 Sampling Locations.13 
3.2 Sediment Quality.26 
3.2.1 Sediment Composition.26 
3.2.2 Sediment Total Organic Carbon.27 
3.2.3 Sediment Nutrients.28 
3.2.4 Sediment Contaminants.30 
3.3 Biological Condition.32 
3.3.1 Benthic Infauna.32 
3.3.2 Plant Community.43 
Quadrat Species Assemblages and Percent Cover.43 
Quadrat Emergent Macrophyte Height and Seagrass Maximum Length.45 
Quadrat Biomass.45 
Transect Species Assemblages and Percent Cover.46 
Summary of Vegetation Results.48 
3.4 Shoreline Land Use.56 
3.5 Lessons Learned.56 
3.6 Summary.58 
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