CHAPTER 5 - CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTION AND ACCUMULATION IN SEDIMENTS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND: FIELD WORK AND INITIAL RESULTS

M. R. Buchholtz ten Brink and E. L. Mecray

U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

    Study Area

    Sampling

    Analysis

    Contaminated Sediment Database

RESULTS

    Sediment type and accumulation

    Clostridium perfringens distribution

    Other contaminants

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

TABLES AND FIGURES

    Tables

        Table 1 section A

        Table 1 section B

        Table 1 section C

    Figures

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
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