RP8 / Gravel, gravelly sediment, and scattered boulders covered with barnacles and sponges. Abundant mussel shell debris with some surf clam and quahog shells. Sand patches, where present, are current rippled.

RP9 / Boulders covered with seaweed and sponges changing to rippled sand with scattered Crepidula shell debris, seaweed, and patches of pebble- and cobble-sized gravel with distance along transect. Starfish, kelp, and burrows are present.

RP10 / Gravelly sediment with faint ripples and scour marks around larger shells and gravel. Mussel shells are common; burrows are present. Larger cobbles or boulders protruding from the sea floor, where present, are covered with sponges.

RP11 / Boulders overgrown primarily with sponges, seaweed, and patches of anemones. Rippled sand, pebble- and cobble-sized gravel, and dense beds of mussel shells cover the sea floor between the boulders.

RP12 / Boulders overgrown with sessile flora and fauna. Patchy concentrations of anemones and sponges are present. Gravelly sediment, current rippled and mega-rippled sand, scattered shell debris, and starfish were observed between the boulders.

RP13 / Boulders heavily overgrown with sessile flora and fauna. Small finfish and patches of burrowed sand, pea- to cobble-sized gravel, and shell debris are present between the boulders.

RP14 / Faintly rippled sand with scattered burrows, Crepidula and mussel shells, and shell debris. Many of the Crepidula shells are attached to each other in a nested fashion. Scour marks are common around obstructions. A few gravelly patches and hermit crabs are present.

RP15 / Rippled sand with a few small pebbley gravel patches. Burrows and shell debris are common; hermit crabs were observed.

RP16 / Rippled sand with shell fragments and other debris concentrated in the ripple troughs. A few burrows and hermit crabs are present. Station was sited in an area characterized by transverse sand waves.

RP17 / Boulders heavily overgrown with seaweed. Intervening sea floor is variably composed of undulating to faintly rippled sand with scattered burrows and traces of shell debris and of pebble- to cobble-sized gravel.

RP18 / Undulating sand covered by a thin veneer of muddy sediment. Burrows and shell debris are common; a few whelk, hydrozoans, crabs and crab tracks were observed.

RP19 / Undulating to flat to faintly rippled sand with scattered burrows and dense to scattered accumulations of Crepidula shells and shell debris. Many of the Crepidula shells are attached to each other in a nested fashion. Scour marks are present around some obstructions.

RP20 / Current-rippled sand with shell debris concentrated in the ripple troughs. Scattered burrows and shells commonly with scour marks around the shells.

RP21 / Current-rippled sand with scattered burrows and shells and shell debris. Scour marks surround many of the larger shells; hermit crabs are present.

RP22 / Current-rippled sand. Burrows are common; scattered shells and shell debris are present.

RP23 / Current-rippled sand. Burrows and hermit crabs are present; a barnacle-covered horseshoe crab skeleton was observed.

RP24 / Sea floor is armored with pebble gravel and gravelly sediment. Scattered razor- and surf-clam shell debris and burrows are present. A few crabs and fish were observed. Station was sited in the trough of a barchanoid sand wave.

RP25 / Undulating to current-rippled sand with numerous burrows and traces of shells and shell debris. Spider and hermit crabs are present.

RP26 / Boulders overgrown primarily with sponges, seaweed, and anemones. Rippled sand with scattered burrows and pebble- and cobble-sized gravel variably cover the sea floor between the boulders.