A monitoring program involving annual sampling of t h e New York Bight for sediments, contaminants i n sediments and biota, and benthic macrofauna distri bution-abundance, i s described. This paper conc e n t r a t e s on macrofauna data f o r summer 1980. G r e a t e s t f a u n a l a l t e r a t i o n s w e r e f o u n d i n t h e c e n t e r o f t h e
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