Virginia Key 



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Hendrix, G. Y., and R. H. Gore. 1973. Studies on decapod Crustacea 

 from the Indian River region of Florida: I. Alpheus thomasi , 

 new species, a new snapping shrimp from the subtropical east coast 

 of Florida (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Proceedings of the 

 Biological Society of Washington 86(35) :413-422. 



Illustrations of diagnostic characteristics of the new species 

 of Alpheus are provided for Virginia Beach, Virginia Key, Miami, 

 Florida. 



Key Biscayne 



679 

 *Bayer, F. M. 1964. Littoral marine life of southern Florida. A 

 Guidebook for the Geological Society of America Convention, Field 

 Trip No. 7. 21 pp. 



This booklet contains the findings from a field trip along the 

 north end of Key Biscayne, Florida. Flora and fauna of the area 

 are described. 



Cape Sable 



680 



Craighead, F. C, and V. C. Gilbert. 1962. The effects of Hurricane 



Donna on the vegetation of southern Florida. Quarterly Journal of 



the Florida Academy of Science 25(1) : 1-28. 



This study concluded that hurricane damage was generally most 

 severe in the mangrove belt and on the keys in the western portion 

 of Florida Bay. 



681 

 *Heald, E. J. 1971. The production of organic detritus in a South 

 Florida estuary. University of Miami, Sea Grant Technical Bulle- 

 tin No. 6. 110 pp. 



The mechanisms and pathways by which dead plant material is in- 

 corporated into the aquatic system, thereby constituting an im- 

 portant energy source, are delineated and quantified on the basis 

 of studies in the North River estuary behind Cape Sable, Florida. 



682 

 *Heald, E. J., and W. E. Odum. 1969. The contribution of mangrove 

 swamps to Florida fisheries. Proceedings of the Gulf and Carib- 

 bean Fisheries Institute 22:130-135. 



This paper discusses the importance of mangrove swamps to the 



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