McLaughlin 

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 *Fore, P. L. , and T. W. Schmidt. 1973. Fishes of Fahkahatchee Strand 

 and Ten Thousand Islands. Chapter 15 i_n M. R. Carter, et al . , Eco- 

 system analysis of the Big Cypress Swamp and estuaries. Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency, Region IV, Atlanta, Georgia. EPA-904/9- 74-002, 



Seasonal distribution and abundance of the fish fauna are de- 

 scribed from the beach habitats and adjacent waters of Panther Key 

 and Round Key, Ten Thousand Islands, Florida, in 1972. A checklist 

 of the 68 fish species from the surf zone of the barrier beaches 

 appears in Appendix MM. 



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Kinch, J. C, and W. L. E. O'Harra. 1976. Characteristics of the 

 sport fishery in the Ten Thousand Islands area of Florida. Bulle- 

 tin of Marine Science 26(4) :479-487. 



This study of the Ten Thousand Islands area provides comparative 

 observations with similar studies conducted along the southern 

 coastal areas in Everglades National Park. 



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 *Scholl , D. W. 1964. Recent sedimentary record in mangrove swamps 

 and rise in sea level over the southwestern coast of Florida: 

 part 2. Marine Geology 2(4) :343-364. 



Sedimentary data are examined on coastal mangrove swamps in area 

 of Whitewater Bay, Cape Sable, Huston Bay, and Ten Thousand Islands, 

 Florida. 



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Shier, D. E. 1969. Vermetid reefs and coastal development in the 



Ten Thousand Islands area, southwest Florida. Bulletin of the 



Geological Society of North America 80(3) :485-508. 



This article covers the geologic history of the barrier island 

 complex known as Ten Thousand Islands since its beginning about 

 3000 years ago with the establishment of the sessile, reef-build- 

 ing vermetid gastropod, Vermetus ( Thylaeodus ) nigricans Dall. 



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