FIGURES (Concluded) 

 Number Page 



4-32 Relationship between sediment depth and relative number of benthic invertebrate 



species in the nearshore Gulf waters of Georgia 201 



4-33 Monthly fluctuations of plant productivity in brackish and salt waters based upon 



deviations from the 1976 mean. Adapted by R. Beck, ERCO 202 



4-34 Distribution of inland open water habitat in the Chenier Plain 204 



4-35 Percentage (numbers and weight) of fish species in rotenone and trawl samples 



from RockefeUer Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana 206 



4-36 Distribution of nearshore Gulf habitat in the Chenier Plain 207 



4-37 Monthly variation in density of total zooplankton and o( Acartia in estuarine 



waters of Louisiana from April 1968 through March 1969 211 



4-38 Proportion of polychaetes in the total infauna in grab samples collected in June 



1973 througli March 1974 along the soutJieastern Louisiana coast 211 



4-39 Relationsliip between mean density of macroinfauna and the average distance 



from shore in Louisiana 212 



4-40 Distribution of ridge and beach habitats in the Chenier Plain 214 



441 Diagrammatic model of the beach and ridge habitats showing the functional 



relationship of these habitats to other surrounding Chenier Plain habitats 215 



4-42 Fhght densities at different departure times for land birds that migrate from 



the northern coast of Yucatan to southern Louisiana 218 



4-43 Percentage of land birds arriving in southern Louisiana from the coast of 



Yucatan during different hours of the day 218 



4-44 Distribution of upland forest habitat in the Chenier Plain 219 



4-45 Conceptual model of energy flow and interrelationships between upland 



forest and aquatic habitats in the Cheruer Plain 220 



4-46 Distribution of rice field and pasture habitats (agriculture) in the Chenier 



Plain 222 



4-47 Conceptual model showing basic components and functions of agricultural 



habitats 223 



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