TABLES 



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1 Distribution and area of major bodies of water along the coast of 

 Franklin County (north Florida) with relative area of oysters, 



grassbeds, and contiguous marshes 15 



2 Bottom salinities at stations in the Apalachicola estuary 17 



3 Terrestrial habitats and land-use patterns in the immediate watershed 



of the Apalachicola Bay system 20 



4A Tree species found within the Apalachicola floodplain 21 



4B Areas of each mapping category for five reaches of the 



Apalachicola River 22 



5 Linear regression of total microdetri tus and river flow by month/year by 



season (August 1975-April 1980) 30 



6 Net above-ground primary production of marsh plants in various 



salt marshes 32 



7 Presence/absence information for net phytoplankton taken from the 

 Apalachicola estuary by month from October 1972 through September 1973 .... 33 



8 Physical, chemical, and productivity data taken from locations along the 

 northwest gulf coast of Florida 37 



9 Total annual net productivity and net input to the Apalachicola estuary 



and the Apalachicola Bay system 38 



10 Nutrient yields for various drainage areas in the Apalachicola- 

 Chattahoochee-Fl int River system 39 



11 Nutrient values for stations in the Apalachicola estuary and River 40 



12 Distribution of the major zooplankton groups in the Apalachicola estuary 



and associated coastal areas 44 



13 Pearson correlation coefficients for significant zooplankton relationships 



in East Bay, Apalachicola Bay, and coastal areas 46 



14 Distribution of ichthyoplankton in the Apalachicola estuary as indicated 



by the presence of eggs and larvae 47 



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