FIGURES (continued) 



Number Page 



45 Comparison of the bottomland hardwoods and characteristic fauna 



at different reaches of a blackwater river near the coast 85 



46 Floodplain pools (Zone III) on a Piedmont alluvial floodplain 

 are concentration centers for detrital decomposition and teem 



with vertebrate life 86 



47 Snails of the genera Viyipara are often abundant in shallow 



aquatic zones (Zones II) above tidal influence 88 



48 Six endemic species (and Lampilis splendida ) of unionid clams 



recorded for the Altamaha River, GA 89 



49 The crop contents of a wild turkey killed in April in the 



Arkansas River bottomlands 93 



50 Two-way traps with wire mesh wings, set in a small Coastal Plain 

 blackwater creek and in shallow drainways on the floodplain, 



revealed that 21 fish species, used the floodplain extensively .... 94 



51 Largely terrestrial food chains involving detritus, granivory, 

 frugivory, and herbivory 96 



52 Largely aquatic detrital food chains 97 



53 Common invertebrates of southeastern rivers 99 



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