Table 4-13. Fauna of Sandy Beaches of Two Exposure Levels in Decreasing 

 Order of Relative Abundance^ 



Hendrick's Head, Southport Reid State Park, Georgetown 



(region 2) less exposed pocket (region 2) very exposed 



beach (Stickney 1959) (Larsen and Doggett in press) 



Taxa Group Relative Nos. Taxa Group Relative no, 



Ind iv . /m2 indiv./m^ 



Nereis polychaete 300 Amphiporeia amphipod 24,152 

 virens virginiana 



Polydora polychaete 100 Tolorchestia amphipod 40 

 ligni megalopthalma 



Capitella polychaete 60 Oligochaeta 24 



capitata 



My a bivalve 20 Nematcda 24 



arenaria 



Nephtys polychaete 20 Haustor ius amphipod 12 

 caeca canadensis 



Macoma bivalve occasional Chaobrus sp. insect 12 



balthica 



Pect inaria polychaete occasional Littorina gastropod 8 

 hyper borea obtusata 



Scolelepis polychaete 4 

 squamata 



Chiridotea isopod 4 



coeca 



'Density levels are maxima of semiquantitative data. 



4-93 



10-80 



