176 



St. Number Divice 



Table III. Sampling Devices used to Establish Boundaries and 

 Composition of Assemblages 



St. Number Djvice 



IV. Northern Gulf, Nearshore 

 Shelf, 11 to 26 meters 

 24 Van Veen, Orange Peel 



1 14 Van Veen grab 



172 Shell dredge 



175 Shell dredge 



181 Shell dredge 



184 Shell dredge 



185 Shell dredge 



190 Shell dredge 



191 3-meter otter trawl 



194 Shell dredge 



195 Shell dredge 



196 Shell dredge 

 208 Shell dredge 

 212 3-meter otter trawl 



14 samples2 Van Veens (1/20 m-) 



10 Shell dredges (100 x 30 cm.) 

 2 3-meter otter trawls 



Above stations used in assessing all index 

 groups shown in Table IV. 



II samples9 beach collection; 

 2 dives 



II. Beaches and Sand Flats 

 to lOm. 



27 samples 3 orange peels (1/15 m^) 

 5 Van Veens (1/20 m^) 

 1 1 Beach collections 

 2 Minidredges (10 ■- 30 cm.) 

 2 Diving 

 1 Rock dredge (30 x 100 cm.) 



III. Low Salinity Lagoons 

 292 Diving 



206 Shore collecting 



117 Shore collecting 



Overall assessment from literature and 

 personal communications. 



171 

 181 

 184 

 190 

 194 

 195 

 196 

 24 

 208 



Shell dredge 

 Shell dredge 

 Shell dredge 

 Shell dredge 

 Shell dredge 

 Shell dredge 

 Shell dredge 

 Van Veen grab 

 Shell dredge 



9 samples 8 Shell dredges (100 x 30 cm.) 



1 Van Veen (1/15 m^) 



Above stations used in obtaining composite 

 assemblage, figure 17. 



IV. Southern Nearshore Shelf, 



11 to 26 meters 

 1 Van Veen grab 



5 Van Veen grab 



51 a, b, 1/10 m^ Petersen grab 

 c,d(4) 



112 Minidredge 



1 13 Van Veen grab 



148 3-meter otter trawl 



149 3-meter otter trawl 

 157 3-meter otter trawl 



288 Orange peel grab 



289 Orange peel grab 



13 samples 3 Van Veens (1/20 m^) 



4 Petersen grabs (1/10 m^) 



2 Orange peels (1/15 m^) 



3 3-meter otter trawls 



1 minidredge (10 x 30 cm.) 



