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6-9 Station III average total transect percent cover for the 



five dominant species and bare area on each 



sampling date. 6-18 



6-10 Total transect leaf area index (LAI) for each sampling 



date at each transect. 6-22 



6-11 Reference Station percent cover maps for the five 



springtime sampling periods. 6-24 



6-12 Station II percent cover maps for the five springtime 



sampling periods. 6-25 



6-13 Station III percent cover maps for the five springtime 



samphng periods. 6-26 



6-14 Reference Station percent cover maps on the 



sampling date prior and three sampling dates 



following the July 1997 composite 



hydrographic event. 6-28 



6-15 Station II percent cover maps on the sampling date 



prior and three sampling dates following the 



July 1997 composite hydrographic event. 6-29 



6-16 Station III percent cover maps on the sampling 



date prior and three sampling dates foOowing 



the July 1997 composite hydrographic event. 6-30 



6-17 Reference Station percent cover maps on the 



sampling date prior and three sampling dates 



following the October 1998 composite 



hydrographic event. 6-31 



6-18 Station II percent cover maps on the sampling date 



prior and three sampling dates following the 



October 1998 composite hydrographic event. 6-32 



6-19 Station III percent cover maps on the sampling date 



prior and three sampling dates following the 



October 1998 composite hydrographic event. 6-33 



6-20 Reference Station percent cover maps on the 



sampling date prior and three sampling dates 



following the September 1 999 composite 



hydrographic event. 6-34 



6-21 Station II percent cover maps on the sampling 



date prior and three sampling dates following the 



September 1999 composite hydrographic event. 6-35 



6-22 Station III percent cover maps on the two sampling 



dates prior and two sampUng dates following the 



September 1999 composite hydrographic event. 6-36 



6-23 Reference Station leaf area index (LAI) firom 



GIS analyses. 6-39 



6-24 Station II leaf area index (LAI) from GIS analyses. 6-40 



6-25 Station III leaf area index (LAI) from GIS analyses. 6-41 



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