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1 - 1 Summary of the annual monitoring program 



conducted as part of the demonstration project. 1-7 



2-1 Summary of mean annual flow of the Nueces River 

 into the Nueces Estuary (1940 to 1996) and upper 

 Nueces Delta (1940 to 1999). 2-18 



3-1 Summary of hydrographic data sources. 3-2 



3-2 Criteria used to define hydrographic events in the 



data record by response variables. 3-5 



3-3 Summary of hydrographic events which occurred 



during the demonstration period: October 1, 1994, 

 through December 31, 1999. 3-8 



4-1 Hydrographic events (from Table 3-3) occurring 



prior to each water column sampling period. 4-6 



5-1 Hydrographic events (from Table 3-3) occurring prior 



to each benthic sampling period. 5-9 



5-2 Average benthos characteristics at all stations during 



the demonstration period. 5-9 



5-3 Parameters from nonlinear regressions to predict 



macrofauna characteristics from salinity (Figure 5-8). 5-13 

 5-4 List of species average abundances over the course 



of the study at each station. 5-15 



5-5 Species overall dominance. 5-16 



5-6 Temporal species abundance (» individuals found 



in all 6 stations, 18 samples) per sampling period. 5-20 



5-7 Composition of the meiofauna community. 5-21 



6-1 Hydrographic events (from Table 3-3) occurring 



prior to each vegetation sampling period. 6-7 



6-2 Mean open water (OW) and pore water (PW) 



salinity values at each station. 6-8 



6-3 Mean open water ammonium (NH4*) and nitrite+ 



nitrate (NOj -I-NO3') concentrations at each 



station. 6-12 



6-4 Mean pore water ammonium (NH4*) and nitrite+ 



nitrate (NO2+NO3 ) concentrations at each 



station. 6-13 



6-5 Summary of species percent cover results from 



GIS analyses. 6-23 



6-6 Summary of LAI results from small scale 



GIS analyses. 6-38 



6-7 Average total biomass values for four halophjrte 



species at the three stations on each sampling date. 6-42 

 6-8 Average (n=4) rootrshoot ratios for four halophyte 



species at the three stations on each sampling date. 6-44 



7-1 Summary of the effects of the demonstration project 



on the upper Nueces Delta. 7-8 



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