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6-1 Chapter Sex - Vegetation Communities 



6-1 Introduction 



6-2 Objectives 



6-2 Materials and Methods 



6-2 Monitoring Stations 



6-4 Open Water and Pore Water Chemistry 



6-4 Transect Sampling 



6-5 Percent Cover and Leaf Area Index 



6-5 Analyses 



6-6 Biomass 



6-6 Results 



6-7 Salinity 



6-12 Ammonium 



6-13 Nitrite+Nitrate 



6- 1 5 Large-Scale Whole Transect vVnalyses: Individual Species 



Responses to Events 



6-21 Large-Scale Whole Transect Analyses: Leaf Area Index 



6-21 Small-Scale Analyses 



6-37 Biomass 



6-43 Root: Shoot Ratios 



6-45 Discussion 



6-45 Salinity 



6-45 Inorganic Nitrogen 



6-46 Vegetation 



6-48 Summary 



7-1 Chapter Seven - Synthesis and Conclusions 



7-2 Changes in Hydrography 



7-2 Effects on Salinity 



7-5 Biological Responses 



7-5 Water Column Productivity 



7-6 Benthic Communities 



7-6 Vegetation Commumties 



7-7 Integration of Project Effects 



7-8 A Conceptual Model 



7-10 Summary 



8-1 Chapter Eight - Future Opportunities 



8-2 Opportunities for a Permanent Diversion Project 



8-2 Opportunities for Further Ecological Study 



8-2 Selection and Monitoring of Indicator Species 



8-3 Modeling 



8-4 Opportunities for Integration with Bay and Esmary 



Release Schedules 



8-4 Opportunities for Adaptive Management 



Contents 



