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6-1. DATES OF SUBTIDAL BENTHIC SAMPLING FROM MAY 1973 



THROUGH JANUARY 1978 AT ALL STATIONS 6-4 



6-2. NEW HAVEN HARBOR BENTHIC SPECIES LIST 6-11 



6-3. ABRIDGED BENTHIC SPECIES LIST* 6-14 



6-4. DISTRIBUTION OF NEW HAVEN HARBOR CHARACTERISTIC 



BENTHIC SPECIES AMONG STATION GROUPS 6-17 



6-5. TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES PER STATION, MAY 1973 - 



JANUARY 1978 6-27 



6-6. FAUNAE DENSITY (MEAN INDIVIDUALS/m^) BY STATION 



MAY 1973 THROUGH JANUARY 1978 6-29 



6-7. COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION (CV) (% OF MEAN) VALUES 

 FOR NUMBER OF SPECIES, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS 

 AND DIVERSITY, 1977, BASED ON 3 REPLICATE SAMPLES .... 6-38 



6-8. COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION (CV) (% OF MEAN) VALUES 



AVERAGED FOR NEW HAVEN HARBOR, 1977; INNER HARBOR 

 AND MORRIS COVE SITES AND CV VALUES FROM PLYMOUTH, 

 MASSACHUSETTS 6-39 



6-9. BENTHIC SPECIES CHARACTERISTIC OF GROUP STATIONS FOR 

 FOUR STATION GROUPS (RANKED BY FREQUENCY OF 

 OCCURRENCE) 6-49 



6-10. TRENDS IN MEAN DENSITY FOR 14 CHARACTERISTIC SPECIES 



EVALUATED VIA SPEARMAN'S RHO 6-57 



6-11. RESULTS OF PAIRED T-TESTS FOR FAUNAL DENSITY CHANGES 



FOR ALL POSSIBLE PAIRS OF YEARS 6-58 



6-12. RESULTS OF PAIRED T-TESTS FOR DIVERSITY (H') CHANGES 



FOR ALL POSSIBLE PAIRS OF YEARS 6-60 



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