BENTHIC INFAUNA 

 Table of Contents 



Section Page 



INTRODUCTION 1 



MATERIALS AND METHODS 2 



DATA ANALYSIS 4 



INTERTIDAL RESULTS 6 



Sediment Characteristics 6 



General Community Composition 8 



Numbers of Species and Community Density 9 



Biomass 9 



Community Dominance 13 



Trophic Structure 14 



Long-term Population Densities 15 



Species Diversity 22 



Cumulative Species Curves 22 



Cluster Analysis 24 



SUBTIDAL RESULTS 25 



Sediment Characteristics 25 



General Community Composition 27 



Numbers of Species and Community Density 28 



Biomass 32 



Community Dominance 32 



Trophic Structure 35 



Long-term Population Densities 36 



Species Diversity 44 



Cumulative Species Curves 45 



Cluster Analysis 47 



DISCUSSION 48 



INTERTIDAL 49 



SUBTIDAL 51 



CONCLUSIONS 53 



REFERENCES CITED 55 



