CONTENTS 



TABLES-Continued 



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40 Mean number of Bangia cuneata per square meter on the sound 



beach 67 



41 Mean number of Laeonereis culveri per square meter on the 



sound beach 68 



42 Mean number of Lysippides gi'dyi per square meter on the sound 



beach 69 



43 Three-way analyses of variance between the major macrofaunal 



species of the sound beach and site, transect, and season. ... 70 



44 Water temperature ("Celsius) recorded at each site on the sound 



beach 72 



45 Salinity (parts per thousand) recorded at each site on the sound 



beach 73 



46 Vertical distance (in meters) from MSL for each site on the 



sound beach 74 



47 Mean grain size (in phi) of sediments at each site on the sound 



beach 75 



48 Sorting of sediments at each site on the sound beach 76 



49 Skewness of sediments at each site on the sound beach 77 



50 Kurtosis of sediments at each site on the sound beach 78 



51 Carbonate concentration (in grams per 100 grams) at each site 



on the sound beach 80 



52 Organic concentration (in grams per 100 grams) at each site on 



the sound beach 81 



53 Matrix of correlation coefficients among physical parameters 



and major species for the sound beach 82 



54 Factors, eigenvalues, and variance explained for factor analysis 



on the sound beach correlation matrix 83 



55 Average diversity per site on the sound beach 85 



FIGURES 

 1 Location of the CERC Field Research Facility 12 



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