CONTENTS 



TAELES-Continued 



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23 Skewness of sediments at each site on the ocean beach 46 



24 Kurtosis of sediments at each site on the ocean beach 47 



25 Organic content of sediments (in grams per 100 grams) on the 



ocean beach. . . . '. 48 



26 Carbonate concentration Tin grams per 100 grams) on the ocean 



beach 49 



27 Matrix of correlation coefficients among physical parameters 



and major species for the ocean beach 51 



28 Principal factors with eigenvalues and percent of variance 



predicted by each factor, ocean beach 52 



29 Average diversity per site on the ocean beach 



54 



30 Faunistic list of the sound beach at the CERC Field Research 



Facility. Species above 0.5 millimeter only 55 



31 Mean number of all organisms per square meter on the sound 



beach 58 



32 Mean number of Lepidaotylus dysticus per square meter on the 



sound beach 59 



33 Mean number of Sooleoolepides viridis per square meter on the 



sound beach ^^ 



34 Mean number of Pelosaolex sp. per square meter on the sound 



beach "■'■ 



35 Mean number of Chironomidae larvae per square m.eter on the 



sound beach 62 



36 Mean number of Leptoaheirus plwnulosus per square meter on the 



sound beach 63 



37 Mean number of Monoautodes sp. per square meter on the sound 



beach 64 



38 Mean number of Gammarus sp. per square meter on the sound 



beach 65 



39 Mean number of Cyathura polita per square meter on the sound 



beach 66 



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