CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II DESCRIPTION OF AREA 8 



III METHODS AND MATERIALS 10 



IV RESULTS 12 



1. Sediments 12 



2. Sandy-Bottom Fauna 14 



3. Reef Biota 21 



V DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 26 



VI RECOMMENDATIONS 29 



LITERATURE CITED 31 



TABLES 



1 Sediment parameters at sandy-bottom stations off Hallandale Beach (HS) 



and Golden Beach (GS) 13 



2 Species and numbers of individuals collected at sandy-bottom stations 



off Hallandale Beach (HS) and Golden Beach (GS) 15 



3 Abundance of organisms occurring in three 1 .0-square-meter quadrat 



samples at each reef station off Hallandale Beach and Golden Beach. . 24 



FIGURES 



1 Location of transects off Hallandale (Broward County) and Golden 



Beach (Dade County) g 



2 Schematic profile of Hallandale transect showing configuration of 



reefs and location of sandy-bottom (HS) and reef (HR) sampling 



stations 9 



3 Core sampling at sandy-bottom stations H 



4 Quadrat sampling at reef stations 13 



5 Mean number of individuals (95-percent confidence limits) at 



Hallandale and Golden Beach sand stations ig 



6 Mean number of species (95-percent confidence limits) at 



Hallandale and Golden Beach sand stations ig 



7 First reef off Hallandale showing clumps of attached algae 22 



8 Second reef off Hallandale near station HR-3 22 



9 Reef fauna near outer edge of second reef off Golden Beach 27 



