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TABLES- -Continued 



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23 Number of individuals of each species collected 



at station A 77 



24 Number of individuals of each species collected 



at station B 81 



25 Average number of species and individuals collected 

 per station over the 12-month sampling period at 



the nine transects 80 



26 Percentage of individuals of the 14 most abundant 



species occurring on the nine transects 84 



27 Percentage of individuals of the 14 most abundant 

 species occurring in the top 11.5-centimeter part 



and the bottom 11.5-centimeter part of the sample 91 



28 Monthly average of the number of individuals per 



square meter at the five transect stations 94 



29 Average monthly diversity index of benthic animals 



collected at the five transect stations 98 



30 Correlation coefficients between the number of 

 individuals of the 14 most abundant benthic 



invertebrate species 100 



31 Average and range of water temperature and 

 salinity collected at nine sites before and 



after Hurricane Eloise . 106 



32 Total number of individuals, species, and the average 

 diversity index and number of individuals per 

 square meter calculated from nine sites for 



eight sampling dates before and after Hurricane 



Eloise 106 



33 Number of species and individuals of benthic 

 macroinvertebrates collected at nine sites for 



11 months before Hurricane Eloise 107 



34 Number of individuals of each species of benthic 

 macroinvertebrates collected at nine sites before 



and after Hurricane Eloise 108 



