CONTENTS 



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I INTRODUCTION ........ 11 



1. General 11 



2. Study Area 11 



3. Restoration Plans 16 



4. Station Locations 16 



5. Sampling Frequency 20 



II HYDROLOGY 20 



1. Introduction 20 



2. Methods , 20 



3. Results 20 



III SEDIMENTOLOGY 21 



1. Introduction 21 



2. Methods 25 



3. Results 28 



IV BENTHIC FAUNA 44 



1. Introduction 44 



2. Methods 47 



3. Adequacy of Sampling 54 



4. Results 55 



V INFLUENCE OF HURRICANE ELOISE ON THE BENTHIC FAUNA OF 



PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA 101 



1. Introduction 101 



2. Methods 105 



3. Results 105 



4. Discussion 112 



VI SUMMARY 112 



LITERATURE CITED 116 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 122 



APPENDIX 



A WATER TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY DATA 127 



B STATION PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION DATA 134 



C TRANSECT PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION DATA 141 



D STATION SURFACE SEDIMENT DATA 146 



