Table 31. Average and range of water temperature and salinity 



collected at nine sites before and after Hurricane Eloise. 





Water Temperature (°C) 



SalinityJ- 



Date 



Average 



Range 



Average 



Range 



1975 













22 Sept. 



26.5 



26.0 to 27.2 



30.36 



29.83 



to 30.94 



24 Sept. 



25.4 



24.8 to 25.8 



30.54 



28.56 



to 31.89 



25 Sept. 



24.7 



22.9 to 27.5 



31.97 



30.83 



to 33.06 



26 Sept. 



20.5 



19.9 to 21.9 



31.23 



29.44 



to 32.00 



29 Sept. 



25.6 



24.5 to 26.5 



33.70 



32.06 



to 34.33 



2 Oct. 



24.2 



23.5 to 24.6 



31.73 



30.83 



to 33.11 



7 Oct. 



24.1 



23.5 to 24.9 



30.73 



29.33 



to 31.56 



21 Oct. 



22.1 



20.1 to 23.9 



31.49 



29.78 



to 32.83 



Average 



24.2 



19.9 to 27.5 



31.47 



28.56 



to 34.33 



Parts per thousand. 



Table 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. 



Sampling 



Days after 







Diversity 



Individuals 



date 



storm 



Individuals 



Species 



index (avg.) 



per m 2 (avg.) 



1975 













22 Sept. 



-- 



491 



9 



0.799 



873 



Storm 













24 Sept. 



1 



465 



17 



1.437 



827 



25 Sept. 



2 



677 



16 



1.288 



1,204 



26 Sept. 



3 



1,047 



21 



1.047 



1,862 



29 Sept. 



6 



1,358 



15 



1.024 



2,415 



2 Oct. 



9 



817 



5 



1.089 



1,453 



7 Oct. 



14 



465 



6 



1.125 



827 



21 Oct. 



28 



429 



13 



1.561 



763 



Total 



-- 



5,616 



43 











Average 



-- 



702 



5.4 



1.171 



1,278 



106 



