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I. REPORT NUMBER 

 MR 82-1 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



BENTHIC FAUNA OF AN OFFSHORE BORROW AREA- 

 IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfa; 



David B. Turbeville and G. Alex Marsh 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfs; 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Florida Atlantic University 



College of Science, Department of Biological 



Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 



G31266 



II. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERRE-CE) 



Kingman Building. Fort Belvoir. Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



January 1982 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



42 



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Benthic fauna 



Broward County, Florida 



Ecological effects 

 Offshore dredging 



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Benthic fauna from two stations within a 5-year-old borrow area and two 

 control stations off Hillsboro Beach (Broward County), Florida, were sampled 

 quarterly from June 1977 to March 1978 to evaluate the long-term impact of 

 offshore dredging. Generally enhanced productivities occurred within the 

 borrow area, although there was much seasonal variation among stations. Spe- 

 cies diversities were usually higher at the borrow stations than at the control 

 stations. The single exception was due to a high concentration of the bivalve 



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