CONTENTS 

 TABLES — Cont inued 



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19 Comparison of faunal density (number of organisms per square 



meter) between May 1975 and May 1980 for all stations 41 



20 Comparisons of equitability values (Pielou's J') and Shannon- 



Weaver diversity values (H') between the November 1974 (Saloman, 



1976) sampling and the November -December 1979 collections 43 



21 Comparisons of equitability values (Pielou's J') and Shannon-Weaver 



diversity values (H') between the May 1975 sampling (Saloman, 



1976) and the May 1980 collections 44 



22 Comparison of species diversity (Simpson's A) and faunal 



similarity (Morisita's CX) values 45 



FIGURES 



1 Study area, depicting transect and station locations in the Gulf of 



Mexico between West Pass and Philips Inlet 10 



2 Schematic of sediment analysis procedures 13 



3 Sieve and plug sampler used for quantitative benthic studies 17 



4 Beach profiles for the nine transect locations on the Panama City 



Beaches, May 1980 23 



5 Graphic comparison of variations in mean grain size between the 



1979-80 and the 1974-75 sediment collections for both November- 

 December and May sampling periods 29 



6 Graphic comparison of variations in percent silt-clay between the 



1979-80 and the 1974-75 sediment collections for both November- 

 December and May sampling periods 30 



7 Graphic comparisons of organic carbon percentages for May and 



November -Dec ember between the 1974-75 and 1979-80 collections. ... 31 



8 Graphic comparisons of carbonate percentages for May and November- 



December between the 1974-75 and 1979-80 collections 32 



9 Graphic comparisons of numbers of species and faunal densities 



between November 1974 and November-December 1979 48 



10 Graphic comparison of numbers of species and faunal densities 



between May 1975 and May 1980 49 



