38 



Figure 3-21. Infanual Abundance (Animals/m^) at Beals Island" 



250000 



200000 - 



'I 150000 - 



100000 - 



50000 - 



*DM = Constructed Intertidal Flat REF = Reference Site 



**Values with ****** indicate linear contrasts are significantly different at p <0.01 



Table 3-14. Beals Island Infaunal Taxa Richness ANOVA Results 



Source 



DF 



Sum Sq. 



F Ratio 



P 



Site 



1 



6.9586 



0.7006 



0.4037 



Year 



4 



1923.4351 



48.4153 



< 0.0001 



Site*Year 



4 



143.2451 



3.6057 



0.0075 



Error 



179 



1777.8202 



9.9320 





Linear Contrasts Results 



1991 1992 1993 1994 1998 



Estimate -1.524 2.533 -1.133 -0.600 -1.267 



t Ratio -1.509 3.113 -0.985 -0.521 -1.101 



Prob>|t| 0.133 0.002 0.326 0.6027 0.275 



Ecological Monitoring of a Constructed Intertidal Flat at Jonesport, Maine 



