Table 3-14. Beals Island Infaunal Taxa Richness ANOVA Results 38 



Table 3-15. Beals Island Infaunal Total Abundance ANOVA Results 39 



Table 3-16. Beals Island Infaunal Total Biomass ANOVA Results 39 



Table 3-17. Relative Abundance and Occurrence of Dominant Taxa at Beals 



Island Constructed Intertidal Flat 43 



Table 3-18. Relative Abundance and Occurrence of Dominant Taxa at Beals 



Island Reference Site 45 



Table 3-19. Similarity Percentage (SIMPER) Results for Beals Island Constructed 



Flat vs. Reference Comparisons by Year 47 



Table 4-1 . Diversity and Abundance of North Atlantic Intertidal Flat Infauna 51 



Table 4-2. Species Composition of North Atlantic Intertidal Flat Infauna 52 



Table 4-3. Comparison of Biomass and Biomass Composition Results with other 



New England Intertidal Flats 53 



Appendix Table 1. 1998 Worm Rake Collection Data 



Appendix Table 2. Sheep Island Taxa List and Abundances (No./m^) 



Appendix Table 3. Beals Island Taxa List and Abundances (No./m^) 



