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FIGURES 



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1 Location of study areas in Netarts and Siletz Bays 11 



2 Habitats of the salt marsh ecosystem 17 



3 Taxonomic structure of level marsh soil invertebrate community .... 24 



4 Taxonomic structure of level marsh low vegetation invertebrate 



community 25 



5 Taxonomic structure of level marsh high vegetation invertebrate 



community 26 



6 Taxonomic structure of level marsh debris line invertebrate 



community 27 



7 Taxonomic structure of level marsh submerged vegetation 



invertebrate community 28 



8 Taxonomic structure of level marsh submerged vegetation 



invertebrate community 28 



9 Taxonomic structure of pan water invertebrate community 29 



10 Taxonomic structure of tidal creek soil invertebrate community .... 30 



11 Taxonomic structure of tidal creek water invertebrate community. ... 30 



12 Taxonomic structure of tidal flat soil invertebrate community 31 



13 Trophic structure of level marsh soil invertebrate community 33 



14 Trophic structure of level marsh low vegetation invertebrate 



community 33 



15 Trophic structure of level marsh high vegetation invertebrate 



community 34 



16 Trophic structure of level marsh debris line invertebrate 



community 34 



17 Trophic structure of tidal creek soil invertebrate community 35 



18 Trophic structure of tidal flat soil invertebrate community 35 



19 Fish stomach contents from submerged level marsh 38 



20 Fish stomach contents from pan 38 



21 Fish stomach contents from tidal creek , . 39 



22 Fish stomach contents from slough 39 



23 Fish stomach contents from tidal flat 40 



24 Fish stomach contents from bay channel 40 



