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MR 81-5 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



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4. TITLE fand SubdI/e; 



A STUDY OF THE IhWERTEBRATES AND FISHES OF 

 SALT MARSHES IN TWO OREGON ESTUARIES 



5. TYPE OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Miscellaneous Report 



6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfa; 



Duane L. Higley 



Dr. Robert L. Holton 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERf*) 



DACW72-77-C-0013 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



School of Oceanography 

 Oregon State University 

 Corvallis, Oregon 97330 



G31534 



11. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



June 1981 



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13. NUMBER OF PAGES 

 132 



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UNCLASSIFIED 



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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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19. KEY WORDS (Cont 



Fish 

 Invertebrates 



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Netarts Bay, Oregon 

 Salt marshes 



Siletz Bay, Oregon 



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This study examines the invertebrate and fish life in the estuarine tidal 

 marshes of Siletz and Netarts Bays, Oregon. Sweep nets, corers, enclosures, and 

 clip-quadrat samplers were used to collect both quantitative and nonquantitative 

 samples of invertebrates in level marsh, pan, tidal creek, and tidal flat habi- 

 tats located in seven study areas representing various types of marsh. Fish in 

 these habitats, as well as in a slough and in bay channels, were sampled by 

 seine and otter trawls. Community taxonomic composition and trophic structure, 



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