Emerita Talpoida Populations 
Se On Three Beach Segments l 
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40 -—— Nourished Beach ! 
——— Prenourished Beach 
Control Beach 
Total Number Collected 
Collection Dates 
Figure 18. Hmertta talpotda population densities along three segments 
of beach during the nourishment period, December 1977 to 
March 1978. The nourished segment was located in the north- 
eastern part of Fort Macon and the prenourishment segment 
was located in the southwestern part of Fort Macon. By 
March there was no longer any part of the prenourishment 
segment left because nourishment activities had progressed 
that far. The control beach was located at Emerald Isle. 
On the starred date in January no sampling was performed 
in the surf zone due to rough water. Thus values for that 
date probably represent lower estimates of organism density 
than were actually present. 
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