CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II METHODS AND MATERIALS 7 



1. Beach Face Profile 7 



2. Sampling Locations 13 



3. Sampling Periods 13 



4. Siibstrate 13 



5. Water Quality 14 



6. Macrozoobenthos 14 



7. Fish 15 



III RESULTS 15 



1. Beach Face Profile 15 



2. Substrate 16 



3. Water Quality 18 



4. Macrozoobenthos 18 



5. Fish 21 



IV DISCUSSION 21 



1. Beach Face Profile 21 



2. Substrate 25 



3. Water Quality 25 



4 . Macrozoobenthos 26 



5. Fish. ....... 26 



V CONCLUSION 27 



LITERATURE CITED 28 



APPENDIX 



A PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION DATA 31 



B WATER QUALITY DATA 35 



C MACROZOOBENTHOS DATA 39 



D FISH DATA (GILLNET) 49 



E FISH DATA (BEACH SEINE) 53 



TABLES 



1 Percentage composition by weight of the fine gravel-very fine sand 



siobstrate fractions in Ponar grab samples 17 



2 Results of Friedman's test comparing particle-size distribution 



among grab samples taken at station 1 on transects I to VI 17 



