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and five were made in May, June, July, and August 

 (water temperature: 18.5°-25.1°C). Several of the pools 

 from which no specimens were collected were for the 

 most part extremely shallow (0.1 m or less in depth) or 

 were oriented at the seaward end of a groin in a manner 

 which made it impossible to make a good seine haul. 

 Considerable portions of the discrepancies in numbers 

 and weights between the two years were the result of the 

 capture of large numbers of small Fundulus majalis, 

 Trachinotus carolinus, and Mugil curema in the tidal 

 pool during the first year. 



Comparisons of seasonal catches between the two 

 years show close similarities in numbers of species in all 

 seasons except spring. The spring of the first year 

 produced 3 times as many species as the spring of the sec- 

 ond year. Fall and winter of the second year each yielded 

 more specimens than their counterparts of the first year, 

 but spring and summer of the second year each had very 

 few specimens as compared to the corresponding season 

 in the first year. In each season of the first year except 

 winter a greater mass of fishes was collected than in the 

 same season in the second year. 



A comparison of data for seasons for both years com- 

 bined demonstrates that species diversity was greatest in 

 fall and spring and least in winter, that number of 

 specimens collected was greatest in spring and least in 

 winter, and that greatest mass was obtained in fall and 

 least in winter. Because the first year dominated the 

 combined catch for both years, it followed essentially the 

 same pattern, but the second year differed considerably. 



Surf and tidal pool combined. — When the surf and 

 tidal pool were considered as a unit, the second year 

 produced more species, but fewer specimens and less 

 weight than the first year (see Table 6). 



Comparisons of seasonal catches between the two 

 years show close similarities in numbers of species in cor- 

 responding seasons except summer. The summer of the 

 second year produced almost a third more species than 

 that of the first year. With regard to numbers of 

 specimens, fall and summer of the first year were very 

 similar to the same seasons in the second year, but the 

 winter of the second year produced about twice as many 

 individuals as that of the first year and the spring of the 

 first year 6.5 times as many as that of the second year. In 

 each season of the first year a greater mass of fishes was 

 collected than in the same season of the second year. 



A comparison of data for seasons for both years com- 

 bined shows that more species were caught in summer 

 than in any other season, and that diversity was less in 

 fall and spring and much less in winter. The greatest 

 number of specimens were collected in spring and the 

 least in summer. The greatest mass appeared in winter, 

 but spring produced almost as much and summer and 

 fall were not far behind. The individual years followed 

 different patterns of seasonal distribution. 



Comparison of surf with tidal pool.— During both 

 years more species and a greater mass of fishes were 



