CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Description of the station 1 



Materials and methods 2 



Collecting and handling specimens and data 2 



Selectivity of collecting method 2 



Results and discussion 3 



Collections 3 



Comparisons of yearly and seasonal abundance of fishes 3 



Surf 4 



Tidal pool 5 



Surf and tidal pool combined 8 



Comparison of surf with tidal pool 8 



Analysis of abundance of fishes 10 



Ranking of species 11 



Relationships between environmental variables and occurrence 12 



Annotated list of selected species 14 



Relationships of lengths and lengths to weight 19 



Recommendations 19 



Conclusions and summary 22 



Acknowledgments 23 



Literature cited 23 



Figures 



1. Mean number of Arenaeus cribrarius per collections versus mean water temperature for surf collections 



(by months) 13 



2. Mean number of Menidia menidia per collection versus mean water temperature for surf collections (by 

 months) 13 



Tables 



1. Listof collections made in the surf during survey of Folly Beach, S.C 4 



2. List of collections made in the tidal pool during survey of Folly Beach, S.C 5 



3. Summary data for Arenaeus cribrarius and fishes collected during survey of Folly Beach, S.C. ... 6 



4. Number collected per month and size range for Arenaeus cribrarius and fishes collected during survey 



of Folly Beach, S.C 7 



5. Summary data for swimming invertebrates (except Arenaeus cribrarius) collected during survey of 

 Folly Beach, S.C 9 



6. Numbers of species and specimens and total weights of fishes collected 9 



7. Analysis of variance of number of species of fishes per collection 10 



8. Analysis of varience for X = log (number of specimens of fishes per collection + 1) 11 



9. Analysis of variance for X = log (total weight of fishes per collection +1) 11 



10. Rank of the seven most important species collected 12 



11. Simple correlation coefficients of monthly averages of environmental variables and monthly average 

 number of specimens per collection in the surf for five selected species 13 



12. List of variables and notation for stepwise multiple regression 13 



13. Summary statistics for forward selection of six independent variables for Arenaeus cribrarius ... 14 



14. Summary statistics for forward selection of six independent variables for Anchoa mitchilli 14 



15. Summary statistics for forward selection of six independent variables for Menidia menidia 14 



16. Summary statistics for forward selection of six independent variables for Trachinotus carolinus . . 14 



17. Summary statistics for forward selection of six independent variables for Menticirrhus littoralis . . 14 



18. Carapace width frequencies by month for Arenaeus cribrarius collected in tidal pool and surf 

 combined 15 



19. Standard length frequencies by month for Menidia menidia collected in the tidal pool and surf . . 17 



20. Standard length frequencies by month for Trachinotus carolinus collected in the tidal pool and surf 17 



21. Standard length frequencies by month for Menticirrhus littoralis collected in the surf 18 



22. Standard length frequencies by month for Mugil curema collected in the tidal pool and surf .... 18 



