environments could be recognized from the gross grain size and constituent particle 
composition. However, in the reef tract local variations of environment are smaller, 
and the gradual but consistent changes in depth and water circulation effect differences 
in the fauna and flora, and thereby produce sediments which have recognizably 
different abundances of the major constituent. The three sub-environments, back reef, 
outer reef arc, and fore reef are indicated by progressive changes in constituent 
composition, and in less degree by variations in gross grain size. Because the estimates 
of constituent particle composition of the reef-tract sediments were made by point 
counts on standard petrographic thin sections this approach can be used to analyze 
ancient limestones. 
1952 - 1979 
Lew, R. M., M. D. Flora, and P. C. Rosendahl (1982) An analysis of rainfall in Shark Slough. 
Rep. T-646. US National Park Service, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL. 46 pp. 
Thiessen polygon analysis was used to estimate direct rainfall inputs into the 1000 km 2 
Shark River Slough. Previous methods used to monitor precipitation in this region were 
reviewed. Comparisons were made between estimates based data collected biweekly 
during a 22 month period (December 1977 - September 1979) among rain gauge 
networks containing 87, 29, 11 and 3 gauges. These results were also compared with 
data collected daily at three long-term NOAA stations located on the periphery of the 
study area. A comparison between managed surface water inflows and uncontrolled 
precipitation contributions to the slough during this time was also made. Data from the 
three long-term NOAA stations were further used to compute a reconstruction of direct 
rainfall inputs into the slough on a monthly and yearly basis for the period 1952 to 
1979. 
1953 0 
Moore, J. C. (1953) Distribution of marine mammals in Florida. Amer. Midi. Nat. . 
49:1 17-58. 
[DATE OF SAMPLING UNKNOWN OR NOT APPLICABLE.] This citation contains 
descriptions of observations, strandings, and finds of dead specimens of marine 
mammals in Florida waters. There are several descriptions of such events in the 
Florida Keys and Florida Bay. 
1 953 
Moore, W. E. (1957) Ecology of recent foraminifera in northern Florida Keys. Bull. Amer. 
Assoc. Petrol. Geol. . 41:727-41. 
[SAMPLING TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO AND INCLUDING 1953.] Foraminifera live in the 
following environments in the Florida Keys area: Florida Bay, water 0 - 10 ft deep; the 
back-reef, water mostly 15 - 30 ft deep but ranging from 0 to 40 ft deep; the reef, 
locally awash at low tide but extending seaward to a depth of about 60 ft; and the fore¬ 
reef water deeper than 60 ft The boundaries between the back-reef and the reef and 
between the reef and the fore-reef environments are transitional. The Florida Bay 
samples were collected in Swash Key, South Park Key Bank, Nest Key Pass, Black 
Betsy Keys, and Calusa Keys. The Florida Bay environment is characterized by great 
variations in the abundance of the Miliolidae, Peneroplidae, Nonionidae, and Rotaliidae, 
and by the absence of the Amphisteginiclae, Textulariidae, Lagenidae, and Buliminidae. 
Variations in the Florida Bay fauna suggest sorting. The Amphisteginindae and 
Buliminidae represent families present in the back-reef environment which are not 
found in Florida Bay. The Peneroplidae and Amphisteginidae are most abundant on the 
outer reef patches. The fore-reef environment is characterized by the appearance of 
the Cassidulinidae and the rise of the Anomalinade to a position of minor abundance. 
Angulogerina, Bulimia, Unigerina and Reusella do not occur at depths much shallower 
