1960 0 
Manning, R. B. (1960) Some growth changes in the stone crab, Menippe mercenaria (Say). 
Quart. J. Fla. Acad. Sci. . 23(4):273-7. 
[DATE OF SAMPLING UNKNOWN OR NOT APPLICABLE.] Changes in body form with 
growth are well known in decapod crustaceans. The stone crab, Menippe mercenaria 
(Say), is a common inhabitant of inshore waters from North Carolina to Mexico. The 
narrow frontal region is the most characteristic feature of the adult stone crab. A 
marked difference in the relative width of the fronto-orbital region was noted in a 
series of juvenile M. mercenaria collected in the northern part of Florida Bay. 
1960 
Tabb, D. C., and A. C. Jones (1962) Effect of Hurricane Donna on the aquatic fauna of North 
Florida Bay. Trans. An. Fish. Soc. . 91 (4):375-78. 
A hurricane [Donna] caused heavy mortality among aquatic animals in north Florida Bay 
in September 1960. Fish and invertebrates were stranded by retreating salt water 
which had been driven inland or were killed by mud suffocation or turbulence. Oxygen 
depletion due to decomposition of organic material caused subsequent mortality. 
Salinities returned to normal within 6 weeks, but dissolved oxygen concentration 
remained abnormally low for a longer period. Fish and invertebrates were scarce for 
several months in the areas of greatest oxygen depletion. When environmental 
conditions again became suitable, the stricken areas were recolonized from surrounding 
regions. Sport-fish catches in the area declined immediately after the storm, but 
recovered within one to several months, depending on the locality. Catch statistics 
indicate that after the storm juvenile pink shrimp moved from their estuarine nursery 
grounds into deeper water about 60 mi offshore, where they were caught by the 
fishery. There is no evidence that the aquatic fauna of the area suffered any permanent 
damage. 
I960, 1965 
Perkins, R. D., and P. Enos (1968) Hurricane Betsy in the Florida-Bahamas area: geologic 
effects and comparison with Hurricane Donna. J, Geol. . 76:710-17. 
[NO COPY OF PAPER AVAILABLE. ABSTRACT FROM SCHMIDT (1991).] Within a five 
year period (1960 - 1965) two violent hurricanes, Donna and Betsy, passed over the 
Florida Keys. Although they were of comparable size and intensity, their geologic 
effects differed. Both damaged the outer reefs extensively, although Donna had already 
removed the weaker elements before Betsy struck. In Florida Bay, supratidal 
sedimentation on the islands and mainland was extensive during Donna, but almost 
absent during Betsy. An exception to this was the deposition of spillover lobes of 
skeletal sand landward of the beach of Cape Sable. 
1960 - 1961 
Goodell, H. G., and D. S. Gorsline (1961) Data Report on the hydrography of Apalachicola 
and Florida Bays. Florida State University Sedimentology Research Laboratory Contribution 
1. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. 316 pp. 
[NO COPY OF PAPER AVAILABLE. ABSTRACT FROM SCHMIDT (1991).] Investigations on 
the hydrology and marine geology of Appalachicola and Florida Bays were carried out to 
show the effects of hydrology on sedimentation and the interrelationships between 
sedimentation and bottom morphology on water motion and exchange within the bays. 
This report presents the hydrological data collected during the first year's work; no 
analysis of the data is presented herein. Future reports will cover the analysis of 
hydrological and sedimentological data. 
