diverse fauna of sediment contributors. Episodic storms account for significant 
concentrations of very coarse-grained sediment within the normal marine facies. These 
concentrations resemble modern "blowout' deposits caused by major storms. Sediment 
textures suggests that modes of sedimentation on the mound have not changed 
significantly throughout most of its depositional history. These modes of sedimentation 
include autochthonous accumulations of skeletal debris and bedrock fragments. Vertical 
accretion of the mound is the result of growth of framework-organisms and sediment 
entrapment in a high wave- and current-energy environment. Episodic storms yield lag 
concentrations of corals and other coarse skeletal debris. 
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Kick, R. M. (1981) Carbonate sediments from Peterson Key Bank, Florida Bay. M. S. 
Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. 
[NO COPY OF PAPER AVAILABLE. ABSTRACT FROM SCHMIDT (1991).] A study of 
carbonate sediments at Petersen Key Bank demonstrated that all sediments are of 
biological origin, produced predominantly by mollusks, Halimeda, and foraminifera. 
Difference in sediment texture was attributed to the mode of sedimentary breakdown 
by organisms. These organisms and the type of sediment they produce are summarized. 
The distribution of sediment type was used to determine the recent history of two 
channels in the bank. 
1981 0 
Davis, G. E. (1981) On the role of underwater parks and sanctuaries in the management of 
coastal resources in the southeastern United States. Environ. Conser. . 8(1):67-70. 
[DATE OF SAMPLING UNKNOWN OR NOT APPLICABLE.] Aquatic resources in parks and 
reserves are not as adequately protected as comparable terrestrial resources. Thus 
the values of protected aquatic ecosystems as standards for comparison, reservoirs of 
genetic material, and "emotional" reserves, are apt to be greatly diminished. Even 
seemingly static ecosystems such as coral reefs are dynamic, changing dramatically in 
response to natural short-term environmental variations. Such ecosystems require 
protected natural areas as dynamic standards that will allow distinctions to be drawn 
between effects of exploitation or pollution and normal variation. Furthermore, 
fisheries harvests may reduce the size at which exploited species mature, and reduce 
the amount and variability of genetic material produced by exploited populations. The 
seven underwater parks or sanctuaries established since 1935 in Florida and the US 
Virgin Islands exhibit wide variations in the degree of protection accorded to aquatic 
resources, a range being apparent from nearly complete protection in the first parks to 
be established to virtually no protection at all in the recently-established parks. The 
consequences of permitting consumptive uses of aquatic resources in parks and 
reserves need to be objectively evaluated. Unless these consumptive uses are severely 
curtailed or eliminated, the primary values of the parks and reserves may never be 
realized. 
1981 0 
Morrison, D. (1981) Macroalgal seasonality in Batop/iora-dominated communities in the 
Florida Keys. M. S. Thesis. Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University 
of Miami, Miami, FL. 118 pp. 
[DATE OF SAMPLING UNKNOWN OR NOT APPLICABLE.] This study investigates 
macroalgal seasonality in Bafophora-dominated communities in Florida Bay at Hammer 
Point, Key Largo. The objectives of this research were: (1) to determine if the 
macrophyte community varies seasonally in respect to species richness, diversity, and 
abundances of species; (2) the description of the annual pattern of productivity, 
abundance, and reproduction of Batophora oerstedr, and (3) to determine if observed 
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