Loggerhead Key 221 
Long Key 128, 319, 347, 353 
Long Sound 190, 305, 320 
Lower Matecumbe Key 144, 170 
Madeira Bay 270, 276, 299 
Mammals 132, 206, 268 
Dolphins 122, 210, 211, 212, 247, 297 
Manatees 122, 130, 131, 211, 212, 
235, 247, 345, 355, 365 
Pseudorcas 205, 223, 248 
Pygmy sperm whales 297 
Man-of-War Key 256, 325 
Management 275 
Manatee Basin 133 
Mangrove Key 249, 250 
Mangroves 125, 130, 169, 170, 185, 190, 
204, 218, 243, 263, 268, 277, 285, 291, 
300, 303, 320, 334, 337, 344, 352, 354, 
358, 374 
Role in land formation 168 
Marathon 266 
Marquesas 363 
Matecumbe Key 130, 171, 240 
Methane flux 260 
Microfossils 323 
Mineralogy 148, 149, 155, 159, 160, 162, 
175, 180, 183, 186, 187, 190, 194, 199, 
209, 223, 230, 231, 249, 268, 270, 283, 
298, 299, 316, 319, 323, 325, 339, 340, 
344, 346 
Miocene 229 
Mollusks 134, 143, 156, 170, 178, 196, 
203, 256, 261, 263, 270, 316, 333 
Mussels 250 
Queen conchs 237 
Mormon Key 159 
Mosquito Bank 366 
Mosquito control 245 
Mudbanks 
125, 
133, 
137, 
162, 
177, 
193, 
196, 
197, 
199, 
202, 
203, 
213, 
214, 
221, 
227, 
238, 
239, 
245, 
246, 
247, 
248, 
249, 
251, 
256, 
258, 
261, 
266, 
268, 
270, 
271, 
275, 
280, 
282, 
286, 
289, 
290, 
293, 
294, 
295, 
296, 
298, 
302, 
303, 
315, 
316, 
317, 
318, 
319, 
323, 
325, 
330, 
332, 
334, 
338, 
344, 369 
Murray Key 237, 286, 318 
Neogene 215 
Nest Key 135, 142, 300 
Nest Key Pass 133 
Ninemile Bank 245, 256, 300, 325 
Nutrients 261, 277, 280, 305, 306, 314, 
315, 333, 336, 350, 355, 362, 365, 366, 
376, 377 
Organic matter 362 
Organochlorines 198, 201, 234, 297 
Ostracoda 181 
Oyster Bay 254 
Oyster Key 286 
Paleozoic 133 
Panhandle Key 256, 325, 345 
Panhandle Key Bank 256, 325 
Paradise Key 207 
Park Key 300 
Pass Key 286 
Passes (See Channels) 
PCBs (See Organochlorines) 
Peat 169, 174, 198, 202, 216, 217, 221, 
238, 245, 248, 256, 323, 325, 377 
Peats 176 
Pelican Key 320 
Pesticides 245, (See also Organochlorines) 
Petersen Key 118, 144 
Peterson Key Bank 261 
pH (See Water chemistry) 
Pigeon Key 156, 256, 325 
Pigeon Shoal 156 
Pine Island Sound 144 
Pine Key 363 
Plankton 129, 130, 154, 199, 204, 210, 
214, 242, 268, 288, 289, 309, 317, 336, 
350, 365 
Plantation Key 300 
Pleistocene 125, 127, 135, 156, 159, 162, 
175, 186, 191, 200, 201, 203, 216, 221, 
229, 239, 245, 256, 258, 282, 296, 298, 
300, 301, 317, 324, 325, 328, 330, 331, 
342, 344, 354, 366 
Pliocene 128 
Porjoe Key 336 
Porpoise Lake 177 
Pre-Cambrian 133 
Precipitation (See Rainfall) 
Pyrolytic hydrocarbons 295 
Pyruvic acid 297 
Quaternary 345 
Rabbit Key Basin 335, 338, 343, 361 
Ragged Keys 128 
Railroad 119 
Rainfall 116, 118, 121, 132, 136, 138, 139, 
142, 147, 148, 154, 167, 175, 187, 193, 
195, 216, 218, 221, 235, 259, 265, 283, 
298, 307, 321, 350, 373 
Ramshorn Key 249, 250 
Ramshorn Spit 268, 295, 296 
Rankin Lake 338, 361 
Red tide 134 
Remote sensing 205 
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