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BENTHIC ECOLOGY OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND ADJACENT CANAL SYSTEMS AT BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

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Date Issued:
1976
Summary:
Benthic samples collected in April, August, and December, 1974 at 23 stations provided quantitative data on the macroinvertebrate communities in the intracoastal waterway and adjacent finger canals at Boca Raton, Florida. Distribution and structure of these communities in relation to station location and sediment type are discussed. The five top-ranked species in this study were the amphipods Ampelisca abdita and Grandidierella bonnieroides, the polychaetes Paraprionospio £innata and Streblospio benedicti, and the bivalve Mulinia lateralis. Three station assemblages based on faunal similarities were designated. Highest diversity (H') and species richness (spp/180) values were found at intracoastal waterway stations. These stations were characterized by sediments with relatively high sand and low organic percentages. Stations located within finger canals were characterized by sediments with high silt-clay fractions, high organic percentages, and low numbers of species and individuals.
Title: THE BENTHIC ECOLOGY OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND ADJACENT CANAL SYSTEMS AT BOCA RATON, FLORIDA.
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Name(s): WEBB, ALLEN DALE
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1976
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 121 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Benthic samples collected in April, August, and December, 1974 at 23 stations provided quantitative data on the macroinvertebrate communities in the intracoastal waterway and adjacent finger canals at Boca Raton, Florida. Distribution and structure of these communities in relation to station location and sediment type are discussed. The five top-ranked species in this study were the amphipods Ampelisca abdita and Grandidierella bonnieroides, the polychaetes Paraprionospio £innata and Streblospio benedicti, and the bivalve Mulinia lateralis. Three station assemblages based on faunal similarities were designated. Highest diversity (H') and species richness (spp/180) values were found at intracoastal waterway stations. These stations were characterized by sediments with relatively high sand and low organic percentages. Stations located within finger canals were characterized by sediments with high silt-clay fractions, high organic percentages, and low numbers of species and individuals.
Identifier: 13797 (digitool), FADT13797 (IID), fau:10626 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.
Subject(s): Benthos--Florida--Boca Raton
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