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SEASONAL STUDY OF AN OFFSHORE BORROW AREA IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA

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1981
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Benthic fauna from two stations within a five-year old borrow area and two control stations off Hillsboro Beach (Broward County), Florida were sampled quarterly from June 1977 to March 1978. Generally enhanced productivities occurred within the borrow area, although there was much seasonal variation among stations. Species diversities were usually higher at the borrow stations than at the controls. The single exception was due to a striking concentration of the bivalve Ervilia nitens at one of the control stations in June. Although the faunal similarity analysis indicated that a qualitative change in the fauna of the borrow area had occurred, this change cannot be said to be detrimental. Conspicuous patterns of heterogeneous distribution of fauna were evident in this study, particularly with the bivalve Ervilia nitens. No lasting detrimental effects, in terms of numbers of species, faunal densities, or species diversity, resulted from the dredging that occurred five years previously.
Title: A SEASONAL STUDY OF AN OFFSHORE BORROW AREA IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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Name(s): TURBEVILLE, DAVID BAXTER.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1981
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 72 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Benthic fauna from two stations within a five-year old borrow area and two control stations off Hillsboro Beach (Broward County), Florida were sampled quarterly from June 1977 to March 1978. Generally enhanced productivities occurred within the borrow area, although there was much seasonal variation among stations. Species diversities were usually higher at the borrow stations than at the controls. The single exception was due to a striking concentration of the bivalve Ervilia nitens at one of the control stations in June. Although the faunal similarity analysis indicated that a qualitative change in the fauna of the borrow area had occurred, this change cannot be said to be detrimental. Conspicuous patterns of heterogeneous distribution of fauna were evident in this study, particularly with the bivalve Ervilia nitens. No lasting detrimental effects, in terms of numbers of species, faunal densities, or species diversity, resulted from the dredging that occurred five years previously.
Identifier: 14066 (digitool), FADT14066 (IID), fau:10882 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Dredging--Environmental aspects--Florida--Broward County
Benthos
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