Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1981

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

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.

Extent

72 p.

Comments

FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Identifier

FADT14066

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