Florida State University Studies

abundant Acartia tonsa acutifrons adults Alligator Harbor Alligator Point amazonicus annelids Apalachee Bay approximately Atlantic August Average number bay beach Beaufort Block Island Sound bottom stations cent Centropages ciliary activity collected in Alligator common copepod population copepods Corycaeus cubic meter December equestris exposed Gulf beach FAMILY fauna females fishes of Alligator Florida State University genus gills Gulf bottom Gulf of Mexico habitat hamatus harpacticoid Hartman heat budget hydrometer intertidal zone July June juveniles Linnaeus marine Marks Lighthouse months mouth mullet nomogram northern Gulf numbers of copepods observed occurred Oceanographic Institute October offshore Oithona brevicornis oysters parvus plankton protected Gulf beach prox quantitative reported rough bottom Salinity range samples sand seasonal Secchi disk September Shark spawns species specimens were collected spring station 9 summer Sutcliffe 1950 TABLE taken tidal streams tide total length virginica Wakulla Wakulla County Woods Hole region young zooplankton