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VARIATION OF FORAMINIFERAL STANDING CROP OVER SHORT LATERAL DISTANCES IN BUTTONWOOD SOUND, FLORIDA BAY
Author(s) -
Lynts George W.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1966.11.4.0562
Subject(s) - bay , standing crop , foraminifera , sound (geography) , habitat , population , biology , oceanography , ecology , environmental science , geology , benthic zone , biomass (ecology) , demography , sociology
Standing crops of foraminifera collected in Buttonwood Sound, Florida Bay, were analyzed using analysis of variance and percentage data. There were no significant faunal variations, in terms of F ‐ratios, at 10 of the 19 stations, indicating foraminiferal micro‐habitats of at least 30 m 2 . Data in terms of per cent of species occurring in all samples ( S c ), and per cent of population made up of species occurring in all samples ( P c ), were used to analyze faunal variation. S c values indicated species composition varied considerably between samples at each station, while P c values indicated foraminiferal standing crop varied appreciably between samples. S c and P c values at each station indicated dominant species are quite constant between samples at each station and variation is caused by fluctuation in rarer species.