A Procedure for Using Polychaete Annelids for Environmental Monitoring and Assessment in the Nearshore Panama City, Florida Area,
Abstract
This report presents a new methodology for averaging and summarizing large volumes of data resulting from polychaete annelid worm sampling studies into a simple, comprehensible form useful in nearshore environmental monitoring and assessment. The result is a Polychaete Assemblage Characterization (PAC) for each location or habitat sampled, involving community parameters of taxon richness, density, and diversity and a list of major taxa encountered. Changes observed in the PAC of a habitat over time should be indicative of the nature and degree of environmental changes occurring there. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA104066
Entities
People
- Horace G. Loftin
- Susan M. Tuovila