Marathon Study Area

Temporal Variation in Nearshore Benthic Communities

Time Series Photos

Site Name Area Strata 1997 1994 1985 1974 1964 1959
Duck Key MA OH1 PD-4488-11-04 PD-4221-11-04 PD-3117-10-10 PD-913-07-12 PD-230-08-12 PD-88-09-14
Airstrip          MA OH2 PD-4488-09-07 PD-4221-09-06 PD-3117-09-06 PD-913-05-30 PD-230-08-05 PD-88-07-47
Valhalla      MA OS1 PD-4488-10-05 PD-4221-10-04 PD-3117-10-06 PD-913-07-09 PD-230-07-27 PD-88-08-15
Boot Key MA OS2 PD-4488-06-14 PD-4221-06-25 PD-3117-06-20 PD-913-05-29 PD-230-08-02 PD-88-07-43
Stirrup Key MA BH1 PD-4488-10-02 PD-4221-09-05 PD-3117-09-07 PD-913-07-06 PD-230-09-11 PD-88-08-10
Faro Blanco MA BH2 PD-4488-09-05 PD-4221-09-03 PD-3117-09-04 PD-913-07-02 PD-230-09-09 PD-88-07-42
Grassy Key MA BS1 PD-4488-11-02 PD-4221-11-02 PD-3117-11-03 PD-913-07-10 PD-230-09-16 PD-88-09-09
Long Point MA BS2 PD-4488-10-04 PD-4221-10-03 PD-3117-10-04 PD-913-07-08 PD-230-07-26 PD-88-08-13

 

 


Time Series Maps

 

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Change Analyses

 

BH1 BH2 BS1 BS2 OH1 OH2 OS1 OS2

Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability
Mean 0.13 0.40 0.37 0.33 0.00 0.12 0.43 0.22 0.37 0.17 0.37 0.45 0.07 0.30 0.00 0.19
StDev 0.78 0.30 0.67 0.27 0.45 0.21 0.68 0.21 0.56 0.24 1.27 0.55 0.91 0.32 0.45 0.26

 

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1959 1963-64 1971-74 1985 1991-94 1997
Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability Net Change Variability
BH1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26 -4.00 0.51 8.00 0.52 2.00 0.58 -2.00 0.58
BH2 0.00 0.00 -1.00 0.18 2.00 0.37 4.00 0.57 0.00 0.53 6.00 0.41
BS1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -1.00 0.18 -2.00 0.45 1.00 0.18 2.00 0.25
BS2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.18 3.00 0.31 5.00 0.38 4.00 0.51
OH1 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.37 3.00 0.31 3.00 0.40 2.00 0.25 1.00 0.18
OH2 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.23 10.00 0.66 1.00 0.49 -5.00 0.46 3.00 0.55
OS1 0.00 0.00 -3.00 0.48 2.00 0.58 4.00 0.35 3.00 0.40 -4.00 0.43
OS2 0.00 0.00 -4.00 0.35 1.00 0.32 4.00 0.35 0.00 0.00 -1.00 0.41
Mean 0.00 0.00 -0.50 0.36 1.75 0.39 3.13 0.43 1.00 0.35 1.13 0.42
StDev 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.37 3.73 0.17 2.67 0.09 2.74 0.18 3.10 0.13

 

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