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Table 3. Relative abundances of Thalassia testudinum and Halodule wrightii in 10 Florida Bay Basins from spring 1995 to spring 2003 as determined by
Braun-Blanquet sampling and summation of krigged data (see Durako et al., 2002; most recent data Durako, personal communication 6/04).
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Basin
Tt
Hw
Tt
Hw
Tt
Hw
Tt
Hw
Tt
Hw
Tt
Hw
Tt
Hw
Tt
Hw
Tt
Hw
Blackwater Sound 30.0 11.8 35.5
9.2 52.1 18.8
44.3 28.6 58.5 18.6 58.9 18.2 40.4
12.2
41.4
17.1
38.2
14.4
Calusa Key
38.7
0.0 44.7
5.1 28.5
4.5 38.5
6.3 43.7
7.1 36.3 10.7 28.2
7.7
41.3
10.0
39.8
9.2
Crane Key
26.0
2.9 27.3
2.4 32.9
4.3
26.8
5.6 33.7
4.3 38.8
5.1 16.7
2.2
26.1
4.9
23.4
3.1
Eagle Key
57.3 28.2 72.9 26.2 50.0
21.7 85.8 29.6 75.1 23.1 16.1 29.2 39.3
25.8
62.2
26.9
81.7
24.7
Johnson Key
12.8
6.1 23.5 13.1 17.2 20.5 10.1
25.0 12.6 27.7 28.2 41.0 28.3
20.8
31.5
24.2
36.4
21.1
Madiera Key
16.1
6.3 22.4
4.1 23.0
6.0
27.2
4.2 35.3
4.7 35.7
6.1 17.3
2.3
29.6
4.5
18.0
2.0
Rabbit Key
128.9 10.0 125.0 10.7 105.3
11.8 94.4 24.7 109.5 48.4 94.2 32.8 86.6
29.0 111.3
31.6 108.8
21.1
Rankin Lake
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.6
3.6
8.7
20.7
7.5
4.8
7.7
5.9
6.6
5.9
9.1
5.4
3.2
11.6
3.5
Twin Key
159.8 11.3 122.7 17.7 105.8 25.3 142.7 20.7 137.5 21.2 126.4 18.3 111.9
16.2 104.8
19.0 124.5
15.8
Whipray Bay
16.8
6.2 29.0
6.6 31.5
8.0
30.6 12.6 47.3 28.7 45.1 15.8 29.0
10.8
38.0
14.0
31.4
9.4
Total
490.3 86.8 506.8 98.8 449.8 129.6 521.2 164.9 558.0 191.5 545.7 183.8 403.7 136.1 460.7 155.5 513.8 124.5