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the Galveston beachfront were largely bare rock with a poorly developed fouling community of barnacles,<br />
oysters, and filamentous epilithic algae. While the rocks of the South Jetty at Aransas Pass did not appear<br />
to differ structurally from those of Galveston, the biological complexity of their fouling community was<br />
much greater. The South Jetty was mostly covered by dense mats of filamentous and foliose epilithic<br />
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Salinity (ppt)<br />
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Secchi disc reading (cm)<br />
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SPRING<br />
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SUMMER<br />
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FALL<br />
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WINTER<br />
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SP RING<br />
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SUMMER<br />
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Galveston Port Aransas South Padre Island<br />
Fig. 6. Mean seasonal water temperature, salinity, and secch i di sc estimates<br />
of turbidity at Galveston, Port Aransas, and South Padre Islan d, TX from<br />
Spr ing 2000 to Summer 2001. Error bars represent standard error.
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