TABLE 3.5

Abundance, mean shell width (+1SE) and mean no. of eggs in empty mussel shells collected from 100 m2 mid-marsh plots at Phillips Creek and Hammocks Marsh, June 5, 1992.

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Plot                               n        mean shell     mean no.
                                            width (mm)     eggs
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Phillips Creek Marsh (irreg.fl.)   4         90.0 +0.6     0


Hammocks Marsh (reg.fl.)          29         89.0 +0.2     35.5 +22.8
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