ML17339A251
| ML17339A251 | |
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| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/01/1979 |
| From: | FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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Table l.
A list of Birds observed in the Study Area for 1978.
(CONIC')
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME RELATIVE ABUNDANCE SEASON OF OCCURRENCE White Pelican Pelecanus er throrh nchos Rare Hinter Brown Polican Pelecanus occidentalis carolznenszs Uncommon Permanent Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritis Common Permanent Blue-winged Teal:
Florida Gallinule Mottled Duck Pied-billed Grebe Herring Gull Ring-billed Gull Laughing Gull
- Least, Term Belted Kingfisher Red-brested Merganser I
American Coot Merceus serraecr Anas discors Fulica americana Larus arqentatus Larus delaware nsis Larus arricilla Sterna albifrons Common Uncommon Common Common Uncommon Common Fairly Common Fairly Common Common Common Common Hinter Hinter Winter Permanent Permanent Permanent Winter Winter Permanent Summer Permanent
Table l.
A list of Birds observed in the Study Area for 1978.
(CONT'D)
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME RELATIVE ABUNDANCE SEASON OF OCCURRENCE Turkey Vulture Black Vulture Gray Kingbird Cathartes aura
~Coraq s 'atratus
~T rannus dominicensis dominicensis Common Common Common Permanent Permanent Permanent Red-winged Blackbird a"~"
Common Permanent llouse Sparrow Savannah Sparrow:
Passer domesticus Passerculus sandwxchensis Common Common
'ermanent Winter Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Common Crow White-crowned Pigeon E1irundo rustica Columba leucocephala Uncommon Common Common Uncommon Hinter Fall Permanent Sunune r Rock Dove Mourning Dove Ground Dove Columba livia Zenaidura macroura Columbi ullina asserina Common Common Common Permanent Permanent Permanent
Table l.
A list of Birds observed in the Study Area for 1978.
(CONT'D)
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME RELATIVE ABUNDANCE SEASON OF OCCURRENCE Northern Haterthrush Seivrus noveboracensis Rare Hinter Yellowthroat Blue-Gray Gnat Catcher Uncommon Uncommon Permanent Hinter Palm Warbler Blackpoll Harbler Pine Warbler House Wren Bobolink Indigo Bunting Mockingbird Catbird Dendroica palmarum Dendroica striata Dendroica pinus Passerine
~c ance Dumetella carolinensis Common Uncommon Fairly Common Common Fairly Common Uncommon Common Common Hinter Spring 6 Fall Permanent Winter Spring 6 Fall Spring 6 Fall Permanent Permanent Cardinal Eastern Meadowlark Richmondena cardinalis Sturnella macana Common Common Permanent Permanent
Table 2.
A list of Reptiles and Amphibians observed in the Study Area for 1978.
COMMON NAME SCXENTIFXC NAME-PREFERRED HABITAT American Crocodile Flo'rida Softshell
~Trion x ferox Salt or brackish water
- Lakes, ponds,
- canals, roadside ditches Florida Snapping Turtle Any permanent body of freshwater Eastern Xdigo Snake Mangrove Water Snake e
Black Rat Snake Mud Snake Reef Gecko
~Ela he obsoleta obsoleta Farancia abacura Extremely variable Swamps and lowlands S haerodact lus notatus notatus Around buildings Near thickets of dense natural vegetation Natrix fasciata com ressicauda Salt or brackish water South Eastern Fivelined Skink On spoil banks Brown Anole Green Anole Cuban Tree Frog'padefoot Toad Anolis saqrei Anolis carolinensis
~H la se tentrionalis Scrub and vines Hides near moisture
Table 3.
A list of Mammals observed in the Study Area for 1978.
COMMON NAllE SCIENTIFIC NAME PREFERRED HABITAT Cat Marsh Rabbit Felis domestica Associated with man
- Berms, swamps, and hammocks Raccoon Black Rat
~Prop on lotor Rattus rattus Along streams, berms Buildings 6 occasion-ally in fields
Table 4.
A compazison of Study Area Bird species 1978, to Surrounding Area species.
TURKEY SURROUNDXNG POXNT AREA American Bittern American Coot American Goldfinch American Kestrel American Redstart.
Anhinga Bald Eagle Barn Swallow Belted Kingfisher Black-bellied Plover Black-crowned Night Heron Black-necked Stilt Black Skimmer Black Vulture Blackpoll Warbler Black-whiskered Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue Jay Blue-winged Teal Boat-tailed Grackle Bobolink Broadwinged Hawk Brown Pelican Cardinal Caspida Tern Catbird Cattle Egret Cedar Waxwing Chuck-Will's Widow Clapper Rail Common Crow'o~i.eonEgret Cori ion Flicker Co~won Grackle Commion Nighthawk Comon Snipe Doub'e-Crested Cormorant Downy Woodpecker Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Phoebe Florida Gallinule Glossy ibis Gray Kingbird Great Blue Heron Great, White Heron X
X X
X X
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X X
X X
X X
X X
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X X
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X X
X X
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X X
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X X
X X
X X
III.B.1-52
P Table 4.
A comparison of S tudy Area Bird species (CONT'D)'978, to Surrounding Area species.
TURKEY POINT SURROUNDING AREA Green Heron Ground Dove Herring Gull House Sparrow House Wren Killdeer Laughing Gull Least Tern Little Blue Heron Louisana Heron Magnificent Frigatebird Marsh Hawk Merlin Mockingbird Mottled Duck Mourning Dove Northern Waterthrush Osprey Palm Warbler Peregrine Falcon Pie-billed Grebe Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-brested Merganser Reddish Egret, Red-shouldered Hawk Red-winged Blackbird Ring-billed Gull Roseate Spoonbill Rock Dove Royal Tern Sanderling Savannah Sparrow Sc ecch Owl Semipalmated Plover Snarp-sninned Hawk Snowv Eg et Tree Swallow Turkey Vulture White-crowned Pigeon White-eyed Vireo White Ibis X
X X
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X X
X X
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X X
X X
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X X
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X X
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X X
X I II. B. 1-53
Table 4.
(CONT'D)
A comparison of Study Area Bird species 1978, to Surrounding Area species.
TURKEY POINT SURROUNDIN AREA White Pelican Willet Wood Duck Wood Ibis Yellowlegs Yellowthroat Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-crowned Night Heron Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow Warbler X
X X
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X X
X X
X I II. 8.1-54
Table 5.
A comparison of Study Area Reptiles and Amphibians for 1978, to Surrounding Area spec'es.
TURKEY POXNT SURROUNDING AP~
lesnake d Skink American Alligator American Crocodile Bahaman Bark Anole Black Rat Snake Brown Anole Corn Snake Cuban Treefrog Eastern Diamondback Ratt Eastern Indigo Snake Everglades Racer Florida Cricket Frog Florida Softshell Florida Snapping Turtle Florida Water Snake Green Anole Green House Frog Green Treefrog Key West Anole Mangrove Water Snake Mud Snake Cuban Tree Frog Pig Frog Reef Gecko South Eastern Five-line Southern Leopard Frog Spadefoot Toad X
X X
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X X
X X
X X
X III.B.1-55
Table 6.
A comparison of.Study Area Mammals for 1978, to Surrounding Area in species.
TURKEY POINT SURROUNDING AREA Black Rat Bob Cat Cotton Rat Dolphin Domestic Cat House Mouse Manatee Marsh Rabbit Raccoon Rice Rat White Tailed deer X
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Faunal Study Area at the Turkey
'Point Cooling Canal System.
REFERENCES Applied Biology, !nc. 1978.
Evaluation of Ecological Studies Conducted at Turkey Point and South Oade Area.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Applied Biology, Inc. 1978.
Baseline Ecological Stu"v of a Subtropical Terrestrial Biome in Southern Cade County, Florida.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Florida Power and L'ight Company.
1976.
Turkey Point Units 3
8 4
Semiannual Environmental ttonitoring Report t/o. 9.
- tliami, Florida.
Florida Power and Light Company.
Unpublished.
Environmental
- Report, South Oade Plant Units 1
8 2. Vol. 1,2.
- hiiami, Florida.
- Peterson, R.T.
1947.
A Field Guide to the Birds.
Houghton Nifflin Company.
Boston, t1assachuetts.
Robbins, C.S.,
B. Bruun, and H.
S.
Zim.
1966.
Birds of iiorth America.
Western Publishing
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- Rocaine, Wisconsin.
I I I. B.1-58
Induced Reve etation
>lethod The 30 species of grasses,
- shrubs, and trees plant d during the 1973-74 Initial Study Project were checked quarterly for survival
~ and vitality (Table 1).
The parameter of vitality was an attempt to single out plants which could survive, but were in some manner inhibited in growth.
Discussion and Conclusions Growth rates and vitality continued to be higher in the more organic areas and lower in the mucky clays.
These trends were best observed in the species with excellent survival rates.
For example, the Coccoloba uvifera (sea grapes),
planted in organic soils, were, as tall as 3.5 meters and ocvered areas of 9m or more.
These large 2
plants produced an abundance of seeds, resulting in numerous seedlings.
Sea grapes planted in the mucky clays, although seeming healthy, remained small and exhibited little new growth.
No plantings of the Initial Study remained in the clay areas.
Several of the sites have b
g by l
pl
- p l, p l l b~p erectus (buttonwoods), with a resulting loss of vigor and increase in mortality to the test species.
Plants in the "Excellent" and "Good" survival categorie generally exhibited "Good".vitality, thus indicating a tolerance to wind ex-posure and sa',ine conditions on the berms.
An exception, Cocculus laurifolius, showed only "Fair" survival, but "Excellent" vitality.
It survived only in organic soil areas that were protected from extreme sun and wind by native vegetation.
Generally, the patterns of mortality and vigor are unchanged since 1975.
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Table 1.
Average survival rates and vitality of the, Initial Study Plantings quarterly during 1978.
See Figure 1 for test site locations.
Vitality EXCELLENT (90% survival)
Good
,Good Good Exc.
Coccoloba uvifera Conocarous erectus Scaevola frutescens
~Za eia ~aonica Sea Grape Silver Button Bush Scaeval Shrub Zoysia Grass GOOD (60-89% survival)
Fair Good Good Rhoeo discolor Green Pittosporum Oyster P'ant Cootie Evergreen FAIR (30-59% survival)
Fair Good Good Cocos nucifera Pittoszorum
~s Crinum asiaticum Coconu P 1am Variegated Pittosporum Crinum Lily Fai=
Exc.
Stenotaohrum secundatum Cocculus laurifolius Bitt = Blue Grass Snail Seed POOR (30% survival)
Fair Poor Poor Eucuenia uniflong
.Cortaderia selloana Florida Cherry Pampas Grass Spider Lily
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Xnduced Revegetation test sites at the Turkey Point Cooling Canal System.