Queen Coral was extremely fond of writing and was the author of countless scrolls. She was the author of The Missing Princess, a scroll written for her long-lost daughter Tsunami. She also wrote a scroll on why she chose Gill as her husband, a tale that she constantly told Anemone. After Orca's death in the challenge, she wrote The Tragedy of Orca to commemorate and remember her daughter. She has also written two murder mysteries called The Talons of Murder, A Tail of Blood, and has authored an informative scroll dubbed On the Differences Between Oysters and Clams. While latitudinal variations in benthic habitats ( Walker, 2012), benthic communities ( Walker and Gilliam, 2013; Klug, 2015), and reef fish ( Fisco, 2016; Ames, 2017) support the definition of separate coral reef ecosystem ecoregions on the FRT, the WFS remains understudied and benthic marine community spatial differences have yet to be quantitatively investigated. Thus, the goal of this study was to map and investigate the WFS marine hardbottom north (Pasco and Pinellas counties) and south (Sarasota County) of Tampa Bay, FL to identify differences in benthic communities and the potential for ecoregion categorization. We identify latitudinal changes in the hardbottom community composition and where those changes occur. Our objectives were to (1) construct a benthic habitat map of approximately 1,200 km 2 of shallow-water seafloor north and south of Tampa Bay, (2) collect quantitative survey data to characterize hardbottom benthic communities across the map, and (3) investigate coastal benthic community spatial patterns in a biogeographic context. The outputs of this work provide the first detailed benthic habitat map of the area, a detailed survey of the composition of hardbottom benthic communities in the region, identify Tampa Bay as a coastal benthic biogeographic transition, and illustrate the influence of the BFZ on coastal communities. Materials and Methods Benthic Habitat Mapping There were few significant differences in percent cover of biota between the North and South. Hardbottom veneered with sediment cover was higher in the north (N: 43.84%; S: 20.65%) (ANOVA, p = 0.009) and exposed Hardbottom cover was higher in the south (N: 19.27%; S: 39.53%) (ANOVA, p = 0.023). Brown Algae cover was significantly higher in the north (N: 10.97%; S: 2.25%) (ANOVA, p< 0.001) and Plume gorgonians (N: 0.24%; S: 3.30%) were significantly higher in the south (ANOVA, p = 0.013). County

Similar to Florida’s east coast, there are likely other benthic and reef fish ecoregions along the WFS. Coomans (1962) suggested that WFS faunal breaks occur based on annual surface isotherms of 25°. Previously proposed faunal boundaries of flatfishes include Apalachicola, Cedar Key, Anclote Key, Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Cape Romano, or Cape Sable ( Topp and Hoff, 1972). West Florida shelf flatfish distributions were arbitrarily separated at Tampa Bay because the transition between areas is gradual with some species occurring irregularly and seasonally ( Topp and Hoff, 1972). Hedgpeth (1954) and Briggs (1958) identified the southern WFS as one of the four major bottom communities of the Gulf called, “sponge grounds.” Fifty-three scleractinian species have been found in this area ( Phillips et al., 1990), however, apart from the very southern extent, conditions on the WFS are unfavorable for coral reef development ( Jaap, 2015). Most of the West Florida shelf supports low diversity of mostly warm-temperate ahermatypic eurytopic taxa ( Jaap, 1984, 2015; Phillips et al., 1990; Lirman, 2013). There is a loss in species richness and major differences in stony coral demographics from southern to northern latitudes ( Jaap, 2015; this study). Ten stony coral species were documented in this study with four dominant species that are tolerant of cold-water temperatures: Siderastrea spp., O. robusta, Cl. arbuscula, and So. hyades ( Jaap, 1984; Phillips et al., 1990; Lirman, 2013). Pokhodnya, I. K., Yavdoshchin, I. R. & Gubenya, I. P. Welding aerosol: factors of effect, physical properties, methods of analysis. Paton Welding 6, 39–42 (2011).Princess Anemone is the second oldest currently living daughter of Queen Coral. She is very attached to Anemone, as she lost several daughters before Anemone hatched. Orca's enchanted statue was killing off her daughters, so she slept next to Anemone's egg in the Royal SeaWing Hatchery for a year. After she hatched, Queen Coral attached a harness to Anemone to ensure that she does not get lost or hurt. In the prologue, Nautilus's train of thought about what the dragonets did when they escaped included turning "Queen Coral against her allies." Later, Glory thought about how she would rather have no mother than one like Queen Coral, "even if she came with pearls." County differences in percent cover were most pronounced in Hardbottom with sand veneer, Brown Algae, and So. hyades. Mean Hardbottom with a sand veneer cover was significantly higher (ANOVA, p = 0.03) in Pasco County (45.77% ± 6.22 SE) than Sarasota County (20.65% ± 9.67 SE). Brown algae cover was significantly higher (ANOVA, p = 0.003) in Pasco (11.03% ± 2.35 SE) and Pinellas (10.88% ± 10.65 SE) than in Sarasota County (2.25% ± 0.62 SE). So. hyades cover was significantly lower (ANOVA, p = 0.005) in Pasco County (0.08% ± 0.04 SE) than Sarasota County (1.13% ± 0.30 SE). Discussion

Winter thought about how Turtle was a royal prince as well, him being the son of Queen Coral, even though Turtle never acted like royalty.

West Florida shelf benthic communities tolerate many local stressors that affect the distribution of marine species at various spatial and temporal scales and make corals more susceptible to paling, bleaching, and disease ( Dupont and Coy, 2008; Anderson, 2009; Asis et al., 2017). A few of the common stressors are water temperature, hurricane and storm surges, river discharge, and harmful algal blooms (HABs).