Nine parks in the Southeast Coast Network were selected for a literature-based, benthic macroinvertebrate (BMI) inventory: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA), Cape Lookout National Seashore (CALO), Canaveral National Seashore (CANA), Cumberland Island National Seashore (CUIS), Fort Frederica National Monument (FOFR), Fort Matanzas National Monument (FOMA), Fort Pulaski National Monument (FOPU), Fort Sumter National Monument (FOSU) and Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (TIMU).