Table 6.2   Abundances of dominant infauna (species comprising >3% total individuals) and total infaunal abundances at NCF6.
                   Abundances are mean number per grab (n=5).

Winter Sampling:

Jan 1996

Dec 1996

Jan 1997

Feb 1997

Jan 1998

Chironomidae – 8.2

Oligochaeta – 5.2

Oligochaeta – 1.0

Oligochaeta – 1.6

Polypedilum sp. – 4.8

Gammarus palustris – 5.4

Chironomidae – 1.8

Procladius sp. – 0.6

Maranzellaria viridis - 1.2

Maranzellaria viridis – 4.8

Gammarus tigrinis – 1.8

Polypedilum sp. – 1.2

Bivalve sp. – 0.6

Chironomus – 0.4

Polydora socialis – 4.8

Oligochaeta – 1.2

Gammarus mucronatus – 1.0

Amphipoda sp. – 0.2

Gammarus palustris – 0.2

Spio pettibonaea – 2.6

Uca sp. – 0.6

Insecta spp. – 0.6

Mediomastus – 0.2

Corbicula sp. – 0.2

Oligochaeta – 1.2

Tanaidacea – 0.6

Gastropoda sp. – 0.6

Total Infauna – 2.6

Chironomidae – 0.2

Procladius – 1.0

Total Infauna – 19.2

Procladius sp. – 0.4

Polypedilum sp. – 0.2

Total Infauna – 22.4

Total Infauna – 12.2

Total Infauna – 4.0

Spring Sampling

Summer Sampling

Mar 1996

Apr 1997

Aug 1996

Sep 1997

Aug 1998

Maranzellaria viridis – 8.0

Maranzellaria viridis – 13.8

Polypedilum sp. – 6.0

Maranzellaria viridis – 2.4

Nemertea – 0.6

Amphipoda sp. – 2.0

Oligochaeta – 8.8

Procladius sp. – 4.6

Oligochaeta – 0.6

Monoculodes sp. 0.4

Gastropoda sp. 1.4

Bivalvia sp. – 2.2

Cyathura sp. – 2.8

Isopoda sp. – 0.4

Maranzellaria viridis – 0.2

Procladius sp. – 1.4

Daphnia sp. – 1.4

Oligochaeta – 1.6

Gammarus sp. – 0.2

Total Infauna – 3.2

Cyathura sp. – 0.8

Polypedilum sp. 1.0

Tanaidacea – 1.2

Insecta sp. – 0.2

Chironomidae sp. – 0.8

Total Infauna – 31.6

Total Infauna – 17.6

Copepoda – 0.2

Insecta spp. – 0.8

Total Infauna – 4.0

Total Infauna – 17.0

Summer (cont.)

Fall Sampling

Sep 1998

Oct 1996

19 Nov 1998

21 Nov 1998

Oligochaeta – 0.2

Oligochaeta – 1.4

Amphilochus manadens – 1.0

Oligochaeta - 0.4

Chaoborus albatus – 0.2

Streblospio benedicti – 0.4

Gammarus palustris – 0.5

Nereidae – 0.4

Polypedilum sp. – 0.2

Chaoborus albatus – 0.2

Gammarus sp. – 0.5

Onuphis – 0.4

Crangonyx pseudogracilis – 0.2

Nereidae sp. – 0.2

Mysidopsis almyra – 0.5

Gammarus sp. – 0.2

Total Infauna – 0.8

Total Infauna – 2.2

Nemertea – 0.5

Nemertea – 0.2

Total Infauna – 3.0

Bivalvia sp. – 0.2

Collembola – 0.2

Insecta sp. – 0.2

Parahesione – 0.2

Total Infauna – 3.0