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).
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Winter Sampling: |
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Jan 1996 |
Dec 1996 |
Jan 1997 |
Feb 1997 |
Jan 1998 |
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Chironomidae – 8.2 |
Oligochaeta – 5.2 |
Oligochaeta – 1.0 |
Oligochaeta – 1.6 |
Polypedilum sp. – 4.8 |
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Gammarus palustris – 5.4 |
Chironomidae – 1.8 |
Procladius sp. – 0.6 |
Maranzellaria viridis - 1.2 |
Maranzellaria viridis – 4.8 |
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Gammarus tigrinis – 1.8 |
Polypedilum sp. – 1.2 |
Bivalve sp. – 0.6 |
Chironomus – 0.4 |
Polydora socialis – 4.8 |
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Oligochaeta – 1.2 |
Gammarus mucronatus – 1.0 |
Amphipoda sp. – 0.2 |
Gammarus palustris – 0.2 |
Spio pettibonaea – 2.6 |
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Uca sp. – 0.6 |
Insecta spp. – 0.6 |
Mediomastus – 0.2 |
Corbicula sp. – 0.2 |
Oligochaeta – 1.2 |
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Tanaidacea – 0.6 |
Gastropoda sp. – 0.6 |
Total Infauna – 2.6 |
Chironomidae – 0.2 |
Procladius – 1.0 |
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Total Infauna – 19.2 |
Procladius sp. – 0.4 |
Polypedilum sp. – 0.2 |
Total Infauna – 22.4 |
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Total Infauna – 12.2 |
Total Infauna – 4.0 |
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Spring Sampling |
Summer Sampling |
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Mar 1996 |
Apr 1997 |
Aug 1996 |
Sep 1997 |
Aug 1998 |
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Maranzellaria viridis – 8.0 |
Maranzellaria viridis – 13.8 |
Polypedilum sp. – 6.0 |
Maranzellaria viridis – 2.4 |
Nemertea – 0.6 |
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Amphipoda sp. – 2.0 |
Oligochaeta – 8.8 |
Procladius sp. – 4.6 |
Oligochaeta – 0.6 |
Monoculodes sp. 0.4 |
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Gastropoda sp. 1.4 |
Bivalvia sp. – 2.2 |
Cyathura sp. – 2.8 |
Isopoda sp. – 0.4 |
Maranzellaria viridis – 0.2 |
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Procladius sp. – 1.4 |
Daphnia sp. – 1.4 |
Oligochaeta – 1.6 |
Gammarus sp. – 0.2 |
Total Infauna – 3.2 |
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Cyathura sp. – 0.8 |
Polypedilum sp. 1.0 |
Tanaidacea – 1.2 |
Insecta sp. – 0.2 |
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Chironomidae sp. – 0.8 |
Total Infauna – 31.6 |
Total Infauna – 17.6 |
Copepoda – 0.2 |
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Insecta spp. – 0.8 |
Total Infauna – 4.0 |
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Total Infauna – 17.0 |
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Summer (cont.) |
Fall Sampling |
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Sep 1998 |
Oct 1996 |
19 Nov 1998 |
21 Nov 1998 |
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Oligochaeta – 0.2 |
Oligochaeta – 1.4 |
Amphilochus manadens – 1.0 |
Oligochaeta - 0.4 |
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Chaoborus albatus – 0.2 |
Streblospio benedicti – 0.4 |
Gammarus palustris – 0.5 |
Nereidae – 0.4 |
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Polypedilum sp. – 0.2 |
Chaoborus albatus – 0.2 |
Gammarus sp. – 0.5 |
Onuphis – 0.4 |
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Crangonyx pseudogracilis – 0.2 |
Nereidae sp. – 0.2 |
Mysidopsis almyra – 0.5 |
Gammarus sp. – 0.2 |
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Total Infauna – 0.8 |
Total Infauna – 2.2 |
Nemertea – 0.5 |
Nemertea – 0.2 |
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Total Infauna – 3.0 |
Bivalvia sp. – 0.2 |
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Collembola – 0.2 |
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Insecta sp. – 0.2 |
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Parahesione – 0.2 |
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Total Infauna – 3.0 |