Table 6.5 Abundances of dominant infauna (species comprising > 3% total individuals) and total infaunal abundances at M31. Abundances are mean number per grab (n=5).
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Winter Sampling |
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Dec 1995 |
Dec 1996 |
Feb 1997 |
Jan 1998 |
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Maranzellaria viridis – 3.2 |
Mediomastus spp. – 117.9 |
Maranzellaria viridis – 31.0 |
Ostracoda sp. – 15.4 |
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Monoculodes – 1.8 |
Mediomastus ambiseta – 6.6 |
Mediomastus spp. – 4.8 |
Streblospio benedicti – 12.4 |
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Nereis falsa – 1.8 |
Parandalia sp. – 6.2 |
Total Infauna – 41.2 |
Tunicata sp. – 11.8 |
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Mediomastus spp. – 1.4 |
Total Infauna – 194.4 |
Bivalvia sp. – 11.8 |
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Laeoneris culveri – 1.0 |
Maranzellaria viridis – 6.6 |
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Mediomastus californiensis – 1.0 |
Spionidae sp. – 6.4 |
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Mediomastus ambiseta – 0.8 |
Oligochaeta – 5.0 |
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Total Infauna – 12.8 |
Mediomastus spp. – 4.0 |
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Total Infauna – 76.2 |
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Spring Sampling |
Summer Sampling |
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Apr 1996 |
Mar 1997 |
Apr 1997 |
Aug 1996 |
Sep 1997 |
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Maranzellaria – 127.3 |
Maranzellaria – 14.5 |
Mediomastus spp. – 16.0 |
Mediomastus spp. – 7.8 |
Streblospio benedicti – 34.0 |
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Total Infauna – 144.2 |
Polychaeta sp. 1.7 |
Mediomastus ambiseta – 8.4 |
Laeoneris culveri – 5.8 |
Mediomastus spp. – 8.6 |
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Mediomastus spp. – 1.3 |
Mediomastus californiensis – 5.2 |
Maranzellaria viridis – 3.4 |
Cumacea – 3.8 |
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Monoculodes – 1.0 |
Parandalia sp. – 4.0 |
Monoculodes – 2.4 |
Mediomastus ambiseta – 2.6 |
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Nemertea – 1.0 |
Bivalvia sp. – 3.0 |
Streblopsio benedicti – 2.2 |
Total Infauna – 57.0 |
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Parandalia sp. – 1.0 |
Oligochaeta – 3.0 |
Nereis falsa – 1.6 |
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Total Infauna – 21.3 |
Total Infauna – 44.6 |
Total Infauna – 30 |
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Summer (cont.) |
Fall Sampling |
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Aug 1998 |
1 Oct 1996 |
31 Oct 1996 |
Oct 1998 |
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Mediomastus ambiseta – 27.4 |
Mediomastus spp. – 3.5 |
Mediomastus spp. – 27.8 |
Streblospio benedicti – 1.0 |
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Streblospio benedicti – 22.0 |
Mediomastus ambiseta – 3.0 |
Mediomastus ambiseta – 9.8 |
Bivalvia sp. – 0.6 |
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Mulinea lateralis – 7.2 |
Capitellidae – 2.4 |
Mediomastus calif . – 2.6 |
Chirodotea caeca – 0.4 |
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Glycera sp. – 3.2 |
Parandalia sp. – 1.8 |
Parandalia sp. - 2.6 |
Total Infauna – 4.4 |
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Mediomastus spp. – 3.0 |
Gastropoda sp. – 1.3 |
Total Infauna – 44.6 |
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Total Infauna – 67.8 |
Mediomastus californiensis – 1.0 |
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Nemertea – 0.9 |
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Cossuridae – 0.8 |
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Maranzellaria viridis – 0.6 |
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Spionidae sp. – 0.6 |
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Total Infauna – 17.4 |