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).

Winter Sampling

Dec 1995

Dec 1996

Feb 1997

Jan 1998

Maranzellaria viridis – 3.2

Mediomastus spp. – 117.9

Maranzellaria viridis – 31.0

Ostracoda sp. – 15.4

Monoculodes – 1.8

Mediomastus ambiseta – 6.6

Mediomastus spp. – 4.8

Streblospio benedicti – 12.4

Nereis falsa – 1.8

Parandalia sp. – 6.2

Total Infauna – 41.2

Tunicata sp. – 11.8

Mediomastus spp. – 1.4

Total Infauna – 194.4

Bivalvia sp. – 11.8

Laeoneris culveri – 1.0

Maranzellaria viridis – 6.6

Mediomastus californiensis – 1.0

Spionidae sp. – 6.4

Mediomastus ambiseta – 0.8

Oligochaeta – 5.0

Total Infauna – 12.8

Mediomastus spp. – 4.0

Total Infauna – 76.2

Spring Sampling

Summer Sampling

Apr 1996

Mar 1997

Apr 1997

Aug 1996

Sep 1997

Maranzellaria – 127.3

Maranzellaria – 14.5

Mediomastus spp. – 16.0

Mediomastus spp. – 7.8

Streblospio benedicti – 34.0

Total Infauna – 144.2

Polychaeta sp. 1.7

Mediomastus ambiseta – 8.4

Laeoneris culveri – 5.8

Mediomastus spp. – 8.6

Mediomastus spp. – 1.3

Mediomastus californiensis – 5.2

Maranzellaria viridis – 3.4

Cumacea – 3.8

Monoculodes – 1.0

Parandalia sp. – 4.0

Monoculodes – 2.4

Mediomastus ambiseta – 2.6

Nemertea – 1.0

Bivalvia sp. – 3.0

Streblopsio benedicti – 2.2

Total Infauna – 57.0

Parandalia sp. – 1.0

Oligochaeta – 3.0

Nereis falsa – 1.6

Total Infauna – 21.3

Total Infauna – 44.6

Total Infauna – 30

Summer (cont.)

Fall Sampling

Aug 1998

1 Oct 1996

31 Oct 1996

Oct 1998

Mediomastus ambiseta – 27.4

Mediomastus spp. – 3.5

Mediomastus spp. – 27.8

Streblospio benedicti – 1.0

Streblospio benedicti – 22.0

Mediomastus ambiseta – 3.0

Mediomastus ambiseta – 9.8

Bivalvia sp. – 0.6

Mulinea lateralis – 7.2

Capitellidae – 2.4

Mediomastus calif. – 2.6

Chirodotea caeca – 0.4

Glycera sp. – 3.2

Parandalia sp. – 1.8

Parandalia sp. - 2.6

Total Infauna – 4.4

Mediomastus spp. – 3.0

Gastropoda sp. – 1.3

Total Infauna – 44.6

Total Infauna – 67.8

Mediomastus californiensis – 1.0

Nemertea – 0.9

Cossuridae – 0.8

Maranzellaria viridis – 0.6

Spionidae sp. – 0.6

Total Infauna – 17.4