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Table 2. C/N ratios, total organic carbon (TOC) and nitrogen contents in total surface sediments (tot) as well as in the fine fraction (<63 µm) contents in May 1996. C/N ratios are raw data, TOC and TN contents (%) are rounded, – no sample

From: Macrofauna communities of the Dogger Bank (central North Sea) in the late 1990s: spatial distribution, species composition and trophic structure

Station

Fraction <63 µm (%)

TOCtot (%)

Ntot (%)

C/Ntot

TOC<63µm (%)

N<63µm (%)

C/N<63µm

6

0.12

0.079

0.02

5.8

3.25

0.45

8.8

8

0.41

0.101

0.02

5.5

3.98

0.44

7.4

9

0.67

0.122

0.02

6.2

3.65

0.43

8.4

11

0.26

0.107

0.02

6

4.01

0.45

9.1

13

1.46

0.172

0.03

6.9

4.03

0.48

8.5

16

0.98

0.148

0.03

5.2

4.13

0.56

7.4

18

0.24

0.087

0.02

5.4

2.71

0.3

9

20

1

0.147

0.03

5

3.40

0.38

8.9

21

1.07

0.128

0.02

6.6

2.45

0.26

9.4

23

0.33

0.109

0.02

6

3.53

0.43

8.3

25

0.58

0.111

0.02

5.8

3.02

0.35

8.6

27

2.37

0.186

0.03

7.1

2.85

0.3

9.4

29

3.79

0.247

0.04

6.9

2.37

0.26

9.4

32

6.07

0.291

0.04

7.2

2.23

0.29

7.6

34

1.76

0.19

0.03

6.5

4.07

0.58

7

36

0.43

0.115

0.02

6.1

3.31

0.36

9.2

38

0.34

0.128

0.02

5.9

3.76

0.48

7.8

42

1.97

0.176

0.03

6.8

2.16

0.23

9.3

43

0.48

0.098

0.02

5.6

3.15

0.37

8.5

45

0.39

0.082

0.02

5.2

47

0.63

0.071

0.01

6.3

2.65

0.38

7

49

4.62

0.317

0.03

9.7

2.23

0.28

7.9

51

11.07

0.448

0.05

8.4

1.90

0.19

10

54

1.71

0.191

0.03

6.7

3.10

0.34

9.1

58

6.55

0.39

0.05

7.8

2.76

0.28

10