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

Table 3. Macrofaunal species number per 0.4 m² and macrofaunal abundance per m² in May 1996–1998. SD standard deviation, Com Communities: B Bank, NE North-eastern, SA Southern Amphiura, SW South-West Patch, WA Western Amphiura, WT Western transitional, – no sample

Station no	Com	Species number					Abundance
		1996	1997	1998	Mean	SD	1996	1997	1998	Mean	SD
6	B	45	–	41	43	3	763	–	5,130	2,947	3,088
8	NE	28	56	57	47	16	435	1,335	1,583	1,118	604
9	NE	51	56	44	50	6	1,103	1,168	573	948	326
11	B	46	64	44	51	11	1,155	1,405	1,188	1,249	136
13	SA	42	50	52	48	5	1,595	1,448	2,608	1,884	632
16	B	39	40	33	37	4	1,438	1,098	2,305	1,614	622
18	B	48	49	49	49	1	948	1,090	1,348	1,129	203
20	NE	47	59	57	54	6	575	630	420	542	109
21	NE	58	53	48	53	5	723	903	798	808	90
23	B	54	55	48	52	4	1,035	1,428	1,198	1,220	197
25	B	51	60	45	52	8	1,040	1,553	1,253	1,282	258
27	B	48	46	43	46	3	1,080	1,043	1,128	1,084	43
29	SA	42	42	57	47	9	675	1,515	2,328	1,506	827
32	SA	32	38	42	37	5	953	1,415	1,325	1,231	245
34	B	48	49	47	48	1	1,035	2,258	1,525	1,606	616
36	B	46	43	54	48	6	1,053	2,003	1,210	1,422	509
38	B	42	44	–	43	1	1,238	1,215	–	1,227	16
40	B	–	65	–	65	–	–	1,543	–	1,543	–
42	NE	46	59	60	55	8	580	1,160	665	802	313
43	NE	47	41	37	42	5	788	930	275	664	345
45	SW	35	20	28	28	8	623	935	833	797	159
47	SW	10	19	22	17	6	223	–	475	349	178
49	SA	54	65	53	57	7	1,363	4,158	1,588	2,370	1,553
51	WA	45	–	54	50	6	693	–	1,063	878	262
54	WT	44	64	59	56	10	840	1,255	1,518	1,204	342
56	WT	–	53	47	50	4	–	1,080	510	795	403
58	WA	45	46	36	42	6	1,023	1,438	753	1,071	345
60	WA	–	65	51	58	10	–	1,408	643	1,026	541

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