Polychaetes associated with the sciaphilic alga community in the northern Aegean Sea: spatial and temporal variability

Table 1 Physical and biotic characteristics of the sampling sites

Station	Slope (°)	Maximum depth (m)	Prevailing winds	Depth level (m)	Pilot algal species
1 Kakia Skala	90	65	N, NE, SE	15	Polysiphonia sp.
				30	Polysiphonia sp., Lithophyllum sp.
				40	Lithophyllum sp., Peyssonnelia sp.
2 Kelyfos	70	35	S, SW, SE, NW	15	Padina pavonica, Polysiphonia sp.
2 Kelyfos	70	35	S, SW, SE, NW	30	Womersleyella setacea, Padina pavonica
3 Porto Koufo	90	50	SW	15	Womersleyella setacea
				30	Womersleyella setacea
				40	Lithophyllum sp., Peyssonnelia sp.
4 Armenistis	50–60	35	NE	15	Womersleyella setacea, Padina pavonica
4 Armenistis	50–60	35	NE	30	Womersleyella setacea
5 Vourvourou	55	18	N, SE	15	Pseudolithophyllum expansum, Gelidium pectinatum
6 Eleftheronissos	70	30	NE, SE, N, S	30	Lithothamnion sp., Polysiphonia sp.
7 N. Iraklitsa	65	35	NE, NW, SE	15	Cutleria multifida, Gelidium pectinatum
7 N. Iraklitsa	65	35	NE, NW, SE	30	Cutleria multifida, Gelidium pectinatum

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