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Table 1 DW and AFDW in percent of the initial FW of unpreserved samples for four different macrofauna groups (means ± SD)

From: Preservation effects on wet weight, dry weight, and ash-free dry weight biomass estimates of four common estuarine macro-invertebrates: no difference between ethanol and formalin

 

DW (% of FW)

AFDW (% of FW)

AFDW (% of DW)

 

 

 

H. filiformis

17.3

±0.5

9.2

±0.2

53.4

±0.7

H. diversicolor

13.8

±2.9

10.6

±0.5

78.0

±11.5

Corophium sp.

14.3

±0.5

9.8

±0.5

68.6

±2.2

Gammarus spp.

26.1

±0.2

18.0

±0.3

69.1

±0.7

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Helgoland Marine Research

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