Table 2 Mean abundance (ind. m− 2) of the characteristic species (SIMPER) of each station; grouping based on the MDS in Fig. 5
From: Cold winter effects on benthic macrofauna communities in near- and offshore regions of the North Sea
1990 | 1995 | 1996/1997 | 1998–2002 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GB2 | N. nitidosa | 658 | 774 | 116 | 1,548 | |
O. fusiformis | 2 | 7,171 | 3 | 132 | ||
S. inflatum | 0 | 1,508 | 3 | 170 | ||
N. hombergii | 55 | 122 | 20 | 98 | ||
Ophiura juv | 7 | 41 | 0 | 149 | ||
A. alba | 0 | 570 | 0 | 85 | ||
E. echiurus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||
D. rathkei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | ||
Notomastus latericeus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
1990 | 1995 | 1996/1997 | 1998/1999 | 2000/2001/2002 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GB 5 | L. conchilega | 0 | 570 | 3 | 400 | 14 |
Tellimya ferruginosa | 15 | 326 | 7 | 35 | 78 | |
Echinocardium cordatum | 5 | 81 | 8 | 27 | 67 | |
Amphiura brachiata | 3 | 81 | 12 | 0 | 28 | |
O. fusiformis | 3 | 435 | 0 | 2 | 33 | |
S. inflatum | 0 | 163 | 2 | 12 | 558 | |
S. bombyx | 0 | 244 | 22 | 68 | 28 | |
Asterias rubens juv | 0 | 217 | 193 | 52 | 267 | |
Ophiura juv | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 100 | |
N. nitidosa | 192 | 136 | 113 | 255 | 381 |
1990/1995/1996 | 1997/1998/1999 | 2000 | 2001/2002 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OG7 | A. filiformis | 559 | 199 | 23 | 1,317 | |
M. bidentata | 471 | 29 | 3 | 89 | ||
C. gibba | 4,396 | 256 | 137 | 78 | ||
Chamelea gallina | 54 | 5 | 17 | 15 | ||
S. bombyx | 83 | 19 | 107 | 16 | ||
Phoronis muelleri | 19 | 117 | 30 | 35 | ||
Harpinia antennaria | 85 | 47 | 10 | 35 | ||
Lagis koreni | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
1995/1998 | 1996/1997/1999 | 2000/2001/2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DG9 | S. bombyx | 4,060 | 186 | 481 | ||
B. elegans | 313 | 396 | 679 | |||
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana | 60 | 118 | 30 | |||
Bathyporeia nana | 25 | 26 | 218 | |||
Fabulina fabula | 49 | 39 | 40 | |||
L. conchilega | 176 | 39 | 55 | |||
Magelona spp | 232 | 144 | 64 | |||
Urothoe poseidonis | 68 | 139 | 167 |