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Table 2 Species with high densities (ind m 2) in the 12 habitats studied

From: Environmental factors structuring polychaete communities in shallow rocky habitats: role of physical stress versus habitat complexity

Barnacles (BAR)

Corallina (COR)

Lower intertidal algae (LIA)

 Pomatoceros lamarckii

40.0

 Platynereis dumerilii

245.7

 Filograna implexa

198.8

 Syllis gracilis

23.2

 Syllis gracilis

112.9

 Platynereis dumerilii

87.4

 Amphicorina pectinata

20.0

 Syllis prolifera

77.0

 Janua pagenstecheri

45.0

 Eulalia viridis

20.0

 Sphaerosyllis pirifera

41.5

 Pileolaria militaris

37.0

 Odontosyllis ctenostoma

20.0

 Syllis amica

21.9

 Syllis variegata

30.3

 Syllis amica

20.0

 Eulalia viridis

16.9

 Psudopotamill. reniformis

27.0

Small-sized algae (SSA)

Sabellaria reef (SAB)

Anemonia (ANE)

 Filograna implexa

243.6

 Sabellaria spinulosa

450.0

 Filograna implexa

506.7

 Platynereis dumerilii

92.0

 Spirobranchus polytrema

64.0

 Platynereis dumerilii

42.7

 Spirobranchus polytrema

52.0

 Eulalia tripunctata

40.0

 Syllis armillaris

37.3

 Neanthes irrorata

45.6

 Pomatoceros triqueter

40.0

 Lysidice ninetta

32.0

 Serpula concharum

33.2

 Marphysa fallax

16.0

 Sphaerosyllis pirifera

32.0

 Lysidice ninetta

26.9

 Syllis variegata

16.0

 Syllis variegata

32.0

Cystoseira (CYS)

Mesophyllum (MES)

Small red algae (SRA)

 Filograna implexa

108.0

 Filograna implexa

5234.3

 Filograna implexa

734.1

 Spirobranchus polytrema

53.4

 Pileolaria militaris

205.7

 Sabellaria spinulosa

158.8

 Pileolaria militaris

45.2

 Sabellaria spinulosa

123.4

 Spirobranchus polytrema

155.8

 Syllis armillaris

24.0

 Serpula concharum

114.3

 Serpula concharum

136.0

 Serpula concharum

20.8

 Syllis armillaris

107.4

 Pomatoceros lamarckii

73.4

 Sabellaria spinulosa

17.4

 Lysidice ninetta

89.1

 Syllis armillaris

67.8

Gelidium (GEL)

Laminaria (LAM)

Sciophilous (SCI)

 Filograna implexa

1186.7

 Spirobranchus polytrema

246.2

 Filograna implexa

7235.7

 Spirobranchus polytrema

155.2

 Filograna implexa

149.8

 Protolaeospira striata

389.2

 Serpula concharum

120.0

 Lysidice ninetta

119.7

 Spirobranchus polytrema

328.0

 Syllis armillaris

53.3

 Serpula concharum

112.5

 Serpula massiliensis

191.0

 Lysidice ninetta

46.7

 Syllis armillaris

103.2

 Amphicorina pectinata

114.4

 Syllis gracilis

34.5

 Pomatoceros triqueter

53.2

 Phyllochaetop. socialis

92.8