Benthic macrofauna communities of the submersed Pleistocene Elbe valley in the southern North Sea

Table 1 Sampling and boitic data of the macrozoobenthic comunities of the Pleistocene Elbe valley (southern North Sea)

Cluster/station	Position		Depth (m)	Sediment	Species number	H′	J′	S (90%)	Abundance (ind m⁻²)	Biomass (g⁻²)
Cluster/station	Latitude (N)	Longitude (E)	Depth (m)	Sediment	Species number	H′	J′	S (90%)	Abundance (ind m⁻²)	Biomass (g⁻²)
Southeast					76	2.26 (2.45) m	0.67 (0.69) m	15 (22)	4575 (2705) m	42.47 (24.12) m
UT26	54°08.04′	07°45.92′	38	s FS	43	0.9 (2.74)	0.24 (0.73)	3 (19)	9920 (1940)	99.71 (15.17)
UT13	54°14.87′	07°30.56′	40	m FS	40	1.41 (2.14)	0.38 (0.58)	6 (16)	7110 (2700)	66.65 (43.15)
472	54°08.10′	07°40.07′	40	m FS	39	2.58	0.71	16	5700	57.85
471	54°15.09′	07°30.00′	41	FS	34	2.67	0.76	18	1945	27.09
565	54°34.90′	06°47.97′	41	m FS	27	2.2	0.67	10	3450	18.97
564	54°19.96′	07°05.19′	39	m FS	34	2.32	0.66	15	2710	21.14
Central					49	2.17 m	0.62 m	14	3528 m	21.51 m
563	54°45.09′	06°38.00′	41	m FS	40	2.17	0.59	11	5200	28.28
562	54°51.94′	06°09.91′	40	m FS	29	2.17	0.64	12	1855	14.74
Northwest					82	1.62 m	0.44 m	11	6528 m	22.7 m
554	55°04.92′	06°09.76	47	m FS	40	1.44	0.39	4	6945	26.80
536	55°29.98′	05°29.94′′	53	fs M	42	1.79	0.48	11	6110	28.59
535	55°45.11′	05°30.21′	54	fs M	46	1.66	0.43	7	7090	18.59
534	56°00.00′	05°59.07′	48	fs SI	34	1.57	0.45	12	3440	12.46
Single station
547	50°20.98′	06°04.96′	49	s M	21	1.33	0.44	5	1700	7.37

Values in brackets were calculated with Phoronis spp. excluded, H′ diversity (Shannon and Weaver 1949), J′ evenness (Pielou 1966), m median, ind individuals, sediment types: FS fine sand, M mud, SI silt, fs fine sandy, m muddy, s sandy

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