Table 3 Discriminating species of the clusters of the Pleistocene Elbe valley (southern North Sea)
From: Benthic macrofauna communities of the submersed Pleistocene Elbe valley in the southern North Sea
Compared clusters/species | Taxon | Average abundance (m−2) | Ind dom | δ k | δ k /SD(δ k ) | Share of δ (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) | (b) | ||||||
Southeast (a) and Northwest (b), δ = 70.71 | |||||||
Amphiura filiformis | Ech | 3.5 | 2086.3 | 48.0 | 3.94 | 5.72 | 5.6 |
Amphiura brachiata | Ech | 105.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.02 | 13.14 | 2.9 |
Tellimya ferruginosa | Biv | 72.5 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.82 | 8.13 | 2.6 |
Harpinia antennaria | Cru | 0.0 | 41.3 | 0.9 | 1.49 | 4.74 | 2.1 |
Southeast (a) and Central (b), δ = 53.36 | |||||||
Amphiura filiformis | Ech | 3.5 | 890.0 | 36.3 | 3.31 | 4.68 | 6.2 |
Amphiura brachiata | Ech | 105.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.14 | 11.25 | 4.0 |
Abra nitida | Biv | 46.7 | 17.5 | 1.0 | 1.36 | 9.63 | 2.6 |
Harpinia antennaria | Cru | 0.0 | 15.0 | 0.6 | 1.33 | 5.29 | 2.5 |
Ophiodromus flexuosus | Pol | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.65 | 6.27 | 1.2 |
Cylichna cylindracea | Gas | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.60 | 5.22 | 1.1 |
Northwest (a) and Central (b), δ = 58.04 | |||||||
Mysella bidentata | Biv | 158.8 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 1.91 | 4.03 | 3.3 |
Phoronis spp. | Ten | 0.5 | 110.0 | 4.5 | 1.82 | 3.98 | 3.1 |
Magelona filiformis | Pol | 0.3 | 40.0 | 1.6 | 1.57 | 3.41 | 2.7 |
Abra nitida | Biv | 0.0 | 17.5 | 0.7 | 1.37 | 11.81 | 2.4 |
Cerianthus lloydii | Cni | 11.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.18 | 3.25 | 2.0 |