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Table 3 Impact of sieving strategy at the taxon level: number (Abs.) and percentage (Rel.) of species allocation to five relative loss classes

From: Sieving alive or after fixation: effects of sieving procedure on macrobenthic diversity, density and community structure

Relative loss

Non-affected

Affected

−20 to 20%

20 to 40%

40 to 60%

60 to 80%

80 to 100%

Abs.

Rel.

Abs.

Rel.

Abs.

Rel.

Abs.

Rel.

Abs.

Rel.

Amphipoda

2

50

  

1

25

  

1

25

Bivalvia

3

100

        

Echinodermata

    

1

50

  

1

50

Polychaeta

2

11

4

22

4

22

  

8

44

Cephalochordata

      

1

100

  

Total

4

14

4

14

6

21

1

3

11

38