Table 3 Area, cover, proportion and biomass (weight of living mussels) of intertidal blue mussel beds at the coast of Lower Saxony in spring 1996
Site | Area (m2) | Cover (%) | Proportion (%) | Biomass (kg m−2) | Total biomass (t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 72,582 | 14 | 63 | 5.25 | 34 |
21 | 169,290 | 20 | 18 | 5.94 | 36 |
55 | 240,645 | 20 | 46 | 4.78 | 106 |
87 | 38,427 | 26 | 21 | 5.07 | 11 |
90 | 510,131 | 100 | 1 | 2.26 | 12 |
108 | 12,574 | 23 | 36 | 9.66 | 10 |
140 | 210,033 | 5 | 98 | 7.86 | 81 |
182 | 78,083 | 17 | 65 | 4.39 | 38 |
187 | 9,442 | 40 | 3 | 1.79 | 0.2 |