Table 2 Contributions and average abundances of species responsible for most of the dissimilarities between clusters identified based on total macrofauna composition
First cluster | Second cluster | Species | Average abundance, first cluster | Average abundance, second cluster | Cumulative contribution (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | IIa | Ditrupa arietina | 497.19 | 638.18 | 5.66 |
Owenia fusiformis | 253.20 | 1.82 | 9.68 | ||
Lumbrineris latreilli | 17.29 | 119.09 | 12.12 | ||
Tanaidacae ind. | 49.90 | 118.18 | 14.39 | ||
Spisula subtruncata | 82.24 | 0.61 | 16.60 | ||
Goniada sp. | 0.00 | 36.67 | 18.56 | ||
IIa | IIb | Ditrupa arietina | 638.18 | 1.67 | 7.59 |
Turritella communis | 6.36 | 434.73 | 13.08 | ||
Tanaidacae ind. | 118.18 | 33.06 | 15.87 | ||
Aponuphis bilineata | 36.97 | 0.28 | 18.16 | ||
Lumbrineris latreilli | 119.09 | 126.94 | 20.20 | ||
IIb | III | Turitella communis | 434.73 | 7.74 | 8.91 |
Lumbrineris latreilli | 126.94 | 40.86 | 12.95 | ||
Amphiura chiajei | 25.83 | 1.61 | 15.36 | ||
Sthenelais boa | 4.72 | 24.62 | 17.63 | ||
Ampelisca typica | 22.78 | 2.26 | 19.82 | ||
Ampelisca diadema | 31.11 | 7.74 | 22.01 |