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Table 1 Position, depth, sediment and water temperature and sedimentary characteristics of sampling stations in the Ría de Aldán

From: Assemblages of peracarid crustaceans in subtidal sediments from the Ría de Aldán (Galicia, NW Spain)

Station

Position

Depth (m)

Surf temp (°C)

Bottom temp (°C)

Sed temp (°C)

Gravel (%)

Sand (%)

Silt/clay (%)

Q50 (mm)

Sediment type

S0

Carbonates (%)

TOM (%)

2

42°20′15′′N, 8°51′15′′W

45

21.1

22.9

20.0

10.0

88.0

2.0

1.079

Very coarse sand

Moderate

73.9

2.6

3

42°20′15′′N, 8°50′45′′W

36

21.4

22.3

20.8

47.9

49.0

3.2

1.983

Very coarse sand

Moderate

89.8

2.6

6

42°19′45′′N, 8°51′15′′W

42

18.5

18.4

18.2

27.1

70.7

2.2

1.053

Very coarse sand

Poor

32.3

1.0

7

42°19′45′′N, 8°50′45′′W

38

17.0

17.7

17.4

0.3

97.4

2.4

0.485

Medium sand

Moderate

67.4

1.4

8

42°19′45′′N, 8°50′15′′W

25

22.1

21.4

19.6

0.1

97.0

2.9

0.211

Fine sand

Mod. well sorted

52.7

1.3

9

42°19′45′′N, 8°49′45′′W

12

18.7

18.6

17.9

0.2

96.8

3.0

0.202

Fine sand

Mod. well sorted

67.9

2.0

12

42°19′15′′N, 8°50′45′′W

33

18.1

18.6

17.2

18.4

79.5

2.1

0.869

Coarse sand

Moderate

38.2

0.7

13

42°19′15′′N, 8°50′15′′W

27

16.8

16.7

16.6

0.3

98.0

1.6

0.383

Medium sand

Moderate

40.8

1.1

14

42°19′15′N, 8°49′45′′W

10

17.3

17.4

17.0

0.8

96.5

2.8

0.391

Medium sand

Moderate

57.0

1.3

17

42°18′45′′N, 8°50′45′′W

29

19.9

21.2

20.2

13.5

84.2

1.8

0.623

Coarse sand

Moderate

32.6

0.5

18

42°18′45′′N, 8°50′15′′W

25

18.4

18.3

17.7

52.7

44.8

2.5

2.224

Gravel

Moderate

33.0

2.0

19

42°18′45′′N, 8°49′45′′W

17

18.4

18.1

17.1

0.5

96.1

3.4

0.331

Medium sand

Moderate

64.1

1.7

20

42°18′45′′N, 8°49′15′′W

15

18.7

18.7

17.6

0.8

95.3

3.9

0.300

Medium sand

Moderate

55.9

2.0

21

42°18′22′′N, 8°51′05′′W

4

21.1

20.8

20.2

2.3

93.2

4.5

0.290

Medium sand

Moderate

70.0

3.1

22

42°18′15′′N, 8°50′45′W

13

21.2

21.2

20.6

1.1

95.5

3.4

0.199

Fine sand

Mod. well sorted

55.2

1.9

23

42°18′15′′N, 8°50′15′′W

22

22.7

23.3

23.0

0.2

94.5

5.3

0.203

Muddy sand

Mod. well sorted

60.3

3.2

24

42°18′15′′N, 8°49′45′′W

16

20.6

21.4

21.4

21.6

74.2

4.2

0.919

Coarse sand

Moderate

65.5

2.5

25

42°18′15′N, 8°49′15′′W

11

21.2

21.5

21.6

0.1

96.7

3.2

0.192

Fine sand

Mod. well sorted

54.2

1.6

26

42°17′45′′N, 8°50′45′′W

8

21.4

21.2

21.7

0.7

92.7

6.6

0.142

Fine sand

Moderate

59.4

2.3

27

42°17′45′′N, 8°50′15′′W

18

17.1

17.3

17.3

6.0

34.8

59.2

0.050

Mud

Poor

33.8

9.0

28

42°17′45′′N, 8°49′45′′W

19

18.7

18.2

17.6

8.9

31.3

59.8

0.050

Mud

Poor

37.8

8.8

29

42°17′45′′N, 84°9′15′′W

8

17.9

18.2

18.2

8.8

87.2

4.0

0.210

Fine sand

Moderate

59.9

2.2

30

42°17′15N, 8°50′15′′W

3

21.6

21.5

23.5

5.8

92.9

1.4

0.868

Coarse sand

Mod. well sorted

41.9

0.7

31

42°17′15′N, 8°49′45′′W

17

22.5

22.5

19.5

4.1

26.6

69.4

0.040

Mud

Moderate

40.3

10.8

32

42°17′22′′N, 8°49′22′′W

12

17.5

18.7

18.4

3.9

93.6

2.5

0.195

Fine sand

Mod. well sorted

63.0

1.5

33

42°16′45′′N, 8°49′45′′W

4

21.0

21.9

27.3

29.8

56.5

13.3

0.230

Muddy sand

Bad

38.8

5.0

34

42°16′40′′N, 8°49′22′′W

4

21.3

22.9

21.2

8.1

86.4

5.6

0.317

Muddy sand

Poor

33.5

1.1

  1. Bottom temp bottom water temperature, surf temp surface water temperature, sed temp sediment temperature, Q 50 median grain size, S 0 sorting coefficient, TOM total organic matter