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Table 4 Average abundance (Av. abund) of the most relevant taxa of the stations located in the inner and outer areas in each sampling

From: Spatial and temporal variation of the benthic macrofauna in a grossly polluted estuary from southwestern Spain

Taxa

Av. abund

Av. diss

Ratio

Contrib (%)

Cum. (%)

Inner

Outer

1998 (average dissimilarity = 85.6)

 Veneridae

0

426.7

8.1

2.3

9.4

9.4

 Phyllodocidae

0

320

7.6

3.4

8.9

18.3

 Mactridae

0

193.3

6.2

1.8

7.2

25.5

 Orbiniidae

0

36.7

4.9

5.8

5.8

31.3

 Spionidae

193.3

10

4.9

1.8

5.7

37

 Capitellidae

0

10

3.6

5.4

4.2

41.2

 Dexaminidae

0

10

3.5

7.5

4.1

45.3

 Phoronidea

3.3

23.3

3.4

1.6

3.9

49.3

2000 (average dissimilarity = 73.3)

 Spionidae

1,054.4

55.3

3.4

1.9

4.6

4.6

 Orbiniidae

1.1

78

2.9

2.6

4.1

8.7

 Corbulidae

0

69.3

2.8

2.1

3.8

12.5

 Serpulidae

0

50

2.7

6.9

3.8

16.3

 Veneridae

0

208

2.7

0.9

3.7

19.9

 Mactridae

2.2

42

2.4

2.7

3.3

23.3

 Leptocheliidae

2.2

50.7

2.3

2.3

3.2

26.4

 Anthuridae

132.2

30

2.2

1.4

2.9

29.4

 Oligochaetes

32.2

113.3

2.1

1.9

2.9

32.3

2002 (average dissimilarity = 71.2)

 Mactridae

0

329.5

3.1

2.8

4.3

4.3

 Veneridae

0

130.5

3

7.8

4.2

8.5

 Oweniidae

0

50.5

2.9

1.6

4

12.5

 Oligochaetes

0

80

2.6

0.9

3.6

16.1

 Pectinariidae

94

218

2.1

1.3

2.9

19.1

 Nemertea

5.3

57.5

1.9

1.6

2.7

21.8

 Hesionidae

0.7

14.5

1.9

1.6

2.7

24.5

 Corbulidae

0

12

1.9

6.1

2.6

27.2

 Diogenidae

0.7

29.5

1.8

2.6

2.6

29.7

 Nassaridae

0.7

27

1.8

2.6

2.6

32.3

 Cardiidae

486

92.5

1.8

1.3

2.5

34.8

 Philinidae

0

9.5

1.8

5.2

2.5

37.4

 Spionidae

248

319

1.7

1.8

2.4

39.8

  1. Taxa are listed in decreasing order according to its contribution to the average of the dissimilarity (Av. diss) between areas