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Table 1 Somatic production (P s: g AFDW m−2 year−1), somatic turnover rate (P s/B: year−1), and life span (LS: years) of sandy beach peracarid crustaceans (Isopoda: I; Amphipoda: A) of different latitudes

From: Production of Excirolana armata (Dana, 1853) (Isopoda, Cirolanidae) on an exposed sandy beach in southeastern Brazil

  Species P s P s/B LS Latitude Source
I Excirolana braziliensis 0.29 1.81 1.66 23°02′S Petracco (2000), Veloso et al. (2003)
I Excirolana braziliensis 0.26 1.82 1.66 23°02′S Petracco (2000), Veloso et al. (2003)
I Excirolana braziliensis 0.13 1.62 1.58 23°03′S Caetano et al. (2006)
I Excirolana braziliensis 0.56 2.24 1.65 23°03′S Caetano et al. (2006)
I Excirolana braziliensis a 3.07a 3.62 1.25 23°27′S Zuñiga et al. (1985)
I Excirolana armata 0.45 3.55 0.89 24°27′S This study (first year)
I Excirolana armata 0.56 3.16 0.84 24°27′S This study (second year)
I Excirolana armata 0.35 1.86 1.55 25°20′S Souza (1998)
I Excirolana armata   2.39 2.15 33°40′S Lozoya and Defeo (2006), Lercari et al. (2010)
I Excirolana braziliensis   0.95 2.30 33°40′S Cardoso and Defeo (2004), Lercari et al. (2010)
I Excirolana braziliensis   3.78 2.15 34°36′S Cardoso and Defeo (2004), Lercari et al. (2010)
I Tylos capensis   1.38 4.50 34°00′S McLachlan and Sieben (1991)
I Cirolana harfordi   2.10 2.00 36°37′N Johnson (1976a)
I Tylos europaeus 0.08 1.58 3.50 40°07′N Gonçalves et al. (2005)
A Pseudorchestoidea brasiliensis 0.29 2.23 1.46 23°02′S Cardoso and Veloso (1996)
A Pseudorchestoidea brasiliensis 0.29 2.19 0.98 23°02′S Cardoso and Veloso (1996)
A Atlantorchestoidea brasiliensis   2.32 1.08 33°40′S Gómez and Defeo (1999), Lercari et al. (2010)
A Talorchestia capensis   2.25 1.75 34°00′S Van Senus and McLachlan (1986)
A Atlantorchestoidea brasiliensis   2.33 1.17 34°36′S Gómez and Defeo (1999), Lercari et al. (2010)
A Talorchestia brito 0.22 7.48 0.54 37°00′N Gonçalves et al. (2003)
A Talitrus saltator 0.61 7.26 0.58 37°00′N Marques et al. (2003)
A Talitrus saltator 0.74 5.69 0.75 40°07′N Marques et al. (2003)
A Talorchestia brito 0.19 5.94 0.63 40°12′N Gonçalves et al. (2003)
A Talitrus saltator 0.12 8.21 0.63 42°37′N Marques et al. (2003)
A Haustorius canadensis 1.25 1.48 2.00 43°07′N Donn and Croker (1986)
A Ampelisca brevicornis 1.18 2.82 1.16 54°05′N Hastings (1981)
A Ampelisca brevicornis 1.29 3.13 1.16 54°05′N Hastings (1981)
  1. aValues converted to AFDW based on Ricciardi and Bourget (1998)
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