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Table 1 Dominance (%), mean abundance ± SD (m−2) and presence (%) of the five most dominant species in the study area

From: The fate of an immigrant: Ensis directus in the eastern German Bight

Species

Dominance (%)

Mean abundance ± SD

Presence (%)

Amrumbank

 Ensis directus

66.5

699 ± 1,956

63.8

 Spiophanes bombyx

7.0

73 ± 253

46.6

 Magelona johnstoni

6.2

65 ± 133

53.4

 Lanice conchilega

3.0

31 ± 143

20.7

 Asterias rubens

2.1

22 ± 168

6.9

Eiderstedt

 Ensis directus

48.4

475 ± 855

100.0

 Macoma balthica

13.7

109 ± 14

100.0

 Spio goniocephala

8.0

79 ± 205

50.0

 Scoloplos armiger

5.1

50 ± 52

100.0

 Spiophanes bombyx

3.6

26 ± 4

100.0

Vogelsand

 Ensis directus

82.5

6,575 ± 10,980

100.0

 Lanice conchilega

7.9

626 ± 1,206

60.0

 Tellina fabula

6.0

478 ± 425

100.0

 Nephtys hombergii

1.3

105 ± 45

100.0

 Abra alba

0.7

58 ± 95

80.0