Impact of hard-bottom substrata on the small-scale distribution of fish and decapods in shallow subtidal temperate waters

Table 1 Density of Laminaria hyperborea (left side of the table) over the study time: ++ stands for dense, with 20–50 Laminaria m⁻²; +stands for present, with 5–20 Laminaria m⁻²; and 0 stands for sparse, with only 0–5 Laminaria m⁻²

Laminaria hyperborea	Rock	Cobbles	Red algae	Rock	Cobbles
June	++	++	June	+	+
July	++	++	July	+	+
Aug	++	++	Aug	+	+
Sept	0	0	Sept	+	0

The growth of bushy or branched red algae (right side of the table) over the study time was reported as + for present (dense growth, covering a main part of the substratum) and 0 for absent (no or only sparse algal growth)

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