A functional and morphological approach to evaluate the vertical migration of estuarine intertidal nematodes during a tidal cycle

Table 3 Relative abundance (average ± standard error) biological traits of the 15 most abundant nematode species in each of the three experimental sites

	TG	Tail	BL	BS	Site 1	Site 2	Site 3	Total
Terschellingia longicaudata	1A	Fili	1–2	Sl	32.37 ± 42.2	30.65 ± 42.5	34.83 ± 50.5	32.62 ± 2.10
Spirinia parasitifera	2A	Con	2–4	Sl	17.87 ± 23.3	20.26 ± 32.9	20.62 ± 35.0	19.58 ± 1.49
Sabatieria pulchra	1B	Clav	1–2	Sl	9.95 ± 19.1	9.04 ± 11.4	7.61 ± 7.92	8.87 ± 1.18
Metachromadora chandleri	2A	Con	1–2	St	6.56 ± 6.14	8.40 ± 6.71	7.58 ± 6.67	7.51 ± 0.92
Pseudochromadora incubans	2A	Con	>1	Sl	4.45 ± 6.24	5.33 ± 7.22	4.20 ± 5.75	4.66 ± 0.60
Gomphionema sp.	2A	Con	1–2	Sl	3.95 ± 8.59	3.32 ± 3.77	5.57 ± 9.88	4.28 ± 1.16
Chromadorina germânica	2A	Clav	>1	Sl	3.22 ± 7.61	1.17 ± 3.22	1.21 ± 1.68	1.87 ± 1.17
Paradontophora paragranulifera	1B	Fili	1–2	Sl	2.54 ± 3.37	2.76 ± 5.78	1.71 ± 3.12	2.34 ± 0.56
Daptonema setosum	1B	Clav	1–2	Sl	2.47 ± 3.31	3.67 ± 3.75	2.76 ± 4.64	2.97 ± 0.62
Anoplostoma viviparum	1B	Fili	1–2	Sl	2.25 ± 5.23	2.17 ± 5.53	2.06 ± 3.91	2.16 ± 0.10
Viscosia glabra	2B	Fili	1–2	Sl	2.09 ± 3.29	2.28 ± 3.35	2.20 ± 2.79	2.19 ± 0.09
Neochromadora bonita	2A	Con	>1	Sl	1.65 ± 3.83	1.06 ± 1.82	1.04 ± 1.66	1.25 ± 0.35
Paracanthonchus sp1.	2A	Con	1–2	Sl	1.16 ± 2.36	0.76 ± 0.89	0.93 ± 1.58	0.95 ± 0.20
Eurystomina sp.	2B	Con	2–4	Sl	1.13 ± 1.12	1.71 ± 3.56	1.34 ± 2.02	1.39 ± 0.29

TG trophic group, Tail tail shape (Fili filiform, Con conical and Clav clavate); BL body length in millimeters; BS body shape (St stout and Sl slender)

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