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Table 1 Mean abundance of characteristic species in the identified communities (SIMPER)

From: Benthos and demersal fish habitats in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea

  Coast Oysterground Duck’s Bill
Co Co2 CoOy CoOy2 Oy Oy2 Du
Species Mean abund. Species Mean abund. Species Mean abund. Species Mean abund. Species Mean abund. Species Mean abund. Species Mean abund.
Fish CT         L. limanda 43 L. limanda 8 L. limanda 97     L. limanda 278
          A. cataphractus 14 M. merlangus 8 M. merlangus 33     M. merlangus 60
          Pomatoschistus spp. 5 S. rostellatus 2 P. platessa 37     E. gurnardus 22
Fish B7 Pomatoschistus spp. 337 L. limanda 36 L. limanda 183     B. luteum 95     L. limanda 161
  A. cataphractus 87 M. merlangus 7 B. luteum 102     P. platessa 54     A. laterna 25
  L. limanda 40 P. platessa 11 A. cataphractus 51     A. laterna 30     E. gurnardus 8
Fish B2         Pomatoschistus spp. 95 B. luteum 16        L. limanda 5
          B. luteum 50 L. limanda 4        Pomatoschistus spp. 3
          L. limanda 17 A. laterna 2         A. cataphractus 1
Epi B7 L. holsatus 4,872     A. rubens 975     L. holsatus 160 N. norvegicus 112 L. holsatus 55
  A. rubens 3,631     L. holsatus 649     A. rubens 298 L. holsatus 72 A. rubens 81
  C. crangon 929     C. crangon 230     A. irregularis 75 B. lyrifera 69 Pagurus bernhardus 22
Epi B2 C. crangon 2,210 O. albida 2,582 A. rubens 87     A. irregularis 38     O. albida 167
  O. ophiura 1,808 A. rubens 203 L. holsatus 6     A. rubens 27     P. bernhardus 30
  A. rubens 200 P. bernhardus 9 P. bernhardus 13     P. bernhardus 21     A. rubens 11
Infauna O. borealis 20     T. fabula 207 A. paucibranchiata 213 S. bombyx 96 A. filiformis 618 A. filiformis 843
  N. longosetosa 7     M. johnstoni 324 Branchiostoma lanceolatum 137 M. johnstoni 103 C. gibba 273 Mysella bidentata 525
  Nephtys cirrosa 14     S. bombyx 117 O. borealis 14 C. gibba 129 Pholoe baltica 18 S. bombyx 330
  1. The communities at the Dogger Bank and the post-glacial valley of the river Elbe were excluded and given in the Appendix 1, ESM. Mean abundance is given per 15 min for cod trawl (CT) and 7-m beam trawl (B7), 500 m2 for 2-m beam trawl (B2) and 1 m2 for van Veen grab (VV)
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