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Table 2 Mean diversity and abundance of fish, epifauna and infauna within the habitats identified with cluster analysis and MDS

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

El

Oy

Oy2

Du

Do

CeDo

Fish CT

H′

 

 

1.8

1.7

 

1.6

 

1.4

0.9

 

sp. nr.

 

 

10

6

 

9

 

8

6

 

abun.

 

 

78

22

 

182

 

407

107

 

Fish B7

H′

2.0

2.5

2.3

  

2.2

 

1.7

  

sp. nr.

12

11

13

  

10

 

9

  

abun.

541

119

459

 

 

224

 

236

 

 

Fish B2

H′

 

 

1.7

1.4

 

 

 

1.0

  

sp. nr.

 

 

6

4

 

 

 

3

  

abun.

 

 

191

26

 

 

 

10

 

 

Epi B7

H′

1.9

 

1.8

  

2.0

1.6

2.5

  

sp. nr.

10

 

9

  

11

10

12

  

abun.

12,126

 

2,185

 

 

596

296

331

 

 

Epi B2

H′

1.7

1.0

1.8

  

2.2

 

1.8

1.7

 

sp. nr.

8

8

10

  

15

 

9

12

 

abun.

4,407

2,929

158

 

 

565

 

254

257

 

Infauna VV

H′

2.9

 

2.9

3.0

3.5

3.7

2.6

3.0

 

2.9

sp. nr.

14

 

27

18

31

28

24

35

 

46

abun.

230

 

1,865

1,046

1,933

874

1,262

2,992

 

2,781

  1. H′ mean Shannon–Wiener index; sp. nr. mean species number; abun. mean abundance per region; highest values indicated in bold
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