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 | ||