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Table 6 Density (inds/10 cm2, mean ± standard error) and relative abundance (%, mean ± standard error) of the 10 most abundant nematode species, genera, and families inhabiting the uppermost 5-cm sediment layer

From: Nematode assemblages from the Kandalaksha Depression (White Sea, 251–288 m water depth)

Station CBB-20, July 1998

Station CBB-22, October 1998

Station CBB-23, May 1999

Station CBB-34, November 1999

Taxon

Density

%

Taxon

Density

%

Taxon

Density

%

Taxon

Density

%

Sabatieria ornata

76.9 ± 10.5

16.0 ± 2.2

Sabatieria ornata

176.6 ± 68.0

21.4 ± 8.2

Sabatieria ornata

53.4 ± 14.4

18.5 ± 5.0

Filipjeva filipjevi

67.2 ± 37.7

16.3 ± 9.1

Filipjeva filipjevi

29.8 ± 8.6

6.2 ± 1.8

Aponema bathyalis

85.0 ± 40.9

10.3 ± 5.0

Quadricoma sp.

22.4 ± 8.1

7.7 ± 2.8

Sabatieria ornata

45.4 ± 11.9

11.0 ± 2.9

Desmoscolex sp.

23.6 ± 7.0

4.9 ± 1.5

Filipjeva filipjevi

72.6 ± 18.7

8.8 ± 2.3

Acantholaimus sp.1

17.0 ± 4.6

5.9 ± 1.6

Desmoscolex sp.

27.5 ± 23.0

6.7 ± 5.6

Aponema bathyalis

20.2 ± 8.4

4.2 ± 1.7

Filipjeva sp.

47.2 ± 29.0

5.7 ± 3.5

Filipjeva filipjevi

16.2 ± 4.7

5.6 ± 1.6

Aponema bathyalis

26.4 ± 13.5

6.4 ± 3.3

Acantholaimus sp.1

15.8 ± 6.0

3.3 ± 1.2

Monhystera sp.

37.3 ± 20.6

4.5 ± 2.5

Monhystera sp.

13.7 ± 7.7

4.7 ± 2.7

Quadricoma sp.

17.6 ± 17.6

4.3 ± 4.3

Aponema minutissima

15.2 ± 6.0

3.2 ± 1.3

Aponema minutissima

23.6 ± 8.9

2.9 ± 1.1

Sphaerolaimus gracilis

9.6 ± 3.7

3.3 ± 1.3

Campylaimus sp.

15.1 ± 4.7

3.6 ± 1.1

Tricoma sp. 1

15.0 ± 5.8

3.1 ± 1.2

Sphaerolaimus gracilis

22.5 ± 8.4

2.7 ± 1.0

Aponema bathyalis

8.0 ± 4.3

2.8 ± 1.5

Intasia sp.

12.2 ± 12.2

3.0 ± 3.0

Sphaerolaimus gracilis

11.6 ± 5.1

2.4 ± 1.1

Filipjeva arctica

21.8 ± 20.8

2.6 ± 2.5

Filipjeva sp.

7.9 ± 6.1

2.7 ± 2.1

Aegialoalaimus sp.

9.3 ± 3.1

2.2 ± 0.7

Tricoma sp.

8.0 ± 3.9

1.7 ± 0.8

Campylaimus gerlachi

21.7 ± 19.3

2.6 ± 2.3

Marisalbinema galtsovae

7.1 ± 5.9

2.5 ± 2.0

Pselionema simplex

7.0 ± 3.6

1.7 ± 0.9

Sphaerolaimus sp. 1

7.5 ± 2.9

1.6 ± 0.6

Aegialoalaimus sp.

20.1 ± 19.6

2.4 ± 2.4

Aponema minutissima

6.3 ± 3.0

2.2 ± 1.1

Campylaimus gerlachi

6.7 ± 1.9

1.6 ± 0.5

Sabatieria

82.4 ± 8.6

17.2 ± 1.8

Sabatieria

176.6 ± 68.0

21.4 ± 8.2

Sabatieria

54.0 ± 14.4

18.7 ± 5.0

Filipjeva

76.2 ± 39.5

18.5 ± 9.6

Filipjeva

38.4 ± 7.7

8.0 ± 1.6

Filipjeva

141.6 ± 40.0

17.2 ± 4.9

Filipjeva

26.1 ± 7.4

9.0 ± 2.6

Sabatieria

46.8 ± 12.1

11.3 ± 2.9

Aponema

35.0 ± 14.5

7.7 ± 3.0

Aponema

110.7 ± 47.3

13.8 ± 5.7

Quadricoma

22.4 ± 8.1

7.7 ± 2.8

Desmoscolex

27.5 ± 23.0

6.7 ± 5.6

Desmoscolex

27.6 ± 7.4

5.8 ± 1.5

Monhystera

37.3 ± 20.6

4.5 ± 2.5

Acantholaimus

17.0 ± 4.6

5.9 ± 1.6

Aponema

25.4 ± 14.4

6.6 ± 3.5

Tricoma

22.9 ± 4.4

4.8 ± 0.9

Campylaimus

33.7 ± 17.6

4.1 ± 2.1

Aponema

14.3 ± 6.6

5.3 ± 2.3

Campylaimus

21.8 ± 5.4

5.3 ± 1.3

Sphaerolaimus

19.1 ± 5.1

4.0 ± 1.1

Sphaerolaimus

26.0 ± 10.7

3.1 ± 1.3

Sphaerolaimus

14.8 ± 2.2

5.1 ± 0.8

Quadricoma

17.6 ± 17.6

4.3 ± 4.3

Acantholaimus

15.8 ± 6.0

3.3 ± 1.2

Aegialoalaimus

20.6 ± 19.5

2.5 ± 2.4

Monhystera

13.7 ± 7.7

4.7 ± 2.7

Intasia

13.6 ± 11.6

3.3 ± 2.8

Campylaimus

12.0 ± 4.2

2.5 ± 0.9

Desmoscolex

20.3 ± 13.0

2.5 ± 1.6

Marisalbinema

8.0 ± 6.7

2.8 ± 2.3

Sphaerolaimus

10.4 ± 3.0

2.5 ± 0.7

Fusivermis

8.5 ± 4.6

1.8 ± 1.0

Fusivermis

17.0 ± 8.7

2.1 ± 1.0

Desmoscolex

7.0 ± 4.1

2.4 ± 1.4

Aegialoalaimus

9.3 ± 3.1

2.2 ± 0.7

Daptonema

7.1 ± 3.1

1.5 ± 0.6

Intasia

13.8 ± 11.6

1.7 ± 1.4

Campylaimus

6.4 ± 3.0

2.2 ± 1.0

Pselionema

7.0 ± 3.6

1.7 ± 0.9

Comesomatidae

85.9 ± 10.8

17.9 ± 2.2

Comesomatidae

176.6 ± 68.0

21.4 ± 8.2

Comesomatidae

57.7 ± 12.2

19.9 ± 4.2

Xyalidae

104.0 ± 37.3

25.2 ± 9.0

Xyalidae

73.4 ± 14.5

15.3 ± 3.0

Xyalidae

165.4 ± 33.8

20.1 ± 4.1

Xyalidae

42.3 ± 4.1

14.6 ± 1.4

Desmoscolecidae

50.4 ± 37.8

12.2 ± 9.2

Chromadoridae

65.4 ± 14.0

13.6 ± 2.9

Microlaimidae

125.0 ± 49.5

15.1 ± 6.0

Chromadoridae

41.0 ± 7.4

14.2 ± 2.6

Comesomatidae

46.8 ± 12.1

11.3 ± 2.9

Microlaimidae

64.1 ± 18.3

13.4 ± 3.8

Monhysteridae

81.2 ± 24.4

9.8 ± 3.0

Desmoscolecidae

30.9 ± 11.1

10.7 ± 3.8

Diplopeltidae

44.1 ± 11.8

10.7 ± 2.9

Desmoscolecidae

51.5 ± 9.1

10.7 ± 1.9

Diplopeltidae

53.2 ± 19.1

6.4 ± 2.3

Monhysteridae

22.0 ± 5.6

7.6 ± 1.9

Chromadoridae

42.0 ± 5.4

10.2 ± 1.3

Monhysteridae

40.5 ± 14.2

8.4 ± 3.0

Desmoscolecidae

43.7 ± 16.2

5.3 ± 2.0

Microlaimidae

20.1 ± 5.1

7.0 ± 1.8

Microlaimidae

28.3 ± 15.4

6.9 ± 3.7

Sphaerolaimidae

21.9 ± 5.5

4.6 ± 1.1

Chromadoridae

40.1 ± 13.8

4.9 ± 1.7

Sphaerolaimidae

14.8 ± 2.2

5.1 ± 0.8

Monhysteridae

21.0 ± 4.6

5.1 ± 1.1

Diplopeltidae

21.8 ± 3.7

4.5 ± 0.8

Aegialoalaimidae

28.4 ± 18.9

3.4 ± 2.3

Diplopeltidae

12.1 ± 3.7

4.2 ± 1.3

Sphaerolaimidae

11.4 ± 2.4

2.8 ± 0.6

Fusivermidae

8.5 ± 4.6

1.8 ± 1.0

Sphaerolaimidae

26.0 ± 10.7

3.1 ± 1.3

Aegialoalaimidae

5.8 ± 2.7

2.0 ± 0.9

Oxystominidae

9.8 ± 4.5

2.4 ± 1.1

Aegialoalaimidae

5.5 ± 2.7

1.1 ± 0.6

Fusivermidae

17.0 ± 8.7

2.1 ± 1.0

Oxystominidae

5.3 ± 3.2

1.8 ± 1.1

Aegialoalaimidae

9.3 ± 3.1

2.2 ± 0.7