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Table 2 Biomass of polychaete functional groups in both study areas

From: Small-scale spatial variation of soft-bottom polychaete biomass in an Antarctic glacial fjord (Ezcurra Inlet, South Shetlands): comparison of sites at different levels of disturbance

Functional group

Inner area

Outer area

Mean ± SD

Max

Mean ± SD

Max

BSX*

0.1 ± 0.1

0.4

3.0 ± 1.5

5.8

SST*

0.7 ± 0.5

1.7

4.8 ± 4.3

14.3

CMJ

0.3 ± 0.4

1.5

1.1 ± 2.8

12.7

HMJ*

0.008 ± 0.007

0.03

0.04 ± 0.01

0.07

BMX*

0.3 ± 0.3

1.5

1.4 ± 0.6

2.5

SMX*

0.02 ± 0.01

0.04

0.09 ± 0.07

0.3

FST*

0.2 ± 0.2

0.7

1.9 ± 1.3

5.5

SDT*

0.2 ± 0.1

0.4

0.6 ± 0.6

2.5

SMT

1.8 ± 0.6

3.2

1.6 ± 0.6

3.1

CDJ

0.003 ± 0.005

0.01

0.002 ± 0.004

0.01

  1. CMJ carnivore, motile, jawed; CDJ carnivore, discretely motile, jawed; HMJ herbivore, motile, jawed; SMX surface deposit feeding, motile, non-jawed; SDT surface deposit feeding, discretely motile, tentaculate; SMT surface deposit feeding, motile, tentaculate; SST surface deposit feeding, sessile, tentaculate; SDJ surface deposit feeding, discretely motile, jawed; SMJ surface deposit feeding, motile, jawed; BMX burrowing, motile, non-jawed; BSX burrowing, sessile, non-jawed; and FST filter-feeding, sessile, tentaculate
  2. * Significant differences between both areas
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