Macrofaunal assemblages associated with two common seagrass‐dwelling demosponges (Amorphinopsis atlantica and Haliclona implexiformis) in a tropical estuarine system of the southern Gulf of Mexico

Table 1 Data of environmental parameters (mean ± standard deviation) measured in both collection sites

Environmental parameter	Exposed site	Protected site
Temperature (°C)	29.27 ± 0.21	31.33 ± 0.09
Salinity	36.71 ± 0.19	38.31 ± 0.01
Dissolved oxygen (mg/L)	7.26 ± 0.36	10.19 ± 0.37
Total chlorophyll concentration (µg/L)	1.69 ± 0.12	3.41 ± 1.51
Total suspended solids (mg/L)	60.68 ± 4.66	27.00 ± 2.75
Sedimentation rate (g/m²/day)	0.09 ± 0.01	0.004 ± 0.0002
Transparency (m)	0.675 ± 0.08	1.45 ± 0.05
Water motion (dissolution rate %/day)	4.74 ± 0.02	4.09 ± 0.14

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