NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 14

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 190570.8
Nephtys cirrosa Ehlers, 186837.9
Polycirrus medusa Grube, 185028.2
Nemertea22.4
Bathyporeia guilliamsoniana (Spence Bate, 1857)20
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)20
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)20
Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 186614.1
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)11.4
Abra prismatica (Montagu, 1808)11.2
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 186611.2
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 186710
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)8.5
Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)8.5
Moerella pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)8.5
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)6.4
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)5.8
Notomastus latericeus Sars, 18515.8
Gastrosaccus spinifer (Goës, 1864)5.8
Atylus swammerdamei (H. Milne Edwards, 1830)5.8
Pisione remota (Southern, 1914)5.8
Ophiura affinis Lütken, 18582.8
Spisula elliptica (T. Brown, 1827)2.8
Maerella tenuimana (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862)2.8
Eunereis longissima (Johnston, 1840)2.8
Unciola planipes Norman, 18672.8
Urothoe brevicornis Spence Bate & Westwood, 18622.8
Urothoe marina (Spence Bate, 1857)2.8
Travisia forbesii Johnston, 18402.8
Aonides paucibranchiata Southern, 19142.8
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Echinodermata0.805
Polychaeta0.308
Mollusca0.048
Animalia0.014
Crustacea0.005
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda186
Copepoda161
Turbellaria27
Gastrotricha19
Polychaeta8
Oligochaeta7
Tardigrada6
Acarina5
Cnidaria3
Ostracoda3
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Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm