NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 46

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Magelona F. Müller, 18581380.4
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)190.5
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)134.9
Urothoe poseidonis Reibish, 1905120.2
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181856.2
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)56.2
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)47.9
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)39.8
Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)39.8
Orchomene nana (Krøyer, 1846)24
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)24
Nemertea15.8
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)15.8
Eumida sanguinea (Örsted, 1843)15.8
Anaitides groenlandica (Örsted, 1842)15.8
Anaitides mucosa (Örsted, 1843)7.9
Eteone longa (Fabricius, 1780)7.9
Cumopsis goodsiri (Van Beneden, 1851)7.9
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 19387.9
Spisula solida (Linnaeus, 1758)7.9
Hydrobia ulvae (Pennant, 1777)7.9
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Echinodermata18.871
Mollusca4.861
Polychaeta4.092
Animalia3.987
Crustacea0.071
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda645
Ostracoda19
Turbellaria13
Tardigrada5
Acarina3
Gastrotricha2
Polychaeta2
Halectinosoma propinquum (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)2
Interleptomesochra tenuicornis (Sars G.O., 1911)2
Proameira hiddensoensis (Schäfer, 1936)2
Paraleptastacus espinulatus Nicholls, 19352
1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm