NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 155

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Ophelia borealis Quatrefages, 1866257
Pisione remota (Southern, 1914)72.4
Orbinia sertulata (Savigny, 1822)39.8
Lamprops fasciatus G.O. Sars, 186326.9
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)22.9
Gastrosaccus spinifer (Goës, 1864)12.9
Goniadella bobretzkii10
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)10
Myriochele Malmgren, 18677.1
Nemertea7.1
Protodorvillea kefersteini (McIntosh, 1869)3
Bathyporeia elegans Watkin, 19383
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)3
Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)3
Magelona F. Müller, 18583
Nephtys caeca (Fabricius, 1780)3
Diastylis bradyi Norman, 18793
Perioculodes longimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868)3
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Polychaeta1.94
Animalia1.63
Crustacea0.1
Mollusca0.1
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Copepoda276
Nematoda212
Gastrotricha33
Tardigrada26
Turbellaria15
Polychaeta14
Ostracoda14
Acarina3
Cnidaria1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm