Table 1 Abundance of higher meiofaunal taxa from seagrass beds and adjacent unvegetated sediments at Shihlang, Ludao
Higher meiofaunal taxa | Seagrass ( n = 15) | Unvegetated ( n = 5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Acari | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
Amphipoda | 3.2 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Bivalvia | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Ciliophora | 11.0 | 11.2 | 3.8 | 1.0 |
Copepoda | 160.7 | 201.6 | 607.6 | 82.3 |
Cnidaria | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
Foraminifera | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
Gastropoda | 1.3 | 0.3 | ||
Gastrotricha | 3.6 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Hirudinea | 0.2 | 0.8 | ||
Isopoda | 7.4 | 15.8 | ||
Nauplius | 16.6 | 45.1 | 138.9 | 30.6 |
Nematoda | 853.3 | 731.1 | 475.8 | 126.0 |
Nemertea | 1.1 | 2.0 | ||
Oligochaeta | 5.9 | 8.2 | ||
Ostracoda | 5.7 | 7.1 | 22.3 | 4.7 |
Polychaeta | 71.5 | 97.6 | 69.4 | 12.6 |
Rotifera | 0.2 | 0.8 | ||
Sipuncula | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Turbellaria | 28.7 | 20.5 | 15.3 | 4.3 |
Undetermined egg | 4.5 | 1.0 | ||