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Table 4 Indicator species and index values (%) for each cluster identified by analysis in Figure 6

From: Geospatial variability in the autumn community structure of epipelagic zooplankton in the upper layer of the northern South China Sea

 

Cluster level

IA

IIA

IIB

Indicator species

   

Acartia (Acartia) negligens

 

11.60

24.12

Cosmocalanus darwini

5.80

  

Nannocalanus minor

20.29

  

Calocalanus spp.

  

6.76

Paracandacia truncate

  

5.81

Clausocalanus arcuicornis

 

16.03

17.08

Clausocalanus mastigophorus

 

10.67

 

Subeucalanus subtenuis

 

6.41

 

Lucicutia flavicornis

18.84

  

Pleuromamma gracilis

36.23

3.81

 

Paracalanus spp.

  

8.93

Oithona spp.

 

4.13

 

Corycaeus (Farranula) gibbula

 

13.37

7.98

Oncaea mediterranea

  

5.12

Cumulative contribution

81.16

66.02

75.81