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Table 3 Species diversity (H′), species number, and abundance (×10 3 ind./100m 3 ) of copepod species in the waters southwest of Taiwan

From: Water mass transport through the northern Bashi Channel in the northeastern South China Sea affects copepod assemblages of the Luzon Strait

Station

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Mean

H'

3.2

3.5

3.6

3.7

4.6

4.4

3.9

3.9

4.1

3.5

2.1

3.4

2.4

2.8

3.2

3.5 ± 0.2

Species number

26

28

22

27

43

38

29

30

32

22

14

26

31

22

23

28 ± 2

Abundance

17.1

13. 6

15.0

15.4

13.0

21.2

3.6

16.8

9.5

2.1

0.9

13.5

27.1

8.1

47.4

14.9 ± 2.9

  1. During the cruise of 1 to 3 October 1996.