|
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
|
- The mean and standard deviation (SD) of each meiofaunal taxon are shown in individuals per 10 cm2.
