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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 | ||
