NSBS: Station taxon list

Station ICES 13

Macrobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Spisula subtruncata (da Costa, 1778)1479.1
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791)218.8
Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)141.3
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)138
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808)128.8
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 181870.8
Mysella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)58.9
Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780)53.7
Magelona F. Müller, 185847.9
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)45.7
Glycera lapidum Quatrefages, 186630.9
Lunatia poliana (Della Chiaje, 1826)25.7
Nemertea20
Lagis koreni Malmgren, 186620
Anaitides groenlandica (Örsted, 1842)17
Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)11.2
Spio filicornis (Müller, 1776)8.5
Eunereis longissima (Johnston, 1840)5.8
Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)2.8
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 17582.8
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 18672.8
Pholoe Johnston, 18392.8
Anthozoa2.8
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)2.8
Aricidea minuta Southward, 19562.8
Harmothoe lunulata (Delle Chiaje, 1830)2.8
Densities are in individuals per square m

Macrobenthos - biomass

TaxonBiomass
Mollusca23.727
Echinodermata4.286
Polychaeta3.691
Animalia0.113
Crustacea0.093
Biomasses are in gram ash free dry weight per square m

Meiobenthos - densities

TaxonDensity
Nematoda452
Turbellaria2.5
Polychaeta2
Gastrotricha1
Acarina1
Tardigrada1
Densities are in individuals per 10 square cm