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Figure 3: nmMDS plot of benthic abundance in the four sampled areas (A, B, C and D). Each symbol represent the mean of four replicates per site within an area.
Areas Taxa Gammaridae spp. Nephtydae sp. Nematoda spp. Lumbrineridae spp. Tellinidae spp. Orbiniidae sp.
A 1.13 063 0.88 0.88 0.63 -
< < < < <
B 1.88 0.75 1.25 4.13 1.00 2.63
> < > < >
C 1.75 2.5 0.88 0.88 0.63
< > < > <
D 7.63 1.25 1.13 0.25 0.75
>
-
>
0.25
Table 3: Mean density (ind.mâ&#x2C6;&#x2019;2 ) of taxa contributing most to the average dissimilarity among areas.
Table 3. Mean density (ind.m-2) of taxa contributing most to the average dissimilarity among areas. 269