Table 1. Spearman's rank correlations of macrofaunal biomass (corrected) and environmental variables.

Survey (sieve fraction)	Taxon group	Water depth	Mean sediment grain size	Total organic carbon	Mud content	Minimum water temperature	Maximum water temperature	Water temperature range
Wide-area (>0.5 mm)	Polychaete	0.532	−0.577	0.452	0.582	−0.529	−0.532	−0.572
(n = 22)	Crustacean	−0.727	0.680	−0.398	−0.722	0.543	0.727	0.700
	Mollusk	−0.090	0.313	−0.145	−0.142	0.072	0.090	0.434
	Echinoderm	−0.239	0.259	−0.051	−0.233	0.335	0.239	0.240
	Other taxa	0.251	−0.350	0.071	0.278	−0.127	−0.251	−0.219
	Total	−0.184	0.025	−0.076	−0.098	0.174	0.184	0.240
Transect (>0.5 mm)	Polychaete	0.757	−0.500	0.465	0.775	−0.738	−0.756	−0.627
(n = 15)	Crustacean	0.504	−0.418	0.481	0.596	−0.522	−0.493	−0.068
	Mollusk	−0.521	0.286	−0.109	−0.371	0.466	0.520	0.670
	Echinoderm	−0.471	0.596	−0.206	−0.368	0.416	0.463	0.692
	Other taxa	−0.457	0.246	−0.403	−0.568	0.440	0.468	0.397
	Total	−0.104	−0.150	0.227	0.007	0.120	0.105	0.638
Transect (>0.25 mm)	Polychaete	0.732	−0.482	0.497	0.779	−0.711	−0.729	−0.629
(n = 15)	Crustacean	0.379	−0.239	0.401	0.493	−0.422	−0.365	−0.182
	Mollusk	−0.439	0.218	0.079	−0.236	0.418	0.436	0.643
	Echinoderm	−0.443	0.593	−0.202	−0.336	0.395	0.434	0.635
	Other taxa	−0.096	−0.086	−0.052	−0.207	0.063	0.105	0.245
	Total	0.293	−0.518	0.521	0.439	−0.266	−0.288	0.281