Table 15. Number of species recorded from Quanzhou Bay.

Groups	Number of species, 2004	Number of species, 2009
Phytoplankton	104	197
Zooplankton	82	166
Shallow-water macrobenthos	169	152
Intertidal macrobenthos		225
Fish eggs, larvae, and juveniles	—	21
Nekton	142	83
Fouling organisms	101
Total	501	770