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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Coast Manage. 2019;47(5):429–452. doi: 10.1080/08920753.2019.1641039

Table 6.

Sponge indicatorsa

Sponge Morphology MFr RA Avg CSA RSA
Barrel 6.7 0.85 0.36 3.59
Branched Ropey 58.3 18.8 0.03 7.35
Bushy 1.7 0.11 0.08 0.1
Globe 18.3 1.4 0.07 1.08
Mound 76.7 33.9 0.04 15.99
Rod 63.3 39.8 0.12 57.85
Tube 28.3 4.2 0.27 13.34
Vase 6.7 0.96 0.06 0.72
a

Indicators include frequency of occurrence for each sponge morphology (MFr, % of stations), relative abundance (RA, % of total sponges), average 3D colony surface area (Avg CSA, m2), and relative surface area contribution to habitat (RSA, % of total sponge surface area)