Table 1. Benthic community characteristics based on 25 x 2 m transects (50 m2).
Community metrics/Location | IE | MP | Total |
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Number of taxa | 44.93 (11.31) | 44.67 (7.51) | 44.89 (10.58) |
Number of individuals.m-2 | 23.20 (15.79) | 10.67 (5.69) | 21.11 (15.23) |
Species richness (Margalef’s d) | 16.02 (4.72) | 19.46 (2.43) | 16.59 (4.56) |
Diversity (H') | 2.24 (0.61) | 2.70 (0.35) | 2.32 (0.60) |
Evenness (J') | 0.59 (0.16) | 0.71 (0.07) | 0.61 (0.15) |