Table 2. Environment, locality, and diversity of studied samples from the Bay of Safaga.

See Material and Methods for applied measures. Indices based on 10 most abundant species per sample. PPD = pairwise proportional dissimilarity. Mean PPD with regard to other samples.

Locality	Environment	Depth (m)	Coordinates		No. of specimens	Berger-Parker dominance index	Evenness	Mean PPD
94-1-a	Sand between coral patches	10	26.81417N	33.97683E	901	0.17	0.54	0.67 ± 0.11
94-1-b	Sand between coral patches	10	26.81417N	33.97683E	778	0.16	0.55	0.66 ± 0.11
94-1-c	Sand between coral patches	10	26.81417N	33.97683E	785	0.18	0.53	0.66 ± 0.11
94-1-d	Sand between coral patches	10	26.81417N	33.97683E	729	0.17	0.54	0.66 ± 0.12
94-3-a	Muddy sand	23	26.79117N	33.94667E	510	0.45	0.41	0.74 ± 0.10
94-3-b	Muddy sand	23	26.79117N	33.94667E	624	0.45	0.39	0.74 ± 0.10
94-4-a	Mud	39	26.81417N	33.96533E	2,140	0.22	0.50	0.83 ± 0.10
94-4-b	Mud	39	26.81417N	33.96533E	1,647	0.23	0.50	0.83 ± 0.10
94-5	Reef slope	19	26.84733N	34.00483E	416	0.31	0.51	0.91 ± 0.10
94-6	Mangrovechannel	<1	26.76750N	33.96283E	481	0.44	0.45	0.86 ± 0.08
95-31	Reef slope	12	26.82933N	33.98483E	1,187	0.49	0.43	0.85 ± 0.07
B-5-8	Sandy seagrass	6	26.82683N	33.95383E	2,161	0.43	0.47	0.68 ± 0.08
C-1-3	Muddy sand with seagrass	40	26.83000N	33.98683E	3,969	0.44	0.43	0.75 ± 0.09