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. 2023 Jan 18;12(2):147. doi: 10.3390/biology12020147

Table A1.

Categorical scores assigned to each taxon for BPc and IPc indices calculations according to Solan et al. [30], Villnäs et al. [36] Queirós et al. [31] and Wrede et al. [98] (modified), where: Mobility (Mi): 1, feeding on the sediment surface; limited movement on the sediment surface; sessile; 2, limited movement; 3, slow free movement; 4, free to movement. Reworking type (Ri): 1, epifauna; 2, surficial modifiers; 3, upward or downward conveyor; 4, biodiffusors. Burrow type (BTi): 1, epifauna or internal irrigation (i.e., siphons); 2, open irrigation (i.e., Y- or U-shaped burrow); 3, blind ended burrow. Feeding type (FTi): 1, surface filter feeder; 2, predator; 3, deposit feeder; 4, sub-surface filter feeder. Irrigation depth (IDi): 1, 0–1 cm; 2, 1–3 cm; 3, 3–6 cm; 4, 6–10 cm; 5, 10–15 cm.

Taxa BPc IPc
Mi Ri BTi FTi IDi
Planaria torva 1 1 1 2 1
Cyanophthalma obscura 3 1 3 2 2
Oligochaeta 3 2 3 3 4
Bylgides sarsi 3 1 1 2 2
Fabricia stellaris 2 1 3 1 2
Marenzelleria spp. 4 4 3 3 5
Pygospio elegans 2 2 3 3 3
Streblospio shrubsolii 2 2 3 3 2
Hediste diversicolor 4 3 2 3 5
Ecrobia ventrosa 1 1 1 3 1
Peringia ulvae 1 1 1 3 2
Potamopyrgus antipodarum 1 1 1 3 1
Cerastoderma glaucum 3 2 1 1 1
Macoma balthica 3 4 1 3 4
Mya arenaria 3 4 1 1 2
Corophium volutator 2 2 2 3 3
Monoporeia affinis 4 2 3 3 2
Pontoporeia femorata 4 4 3 3 4
Diastylis rathkei 3 2 3 3 2
Saduria entomon 4 2 3 3 1
Mysis mixta 4 1 3 3 1
Neomysis integer 4 1 3 3 1
Halicryptus spinulosus 3 4 3 3 4