TABLE 6.2

Densities (No. / 10 cm2, (SE)) of numerically dominant taxa and total meiofauna from Eagle Bottom Marsh, November 1992 - October 1993.


                    November            December            January             February            March               April               May                 June                July                August              September           October             
High Marsh Pool                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Nemotoda            1591 (371)          271 (123)           1177 (256)          310 (109)           330 (142)           358 (126)           56 (36)             216 (89)            47 (31)             132 (50)            132 (85)            480 (186)           
Ostracoda           723 (139)           85 (67)             45 (33)             339 (214)           22 (14)             22 (14)             3469 (1817)         734 (273)           237 (86)            180 (28)            339 (54)            101 (33)            
Oligochaeta         331 (135)           79 (66)             160 (59)            19 (12)             75 (19)             57 (57)             9 (9)               0                   19 (12)             386 (148)           1299 (461)          348 (122)           
Manyunkia spp.      254 (126)           45 (21)             772 (534)           0                   141 (103)           75 (38)             0                   0                   0                   28 (19)             0                   0                   
Tardigrada          235 (92)            0                   263 (187)           9 (9)               38 (38)             0                   0                   0                   0                   94 (43)             329 (202)           0                   
Harpacticorda       37 (12)             0                   9 (9)               56 (36)             103 (42)            94 (61)             9 (9)               28 (19)             19 (12)             9 (9)               0                   0                   
Cyclopoida          0                   0                   0                   103 (42)            94 (61)             273 (140)           28 (19)             19 (12)             9 (9)               66 (45)             9 (9)               0                   
Total Meiofauna     3183 (609)          497 (222)           2476 (851)          829 (297)           819 (215)           621 (245)           4529 (1757)         951 (307)           395 (105)           885 (266)           2100 (708)          1017 (304)          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
High Marsh Hummock                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Nemotoda            2815 (567)          1243 (380)          2580 (924)          1346 (651)          1949 (827)          1672 (475)          1431 (746)          697 (154)           706 (136)           301 (107)           151 (87)            593 (247)           
Ostracoda           90 (23)             34 (23)             22 (14)             0                   136 (110)           42 (27)             34 (23)             248 (63)            248 (46)            339 (174)           305 (193)           68 (55)             
Oligochaeta         122 (40)            103 (34)            442 (173)           56 (29)             103 (17)            113 (40)            292 (76)            56 (29)             188 (58)            621 (242)           1262 (514)          329 (118)           
Manyunkia spp.      19 (19)             103 (45)            66 (55)             0                   235 (109)           0                   0                   0                   75 (54)             160 (106)           0                   0                   
Tardigrada          94 (35)             0                   744 (217)           0                   518 (312)           11 (11)             9 (9)               0                   0                   104 (72)            264 (192)           0                   
Harpacticorda       0                   151 (58)            47 (27)             47 (37)             179 (59)            79 (29)             9 (9)               0                   0                   0                   0                   0                   
Cyclopoida          0                   0                   0                   0                   47 (47)             11 (11)             9 (9)               9 (9)               0                   0                   9 (9)               9 (9)               
Total Meiofauna     3192 (586)          1648 (468)          3908 (1098)         1601 (683)          3183 (1243)         1966 (519)          1836 (840)          1083 (177)          1252 (131)          1507 (433)          1968 (697)          989 (353)           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Low Marsh Pool                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Nemotoda            668 (122)           433 (104)           160 (53)            725 (268)           254 (200)           34 (14)             235 (59)            480 (335)           9 (9)               113 (36)            329 (98)            358 (132)           
Ostracoda           791 (385)           339 (163)           147 (73)            881 (237)           45 (33)             0                   2881 (960)          983 (270)           361 (160)           452 (176)           553 (215)           2101 (1362)         
Oligochaeta         518 (90)            217 (95)            37 (12)             56 (25)             38 (19)             45 (21)             160 (71)            56 (36)             9 (9)               47 (37)             612 (207)           546 (194)           
Manyunkia spp.      1318 (656)          47 (37)             103 (49)            9 (9)               38 (28)             11 (11)             9 (9)               0                   0                   518 (264)           19 (12)             0                   
Tardigrada          424 (257)           9 (9)               0                   38 (19)             0                   0                   0                   28 (28)             0                   19 (19)             179 (69)            0                   
Harpacticorda       9 (9)               0                   19 (12)             160 (23)            57 (57)             34 (14)             9 (9)               28 (28)             0                   0                   0                   0                   
Cyclopoida          0                   0                   0                   47 (31)             19 (12)             34 (34)             28 (19)             28 (28)             0                   94 (43)             38 (19)             9 (9)               
Total Meiofauna     3738 (1239)         1120 (266)          452 (77)            2410 (401)          461 (303)           169 (31)            2938 (861)          1450 (507)          414 (143)           1168 (468)          1761 (331)          2797 (1094)         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Low Marsh Hummock                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Nemotoda            2158 (845)          348 (96)            1874 (312)          725 (133)           85 (54)             2825 (789)          734 (338)           866 (288)           650 (266)           429 (130)           2533 (1038)         942 (203)           
Ostracoda           268 (27)            90 (38)             192 (61)            22 (14)             79 (34)             305 (157)           1186 (138)          1153 (471)          158 (58)            551 (91)            474 (95)            271 (97)            
Oligochaeta         294 (77)            103 (23)            188 (78)            56 (29)             113 (77)            358 (159)           113 (25)            245 (137)           264 (125)           282 (51)            3588 (1868)         358 (150)           
Manyunkia spp.      610 (514)           38 (19)             151 (71)            0                   28 (28)             38 (24)             0                   0                   19 (12)             9085 (5298)         1130 (697)          9 (9)               
Tardigrada          859 (738)           0                   75 (38)             75 (35)             19 (12)             9 (9)               11 (11)             19 (12)             0                   22 (14)             6008 (3119)         0                   
Harpacticorda       101 (33)            9 (9)               85 (31)             132 (54)            19 (12)             499 (167)           34 (23)             0                   38 (28)             0                   0                   9 (9)               
Cyclopoida          0                   0                   0                   0                   0                   19 (12)             508 (480)           19 (12)             0                   260 (127)           75 (65)             0                   
Total Meiofauna     4339 (2120)         621 (147)           2542 (448)          1158 (231)          339 (168)           4115 (1067)         2610 (383)          2185 (606)          1121 (431)          10746 (5612)        13832 (5361)        1572 (358)