CRD 05-07 Table 4

CRD 05-07 Table 4. Dominant benthic taxa (by total number) collected on 0.5mm sieves in Newark Bay, NJ from June 1993 to March 1994.
Date; taxon	Type	Total number
June 1993
Streblospio benedicti	Polychaeta	3002
Leitoscoloplos robustus	Polychaeta	496
Oligochaeta	Oligochaeta	356
Mediomastus ambiseta	Polychaeta	324
Tharyx sp.	Polychaeta	290
Polydora cornuta	Polychaeta	225
Leucon americanus	Crustacea	148
Mya arenaria	Mollusca	124
Mulinia lateralis	Mollusca	120
Balanus improvisus	Crustacea	118
All others	-	555
August 1993
Streblospio benedicti	Polychaeta	3203
Tharyx sp.	Polychaeta	868
Mediomastus ambiseta	Polychaeta	550
Leitoscoloplos robustus	Polychaeta	509
Oligochaeta	Oligochaeta	290
Mulinia lateralis	Mollusca	177
Unciola serrata	Crustacea	80
Leucon americanus	Crustacea	65
Rictaxis punctostriatus	Mollusca	57
Polydora cornuta	Polychaeta	46
All others	-	257
December 1993
Streblospio benedicti	Polychaeta	1337
Tharyx sp.	Polychaeta	1268
Leitoscoloplos robustus	Polychaeta	784
Leucon americanus	Crustacea	598
Mediomastus ambiseta	Polychaeta	383
Odostomia sp.	Mollusca	319
Sabellaria vulgaris	Polychaeta	280
Unciola serrata	Crustacea	272
Leitoscoloplos sp.	Polychaeta	257
Mya arenaria	Mollusca	228
All others	-	1050
March 1994
Tharyx sp.	Polychaeta	1223
Leucon americanus	Crustacea	972
Streblospio benedicti	Polychaeta	954
Leitoscoloplos robustus	Polychaeta	791
Mediomastus ambiseta	Polychaeta	502
Oligochaeta	Oligochaeta	195
Odostomia sp.	Mollusca	183
Mulinia lateralis	Mollusca	155
Mya arenaria	Mollusca	150
Polydora cornuta	Polychaeta	146
All others	-	427

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