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Table 5.3, continued
Location
Water depth (m)
Meiofauna
Density
(m −2 )
Biomass 2
(g m −2 )
Macrofauna
Density
(m −2 )
Biomass 2
(g m −2 )
Megafauna
Density
(m −2 )
Biomass 2
(g m −2 )
References
Norwegian Shelf
970
138 000
0.073
Jensen (1988)
NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC
Iceland Basin
2880
0.91–9.38
1.27–15.56
Christiansen and Thiel
(1992)
Rockall Trough
1800
4320
(420 mm)
4.80 (wet)
Gage (1978)
1800
1636
(420 mm)
3.72 (wet)
Gage (1978)
2000
4156
4.156
Gage (1978)
2500
1332
3.08
Gage (1978)
2900
3052
4.08
Gage (1978)
2875
2903
(297 mm)
0.92 (dry)
Gage (1977)
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