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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
Cape Hatteras
1985
500–1599
0.88
Hecker (1994)
604
46 255
(300 mm)
Blake and Grassle (1994)
1988–91
850
55 500
(300 mm)
54.52
Schaff et al. (1992)
1985
2003
8950
Blake and Grassle (1994)
1992
500–1599
37 282
(300 mm)
2.65
Hecker (1994); Blake and
Hilbig (1994)
580–2000
9.93–12.41
(>2 mm)
Brown (1991)
3000
1.015
Brown (1991)
3500
0.786
Brown (1991)
Long Bay
600–1799
0.93
Brown (1991)
Cape Lookout
700–1599
0.49
Brown (1991)
1983–4
583
16 337
(300 mm)
Blake and Grassle (1994)
1988–91
850
21 400
(300 mm)
8.16
Schaff et al. (1992)
1000
9130
(300 mm)
Blake and Grassle (1994)
1500
5017
Blake and Grassle (1994)
2000
5622
Blake and Grassle (1994)
3006
870
Blake and Grassle (1994)
3494
1000
Blake and Grassle (1994)
Cape Fear
850
9439
(300 mm)
7.19
Schaff et al. (1992)
Hatteras canyon
800–1599
0.29
Hecker (1994)
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