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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
New Jersey
600–1499
0.46
Hecker (1994)
600–1499
0.24
Hecker (1994)
1263
1.47
(300 mm)
Hathaway (1971)
2132
5.5 (300 mm)
Hathaway (1971)
Carson canyon
1129
370.4
3.61
(520 mm)
Houston and Haedrich
(1984)
U.S./Canada boundary
500–1300
2.61
Hecker (1994)
Scotian rise
4620
23 500
2215
Thistle et al. (1985)
1 Mesh size is given between parentheses where available.
2 Biomasses are wet wt unless indicated otherwise.