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General Info
Data
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Abundance Data
Lower
Jamaica
Upper
Newark
Flushing
Bowery
The following data represent abundances (average per square meter) of the 10 most numerous
taxa within each bay surveyed using a Shipek grab (0.04 square meters). Percentages in parentheses
indicate percent of total infauna represented by these 10 taxa. Several samples from June 1995 were
lost prior to processing, resulting in reduced sample sizes from the inland bays from that survey.
Lower Bay
| October 1994 - 171 stations |
June 1995 - 184 stations |
Ampelisca abdita
Streblospio benedicti
Mediomastus
(LPIL)
Mulinia lateralis
Corophium tuberculatum
Gemma gemma
Mediomastus ambiseta
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Crepidula fornicata
Heteromastus filiformis |
13,821
5,293
1,484
927
854
687
521
458
323
291 |
Ampelisca abdita
Mediomastus (LPIL)
Streblospio
benedicti
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Corophium tuberculatum
Nucula proxima
Polydora cornuta
Gemma gemma
Cirratulidae
(LPIL)
Mulinia lateralis |
4,586
2,584
2,240
710
663
602
530
522
509
376 |
| Total (90.1 %) |
24,659 |
Total (84.7 %) |
13,322 |
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Jamaica Bay (including Dead Horse Bay)
| June 1995 - 14 stations |
October 1995 - 26 stations |
Ampelisca abdita
Corophium tuberculatum
Cirratulidae
(LPIL)
Streblospio benedicti
Microdeutopus gryllotalpa
Mediomastus (LPIL)
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Caulleriella
sp. J
Nucula proxima
Podarke obscura |
3,993
3,648
1,173
1,168
713
657
348
223
141
123 |
Ampelisca abdita
Corophium tuberculatum
Microdeutopus gryllotalpa
Gemma gemma
Mulinia lateralis
Mediomastus (LPIL)
Streblospio benedicti
Podarke obscura
Exogone dispar
Elasmopus levis |
6,546
1,983
1,480
725
374
272
264
159
126
113 |
| Total (92.2 %) |
12,188 |
Total (92.9 %) |
12,041 |
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Upper Bay
| June 1995 - 1 station |
October 1995 - 12 stations |
Heteromastus filiformis
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Mediomastus
(LPIL)
Streblospio benedicti
Tellina agilis
Pelecypoda
(LPIL)
Glycera americana
Eusarsiella zostericola
Ampelisca
abdita
Ensis directus |
2,150
1,875
1,425
700
200
175
175
150
100
75 |
Mulinia lateralis
Mediomastus (LPIL)
Streblospio
benedicti
Sabellaria vulgaris
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Bivalvia (LPIL)
Elasmopus levis
Eumida sanguinea
Crepidula fornicata
Leitoscoloplos robustus |
2,694
2,077
1,590
1,060
588
246
85
71
65
65 |
| Total (96.9 %) |
7,025 |
Total (90.0 %) |
8,540 |
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Newark Bay
| June 1995 - 6 stations |
October 1995 - 7 stations |
Streblospio benedicti
Cirratulidae (LPIL)
Leitoscoloplos (LPIL)
Mediomastus (LPIL)
Marenzellaria
viridis
Heteromastus filiformis
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Leitoscoloplos fragilis
Tharyx acutus
Phyllodocidae (LPIL) |
2,900
1,400
667
388
271
125
117
75
63
50 |
Mulinia lateralis
Mediomastus (LPIL)
Streblospio
benedicti
Bivalvia (LPIL)
Pectinaria gouldii
Sabellaria
vulgaris
Leitoscoloplos robustus
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Glycera americana
Polydora cornuta |
1,243
1,036
1,011
507
146
132
64
61
39
32 |
| Total (95.2 %) |
6,054 |
Total (96.1 %) |
4,271 |
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Flushing Bay
| June 1995 - 1 station |
October 1995 - 9 stations |
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Mulinia lateralis
Leitoscoloplos fragilis
Leitoscoloplos (LPIL)
Streblospio bendicti
Cirratulidae
(LPIL)
Mediomastus (LPIL)
Eteone (LPIL)
Tellina
agilis
Nephtys incisa |
1,550
1,350
1,075
825
450
175
100
50
50
25 |
Streblospio bendicti
Leitoscoloplos robustus
Mulinia
lateralis
Asabellides oculata
Bivalvia (LPIL)
Capitella
capitata
Polydora cornuta
Oligochaeta (LPIL)
Rictaxis
punctostriatus
Gastropoda (LPIL) |
1,708
597
408
361
200
178
169
136
117
108 |
| Total (99.6 %) |
5,650 |
Total (96.4 %) |
3,983 |
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Bowery Bay
| October 1995 - 4 stations |
Capitella capitata
Streblospio benedicti
Oligochaeta
(LPIL)
Mulinia lateralis
Rictaxis punctostriatus
Asabellides oculata
Ampharetidae (LPIL)
Bivalvia (LPIL)
Mediomastus (LPIL)
Leitoscoloplos robustus |
1,263
394
225
194
175
88
75
56
56
50 |
| Total (92.6 %) |
2,575 |
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